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Aug. 11, 2019

Featured Artist - Madeleine Roger

Madeleine Roger is a folk-roots tour de force. Driven and grounded with both eyes to the horizon, there are few artists with as much gumption as…

Aug. 11, 2019

Featured Artist - Micah Erenberg

Micah Erenberg finds the humour in the everyday and the superlatives in the best experiences of life, never glossing over the ridiculous details.…

Aug. 11, 2019

Sarah MacDougall - Featured Artist

Sarah MacDougall is a transient spirit. Born in Sweden and raised in Whitehorse, her whisper-thin vocals carry a sensitivity to the human condition,…

Aug. 11, 2019

The Sweeties - Featured Artist

The Sweeties are Whitehorse, Yukon’s most adorable rock and roll husband and wife duo. With a broken mid-century mid-western aesthetic and a call to…

May 27, 2019

Pharis and Jason Romero - Featured Artist

BC husband and wife duo Pharis and Jason Romero's Sweet Old Religion (2018) is a nostalgic and pensive take on bluegrass, traditional, and…

Sep. 3, 2018

Ellen Doty - Featured Artist

Ellen Doty is a soulful Canadian vocalist and songwriter with a world-class voice. Her music incorporates everything from jazz to soul, folk, pop and…

Aug. 30, 2018

Apollo Suns - Featured Artist

“Instrumental Artist of the Year” nominees (2018 Western Canadian Music Awards) APOLLO SUNS were born from the fusing of eight Winnipeg, Canada based…