@marydickie.bsky.social @marydickie.bsky.social 
Marie Mello @mariemello.bsky.social 
josh o'kane @joshokane.bsky.social I write about the people and institutions shaping Canadian arts + culture and also wrote a book called Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy that is mostly explained by its subtitle. Pls send tips to jokane@globeandmail.com
Rhea Rollmann @howrhearolls.bsky.social Journalist, writer, editor, activist, scholar, radio producer. Author: A QUEER HISTORY OF NEWFOUNDLAND (2023). She/her. Views are those of me and my droid army.
Lisa Whittington-Hill @lisawhitt.bsky.social This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
Julia Caron @cbcjulia.bsky.social Host of Quebec AM 📻 CBC Radio
📍Quebec City
Massey Journalism Fellow 2023-24 Bilingual bundle of contradictions (she/her) 💙💗💜: http://cbc.ca/mediacentre/bi…
Kim Wheeler @kimwheels.bsky.social Writer. Producer. Host. Evil Genius. SiriusXM, The Juno Awards,
Words and Culture, The Kim Wheeler Show, Auntie Up!
Amber Goodwyn @ambergoodwyn.bsky.social Poetry | Music | Film | Etc.
ambergoodwyn.com
Reverie Magazine @reveriemagazine.bsky.social Showcasing music from the Canadian underground, moving you to feel ✨ Print and online magazine.
https://www.reverie-online.com/
Submit your music to our team ⭐️ editors@reverieonline.org.
📍Calgary, AB
RANGE Magazine @readrange.bsky.social Real life music publication — P/T Pavement fan account
✨ https://readrange.com/
Adam White @someparty.ca I write the Some Party newsletter on Canadian punk/garage/psych/etc music. Polaris Music Prize juror.
https://www.someparty.ca
Benoit Poirier @benoit-poirier.bsky.social Non mais c’est tu assez nice la musique
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Aussi j'aime les arbres
Michael Hollett @northbymichael.bsky.social Editor/publisher NEXT Magazine. President/CEO NXNE. Editor-in-Chief SPIN Canada. Founder of NXNE and NEXT Magazine, co-founder NOW Magazine nextmag.ca. NXNE 2027 June 16-20
Known Accomplice Record Co. @knownaccompliceco.bsky.social Bleeker, Avalon Stone, Sam Roberts Band, Texas King, Boston Levi, The Trews, One Bad Son, Moist, Eddy and the Dirty Boys
https://bio.to/knownaccompliceBK
Pheromone Recordings @pheromonerecs.bsky.social RECORD LABEL Ft. Dear Rouge :: Martha Wainwright :: Altameda :: Great Lake Swimmers :: Trans-Canada Highwaymen :: Paul Langlois Band :: Gord Sinclair :: Lost Cousins
https://bio.to/pheromonerecordingsBK
ASHLEYOFFICIAL @ashleyofficial.bsky.social She/her, 18+ (aka I may swear sometimes)
Canadian J-pop cover artist.
5th Horizon Roman Cover album now underway!
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ashleygerbigofficial
#yyc
Matt Berry | Gin Drinker @chelsearoom.bsky.social Exploring gin, classic cocktails, Canadian spirits and some music stuff too
📍 Calgary
Ian Gormely @gormely.bsky.social Music dork, freelance writer, indoor kid.
Subscribe to the Kool Kids Music Club newsletter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://kkmc.substack.com/
NorthbyNortheast @northby.bsky.social North by Northeast (NXNE) is Canada’s leading discovery festival of emerging music since 1995.
June 16-20, 2027
NXNE.com
Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin.bsky.social I’m doing good, I’m on some new shit 
Graham Isador @grahamisador.bsky.social Healthy Living Reporter at The Globe and Mail. Wellness, travel, and disability. Host of Short Sighted for CBC Podcasts. Writer for Sight Unseen on CW. Words: GQ, VICE, Hard Times, The Beaverton, etc.
James Keast @yesjameskeast.bsky.social Writer, editor, book reader, joke teller.
Miesha and The Spanks @mandthespanks.bsky.social Garage rock from Calgary AB
Dylan Hudecki (The Dill, Slow Beach, Pure Phase Radio) @dylanhudecki.bsky.social Dad, musician, writer, radio DJ C101.5FM Mohawk College, music nerd, Polaris juror, Hamilton City Magazine Music contributor, bud.
www.thedill.ca
Nicholas Jennings @nicholasjennings.bsky.social 
Le Canal Auditif @lecanalauditif.bsky.social Le Canal Auditif est un média numérique québécois consacré aux musiques indépendantes, alternatives et émergentes d’ici et d’ailleurs. Il regroupe des collaboratrices et collaborateurs chevronn.é.e.s.
@gormel.bsky.social @gormel.bsky.social 
Ben Waldman @benwaldman.bsky.social Winnipeg Free Press arts reporter, theatre appreciator, music enjoyer, book considerer, film ponderer, bagel eater
rosie long decter @rosield.bsky.social EIC at maisonneuve mag, community lead at @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social, otherwise humming
Scott Simpson @arthurscott.bsky.social Gatineau-Ottawa based. Freelance writer. Bilingue. Cofondateur du Pressoir. www.lepressoir.ca
Danica Bansie @danicabansie.bsky.social bopping along
Juror, Polaris Music Prize
Music Supervisor, Pirate Sound
@hotelmira.bsky.social @hotelmira.bsky.social 
CJSR 88.5FM @cjsrfm.bsky.social Independent volunteer-powered campus-based community radio broadcasting from Amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton / Treaty 6 https://linktr.ee/friendsofCJSR
Take Aim Media @takeaimmedia.bsky.social Canada’s leading full-suite media relations and music marketing firm.
Take aim. We’ll get you there.
www.takeaimmedia.com
Jess Arcand @jessarcand.bsky.social Senior National Publicist at Take Aim Media
Founder of REVERIE Magazine
Host of Mint Condition on CJSW 90.9 FM
📍yyc
Phyllis Grant @phyllyirl.bsky.social Mi'gmaw artist from Pabineau First Nation, NB. Art, music, words. Welneweg Arts Collective, Polaris Music Prize, Prism Prize, Arts NB, Producer and host of Vinyl Love Forever at Phantom Radio, Rapper MO3, writer and filmmaker. https://linktr.ee/phyllyirl
Sam Forster @samforster.bsky.social journalist 🇨🇦
Drew Anderson @drewanderson.bsky.social Dad, journalist. Prariries reporter for The Narwhal, knee deep in climate, oil and politics. Contact me securely over Signal here: https://signal.me/#eu/nVe9L2aRp1coMBOKdlERmvXWk8cNubW9f2jLEZ32MXntZ+Wd86ZN17ZyjSMXNNo9
https://thenarwhal.ca/author/drew-and
Polaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social 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
Alan Ranta (ꜱᴏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ?) @alanranta.bsky.social Rants about things, usually music, sometimes for money. Bylines seen in PopMatters, Bandcamp, Georgia Straight and Exclaim! Longtime juror for the Polaris Prize and Juno Awards.
Mixes & Musings: https://linktr.ee/alanranta
ⓘ this user is woke
vish khanna @vishkhanna.bsky.social Host/Producer: Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna
Writer
Dad, husband 🍕🏀
https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna
kate killet @katekillet.bsky.social music documentarian, photographer, writer, event producer & booker @ POSIVIBEZ, vinyl DJ, host, punk “singer” & more… /she-ish queer weirdo
Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social 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
sarah macdonald @sarahsmacdonald.bsky.social professionally: editor, culture writer. personally: basketball sicko. past: vice, cbc. writing a novel. 🪐
https://www.sarahsmacdonald.com
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social 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.
Em Moore @emmoore.bsky.social Editor at Punknews
Polaris Music Prize Juror
Freelance writer, editor, and podcaster
Canadian punk
She/they
https://linktr.ee/emcmoore?fbc
Alan Cross🇨🇦 @alancross.bsky.social 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/
Josephine Cruz @jayemkayem.bsky.social music producer/dj + former pop culture writer/editor + internet radio mom + horchata enthusiast + serial bio updater
Erin MacLeod @touchofallright.bsky.social 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
Sarah Bea Milner @sarahbeamilner.bsky.social Editor, Writer // Seen in Polygon, Inverse, TMR, Kidscreen, /Film, Exclaim, ThatShelf, & more // Formerly:🎵 Polaris Prize Jury Member, The Griddle Pickers, Trent Radio //
brennan mccracken @brenmccracken.bsky.social phd candidate @ concordia 〰️ the novel, ecology, form 〰️ he/him 〰️ mccracken.brennan@gmail.com
Leslie Ken Chu @lesliekenchu.bsky.social Music journalist. Arts organizer. Co-founder of @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social. Vancouver, BC. https://linktr.ee/lesliekenchu
Adrien Begrand @adrienbegrand.bsky.social '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
Donald Teplyske- Fervor Coulee: Roots Music Opinion [he/him] @fervorcoulee.bsky.social 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. 🍁
Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social arts & culture journalist
co-founder @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social
writing a book about the history of electronic music in so-called canada for @invisibooks.bsky.social
Mitch Pollock @mitchpollock.bsky.social Producer and music hot take-haver for Q on CBC. Overly competitive rec curler. Currently running two different campaigns of Gloomhaven.
yara el-soueidi @yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social Writer. Music Journalist. Montrealer. Millennial. Your favourite It-Girl. Always depressed, never bland.
www.yaraelsoueidi.com
Stuart Berman @stuberman.bsky.social Producer at COMMOTION (CBC Radio 1); writer for Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily; 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
DarBar @darbar.bsky.social Canadian Indie music lover, The Basement host, OurBasement contributor.
https://linktr.ee/darbarthebasement?utm_source=linktree_admin_share- R Ro P @rosheeka.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Musicology, UWO | EDI Researcher | Classical Guitarist
Pronouns: she/they
Sarah Mackenzie @sarahmackenzie.bsky.social filmmaker, curator, director of MUTEK Forum
Craig Silliphant @craigsilliphant.bsky.social Writer. Creative Director. Broadcaster. Movie Geek. Music Perv. Family man. Saskatoon booster.
Emily @emilychiarvesio.bsky.social Radio producer, sound designer, music lover, Polaris Prize juror
rosina @xyzena.bsky.social touchin’ grass.
college radio, art, siamese cats.
Ryan B. Patrick @urbanguy.bsky.social I do what I can
Kerilie McDowall @kerilie.bsky.social In the Zen Jazz and Creative blog. journeyed jazz, life. 17x award-winning TV Director/jazz short filmmaker/guitarist/radio producer Kerilie McDowall. https://kerilie.com
Bondo @bondosucks.bsky.social Music Nerd || Radio Host || Program/Music Director at CHSR-FM || Polaris Music Prize juror || Bookworm || #BlueJays & Baseball enthusiast || Horror fan
Chad Brunet @cradula.bsky.social Program Director at CJSR-FM 88.5, host of It Could Worse. 
Anya Mia @anyamia.bsky.social Writer, editor, singer-songwriter, musician. Cat companion.
Lisa Lagace @lisalagace.bsky.social Writer.
David McPherson @davidmcphersonca.bsky.social 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.
the act of just being [t]here @handle.invalid Part music criticism, part nostalgic over-analysis, and deeply unnecessary to all but a niche audience of one (me).
https://www.theactofjustbeingthere.ca/
Dave MacIntyre @davemacattack.bsky.social 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
Jennie Punter @jenniepunter.bsky.social Editor @Musicworksmag. @Variety contributor. Musician, cyclist, reader, mom, dog wrangler, hack gardener. TFCA member, Wavelength Music board prez, Polaris Music Prize juror. Docu whisperer. she/her
Witchpolice Radio @witchpoliceradio.bsky.social 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.
Jamie Tennant @jtennant.bsky.social 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
KingJMusicMan (Jason MacNeil) @kingjmusicman.bsky.social 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. 
coolckcu @coolckcu.bsky.social 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
Dani Elwell @danielwell.bsky.social Family, music, food, geographical views. 40+ years of radio!
For more info danielwell.com.
Dooshima @itsdooshima.bsky.social Here, There, Everywhere. Afros In Tha City 
Richie Assaly @rdassaly.bsky.social Writes about music, books and politics.
https://linktr.ee/richieassaly
Emily Plunkett @emilyplunkett.bsky.social 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)
Darcy MacDonald @darcymacdonald.bsky.social Music and arts journalist, freelance writer, recovering addict, aspiring pile of ashes.
Erik Leijon @erikleijon.bsky.social Executive producer, Montreal Gazette
Jason Schneider Media @jasonschneidermedia.com 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
raina douris @rahrahraina.bsky.social 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
sharine taylor @shharine.co small forward at @dontcallmebaby.club
music & culture writer.
film & tv production designer.
💌: https://shharine.co
🔗: https://productiondesign.shharine.co
Demi @demarjgrant.bsky.social Investigative Reporter at the Investigative Journalism Bureau & Co-Creator of Album Mode
Del Cowie @delcowie.bsky.social Writer @hiphopevolution ,This Is Pop (Netflix)/Black Community Mixtapes (Prime Video) /Black Life (CBC) /Bibliophonic editor @invisibooks
Sun Noor @sunnoor.bsky.social 
Jill Krajewski @jillkrajewski.bsky.social editor/writer
in film, vulture, etc
mostly on ig
Marsha Lederman @marshalederman.bsky.social Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed
Vancouver, Canada
@maxmertens.bsky.social @maxmertens.bsky.social 
Marie-Kim D-B @kimosaurusmkdb.bsky.social Travailleuse de la culture. Fan de festivals, de musique et d'arts de la scène. Fan de 🍕 et de 🍷 aussi.
Cédric Bélanger @cedricbelangerjdq.bsky.social Journaliste aux Arts et Spectacles. Journal de Québec et Journal de Montréal.
Shawn Conner @shawnconner.bsky.social Proto-journalist making way for AI. 
Pierre Landry @pierrelandry73.bsky.social Animateur / Host @ CHOM 97.7
Mélomane / Music buff
Aaron Brophy @aaronjjbrophy.bsky.social Mostly writing and editing. Some amateur sports psychology. Polaris Music Prize.
Sean Michaels @swanmichaels.bsky.social Writer: DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? 💐 (2023), THE WAGERS (2019), US CONDUCTORS (2014) • Founded 🎶 http://saidthegramophone.com • http://www.byseanmichaels.com • he/him
Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social Radio guy (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/melves