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  • Conquering Rockabilly, Toronto’s Miss Tammy Darling Makes Sparks Fly in RnB/Soul Single “Electric Love”

    “Electric Love” YouTube and Spotify Website When you start getting romantic feelings for someone, you might feel a surge of passion that comes from feeling a strong connection with them. Miss Tammy Darling can distinctively be found in the rockabilly world, but for “Electric Love,” she’s expressing these buzzy feelings of romance in authentically sliding into the RnB…

  • Nanaimo-Based Laura Kelsey Releases New EP ‘Hunting Season’

    “Your Stormy Ways” YouTube and Spotify Website EP Release Concert: April 29, 2023: The Globe Live Studio, 25 Front St, Nanaimo Nanaimo, BC-based singer-songwriter Laura Kelsey is writing modern mythology with her debut EP Hunting Season released on April 29, 2023. With a powerhouse voice like Evanescence’s Amy Lee and a timeless vibe like Stevie Nicks, prepare to be enchanted by…

  • Sonic Exploring MODERN ANDY Releases “Beginnings” From New Self-Titled EP

    “Beginnings” YouTube and Spotify Website What would happen if you held a radio frequency amplifier to an Andy Warhol painting, if the great pop art of the mid 20th century could come alive, sing, orchestrate? Modern Andy’s debut self-titled EP is here to answer that question, presenting whimsy-soaked satire of the popular imagination as a sonic experience. Modern…

  • MEDEVIL Announces New Vocalist To Lineup; New Album Out “Mirror in the Darkness”

    New Album Out “Mirror in the Darkness” In Tribute To Drummer’s Passing Photo Credit – IDFK Design & Photography​Earlier this April, Medevil took the stage at a sold-out Hyperspace MetalFest in Vancouver, BC with the support of vocalist Eric Willmott (ex-Apprentice, ex- Meridius) to fill in for the band’s main singer Liam Collingwood. Taking the stage and fans by storm…

  • Return to Dust Drop Brand New Single & Video:”Black Road”

    Photo Credit – Matt Akana Los Angeles fans also have the chance to see Return to Dust LIVE at DBA256 onSaturday, April 29th.Support comes from local metal favorites – Apolloson, Hexengarten, and Thredge. Not only is Saturday’s show completely free for 21+ fans, but this will also be the live debut of Return to Dust‘s brand new single, “Black Road.” Don’t miss your chance to see…

  • Israel-Based RnB Producer Kutiman Contemplates Life’s Darkness In “Sun Don’t Shine”

    MP3s, WAVs, Photos, Bio and All Assets Here “Sun Don’t Shine” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp Ambient music is typically defined by soothing, psychedelic beats that have the goal of relaxing the listener. In producer Kutiman’s newest single “Sun Don’t Shine”, he urges the listener to sit with their feelings before moving on from them. When it comes to the…

  • Ottawa-Based Indie Rocker Lady Charles Glitters Confidence In “Manic Pixie Dream Boy”

    “Manic Pixie Dream Boy” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp In pop culture, a manic pixie dream girl is usually a dreamy, troubled girl whose sole purpose is to inspire a male character. Lady Charles takes this archetype and makes it a more gender-fluid and empowering one through their new single, “Manic Pixie Dream Boy.” The song begins with an…

  • Singer-Songwriter Doug MacNaughton Takes Us On A 

    Reassuring Walk Through Grief In “So Lost Without You” “So Lost Without You” YouTube and Spotify Website Loss can be wrenching, no matter who is no longer in our lives, and Brandon, MB-based singer-songwriter Doug MacNaughton provides reassurance and a salve in his new single “So Lost Without You” from his forthcoming album Old Enough To Know Better. The…

  • Country Blues Rockers The Prairie Dogz Can “Almost See The Sun” In New Single

    “Almost See The Sun” YouTube and Spotify Website Okotoks, Alberta-based country-rock and blues band The Prairie Dogz announce the release of their new single, â€œAlmost See the Sun,” this month. The song is a hard-driving, heartfelt exploration of how to cope with the feelings of isolation and lack of connection that have no-doubt plagued many over the past few years.  The song’s…

  • The Manic Boys And Girls Club’s “We’ll Be Fine” New Single Out Now

    “We’ll Be Fine” YouTube and Spotify Website Canadian rock duo The Manic Boys and Girls Club consists of co-fronts and siblings Bela and Fernando Ferreira, whose haunting music is a mix of her vocals and his harmony blended with synth, guitar, and undertones of rock and pop. Their personal, introspective lyrics are informed by the pair’s upbringing as strict Catholics in rural…

  • CHRISTINE GRAVES Releases “Keep In This Mind’ Single

    “Keep This In Mind” YouTube and Spotify Website Everyday life is a wonder. Ottawa-based Canadian folk singer-songwriter, Christine Graves knows this well. In her new single “Keep this in Mind” an ironic perspective emerges about life and a reality that we don’t get everything we dream of experiencing “before we’re done”.  The results are both simple and sublime, throughout…

  • Ottawa-Based Victa Releases Pop Single “Where Did You Go?”

    MP3, WAV, Photos, Bio and All Assets Here “Where Did You Go?” YouTube and Spotify Website “Where Did You Go”, the new single by Ottawa, Ontario based Victa, is a masterful piece of poignant pop production.  It’s a song about love, loss and heartbreak, as Victa sings over a gently strummed acoustic guitar weaved together with a catchy, afrobeat…

  • Indigenous Singer/Songwriter Mike Bern Releases “no words for goodbyes” From Latest ‘Ancestors’ Album

    “no words for goodbye” YouTube and Spotify Website Multi-award-nominated Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick (Wolastoqey ( maliseet))-based singer/songwriter Mike Bern brings us his rooted indigenous folk rock sounds with his new album ‘Ancestors’ released on March 14.  Mike creates a sound that uniquely blends husky rock-style vocals and traditional folk acoustic melodies with hints of drawling Southern Gospel.…

  • Country Artists Organize Benefit Concert For CAMH

    May 24, 2023: Moonshine CafĂ©, Oakville More info and tickets at https://countrytalks.eventbrite.ca Ontario country artists are coming together to share untold stories about mental illness and mental health in a benefit concert for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Country Talks: Mental Health, taking place on Wednesday, May 24 at the famous Moonshine Cafe in Oakville,…

  • The Holy Gasp’s New Album ‘
And the Lord Hath Taken Away’ Is Out Now

    “Devil Oh Devil” YouTube and Spotify Website Benjamin Hackman’s ensemble “The Holy Gasp” is back again, creating another theatrical, thought-provoking, and genre-disrupting musical album as they release their 3rd album – “
And the Lord Hath Taken Away,” available now. It marks their first album since 2018, when they released “The Love Songs of Oedipus Rex,” a 27-person concept…

  • 25,000 Streams In A Week – Toronto Rocker Emily Mac Raises The Stakes With “Kills Me To Love You”

    “Kills Me To Love You” YouTube and Spotify Website Relationships are supposed to be a two-way street and when you feel like you are drowning in that partnership, then it’s time to get out and move on. Female classic rock sensation Emily Mac exposes those truths on her newly released single, “Kills Me To Love You.” “Kills Me…

  • Rock Trio Berner Trail Release “Sleep Til The Afternoon”

    “Sleep Til The Afternoon” YouTube and Spotify Website Life changes without your permission, and the world doesn’t ask for your input when it behaves as it does. Berner Trail’s response? “Sleep Till The Afternoon.” In the latest single from the Scarborough-born, Toronto-raised rock trio, Berner Trail unleashes about the unending transformations the song, the band, and everything around…

  • Sultans of String Win2 Canadian Folk Music Awards: Global Roots Album Of The Year and Producer of the Year (John “Beetle” Bailey and Chris McKhool)

    Website Spotify “Mi Santario” YouTube Toronto-based Sultans Of String continues to lead the global music world with two wins last night at the Canadian Folk Music Awards:  Global Roots Album Of The Year for their “Sanctuary” and Producer of the Year (John “Beetle” Bailey and Chris McKhool) for the same album.  Keeping within the band’s…

  • JazzInToronto To Showcase Diverse Lineup with A Focus on Women Artists at April’s College Street Jazz Festival

    Official Website and Tickets Here With a lineup focusing on gender representation, LGBTQ+ representation, cultural diversity, and emerging artists, JazzInToronto’s College Street Jazz Festival will showcase some of the best and most exciting talent Toronto has to offer. The three-day event runs April 21–23, and the lineup this year is comprised of 95% women artists, and includes a wonderful…

  • Folk Rocker Aaron Wylder Releases “Don’t Let Me Down”

    “Don’t Let Me Down” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp You’ve got to love what you do and draw inspiration from whatever drives you to be the best you can be. The love and passion for music and the art of songwriting is clearly defined by the brilliant indie-folk rock star, Aaron Wylder on his newly released single, “Don’t Let…