[1] Focusing on a single Canadian musician or band each week, the series mixed interview segments and live performance clips in a documentary style.
[2] It was a spinoff of the network's daily series Video Hits, which had in its final years sometimes devoted special episodes to a single musician or band under the name Video Hits Presents.
Although artists across all popular music genres were featured, the show was considered especially effective and important as a showcase for artists in genres such as country or folk, which did not typically have high rotation on MuchMusic.
The series premiered on June 21, 1992, with an episode devoted to Barenaked Ladies.
[4] Other artists profiled on the series during its run included Sloan,[5] Eric's Trip,[6] Meryn Cadell,[7] Kashtin,[8] Skydiggers,[9] Lost Dakotas,[10] The Rankin Family,[11] Bob Wiseman,[12] Me Mom and Morgentaler,[13] The Lowest of the Low,[14] Vern Cheechoo,[15] Blue Rodeo,[16] Punjabi by Nature,[17] Tom Jackson,[18] The Barra MacNeils,[19] Big Rude Jake,[20] Ashley MacIsaac,[2] Change of Heart,[21] hHead,[22] Lori Yates,[22] Moist,[22] Susan Aglukark,[1] Bob Snider,[1] Patricia Conroy[23] and Bourbon Tabernacle Choir.