Q with Tom Power
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Q with Tom Power
Five days a week, Tom Power brings you candid conversations with the artists shaping our culture. Whether he’s chatting with A-listers or rising stars, his disarming warmth and meticulous research always gets below the surface, bringing us deeper into the art and lives of today's most compelling mus...
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Her music was suddenly a huge hit. But this Canadian musician felt isolated
Montreal-born, Nashville-based Allison Russell is a Grammy- and Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter, actor, and human rights advocate. Her new album...
Why this musician recorded Newfoundland's rural church organs
Michael Cloud Duguay and his collaborators toured rural towns in Newfoundland looking for something very specific to record: old organs in churches th...
Why Zoe Whittall changed her name to write romance novels
Zoe Whittall is constantly changing her writing. She’s written novels, short story collections, memoir, and TV. And now she’s switching genres again —...
How did Cape Breton become part of a drug smuggling ring?
Andy Hines talks to Tom Power about his feature film Little Lorraine, based on a true story about a drug smuggling ring in 1980s Nova Scotia. He gets...
André Sills on finding the humanity in Othello’s tragedy
It’s André Sills’s biggest season yet at Ontario’s Stratford Festival. The award-winning actor is taking on two of Shakespeare’s most iconic roles: Ob...
Mae Martin on the movie they reluctantly walked out of
Mae Martin has made us laugh with their stand-up comedy, made us cry in shows like Feel Good, and now they're being honoured with the Creative Voice A...
Before k.d. lang, before Peaches, there was Carole Pope
Carole Pope is one of Canada’s first queer female rock stars. In the ’70s and ’80s, Carole’s band Rough Trade was known for their political outspokenn...
Is Evanescence’s new album their best work yet?
Evanescence has released their sixth studio album, Sanctuary, and some fans are calling it their best work since their breakthrough record in 2003. Ev...
Oyin Oladejo on the healing power of Medusa’s rage
A new Canadian play is reimagining the ancient Greek myth of Medusa and giving the gorgon a voice. Oyin Oladejo is playing the snake-haired lead in th...
Jack Innanen is dying to play a young Chris Hadfield
Jack Innanen has tapped into the zeitgeist with his viral TikTok sketches, earning him the title of “the internet’s boyfriend.” His millions of follow...
Why Gail Maurice cast her own mother in a film inspired by her life
Gail Maurice wrote and directed her latest film, Blood Lines, with her hometown of Beauval, Saskatchewan, in mind. Some of the film's dialogue is spok...
Anna Lambe thought TV was superficial until she found its power
Anna Lambe almost walked away from acting before landing her starring role in North of North. She had headed to Ottawa to study international developm...
New Music: True Mountain Laurel
Vancouver duo True Mountain Laurel introduces their debut album’s title track, Angel So Bad, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The album is out ever...
Q Live in St. John’s!
In November, we took the show on the road all the way to Tom Power’s hometown of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador! This special live taping of Q...
What it was like singing backup for Céline Dion
Deborah Cox is one of the most celebrated voices in music, with a career that spans chart-topping hits, Grammy nominations, acclaimed performances on...
Even bbno$ finds bbno$ to be too much sometimes
Vancouver’s bbno$ has racked up millions of followers across platforms for his funny raps and witty commentary on internet culture today. After going...
Tom Green on Tony Hawk, gaining a mule’s trust, and coming home to Canada
The Canadian comedian Tom Green has been a huge presence in the comedy world for decades — from his cable-access days doing The Tom Green Show, to his...
Carley Fortune’s adaptation non-negotiable? Keep the story in Canada
Carley Fortune says she had one firm line when it came to the Amazon Prime adaptation of her debut novel: it had to stay in Canada. In the end, the se...
A cartoonist uncovers a chapter of queer American history
Tillie Walden is a prolific and award-winning American graphic novelist. Her 2017 graphic memoir, Spinning, won the prestigious Eisner Award. Now, she...
In a rare English interview, Diljit Dosanjh sits down with Q
Diljit Dosanjh has become the face of a global Punjabi music wave. From the Met Gala to the Billboard charts, he's taking the language, culture, and s...
New Music: Georges E. Sioui
Celebrated academic and Indigenous historian Georges E. Sioui introduces a new song, The Eyes of a Child, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. His debu...
When this Broadway vet won a Tony, she thanked her babysitters
After 20 years on Broadway, Caissie Levy has finally won her first Tony Award. The Canadian actor and singer has made a name for herself both in New Y...
Klô Pelgag on motherhood, creativity and francophone music in Canada
Klô has gone through some big changes since being shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2021. She wrote her latest album, Abracadabra, after beco...
Breaking the silence on sexual abuse in the classical world
Lara St. John was sexually assaulted by her aged instructor when she was a teenager at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Afte...
New Music: THEHONESTGUY
In Q’s recurring New Music segment, Nigerian Canadian R&B and soul musician, THEHONESTGUY, introduces his new song, Sugar Water. His new album, Don't...
He’s produced for Taylor, Lana and Lorde. Now he’s telling his own story
Jack Antonoff is one of the most successful producers working today. Known for his work with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Sabrina Carpenter,...
How a cold call to Wyclef Jean led to a dream coming true
Canadian Folk Music Award winner AHI performed his new song, Chosen, on stage at the FIFA World Cup 2026 countdown concert in Toronto. And if that mom...
How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
One night, Jenn Harper had the most vivid dream of three smiling Indigenous girls covered in colourful lip glosses. That dream, along with her newfoun...
Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
After 45 years together, the Canadian band Rheostatics decided they needed a new challenge. So they enlisted the help of Rush’s Alex Lifeson, who join...
Natalia Lafourcade needed to escape her fame. She moved to Ottawa
Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of the most influential voices in modern Latin music. She tells Tom Power about the life-changing...
Why there’s a six-year waitlist for these banjos
Pharis and Jason Romero are a folk/bluegrass duo behind both their Juno Award-winning music and their wildly in-demand banjos. In their workshop in th...
How Tatiana Maslany’s “fraudulence” helps her acting
It’s an understatement to say Tatiana Maslany has range. She’s known for playing 17 characters in the 2013 show, Orphan Black. Since then, she’s acted...
New Music: Mico
Toronto-born MICO introduces his new song, DREAMBOY, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. His debut album, When the lights turn on, is out June 26.
You may not know her name, but Steve Carell calls her a “secret weapon”
You might not know the name Annie Mumolo but chances are you have seen her work. She’s co-written films with Kristen Wiig, including Bridesmaids and B...
What’s in Vince Gill’s 50-year archive?
Country music legend Vince Gill had more than a hundred unreleased songs stock-piled. When the Country Music Hall of Fame star realized that it’s been...
Behind the scenes of the Canadian Heritage Minutes
If you watched TV in the ’90s in Canada, chances are you’ve seen Heritage Minutes. They are those 60-second dramatizations of Canadian history that wo...
What happens when women are called crazy?
In the 1880s, journalist Nellie Bly faked insanity to reveal the treatment of women in an American asylum, and how many of the patients were not sick...
You don’t have to overcome stage fright to be a comedian
Dan Mintz has played Tina Belcher on Bob’s Burgers for the last 16 seasons and counting. But before there was Tina, Dan worked primarily as a writer a...
Audrey Hobert wrote hits for her best friend. Now she's telling her own story
Audrey Hobert got her start co-writing massive hits with her best friend Gracie Abrams. It inspired Audrey to launch her own solo career with her debu...
How to write poetry about religion, the pandemic and garbage
Joseph Kidney is the 2026 recipient of the Canadian First Book Prize, handed out each year by the Griffin Poetry Prize for an outstanding first collec...