Shane Pendergast has folk music in his blood. Growing up in Prince Edward Island as a lifelong musical artist, he hails from a lineage of storytellers and musicians. Drawing inspiration from the landscapes and lore of his Maritime home, and university years in Toronto performing at pubs. Shane’s songs began to take shape, resonating with themes of […]

Opeongo is the moniker of Midland, Ontario’s Keegan Trumpour and an ever-rotating cast of musicians. Opeongo has released two full length albums (2019’s Miasma and 2021’s we’ll all go with the will-o’-the-wisp); the brand new Eventual Mt. Lee marks their third release, with a fourth underway in the near future.  The songs on Eventual Mt. […]

Since 2020’s Party of One EP, Toronto’s Alannah Kavanagh has grown tremendously as an artist. When she started Grizzly Coast at 22, she was playing confessional songwriter-style acoustic shows. Over time, Alannah got a band and they were scrappy – playing gigs and music they thought were fun without overthinking things.  Recorded in just under […]

JUNO and Polaris Prize-nominated Haliburton, Ontario singer-songwriter Terra Lightfoot is sharing a rich, acoustic new version of the thesis track from her most recent album, Healing Power, entitled “Out of Time.” Performed with best friend and touring band member, Elijah “Eli” Abrams, this acoustic rendition of “Out Of Time” finds Lightfoot and Abrams leaning into […]

Allegories, the electronic/experimental pop duo hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, are following up their recent hazy and melodic single, “NOSTALGIA KILLS,” with “Evaporate,” a lush, romantic piece which harkens back to the group’s early days of obscuring their identities. “Can you recall, everything I held so close to me, kiss me,” calls Adam Bentley over a […]

The greatest music goes beyond merely entertaining us; instead, it conjures deep and varied emotions by evoking the universal hopes, fears, and experiences of humanity. Few modern artists embody that sentiment as wonderfully as Canadian progressive/post-rock troupe Versa. Founded in 2007, the group has spent over 15 years perfecting their superb chemistry of serene vocals; […]

S.G. Sinnicks is a two-time Hamilton Music Award winner (Folk Roots Record of the Year, 2009 and 2012, as well as a City of Hamilton Arts Award in 2013). Sinnicks began playing drums at 11 and at 15 began to play the pubs with everyone from local artists to Canadian legend Stompin’ Tom Connors. Sinnicks’ […]