On stages across Ontario and Quebec, Black Canadian artists are expressing what freedom means to them through music, poetry, performance and dance. Free Up. is the annual youth-led celebration of Emancipation Day featuring music, theatre, spoken word, and dance, hosted by Ngozi Paul, featuring Jully Black and co-produced with CBC ARTS and Emancipation Arts. Since 2017, Paul and her production company Emancipation Arts have produced FreeUp. as an annual event to celebrate Emancipation Day, the day that slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire on August 1, 1834. This year marks the first time that the event will be available to watch by audiences across Canada. "We are in the middle of a global pandemic - the world is spinning on a new axis," says Paul in the FreeUp. special. "Led by an awakening of the next generation, people from all walks of life are coming together to seek equity, justice and freedom for all - be that for Indigenous sovereignty, trans rights
Audio experiences provide artists with the opportunity to explore a unique type of storytelling, since podcasts and binaural experiences create a particular
March 5 2021 // Magazine Team // Magazine // Features
International Women s Week continues as we take a look at some pop icons!
Madonna - Queen of Pop
You can’t complete an influential woman in music list without talking about the Queen of Pop,
Madonna. Born on August 16, 1958 in Bay City Michigan before moving to New York City in 1978. Madonna is renowned for her pushing boundaries when it came to her artistic expression, constantly pushing the table when it came to her music, fashion and dancing. She explored various styles and redefined her style with each album she released, seamlessly transitioning between pop, electronica, disco and dance. Madonna is known for songs such as “Like a Virgin”, “Like a Prayer”, “Vogue” and “Material Girl”. Her first album,