Amani Bin Shikhan

Interview with write and novelist Akwaeke Emezi on writing, visibility, and process for my Healthline series, Life Balms.

How a collective’s weekly open mic events have become a lifeline for Montreal’s creative Black community.

In a city that’s been on a steady international climb for years, artistry is morphing and blooming. We shine a light on the new 'new' wave of MCs, producers and songwriters threatening the charts.

It is consensus that the G.O.O.D. Music-signee deserves more, but what Taylor does with what she has is truly something worthy of marvel.

Interview with two of the masterminds behind 'Random Acts of Flyness' — creator Terence Nance and writer-director Naima Ramos-Chapman.

As the city’s musical reputation soars internationally, DJ, curator and scholar Dr. Mark V. Campbell reminds us of the traditions that have shaped Toronto's sound, look and identity.

The first installation in CBC Art's Sounds Like Summer series. On a changing relationship to a changing city, end-of-summer reprieve, and "Summer's Over Interlude."

Interview with poet/essayist/theatermaker/educator Diane Exavier about “care” — its practice, ethics, utility, etcetera — for my Healthline series, Life Balms.

Contribution to a symposium focused on "soundtracks." In it, the essay explores gentrification, sonic memory, and a changing Toronto.

Following the tragic loss of Toronto’s Smoke Dawg, three childhood friends and members of the collective—Mustafa the Poet, SAFE, and Puffy L'z—talk about their upbringings and what happens when home fails them.

Self-explanatory tongue-in-cheek list following the release of 'Scorpion.'

Appearance on Ringer's music podcast, talking Drake's 'Scorpion', Black Toronto, and the strange conundrum of this Drake era, in fatherhood and rap beef alike.

Interview with writers Tania Peralta and Dominique Matti about motherhood and postpartum depression, professionalization, and teaching themselves hard truths for my Healthline series, Life Balms.

The Torontonian R&B singer-songwriter traces the city's constellation of diaspora with grooves and heart.