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Summer in Montreal means festival season and two of the biggest events are just around the corner. Osheaga returns to Parc Jean-Drapeau for its 19th edition, followed by Île Soniq, which has grown into one of the biggest electronic music festivals in North America. Global News Morning host Laura Casella finds out more with Evelyne...

We check in with emerging singer-songwriter Freya Millikin and get a live version of her latest song called “Where I Stand.”

Your favourite songs change your brain in ways you never expected. New research reveals music physically reshapes neural pathways – particularly for musicians themselves.

Before selfies and social media, a band made internet history. Here’s how Les Horribles Cernettes were in the first photo ever posted online.

Bonnie Tyler, the singer best known for her power ballad ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at age 75. Heidi Petracek looks back on how Tyler’s talent and powerful voice helped her become a music icon.

TRIBZ is a Hamilton pop-rock group that’s back in the spotlight not reliving the past,  but making music on their own terms. Susan Hay has the story.

We check in with Louis Thomas from Sonic Entertainment Group to get a preview of this weekend’s Halifax Music Fest, back for a second year at the Garrison Grounds.

As a teenager, Kurt Cobain had his fair share of run-ins with the police. But little did he know, a fingerprint card – taken by the Washington Department of Police after he was arrested for public intoxication at the age of 19 – would eventually become a highly-sought-after piece of music memorabilia with an impressive...

WATCH: SaskTel Centre is ready for new Outskirts Music Festival, Cheri Hamilton highlights what to know when heading out to the grounds and headliner Jelly Roll. Outskirts takes place Friday, June 26 and gates open at 2:30 p.m.

A former Canuck is skating into a new career. Aaron Volpatti has traded his hockey stick for a guitar, debuting his country music single. As Jay Durant tells us in This is BC, Volpatti’s father played a pivotal role in growing his passion for music.

WATCH: Discover Saskatoon CEO Stephanie Pocha highlights the upcoming Outskirts Music Festival presented by SaskTel Centre on Friday, June 26 at SaskTel Centre grounds. The festival features Jelly Roll and Third Eye Blind, along with Cooper Alan, Wide Mouth Mason, and Brayden King.

Clive Davis, one of the most influential music executives in the industry’s history, has died at the age of 94. Eric Sorensen looks back on Davis’ legendary career and the artists he helped push to global stardom.

Andrew Mosker, the President and CEO of the National Music Centre joins Global News Morning to share how they are celebrating the NMC’s 10th anniversary and how Calgarians can join in the festivities for free.

A B.C. paramedic taught himself to play the banjo by learning the songs of his favourite band. He did such a good job that he now has a side gig playing banjo on tour for that very same band. Jay Durant has more in This is BC

Artistic director of StanFest, Steve MacIntyre, sits down with Paul Brothers to talk all about what’s new this year as the festival marks its 30th anniversary, including a birthday bash celebrating the late, great Stan Rogers. The festival runs July 20-26 with tickets on sale now.

City council is keeping a change to late night noise rules for music festivals during this year’s Calgary Stampede. Council held an urgent debate Tuesday on the matter following several days of political pushback as well as from promoters behind a popular off-grounds tent. Adam MacVicar reports.

Olivia Rodrigo has announced an all-female music festival including Stevie Nicks, Katseye, Sarah McLachlan, and Chappell Roan. The festival, titled “Daisy Chain Fields” comes almost 30 years after McLachlan helmed the similarly girl-powered festival “Lilith Fair.”

Vancouver in the 1990s had many venues where up-and-coming musicians could draw a crowd, but over the decades many of those spots have closed their doors. Now a woman who spent years performing in the local scene is making sure young artists have a stage to share their music. Jay Durant has more in This...

We check in with Greg Webber, frontman for Fredericton-based rock band Kill Chicago, as the band gets set to play shows in Moncton and Halifax this week to celebrate the release of their new record.

Alberta country music artist Corb Lund is leading the push for another question to be added to the province’s October referendum. Heather Yourex-West explains why Lund wants to ban new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rockies, and the problem his petition creates for Premier Danielle Smith’s government.