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Tickets: Announcing q live from Hillside, featuring William Prince, Fred Penner, Jackie Pirico and more
CBC Radio’s q live with Tom Power kicks off Hillside Inside 2020 with a special night of performances and conversation.
Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations
Shawn Mendes, Bülow, Nav and Bryan Adams are also up for multiple awards.
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020: Stretch and Bobbito, WHOOP-Szo and more
Today on q: hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito, poet Kaveh Akbar, Adam Sturgeon of the band WHOOP-Szo.
Hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito on their debut album No Requests
Stretch and Bobbito joined q's Tom Power from New York to reflect on their 30-year career as central characters in the story of hip-hop.
'Art is where what we survive survives': Kaveh Akbar on the power of poetry
Award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar talks about why he's so passionate poetry and what it's like to be an Iranian-American poet working in America during such a divisive time.
WHOOP-Szo's Adam Sturgeon performs live in the q studio
Adam Sturgeon of WHOOP-Szo drops by the q studio to talk about band's new album and to perform some special stripped-down acoustic versions of their songs.
Monday, Jan. 27, 2020: Jully Black, Meegwun Fairbrother and more
Today on q: Canadian singer-songwriter Jully Black, q This with A. Harmony and Stuart Berman, Canadian actor Meegwun Fairbrother.
'I get lost in this woman's life': Jully Black on her personal connection to Caroline, or Change
Canada's Queen of R&B joined host Tom Power live in the q studio to talk about making her musical theatre debut in Caroline, or Change.
Grammys 2020: Is there room for an industry gatekeeper in the streaming era?
On this week's q This panel, music journalists A. Harmony and Stuart Berman discuss the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, which took place last night in Los Angeles.
Lakers photographer who shot 400,000 pictures of Kobe Bryant reveals the one photo he will never forget
Andrew Bernstein also collaborated with Bryant on his book, The Mamba Mentality.
Burden of Truth's Meegwun Fairbrother on how he learned to embrace his Indigenous identity
Meegwun Fairbrother is an actor of Ojibway and Scottish origin who stars as Police Chief Owen Beckbie on CBC's Burden of Truth.
Friday, Jan. 24, 2020: Andy Shauf, Billie Eilish and more
Today on q: singer-songwriter Andy Shauf, superstar Billie Eilish, Toronto Star reporter Katie Daubs on the Hallmark Channel, playwright Ahmad Meree.
Andy Shauf performs from his new album The Neon Skyline live in the q studio
On the release day of his highly-anticipated new album, The Neon Skyline, Andy Shauf and his band dropped by the q studio to perform a few songs from the record.
For Syrian playwright Ahmad Meree, the refugee experience is the stuff of art and life
Meree's new play Suitcase, which is currently running in Toronto, is about the experience of a young married couple who are fleeing their home country.
Why the Hallmark Channel can't recover from same-sex ad debacle without alienating audiences
Toronto Star reporter Katie Daubs unpacks how new developments in the Hallmark Channel controversy might affect the TV powerhouse moving forward.
Billie Eilish shares her perspective on success, social media and fame
In this interview and studio performance, Billie Eilish talks about having the kind of early fame and success that speaks to how stars are made: billions of streams and video views.
Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020: Brett Kissel, Rajni Perera and more
Today on q: Canadian country music star Brett Kissel, Canadian artist Rajni Perera, q’s fashion columnist Mosha Lundström Halbert.
q's Thursday Headliner: Canadian country music star Brett Kissel
Brett Kissel drops by the q studio to perform some new songs from his latest album, Now or Never.
Canadian artist Rajni Perera on how science fiction influences her work
Perera discusses why depicting black and brown women is so central to her practice, and why the Canadian art market can be a tough nut to crack.
How the cancellation of Toronto Fashion Week could impact the Canadian fashion industry
Our fashion columnist Mosha Lundström Halbert talks about the history of Toronto Fashion Week and whether the concept of a fashion week in general is becoming obsolete.
'Will you accept this rose?': A gateway to The Bachelor
Writer Suzannah Showler explains what The Bachelor franchise tells us about our ideas on dating, romance and North American identity.
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020: Canada Reads, Franklin Leonard and more
Today on q: Canada Reads 2020 panellists, q online column with Alyssa Bereznak, William Prince’s q block party, Black List founder Franklin Leonard.
Canada Reads 2020: Meet this year's contenders
To kick off this year's challenge, all five Canada Reads panellists get together in the q studio to introduce the books they are championing.
What we might lose in the fight against Twitter trolls
The Ringer's Alyssa Bereznak discusses a new Twitter feature that lets users decide who can reply to their tweets. It's an effort to make the platform a safer space, but what else is at stake?
Franklin Leonard on what this year's Black List says about Hollywood in 2020
For more than a decade, Leonard has produced the Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays. He discusses the latest list and what it says about the changing future of Hollywood.
