Marc-Xavier LeBlanc

bopping along Juror, Polaris Music Prize Music Supervisor, Pirate Sound

Music dork, freelance writer, indoor kid. Subscribe to the Kool Kids Music Club newsletter ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://kkmc.substack.com/

More followers in real life. 📻 Radio Host | The Cool Table Live 🎙️ Co-Creator | Album Mode Best Canadian Music Writing 2024 & 2025🍦

music consultant 9-5 / silly rabbit 24/7 also: polaris music prize juror / DJ assistant @ kexp

Comms professional in non-profit world. Former arts administrator. Increasingly skeptical of social media. he/him/they. Host of @theam.ca

Dial 1 703 721 8239 to reach the Stereolab Teleshopping Network.

I rant about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, the Georgia Straight, and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards. https://linktr.ee/alanranta ⓘ this user is a dork

Host/Producer: Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna Writer Dad, husband 🍕🏀 https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna

music documentarian, photographer, writer, event producer & booker @ POSIVIBEZ, vinyl DJ, host, punk “singer” & more… /she-ish queer weirdo

Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board. Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper

writer, human, earnest as hell. past: vice, cbc. bylines: elle canada, hazlitt, globe and mail. present: writing a novel, a memoir, and a never ending to-do list! 🪐 https://www.sarahsmacdonald.com https://sarahsamacdonald.substack.com/

Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.

Editor at Punknews Polaris Music Prize Juror Freelance writer, editor, and podcaster Canadian punk She/they https://linktr.ee/emcmoore?fbc

Canadian radio, TV, music, and internet guy. My business card reads “Professional Music Geek.” I’m all about English bull terriers. And I follow politics. Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/

music producer/dj + former pop culture writer/editor + internet radio mom + horchata enthusiast + serial bio updater

I teach teens about lit and theory. Also, Polaris Prize jury foreperson, working on M&E, coms, español, français and sleeping. Settler In Montréal. https://www.youtube.com/@ErinExplainsStuff

Editor, Writer // Seen in Polygon, Inverse, TMR, Kidscreen, /Film, Exclaim, ThatShelf, & more // Formerly:🎵 Polaris Prize Jury Member, The Griddle Pickers, Trent Radio //

phd candidate @ concordia 〰️ the novel, ecology, form 〰️ he/him 〰️ mccracken.brennan@gmail.com

Music journalist. Arts organizer. Co-founder of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Vancouver, BC. https://linktr.ee/lesliekenchu

'Cranking Up Rush: Their Musical Legacy in 11 Songs', out now! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781493084746/Cranking-Up-Rush-Their-Musical-Legacy-in-11-Songs

Where Daydream Believers, Bobbie Gentry, Bluegrass, Bruce, Billie, Bragg, Hazel Dickens, Billy Strings, "Big Beat,” “Beauty & the Beat," & "Bela Lugosi's Dead" meet. fervorcoulee.wordpress.com & cjsr.com My father was Métis; I'll figure out who I am. 🍁

arts & culture journalist co-founder @newfeelingcoop writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks

Producer and music hot take-haver for Q on CBC. Overly competitive rec curler. Currently running two different campaigns of Gloomhaven.

Writer. Music Journalist. Montrealer. Millennial. Your favourite It-Girl. Always depressed, never bland. www.yaraelsoueidi.com

Producer at COMMOTION (CBC Radio 1); writer for Pitchfork, Toronto Star; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones; publisher of stubermania.substack.com + hamontlive.substack.com

Canadian Indie music lover, The Basement host, OurBasement contributor. https://linktr.ee/darbarthebasement?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

PhD Candidate, Musicology, UWO | EDI Researcher | Classical Guitarist Pronouns: she/they

filmmaker, curator, director of MUTEK Forum

Writer. Creative Director. Broadcaster. Movie Geek. Music Perv. Family man. Saskatoon booster.

Radio producer, sound designer, music lover, Polaris Prize juror

touchin’ grass. college radio, art, siamese cats.

I do what I can

In the Zen Jazz and Creative blog. journeyed jazz, life. 13x award winning TV Director/jazz short filmmaker Kerilie McDowall. https://kerilie.com

Music Nerd || Radio Host || Program/Music Director at CHSR-FM || Polaris Music Prize juror || Bookworm || #BlueJays & Baseball enthusiast || Horror fan

Program Director at CJSR-FM 88.5, host of It Could Worse.

Writer, editor, singer-songwriter, musician. Cat companion.

Writer.

Part music criticism, part nostalgic over-analysis, and deeply unnecessary to all but a niche audience of one (me). https://www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/

Editor @Musicworksmag @Variety contributor. Documentary hack. Musician, jazz fan, cyclist, reader, mom, dog-walker. TFCA member, Wavelength Music board prez, Polaris Music Prize juror. she/her

Acclaimed Manitoba-centric music interview podcast. Hosted by journalism guy/record nerd. He/him. Polaris juror. http://www.witchpolice.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Writer, editor, broadcaster, pop culture enthusiast. Host of the GET LIT SHOW and author of The Captain of Kinnoull Hill and River, Diverted https://tinyurl.com/2vydhc3p

freelance writer for Ft. Myers Magazine, BroadStreetHockey.com PartonAndPearl.com and other publications. Formerly contributed to The Toronto Sun, Billboard, AllMusic.com, NME, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Long Island Pulse and Montana Press among others.

A radio show Thursday mornings, 9:30-noon on CKCU 93.1 FM or ckcufm.com. Juror for the Polaris Music Prize and the Prism Prize. coolckcu.com

Family, music, food, geographical views. 40+ years of radio! For more info danielwell.com.

Here, There, Everywhere. Afros In Tha City

Writes about music, books and politics. https://linktr.ee/richieassaly

The only thing that is certain about me is that I am Canadian, and I love music. Anything else is anyone's best guess. Photog/Writer: Canadian Beats Juror: Polaris Music Prize Instagram: @missemilyplunkett (She/Her)

Music and arts journalist, freelance writer, recovering addict, aspiring pile of ashes.

Executive producer, Montreal Gazette

Canadian music PR company. @AmericanaFest member. Author of seven books including The City Knows: A Novel + That Gun In Your Hand: the Strange Saga of 'Hey Joe' and Popular Music's History of Violence Purchase links: lnk.bio/JasonSchneiderBooks

host & writer of world cafe, heard nationally daily from npr & produced at wxpn // voice on pretty dim wonder & pixar's sodas// formerly cbc // instagram: rahrahraina // friend to all

small forward at @dontcallmebaby.club music & culture writer. film & tv production designer. 💌: https://shharine.co 🔗: https://productiondesign.shharine.co

Investigative Reporter at the Investigative Journalism Bureau & Co-Creator of Album Mode

Writer @hiphopevolution ,This Is Pop (Netflix)/Black Community Mixtapes (Prime Video) /Black Life (CBC) /Bibliophonic editor @invisibooks

culture writer in film, vulture, etc bifurious jillkrajewski.com

Columnist, The Globe and Mail Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed Vancouver, Canada

Travailleuse de la culture. Fan de festivals, de musique et d'arts de la scène. Fan de 🍕 et de 🍷 aussi.

Journaliste aux Arts et Spectacles. Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal.

Proto-journalist making way for AI.

Animateur / Host @ CHOM 97.7 Mélomane / Music buff

Mostly writing and editing. Some amateur sports psychology. Polaris Music Prize.

Writer: DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? 💐 (2023), THE WAGERS (2019), US CONDUCTORS (2014) • Founded 🎶 http://saidthegramophone.com • http://www.byseanmichaels.com • he/him

Radio guy (he/him) https://linktr.ee/melves

Writer/contributing music editor for Cult MTL. Also Postmedia and Exclaim!, among others. YouTuber @Sound_Plus_Vision. Polaris Music Prize juror. Calgarian in MTL. Not related to Reba. Opinions mine. (he/him) 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇺🇦 All inquiries to dave.mac609@gmail.com

Author. 101 FASCINATING CANADIAN MUSIC FACTS; MASSEY HALL; THE LEGENDARY HORSESHOE TAVERN: A COMPLETE HISTORY. Journalist. Cyclist. Voracious reader. Sober. Music is the Elixir of Life.

Journaliste culturelle à C'est encore mieux l'après-midi à Radio-Canada Québec. ❗️Attention: je commente aussi à propos de la lutte. 😁

Celebrating the best in Canadian music artistry via our awards, festival, and programs. #Polaris2026 Concert & Award Ceremony tix on sale now. https://linktr.ee/polarisprize

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