Arts

The Canadian stories told in Tragically Hip lyrics can be studied in history, poli sci and English classes across the country

Brian D. Johnson’s never-before-published ode to ’our scout on the front lines of love, guiding us into the beauty of the moment, but with a cautionary word’

Listen to the late great poet read Lt.-Col. John McCrae’s signature Remembrance Day poem

Jason Markusoff shares two stories showing what the late Leonard Cohen means to him—in the hopes you’ll share yours, too

Meet New York-based ’cyborg’ dancer Moon Ribas

Everything about it—the music, the film, the band, his performance—makes you want to pay attention

What the Nobel Prize committee was saying by awarding Bob Dylan a nod for Literature

The artist M.I.A. discusses why she’s quitting music (for now), her visa situation, and the state of counterculture

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize is good news—unless it brings Bob into more classrooms as mere lyrics, divorced from his songs’ musical context

The mini-revival of the cassette tape may just be another kitschy millennial obsession—but the obsession is important, all the same