CMF 2010 was noted for its foul weather, consequent thinned-out crowds, the return of big, bad heavy metal and trios, trios everywhere.

Commerce takes one on the chin from Art, as a UK judge upholds Pink Floyd's right to sell their music in album form only. The move puts an end to EMI's selling of PF singles online

This six-pack of hot numbers must be seen to be appreciated. To make the cut, the act had to have a heavy live rep that could be personally vouched for and agreed on by discerning eyewitnesses. Welcome to Canada Music Week in Toronto.

Research scientists say they’ve discovered an enormous plastic junk pile in the North Atlantic. No word yet as to what they plan to do about it.

US research findings reveal teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them to recover their speech.

Calling folks who claim to see God sick in the head may not be so far off the physiological mark. Just say it nicely.whether the individual be religious or not.

A Black History Month look back at Culture, one of reggae’s most influential and ‘conscious’ groups. Culture set themselves apart by insisting on reporting on Jamaican social conditions, above all else.

This Black history Month Special takes a rare peek at Canada’s West Coast Gospel scene. Our guide’s Marcus Mosely of The Sojourners, an old school act bent on taking Gospel to the street.

New year, new chance to make all manner of wild predictions, secure in the knowledge no one will remember them come next New Year’s Day. Here we go; Jenn Grant will ascend to stardom and become the ‘It’ girl of Canadian vocalists in 2010.

Sometimes, work is where you go to get away from the stress of home life. In 2009, the following hard working folk found peace in the workplace hard to come by. ,

There are a number of music acts which poked above ground in the Zeros but should really get going in the Tens. Among the things they share in common is the urge to fashion something new from the traditions of some very old things.

Prairie Chickens had good taste. Too bad we didn’t. Last week it was formally confirmed that not a single Prairie Chicken had been sighted within Canada since 1987. If you want to see one, you’ll have to go to the US.

The former Eric's Trip vocalist came out of a reunion tour with her old mates primed to get back to her roots with a rockin’ piece of work Fans of introspective solo debut Woke Myself Up be of good cheer. It all works out in the end.

A Newmarket, Ontario soulful singer caps a busy year with the release of seasonal album Season's Greetings to the Toronto crowd at Hugh’s Room this Wednesday. Should Bing Crosby be worried? Should Bob Dylan?

More than a laff riot of a Sci-fi B-Movie brought to life, the Toxic Avenger is looking to remake the theatre going experience in Toronto.

This year's KinoArt Festival offers a slew of seldom seen Russian flicks, fronted by new culturally correct versions of Anna Karenina and Taras Bulba.

On a scene where too often a turbulent background is cited as reason enough for behaving badly, Sean Kingston’s the rarer exception. Given the bitterest of lemons to suck on, the hip-hop teen sensation turned it into million-selling lemonade.

Enthusiasts say test tube steaks can save the planet, your life and animal lives too. It may also prove a viable option for vegetarians to chew on.

Add a top gun DNA scientist, an oil giant and algae and wadda get? A new process from genome scientist J. Craig Venter, funded by ExxonMobile to

A googly-eyed cisco hauled out of Great Slave Lake may be very new or a really old relic. Either way, fish biologists are set to scale new heights.