Articles by Stephen Carlick

Empress Of Explores Sexism and the "Vulnerable and Honest" Lyrics of 'Me'

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

Lorely Rodriguez, a.k.a. Empress Of, isn't the enigma she used to be, and for good reason: as a young woman of colour making electronic mus...

Empress Of

Me

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2015

When Lorely Rodriguez started posting Colorminutes, a series of minute-long musical compositions, to YouTube a few years ago under the name...

Fred Penner

All My Children

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2015

It's been a good while since Fred Penner was on television, but these days, he's having a bit of a moment. He plays festivals regularly; he...

Carly Rae Jepsen

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2015

Carly Rae Jepsen could have been a one-hit wonder. When the British Columbian singer/songwriter released a single titled "Call Me Maybe" i...

Carly Rae Jepsen

E·MO·TION

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2015

To the ignorant, Carly Rae Jepsen might have seemed easy to write off; her meteoric rise following the success of "Call Me Maybe" made her...

Fred Penner Talks Hosting Polaris, Unreleased Music and His 'Intense' Cultural Moment

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2015

It's been 14 years since children's singer-songwriter Fred Penner hosted his beloved television program Fred Penner's Place, yet he's never...

Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique

Love is Free

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2015

Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique (the trio comprises producer Christian Falk and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Markus Jägerstedt) begin the...

Hudson Mohawke

Sound + Vision

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2015

Six years can go by quickly when you're as busy as Glaswegian producer Hudson Mohawke is.   Since releasing his Warp debut, Butter, in 2009...