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Soul singer Jackie Shane built a loyal audience on Toronto's Yonge Street strip in the '60s. She passed away Feb. 21 at the age of 78. In one of her final interviews, she agreed to speak with CBC's Elaine Banks.

Today on q: Polaris Prize panel with q This' Lisa Christiansen and Stuart Berman, performance artist, mask dancer and director Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Snotty Nose Rez Kids' q block party for Kitamaat Village, B.C., singer-songwriter Beatrice Deer.

Beatrice Deer is a half-Inuk and half-Mohawk musician who took home the award for best folk album at the Indigenous Music Awards this year.

In this edition of the q block party, hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids share a playlist of songs that take them back to the place where they grew up, Kitamaat Village, B.C.

The q This music panel discusses the Polaris Prize long list, which is stacked with recent q guests.

This week on q, we're featuring some of the best music and art from Iqaluit. Today, hear from the Inuksuk Drum Dancers, performance artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Juno-nominated band The Jerry Cans and comedian Peter Autut.

Today on q: author and actor Margaret Trudeau, Canadian fringe festival panel with Patrick Gauthier, S. E. Grummett and Vanessa Quesnelle, singer and actor Satori Shakoor on Parliament-Funkadelic, soul singer Lee Fields.

In Margaret Trudeau's new one-woman comedy show, Certain Woman of an Age, the Canadian icon uses humour to tell her story like never before.

Soul singer Lee Fields cut his first record 50 years ago, but there was a period of time when he stopped making music. Now he's ready to share why.

Canadian fringe festivals are unique because of how accessible they are to both artists and audiences. Today, three festival veterans join Tom Power to tell us more about it.

The psychedelic funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic, or P-Funk, broke out in the '70s and quickly became known for their out-of-this-world tours in a giant fake spaceship. Satori Shakoor joined us to share some road stories from her time in the band.

Today on q: rapper and pop star M.I.A., q online columnist Elamin Abdelmahmoud, drummer Kendrick Scott's gateway to Blue Note Records, pianist and composer Thompson Egbo-Egbo.

M.I.A. joins Tom Power in the q studio to share her thoughts on friend and director Stephen Loveridge's long-awaited documentary portrait of her.

Our online columnist Elamin Abdelmahmoud breaks down the ongoing dispute between Genius and Google and tells us how AirDrop has become the new Snapchat among teens.

To mark Blue Note Records' 80th birthday, musician Kendrick Scott gives us a gateway to the legendary jazz label and tells us why it has such an important legacy.

Toronto pianist and composer Thompson Egbo-Egbo joins Tom Power for a performance and chat about his new album, The Offering.

Today on q: author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell, veteran CBC journalist Anna Maria Tremonti, rapper and songwriter SonReal.

Malcolm Gladwell has turned his attention to music with a new podcast called Broken Record, about songs you know and the people behind them.

Morning radio will never be the same. After 17 seasons of hosting The Current, Anna Maria Tremonti is ready to move on. She sits down with Tom Power to talk about everything from her pre-show singing rituals to her love for The Wizard of Oz.

SonReal (a.k.a. Aaron Hoffman) is one of Canada's most exciting musical voices right now. The rapper and songwriter joins Tom Power in the q music studio to talk about his latest album, The Aaron LP.

Today on q: There Are No Fakes director Jamie Kastner and National Gallery of Canada curator Greg Hill, q screen panel with Tina Hassannia and Kiva Reardon, Nancy Drew historian Jennifer Fisher, singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers.