Damn, always enjoyed Sass' music and performances. And @bigincanada.bsky.social just did an episode on her a few months ago.
Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2w agoMontreal's raspy-voiced rock and blues firebrand Sass Jordan has died at 63. From 'Racine' to 'Rebel Moon Blues,' she gave Canadian rock a soulful roar and taught a young Taylor Hawkins how to be in a band. zurl.co/Mx4Pe
What kind of twisted deal did Dragonette do with the Cancon gods to have "Hello" still in heavy radio rotation in the Year of Our Lord 2026
I joined Laura Stanley from the Big in Canada podcast to talk can con, Canadian popular music, and satellite radio. The episode dropped today: tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
babe wake up…the hip just got a 9.4 on pitchfork.
The Tragically Hip: Fully Completely
Read Alex Robert Ross’ review of the album.
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thrilled to have @nojoy.bsky.social on @bigincanada.bsky.social this week to discuss "Mimi" by Lili Fatale, Katy Perry, Musique Plus, the long shadow of France, clown and lots more. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/l...
Lili Fatale -
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-08-26 · 1h 1m
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Last week went deep on Bass is Base, which featured celebrity chef Roger Mooking mostly beat boxing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D112...
bass is base - i cry - electric circus
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A little epsiode catch up to do here...starting with out latest epsiode about the early career and debut album from Amanda Marshall.
Amanda Marshall: Part 1 -
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-07-15 · 1h 2m
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I made this purely to amuse myself and maybe dozens of other Canadians
New @bigincanada.bsky.social talking Sky, “Love Song”, phat bass, confused aesthetics, Karl Wolf, Mandy Moore, and more
Sky - "Love Song"
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In the latest B-side from the forthcoming book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion, author @chrisdeville.bsky.social speaks to veteran Toronto music journalist @stuberman.bsky.social about indie's early 2000s Canadian invasion:
It's All Gonna Break: Revisiting Indie Rock's Canadian Invasion
In the latest SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS B-side, veteran Toronto journalist Stuart Berman takes me back to that early 2000s moment when seemingly every cool new indie rock band was from Canada
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Did anyone else wake up with every Down With Webster album forcibly downloaded to your CBC Gem app??
NEW EP! Keshia Chanté redefined Canadian R&B before she could even get her driver's license. We discuss her career, her hits and what made her such a game changing figure in Canadian R&B. Plus: The CFL, the soft sounds of 90s R&B in Canada, teen stardom and more podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/k...
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Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-04-22 · 1h 10m
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We take a big sip from our red solo cups and dive into the life and times of rap party rockers Down With Webster. But beware: the floors are sticky, the morals are questionable, the neon is bright, the outfits are bad and there are so many dudes in this band.
Down With Webster -
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-04-15 · 1h 13m
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Here's a LiveJournal page for what was played on every episode of MuchMusic's the Wedge up until it ended in 2010 thewedge.livejournal.com
The Wedge
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Stereogum@stereogum.com · 2y agoMetric have dropped off Bloc Party’s ‘Silent Alarm’ 20th anniversary tour over a production dispute and will be replaced by Blonde Redhead. Metric got custody of the 6/6 show and will play that one with Sam Roberts Band, and they’ve added additional Canadian dates. www.stereogum.com/2304001/metr...
We (sort of) watched the Junos so you didn't have to. We dig into the big winners, the best performances and the fake awards. Cancon is alive and well at the Juno Awards. We talk Sum 41, Anne Murray, Nemahsis, Bublé, Peach Pit, Deantha Edmunds, Good Charlotte and of course, our friend, Tate McRae.
Where Art Thou, Tate McRae?: Junos 2025 Recap
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-04-08 · 41m
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Before she changed the words of "O Canada" at the Big Game, Chantal Kreviazuk was, somehow, kinda everywhere. A solo artist, writer of '00s pop smashes and scene setter for the most significant Canadian hip-hop album of all-time. How the hell did this happen? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Chantal Kreviazuk -
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-04-01 · 1h 7m
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Oh Jann-ada. Mac, Laura and certified Jann Fann Dorothea Paas discuss the beauty, the humour, the sacred and the profane of one of Canada's greatest Adult Contemporary Musicians/Comedians, @jannarden.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/j...
Jann Arden -
Podcast Episode · Big in Canada · 2025-03-25 · 1h 10m
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EPISODE 007 out now! Known feeler of song @elamin.bsky.social joins the show to talk about Kingston, Ontario's foremost rudeboys, Bedouin Soundclash and what makes their unforgettable track "When the Night Feels My Song" a modern Cancon standard. open.spotify.com/episode/33A8...
Bedouin Soundclash - "When the Night Feels My Song" feat. Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Do this every Saturday amid no tariff tensions and you’ve got a pretty good idea
Castanet.net@castanet.net · 2y agoCorus radio stations to only play Canadian artists on Saturday amid tariff tensions (Business)
If every Canadian producer did this, all they’d be left with down there is Rubin.
Exclaim!@exclaimdotca.bsky.social · 2y agoStoried Producer Bob Ezrin Renounces US Citizenship, Returns to Canada
EPISODE 005 is now out! From Portuguese-language phenom to MuchMusic dominating pop star, Shawn Desman has endured. Did he pave the way for pop sustainability in Canada? Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2bNp... Or here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Shawn Desman - "Shook"
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