Michael Barclay

’It’s stories we’re telling ourselves. They may be made up or they may be true, but the best fictions often feel true.’

One of the advantages of age is being able to laugh at your own youth –which Cockburn does in his new memoir.

The winner of the 2014 Giller Prize expounds on the thin line between fact and fiction, and the value of the digital world

Tagaq’s Polaris performance was a bigger victory than her actual win

Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq beat out Drake to win best Canadian album regardless of genre or sales

Author Greil Marcus hears things no one else hears

Polaris juror Michael Barclay looks at a shortlist that includes Owen Pallett, Arcade Fire, Drake, and other wildly dissimilar artists

Critics selected the 40 best Canadian albums of the last 12 months. How do they measure up?

Book review of Gods of the Hammer: The Teenage Head Story

A music-school nerd, Pallett is the go-to collaborator for Taylor Swift, Arcade Fire, the National Ballet and more