Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Bahamas, Jerry Leger, QIYUAPIK, Terra Lightfoot, Moonriivr, Graham Brown, Ryan McMahon, and Kevin Drew

“Like all my albums, we recorded Donlands mostly live in the studio with my band The Situation [Dan Mock, Kyle Sullivan, Alan Zemaitis] in a circle—no headphones, just listening and existing, breathing as a whole. To me, it’s a record that lives in its own world.” - Jerry Leger

“Pain is a hard thing to let go until you’re ready. And that’s kind of where I was at with this record. Music, for me, is a release – it’s a place where I can go and express what it is that I want to say.” - Kevin Drew

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Shakura S'Aida, Abigail Lapell, Rural Alberta Advantage, Edwin Raphael, Zoe Ackah, Eva Cassidy, and Debby Friday,

By Will McGuirk

“It’s about balancing the good with the bad. It’s encountering a landscape that is completely surreal to you but also the closest thing to home. This project involves the arch of self-realization & leans on the generosity of the unexpected. It is a space for thoughts, discovery and new connections.” - Edwin Raphael

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Meghan Patrick, Neil Young, Fucked Up, Zoon, Chris Picco, Cots, Ryan Hicks, and Adam Baldwin

By Will McGuirk

“My dream is that like the kaleidoscope, all people can come together and see how beautiful the world is with all of our differences together.” - Ryan Hicks

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Adam Baldwin, Jill Barber, Pierre Kwenders, Ombiigizi, Cave States, Robinson Kirby, and Denzel Curry,

By Will McGuirk

“Sadly, the persistent undervaluing of music forces so many of us musicians to trade it all in—often in a defeated way, much like those willing to trade in their most valued possession out of pure desperation to have cash in hand.” - Jill Barber

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Ombiigizi - Nov 05 - Oshawa, ON - The Biltmore w/Tuns

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Adam Baldwin, Julian Taylor, Ouri, Ariel Posen, Living Hour, Jerry Sereda, Song Sparrow Research, and Ruby Singh and the Future Ancestors

By Will McGuirk

“It's my love letter to all of us who defy convention, whether by choice or necessity. It's my plea to everyone to follow your heart. You never know what other underdog you'll inspire to be heroic.” - Adam Baldwin

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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Alvvays, Bells Larsen, UWUW, Megan Nash, Jesse Northey, the TFD, the Flamingos Pink, and Miloe

By Will McGuirk

“It’s about watching someone grieve and being in awe of their ability to keep going, despite being in a lot of pain.” - Bells Larsen

“the song is about gambling, getting rich, and a dog being put down.” - Jesse Northey

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Bells Larsen at the Drake Underground Tuesday Sept. 13 2022

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Jesse Northey at the Garrison Friday Sept. 2 2022

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Bahamas launches free 'Live to Tape' concert series

An album I have been listening to in the background a lot has been the effortlessly engaging ‘Sad Hunk’ from Bahamas. Its a gentle sway, even the dancey bits are subtle in their soulfulness. The kids may call it yacht rock but don’t get stung by the saltiness man. To celebrate the release of the album which came out last year Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen) is organising a jam-a-long with some rad company for a free Live to Tape series beginning today Sat Jan 16 at 9 pm ET. The studio-to-studio performance stream will be running every second week for the foreseeable future. The 400 Unit join Bahamas for the first one. Upcoming guests include Dawes, Teskey Brothers, Sam Weber, Brody Simpson and there are loads more. On the Socials Bahamas says he is missing playing with other musicians and this is his way of getting past the lockdown lonelys, AND. . . we are invited!!
Link via the vid below.

Watch Bahamas perform songs from his latest album "Sad Hunk", exclusively for CBC Music.Subscribe to CBC Music: https://bit.ly/2XH13aWCBC Music is your hub f...

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Once A Tree, Twin Flames, Luca Fogale, Dana Gavanski, Astral Swans, Mo Kenney, and Color Fields

By Will McGuirk

Music is fuel. Music is medicine. A music city is a healthy city. A music city is a wealthy city. Music is also labour not only leisure. Music is also work not only play. Slowcity.ca urges all our supporters to contact your local government reps to support for live music venues.

Gord Sinclair & Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip "You make your living, plying your trade in the clubs and music venues, and if they start to go under, and it...

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Download / Stream 'Rush' https://levelmusic.lnk.to/OnceATree * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Follow ONCE A TREE Website: http://onceatreemusic.com Face...

“We live in a world where people want instant gratification. But sometimes, chasing after that can leave you feeling empty, and the things that used to feel like magic lose their lustre.” - Once A Tree

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Sing along with us in our first Lyric Video with Inuttitut translated! Our first single from our upcoming album OMEN. Battlefields is a song that shines a li...

“In the Arctic of Canada, Inuit People face the highest amount of suicides in the world, ‘Battlefields’ is a song to remind our people we have to fight our own minds to survive…” - Jaaji, Twin Flames

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“I wrote this song as a reminder to myself and anyone listening to search for beauty and meaning in every piece of this life, however simple or complex, no matter the circumstance.  - Luca Fogale

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Taken from the forthcoming "Wind Songs" EP. Out August 14th, pre-order here: https://smarturl.it/windsongs Directed & edited by Nuha Ruby Ra: www.nuharubyra....

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Video for 'BIRD SONGS' by Canadian Musician ASTRAL SWANS. Released July 10, 2020. Music & Lyrics by Matthew Swann. Video by Michael Peterson. Recorded at the...

“Due to the ongoing revelations of harrowing injustice, and systemic racism against BIPOC throughout North America, all Bandcamp sales of “Bird Songs” will be donated to AWO TAAN HEALING LODGE SOCIETY based in my hometown of Calgary, AB, Canada.” - Astral Swans

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You Belong To Me - Mo Kenney (cover) See the pyramids along the Nile Watch the sun rise from a tropic isle Just remember, darling, all the while You belong t...

“This song has a real solitary, lonely vibe that I think really reflects the times we’re all living in right now.” - Mo Kenney

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Follow Color Fields: Website: www.colorfieldsmusic.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/colorfieldsmusic Instagram: www.instagram.com/colorfieldsmusic Animal Credi...

“Animal is a song about our tendency to hide our true selves from one another, and what happens when we stop,” - Scott Packham, Color Fields

Slowcity.ca Open Mic with nêhiyawa, Lucas Fogale, The High Loves, Golden Cinema, Pride & Glory, Grace Potter, Ariel Posen, Mondo Cozmo, Once A Tree, Bailen,

By Will McGuirk

The wave is the wind’s masterpiece. The artist is as a wave swelling on the tide, the artist can break and wash and dissolve, leave a wake, be seen, be heard, move the environment, be moved by the environment. The artist is aware of the tide, sees context, place, history, the continuum, and rises.

"tommaso" appears on nêhiyawak's debut album 'nipiy' released October 24, 2019, on Arts & Crafts: https://nehiyawak.lnk.to/nipiy Maria Buffalo on her directorial debut: My vision for 'tommaso' has been in the making for years. 'tommaso' was the first track I listened to from nêhiyawak and I instantly fell in love and I felt at home.

“I felt like there is an incredible love story to be examined between Michaelangelo and Tommaso, As well to point out to some of the realities of having the master’s work commissioned required the spoils of colonial exploits. For me the idea of having another indigenous artist (Maria Buffalo) visualize concepts knowing some of the back story of the lyrics in the music, but relating that to images of Maskwacis First Nation, the body, hands, and indigenous people; I could imagine an incredible juxtaposition. The story of the song deepens with additional perspectives working their own ideas into this piece.”
- nêhiyawa

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"that the fate of the water resolves in the sand, that maybe all we’re doing's for nothing.”
- Lucas Fogale

"Another Way Around", the new single from Luca Fogale. Stream here: https://fanlink.to/AnotherWayAround Music written and performed by Luca Fogale https://www.lucafogale.com https://www.facebook.com/lucafogalemusic https://www.instagram.com/lucafogalem... Directed by Michael Parrella http://michaelpaulparrella.com This video was made with support from FACTOR and the Government of Canada.

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“The song's about how I feel trapped sometimes because of the overwhelming media that's all around us these days. It's discouraging because it often makes you forget what’s important to yourself. If you don't slow down and take the time to question your beliefs and the beliefs of those around you you're gonna get drained by the Vampire's Jaws.”
- The High Loves

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“I was watching an old film noir when I stumbled upon the main bassline that would form our new single,”
- Golden Cinema

Uploaded by Golden Cinema on 2019-10-24.

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pride & glory - pride & glory OUT NOW! Vinyl/CD/Merch: https://ffm.to/prideandglory Follow Zakk Wylde: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zakkwylde/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zakkwyldebls/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZakkWyldeBLS http://vevo.ly/8D8kad

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Buy/Stream your copy of "Daylight" at your favorite music retailer or streaming music provider here: https://found.ee/GPDaylight. "Love Is Love" is off Grace Potter's new album, Daylight, produced by Eric Valentine.

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Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/arielposen?sub_confirmation=1 I wanted to put together a special kind of experience as a last goodbye to How Long, before I move towards putting out new music. I invited only 25 guests, made up of family, friends, to join me in Winnipeg, in a space that's very near and dear to me; Stereobus Recording.

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Come On (Official Video) Song available here: https://ffm.to/comeon Connect with Mondo Cozmo: https://www.facebook.com/MondoCozmo https://www.instagram.com/mondocozmo https://twitter.com/mondocozmo Directed by Michael Barrett Produced by BobWasHere Productions

"So often we can find ourselves feeling trapped in the mundane cycles of life. This song is a reminder to take a step back and shake things up,” - Once A Tree.

Uploaded by StrictlyHits on 2019-10-25.

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Buy/Stream The Way I Could here: http://found.ee/bailenmixtapevol1 BAILEN - The Way I Could from Mixtape Vol. 1 Official Website: http://found.ee/BailenWebsite Tour Dates: http://found.ee/BailenTourDates Instagram: http://found.ee/BailenInstagram Facebook: http://found.ee/BailenFacebook Twitter: http://found.ee/BailenTwitter Siblings David and Daniel (twins), & their sister Julia have been playing together their whole lives.

Slowcity.ca Open Mic: No jokes just great tunes from Jenn Grant, The Strumbellas, Yoke Lore, Justin Wright, Luca Fogale, Tariq, the Middle Kids and more

By Will McGuirk

Nature has been playing enough japes on us so there’s no need for the annual con on this April 1. We have a full line-up of known and new, stars and starters for the open mic. The list has Yoke Lore, Justin Wright, The Strumbellas, Close Talkers, Lydia Persaud, Tim Moxam, Jenn Grant, Radical Face, Luca Fogale, Tariq, Middle Kids on it. We are getting a lot of players as you can see and hear so we may have to add another open mic day, maybe Wednesdays. Dig in.

Buy "Chin Up" here: http://smarturl.it/yokelorechinup Stream the song here: http://bit.ly/yokelorechinup Yoke Lore - "Chin Up" (Official Music Video) Official music video for "Chin Up" performed by Yoke Lore. Video by Jakob Wandel https://www.facebook.com/yokelore/ https://www.instagram.com/yoke_lore/ https://twitter.com/yoke_lore

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"I'll Wait" from The Strumbellas' new album Rattlesnake, is available now! Listen here: https://lnk.to/TheStrumbellasRattlesnakeYD http://thestrumbellas.ca https://www.facebook.com/thestrumbellas http://www.twitter.com/thestrumbellas http://www.instagram.com/thestrumbellas "I'll Wait" - video credits Directed by Christopher Warre Smets Produced by Black Fawn Creative Executive Producer Joe Kresta Line Producer Bradley Cherry Director of Photography Robert Lyte Art Director Matthew Parrish Edited by Christopher Warre Smets Colourist Troy Miller/Pendulum Entertainment Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates.

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Half Past Nine by Close Talker Find the song here: https://ffm.to/halfpastnine Close Talker Tour dates: https://closetalker.ca/tour Merch: https://closetalker.ca/store Filmed and Edited by Ben Giesbrecht (https://www.benngie.com) Filmed at Florencia Bay, BC © 2019 Slow Weather Music and Sinnbus Records We recognize and thank Creative Saskatchewan (https://www.creativesask.ca) for the financial support in producing this video.

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SHOWS

Middle Kids - Mon. May 27 @ the Phoenix, Toronto
Tim Moxam - Tues. April 9 @ The Burdock, Toronto
Lydia Persaud - Wed. June 19 @ the Drake Underground, Toronto
Jenn Grant - Sat. June 1 @ the Danforth Music Hall, Toronto

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'More of Me' by Lydia Persaud. From the upcoming album 'Let Me Show You,' out May 10 on Next Door Records. Available now: lnk.to/letmeshowyou Photo by J. Mitchel Reed.

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Goodbye, Already - From the upcoming album Marlborough Hall Music and Lyrics by Tim Moxam Directed, Shot, and Edited by Teo Weyman Special thanks to Blaise Crocker and the Weyman family

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'Raven' is the first single off of Jenn Grant's forthcoming album 'Love, Inevitable' due out May 31/2019 This video was filmed in Lake Echo, NS, Canada Director: Daniel Ledwell www.jenngrant.com

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This video was a pain to make. I wanted to do everything in camera, only using software to cross-fading the clips. So no post was added -- not even basics li...

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2YqCdg2 Apple Music: https://apple.co/2HKMZZE Music written and performed by Luca Fogale https://www.lucafogale.com https://www.facebook.com/lucafogalemusic https://www.instagram.com/lucafogalemusic Dance choreographed and performed by Kyle Tanguay https://www.kyletanguay.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kyletanguay Produced by opaque philly Shot by Rick Cook Edited by Hunter Siede Half-Saved discusses feelings of confusion and disorientation in regards to my relationship with the Catholic Church and the idea of being watched over by a judgemental God.

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TARIQ-Coquihalla (Official Video) Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/599hKOVjadkb7Ny10pYc0M?si=y_04LbrBSRWziEjJo7_Lpg Listen on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/tariq/1450724096 Directed by: Glen Jackson Follow Tariq: Website: https://www.tariqmusiq.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tariqmusiq Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tariqsongs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tariqmusiq/ Lyrics: It started with a buzzing feeling that turned into a ringing sound. So, I fired up the head bolt heater and headed on into town.

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"Real Thing" appears on 'New Songs For Old Problems', the forthcoming EP from Middle Kids - out May 24, 2019.