For all of love’s agonies, Calgary soul-roots singer-songwriter Jess Knights isn’t sulking over old wounds. On her debut full-length album, Best Kind of Light, due out on May 20, 2020, Knights comes out on the […]
Jocelyn Alice is a platinum-selling Canadian singer and songwriter with a fiercely powerful voice, heartfelt lyrics, and magnetic style. She rose to fame with her 2015 breakout summer song, “Jackpot.” The track topped radio and […]
Canadian jazz vocalist Deanne Matley has a reputation that just keeps on growing. Known for her pure but powerful voice, her way with a vocal line, and her ability to swing hard, emote softly, and […]
Calgary-based Souls in Rhythm (a.k.a. SiR) takes the fundamentals of funk and soul, and blends them with modern R&B. Rather than being impressionists of master artists of the genre, SiR has a modern sound and […]
Heavydive is a three-piece rock band that mixes post-punk rhythms and shoegaze soundscapes with dreary, yet angelic, vocals reminiscent of Morrissey and Robert Smith. Inspired by the turmoils of mental illness, escaping emotional abuse, and […]
Calgary, Alberta, August 2009. A group of strangers reply to an ad on Craigslist for musicians to ‘improvise funk, afrobeat and reggae grooves’. At some point in the jam session, one of the drummers says […]
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