THE JUST JODY PROJECT has released a new single “UPON HIGH” – the second single from his debut 10-song independent album titled ‘No Need To Sing The Blues’.

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlHLQClaQ4&list=RDvIlHLQClaQ4&start_radio=1

The album blends smooth melodies with rich musical textures and expressive performances. Featuring an impressive collection of stringed instruments and carefully crafted arrangements, the album delivers a warm, immersive listening experience that reflects a lifelong passion for music.

Kingfish - October 10th @ Massey Hall, Toronto

Mississippi bluesman Christone “Kingfish” Ingram sizzles in coolness during a return engagement at Massey Hall in Toronto

Pat Metheny - October 9th @ Massey Hall, Toronto

Jazz wonder Pat Metheny mesmerizes devotees delivering a guitar masterclass at Massey Hall in Toronto

October 17 holds a special place in the hearts of Tragically Hip fans. It's the day in 2017 that Canada said goodbye to Gord Downie. This year, on that same date, fans in seven cities will gather to sing his songs, raise their glasses, and do something he'd be proud of: raise money to help people living with cancer.

GEDfest 2026 brings 13 shows to 12 cities across Canada and, for the first time, the United States, running October 16, 17, 21 and 24. Named for Gordon Edgar Downie, the grassroots movement brings together Tragically Hip tribute acts, volunteers and fans to celebrate Gord's life and legacy, with every chapter raising money for cancer organizations in its own community.

Punk 'N' Rollers The Bloodshots Take "Scream!" Coast-To-Coast On Their 'Screamin' Across Canada' Tour

The Bloodstones Photo Credit: Carly Chartier

Every time CJ Loane plugs in his guitar, the same riff comes tumbling out. Now that warm up riff has become "Scream!," a fist pumping, sing it at the top of your lungs anthem from Winnipeg's The Bloodshots, and the band is taking it to every corner of the country on their 'Screamin' Across Canada’ tour. The run is underway now and rolls through Ontario, the Prairies, British Columbia and Quebec until December 12, with a big October stretch alongside The Lazys on their 'Too Tough To Die Tour.'

Micah Sheveloff has released "Someone There For Me," the first single from his upcoming album 'Don't You Wonder,' due January 15, 2027.

The song traces back to a friendship that began around 1984, when Sheveloff and Extreme frontman Gary Cherone played together in Boston. The two stayed connected over the following decades, and in the fall of 2024, Cherone called Sheveloff with an idea: an American Songbook style track that swings, one he had carried around as a demo for years and wanted to finally record. The plan was to cut it together with jazz musicians Sheveloff had worked with in the past, but touring behind Extreme's album 'SIX' pushed the session back. In the meantime, Sheveloff fell in love with the song and built his own arrangement around it, one Cherone loved as much as the original.

Beppie’s eighth album, 'Puzzle Pieces,' is out now. The record gathers the Edmonton musician's latest run of singles, including the counting anthem "Nine" and the hip hop flavoured "P-O-T-A-T-O Crew," and marks another chapter for one of Canadian children's music's busiest and most decorated voices.

Puzzle Pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93uIoOFAGU

Vancouver bluesman Al “Wailin’” Walker has spent nearly five decades proving that the blues is not a genre you retire from. His eighth self-produced album, 'Bluesman', has landed at #1 on the Roots Music Report Canada chart, the latest chart-topper in a catalogue that stretches back to 1978, and a career built almost entirely on his own terms.

The new album from acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maiah Wynne is out. Alongside the album release, Maiah has shared a new video and new single titled ‘Girl Dinner’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoNgh15zSiw&feature=youtu.be

Edited by George Laycock at Blacktide Productions

Shoegaze has always been built on a handful of towering reference points. My Bloody Valentine set the genre's blueprint with 1991's 'Loveless,' Slowdive carried the sound into flowing, emotional territory on 'Souvlaki,' Ride pushed it faster and more melodic on 'Nowhere,' and the Jesus and Mary Chain laid the noise-pop groundwork the whole movement grew out of. AloneKitty, the Toronto based project of Michelle K, works from that same lineage, layering distortion-heavy walls of guitar over songs that never lose their melodic centre, closer in spirit to the genre's founders than to any of its softer modern imitators.

Crank the amps, roll down the windows and point the car straight toward the horizon. Junkhouse, the Hamilton, Ontario roots rockers whose ferocious blend of blues, folk and rock 'n' roll helped shape a golden era of Canadian music, are back with "Hot Hot Sun," the first new single of their exciting 2026 chapter, released on High Or Hurtin. Gritty, groove-soaked and radiating summer heat, the track finds singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Wilson in thrilling form, leading one of the country's most celebrated rock acts into a bold new era of fresh songs and fierce energy. The band will bring that energy to one of their biggest stages yet when they headline the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls on Saturday, November 21 at 8 p.m.

More than 40 years after they gave the world permission to dance, Men Without Hats are bringing the party back to stages across North America. The Montreal New Wave trailblazers are hitting the road on the "You Can Dance If You Want Tour," celebrating more than four decades of synth-soaked smash hits with a live show that turns every room into a party, in support of their new album 'On the Moon,' out now.

The "You Can Dance If You Want Tour" kicks off Nov. 27 in Mount Dora, FL and sweeps through the U.S. East Coast and Midwest in December. It rings in New Year's Eve in Palm Springs, crosses Canada through January and February 2027, and then carries the celebration all the way to Australia in May.

Candles glowing across a front lawn, neighbours dancing beneath the open sky and a cherished voice that follows you everywhere you go. Denver indie pop duo Cherokee Social open their hearts on "Maya," a shimmering, soul-stirring new single out now that honours the full circle of a life lived with joy, courage and a house overflowing with friends. Written by frontman Julian Navarro in tribute to his late mother, the song wraps dreamy, reverb-kissed guitar around soaring walls of harmony that feel like they could lift the roof clean off the room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9_JetaqoU

Ted Quinlan - September 20th @ Kensington Jazz Fest, Toronto

Jazz Guru Ted Quinlan on fire here playing hot licks at Handlebar during the Kensington Jazz Fest in Toronto

Harry Manx - September 19th @ Hugh’s Room Live, Toronto

Harry Manx performing mystical, musical magic as East meets West at Hugh’s Room Live in Toronto

Award-winning Canadian children's musician Chris McKhool is turning up the joy with the release of Party in the Street, an exuberant new single that invites children and families to sing, dance, and celebrate together. Filmed at Toronto Caribbean Carnival and inspired by the vibrant traditions of Mardi Gras and Carnival, the song is the second single from McKhool's upcoming album, Global Dance Party! to be released on November 6, 2026.

Hammond organ master Vel Lewis returns with "Smoovee," a lush, groove driven single featuring soprano and tenor saxophonist Marion Meadows that has already debuted as the #1 Most Added recording at smooth jazz radio. The track continues to build momentum across formats, appearing on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 100, Mediabase Smooth Jazz, RadioWave Monitor Groove Jazz 100, and the Top 30 Weekend Radio chart in Madrid, Spain, while reaching listeners on every major streaming platform. Built around a soulful Hammond bed and Meadows' unmistakable saxophone lines, "Smoovee" distills the sound Lewis has spent a lifetime refining: groove jazz, smooth jazz, soul, funk, and rhythm and blues, folded into one infectious recording.

Tina Dico shares "This Fire!," the second single from her forthcoming album 'Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges,' out October 23, 2026. The song follows "Surfing," which introduced the record earlier this summer, and marks the first time Dico and fellow Iceland based artist Emilíana Torrini have recorded together, on one of the album's most immediate and inspiring tracks.

Check out the Tina Dico YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@tinadico

Alexandr Misko builds machines out of wood and steel string, and then he plays them like nothing else exists. The German-based guitarist, composer and arranger is loading up his self designed Frankenstein Guitar for a sprawling run of North American dates this fall, carrying the sound of his latest album, 'Final Boss,' from small listening rooms to concert halls across the United States and Canada.

Check Out INTERGALACTIC MARCH - Alex Misko ("FINAL BOSS" Album) on YouTube here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dF-RukgnIo

Hamilton and Toronto's TRIBZ release "Young Love" out now, a pop-rock ballad that trades the band's usual social urgency for something quieter and deeply personal, a trip back to first love, sweet sixteen and the memories time can never fully take away. For a band built on more than a century of combined musical history, it is a fitting turn inward, tracing the story all the way back to where guitarist Earl Johnson's own journey in music truly started.

Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1gQN1mHMV7baTimCBC271Q

 INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven continents, releases "Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)" out now, a moody, folk leaning reinterpretation of a track originally featured on the band's 2022 record, ‘Volume 3.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIigWYNM0rY

 INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven continents, releases "Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)" out now, a moody, folk leaning reinterpretation of a track originally featured on the band's 2022 record, ‘Volume 3.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIigWYNM0rY