Nolan Kehler (he/him)

Sunset Sky
Tom Thomson
1915

For North Code: how will Shadeur Sanders see his career revived when he decides the superior game is the place to take his talents after being disrespected in the draft?

Afternoon Sun, North Shore, Lake Superior
Lawren Harris
1924

Sun Standing Still
Lee Claremont ~ Mohawk
n.d.

Wild Flowers
Tom Thomson
1915

Violinist Esther Abrami uncovers 'hidden treasure' of music by women French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

Three Sisters Peaks
Shannon Craig Morphew
2024

Why I Finally Quit Spotify The platform interface has gradually made it harder to find the music I want to listen to. With the latest app updates, I’d had enough.

“In 2012, Spotify launched its slogan, ‘Music for everyone.’ Now it may as well be ‘Be grateful for whatever music we give you.’ ” @chaykak.bsky.social on why he quit Spotify.

Jackie Robinson Would Be Appalled As baseball gets set to celebrate the trailblazer’s legacy, it’s also placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for

a powerful piece from @tribecalledlex.bsky.social. Well worth your time

theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...

Awakened
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2023

Baseball is great because it's fun and lyrical and sad and beautiful and all sorts of other things, and then just when you're about to get a little too earnest about it, you remember there's a guy in it who we all call the Big Dumper.

Happy Opening Day, folks - we made it.

Good morning, baseball.

Spring Has Sprung: The Wild Party In A Red Canoe
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024

Manitoba Landscape
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald
1929

Alberta Chinook
Rick Grandmaison
n.d.

An 1887 Opera by a Black Composer Finally Surfaces Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane” shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.

“ ‘Morgiane’ displays sufficient inspiration that it would have merited attention no matter who had composed it.” Alex Ross writes about how the composer Edmond Dédé’s 1887 opera shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.

Three Thunderbird Women
Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe
c. 2024

One of the greats working in opera today. Also had a cameo in “Maestro”!

Quite the lyric change!

Wait until you read about his dad.

Winnipeg Snowstorm
Terry Watkinson
2014

Yukon Trail
Ted Harrison
1986

The Earth is My Government
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2018

YouTube video by Paul Bergman - Topic Sundogs

Altona’s own Paul Bergman has the perfect soundtrack for it, too!

youtu.be/27ZiN8Lzf4c?...

Iggy Pop - In Conversation with Tom Waits - BBC Sounds The Grammy Award-winning musician Tom Waits, co-hosts a special show with Iggy Pop.

A worthwhile Saturday listen.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is ...no need for silence, no room for fear . ... I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence."  
— Toni Morrison

A very nuanced take on my neck of the woods. As usual, Conrad writes with incredible vision.

14.25 | En | Bruce Liu's Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Words by Nolan Kehler — Photography by Sonja Meuller

Start a year by listening to a musical journey of months.

For Cannopy: www.cannopy.ca/article/14.2...

Follow up: what black magic did Arif conjure up to label this skeet “spam”?

For Arif’s Online Corner: what does it say about the power of the Norse Code curse that Bari Weiss was my first suggested follow on Substack and that my first follow on Bluesky was from an anime artist?