Toronto-based pop singer-songwriter Tara Van’s work gives glimpses of her internal world. She is generous in her self-disclosure. As a textbook ADHD oversharer, you can feel her weather report: sun-soaked, overcast, stormy etc. She lets herself express the mess. Her approach is as gutsy and bold as it is tender and vulnerable. She’s inviting you […]

Edmontonian singer-songwriter Billie Zizi is releasing a new song from her dynamic and vulnerable new LP, Levitate (October 25th).  “Neon Dream” begins as an innocent sounding lovelorn folk song before the track’s guitars build into an assertive storm of emotion. I wrote this tune as a bridge for another song but my co-producer, Austin Parachoniak, […]

Owen Marchildon is a songwriter and guitarist who has been part of the Toronto music scene since 2002. His creative output has been prolific, producing volumes of his own music independently since 2005; 10 full length albums, one EP and several singles under four different monikers – Purple Hill, Rough Skeletons, Marchildon! and High Wasted. […]

Puma June, an “emerging Canadian artist you need to hear” (Exclaim!), is a Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. With an eclectic array of influences from Stevie Wonder to Billie Eilish and everything in between, her music is a unique blend of pop, funk, hip-hop, and R&B – a genre-bending sound that is both nostalgic […]

Sia Shells is a Toronto based singer-songwriter that rhymes about the everyday magic we find through relationships, self love, reflection and dreams. Her emotive contralto vocals juxtaposed against upbeat dream pop sounds instantly transport you to another world. She invented a new genre called mermaid pop for ocean lovers. Her new album is diving into […]