PETER GODDARD (1943–2022) was a leading Canadian music, arts, and cultural commentator for more than five decades. He was a staff writer at both the Toronto Telegram and the Toronto Star, and a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, and many other publications. Additionally, Goddard was the author of more than fifteen books about popular music, including works on Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Genesis, and Glenn Gould. In 1982, he became the first Canadian critic of popular culture to receive a National Newspaper Award for criticism.