Category: Featured

Original artwork by Daniel Lanois. Cover art by Marthe A. Vannebo. New Album Acclaimed By Spin, No Depression, NPR’s World Café and Featured on WTF with Marc Maron Grammy and JUNO Award-winning songwriter and producer, Daniel Lanois, releases his new album, Heavy Sun, through eOne, the first release under his new “Maker Series” brand. Stream and download Heavy Sun here.... Read More

Scott Helman has shared the official video for the new “Good Problems” (Remix) by GRAMMY-winning producer Miles Walker. To create the heartfelt video, Scott enlisted his girlfriend, Katya Cybulsky, and longtime collaborator Ben Knechtel – who also directed the “Wait No More” video, which just earned Scott his sixth JUNO Award nomination for “Music Video of the Year.” The original... Read More

Triumph Seal – Record Store Day Canada Ambassadors 2021 Record Store Day (RSD) Exclusive 40th Anniversary Box Set Of Allied Forces To Be Released June 12, 2021, Via Round Hill Records One of the greatest and most successful Canadian rock bands of all-time, Triumph first rose to prominence back in the golden era when vinyl was king – and the... Read More

Six-time Juno Award winner and renowned mental health advocate Serena Ryder has released her anticipated album The Art of Falling Apart today. The new music has an immediacy to it, both due to its driving pop sound which is bursting with irresistible rhythms, pulsing bass lines, and the full range of Serena’s powerful and expressive voice, as well as the... Read More

Watch “Prayer For A Sparrow” (Official Video) At Canadian Beats With their highly anticipated full-length debut album Go By Feel officially set to arrive on June 11, 2021, The Hello Darlins are offering another preview with the single “Prayer For A Sparrow,” out today on all digital platforms. A gorgeous ballad sung by Darlins’ co-founder Candace Lacina, the song follows on the heels of the band’s previous acclaimed singles “Aberdeen... Read More

For Canadian singer-songwriter Paul DeRosa, there’s no shortage of inspiration when it comes to writing songs for Canada’s Paralympic athletes.  In 2019, DeRosa paired up with the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the CBC to record “Shine”, an emotionally driven song set to become the soundtrack for the Paralympic Games broadcast set for the summer of 2020. With the Games postponed... Read More

Greg Keelor the revered musician and songwriter and co-founding member of the iconic Blue Rodeo – has announced that his sixth solo album, “Share the Love,” will be released on April 16. “Share the Love” is preceded today by the release of the first single “Wonder” (LISTEN HERE). The official music video for “Wonder” has also been released today (WATCH HERE).... Read More

Brett Kissel has announced that his fifth major-label studio album What Is Life? will be released on April 9. Fans of the 18-time CCMA-Award-winning musician get their first taste of what is to come from the next phase of Kissel’s career today, with the release of the album’s first single, “Make A Life, Not A Living” (LISTEN HERE). “This song is... Read More

Alan Doyle will release a new EP, Back to the Harbour – a collection of songs to celebrate his love of folk music – on May 21. The album was produced by Joel Plaskett at The New Scotland Yard studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Featured on the album with Doyle are Kendel Carson and Cory Tetford from his touring band... Read More

Vancouver-based alt-rockers Mother Mother have released two new songs; “I Got Love” a propulsive, infectious, instantly hummable single and its companion “Stay Behind” a melodic, emotionally charged, airy track.  The new music is Mother Mother’s first offering on the heels of their recent explosion on TikTok. After over a decade of releasing music and touring, a new global audience discovered... Read More

What began as a fun conversation about how to write a song and get it recorded, turned into a major fundraising initiative for the Unison Fund, Canada’s music industry charity. Troy Kokol and Joni Delaurier of Scarlett Butler wrote “Looking for a Lockdown with You” with some friends (G. Schmidt, T. Schmidt, S. Stevens), and before they knew it, Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Fame inductee Michelle Wright, CCMA... Read More