Q with Tom Power

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, he has crafted some of the biggest songs of the 21st century. As his career gets bigger and bigger, Jack has felt the need to chronicle his origin story to keep track of where he came from. Everyone for Ten Minutes is the new album from his band, Ble...

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 moment wasn’t special enough for the lifelong soccer fan, he got to do it with one of his idols, Wyclef Jean. AHI stopped by the studio to chat with guest host Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe about what it was like collaborating with the Fugees rapper.

One night, Jenn Harper had the most vivid dream of three smiling Indigenous girls covered in colourful lip glosses. That dream, along with her newfound sobriety, led her to launch the company Cheekbone Beauty, which aims to bring positive representation of Indigenous folks into the beauty space. Lauded as a trailblazer in both sustainability and diversity, Jenn is now one of the cosmetics industry...

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 joined them for four hours as they improvised music and spoken word pieces inspired by the Great Lakes. The only problem is they forgot to hit record. Dave Bidini and Kevin Hearn of Rheostatics sat down with Tom Power back in December to tell us what hap...

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of the most influential voices in modern Latin music. She tells Tom Power about the life-changing moments that shaped her career — from the robbery that led her to pick up a guitar, her time living in Canada, and how a song she wrote a decade ago became an anthem for anti-ICE protesters. 

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 the tiny, remote B.C. town of Horsefly, they make highly sought-after banjos, so coveted there are years-long waitlists for them. Pharis and Jason talk to Tom about raising their little family in the wilderness, the workshop and recording studio where...

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 in Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, a couple Broadway plays, and a host of animated projects, horror films and other genre-bending works. Now, she stars in the dark comedy thriller, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, as a mother embroiled in a sex work...

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 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 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Annie has been writing and performing all her life, but it’s her latest breakout role in the HBO show Rooster that’s got people talking. Annie sat down with Tom Power to talk about how much fun she had making that sh...

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 50 years since he began his career, it felt like the perfect time to share this music with his fans. Now, he’s in the middle of a year-long project called 50 Years From Home, which involves releasing a new EP every month. He joins Tom Power to talk...

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 would pop up like public service announcements during commercial breaks. From 2012 to 2021, Davida Aronovitch produced them. She has also edited the Canadian Encyclopedia and worked for the Department of Canadian Heritage. All this work inspired her ne...

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 at all, but just trapped in a misogynist system. Now, a new opera is bringing that story to the stage and Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch is the librettist. She joins Tom Power to talk about the Luminato Festival product...

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 and stand-up comedian. This month, Dan is back with his first stand up special in over a decade, Dan Mintz: Well Rounded Entertainer. Dan talks to Tom Power about finding his voice in stand-up, his love of one-line comedy, and what it’s like to voice...

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 debut album, Who’s the Clown? Audrey joins Tom Power in-studio to talk about writing for others, the moment she realized she wanted to be an artist, and writing songs about struggling with your self-image and learning to love yourself. 

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 collection of poetry by a Canadian author. Joseph speaks to Tom Power about what that recognition means to him, as well as reads from his now award-winning collection, Devotional Forensics.

Broken Social Scene is back with a new album, Remember The Humans. Founding members Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin reflect on their early days making music as a loose collective of friends, and talk about why 2026 felt the right time to reunite and release new music.

Halifax’s Wintersleep introduces their new song, Gale, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The band’s new album, Wishing Moon, is out now.

Boi-1da is a Canadian producer who has found massive success all over the world crafting hits for the likes of Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Eminem and so many more. He talks to Tom Power about teaming up with Nelly Furtado, The Tragically Hip, Alessia Cara, AP Dhillon and more Canadian icons for What If It All Goes Right, a collaborative record to support the youth organization, Canada Soccer.

Montreal band Bye Parula introduces their new song, Quand vient le soir, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The band’s new album, Something Out Of Nothing, is out now.

Behind movies like The Wedding Planner, A Walk to Remember and Hairspray (2007) is the director Adam Shankman. This June, Adam’s back with a campy comedy starring RuPaul and Drag Race alumni called STOP! THAT! TRAIN! What sets his latest film apart from his previous work is that it’s his first time, as a queer director, directing an entirely queer-led cast. Adam stops by Q to talk about his love o...

Juno Award winner Divine Brown is giving flowers to one of her heroes, Minnie Riperton. Divine’s live concert stage show, Lovin' You: The Minnie Riperton Story, is coming to Toronto’s Luminato Festival this month. Though Minnie Riperton died when she was just 31, Divine tells Tom Power how the five-octave range singer was still able to make such an important impact on music, one that stretches rig...

Abel Selaocoe has been redefining the sound of the cello. The South African cellist and singer was in Canada recently, playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He joined Tom Power in the Q studio to talk about blending African and classical sounds, and why he thinks music has the ability to destroy the idea of time. 

Canadian music legend Joel Plaskett introduces his new song, Fill in the Blanks, in Q’s recurring New Music segment. The song marks the 20th anniversary of his band, The Joel Plaskett Emergency.

After more than 30 years on screen, Katherine LaNasa is finally having a breakout moment with her Emmy-winning role on The Pitt. But the road wasn't easy. As she was preparing to take on the hit medical drama, she was also undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Back in February, Katherine sat down with guest host Garvia Bailey in the Q studio to talk about that health scare, her hard-fought early...

On his album Pray for Me, Toronto-based R&B singer RAAHiiM straddles the line between his religious upbringing and a musical style that feels true to who he is. Back in February, he talked to guest host Garvia Bailey about the breakout year he’s had since being named Apple Music Canada’s Up Next Artist, and how he honours both his family roots and his creative identity through his music.