Alex Hudson
Alex Hudson explores music's cultural intersections at Exclaim!
As Editor-in-Chief of Exclaim!, Alex Hudson leads coverage that examines music's connections to sports, literature, and technology while maintaining a strong focus on Canadian artists. Hudson's editorial approach reveals how musical creation intersects with broader cultural phenomena rather than treating music as an isolated industry.
Sports and music crossovers in reporting
Hudson regularly covers connections between athletics and musical performance, including features on Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer discussing how playing piano saved his career and Ottawa Bluesfest hosting Canada's largest soccer watch party. These stories demonstrate Hudson's attention to how physical and creative disciplines inform one another beyond conventional music reporting.
Literary influences on musical creation
Under Hudson's editorial direction, Exclaim! has published features examining literary connections to music, including Lakes of Canada's Margaret Atwood-inspired album "Transgressions" and Ontario author Hannah Mary McKinnon's discussion of how the band The Beaches influenced her rock-themed whodunnit novel. These pieces highlight creative dialogues between literary and musical arts that extend beyond standard album reviews.
Technology's impact on music discovery
Hudson has directed coverage examining digital platforms' influence on listening habits, including a feature on Alexander Nilsson's 1001 Albums Generator as a tool for expanding musical horizons beyond algorithmic recommendations. This focus demonstrates Hudson's attention to how technological systems shape contemporary music consumption and discovery.
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Alexis Mikulski Ruiz
Alexis Mikulski Ruiz is a commerce writer whose distinct focus is the buying and streaming side of music, entertainment and lifestyle, helping readers decide how to watch major events and what to purchase around them. She is an e-commerce specialist at Rolling Stone, covering products, platforms and deals tied to award shows, festivals, sports and everyday culture. Her beat blends music streaming guides with shopping and product recommendations across fashion, beauty, tech, food, wellness and drinks. She reports through experience-focused service journalism, using lists, comparison roundups and step-by-step guides to answer concrete questions about how to stream major cultural moments, where to shop and which products to choose. Her background includes commerce and lifestyle writing for consumer publications such as Esquire, Men’s Health, Good Housekeeping, Oprah Daily, Women’s Wear Daily and Billboard.
Allie Gregory
Allie Gregory maps how audiences encounter new music by tracking the practical pathways of releases, tours, festivals, platforms and projects. She is a managing editor and news writer at Exclaim!, where she is a primary editorial contact for forthcoming releases and news tips and helps shape the outlet’s daily agenda around new music and its broader entertainment context. Her reporting centres on timely album and tour announcements, live logistics and festival programming across indie, metal, country, pop and adjacent film and streaming news. She writes direct, information-heavy pieces that foreground calendars, support acts, set times and programming structures, while also producing longer-form interviews, cultural stories and staff-pick recommendations that connect artists’ work, controversy and creative campaigns to how audiences encounter music and entertainment on the road, at festivals and on screens.
Andrei Ionescu
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