Just released, on Current Records, the new single from Award-Winning producer/musician Chris Birkett "My Beating Heart."

True to his signature style, Birkett weaves together elements of rock, pop, and world music, combining rich, guitar-driven instrumentation with an emotive vocal performance that speaks directly to the human experience. Birkett is a world-renowned producer, composer, and singer-songwriter currently based in Toronto, Canada. Over a career spanning several decades, his studio expertise has helped shape soundscapes for global icons including Dexys Midnight Runners, Alison Moyet, Mel Brooks, Talking Heads, The Pogues, Steve Earl, Sinead O’Connor, Buffy Sainte Marie and many more.

LGBTQIA+ roots rock powerhouse Sue Prosser has released her new single "Mistaken Identity," a song that has spent decades taking shape before finally arriving in its finished form. Recorded in June at Powder Room Studios with producer Randal Orr, the track pairs Prosser's driving guitar work and unmistakable stage-honed voice with a story that stretches back to a single night in Montreal.

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Singer-songwriter Laura Fortini, releases her debut single for radio, "Lights Went Out,": a warm, narrative-driven pop song built from a real memory she carried for years before finding the right way to tell it. The third song in her released collection, coming after her previous songs, “Look In” and “Shattered”, is a flirty, nostalgic track that reminisces about a late-summer/early-Autumn memory.  Written when Fortini was just fifteen, the track marks the first official radio release from the 23-year-old artist, who also performs under her own name as she works toward a full-length, self-titled album.

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At 17 years old, Jake Soberlak of Kamloops, British Columbia, plays the blues with the authority of someone who has lived inside the music for half a century. Today, the young guitarist, singer and harmonica player shares his debut single "You Gotta Leave," the first taste of his forthcoming album 'I'm In Trouble', arriving September 11, 2026. The song announces the arrival of one of the most compelling young voices working in Canadian blues today.

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Calgary-raised, Edmonton-based hip-hop artist Zaire Ink releases "Audio/Biography" on June 5, a defining single from his forthcoming debut album, 'When You Meet Yourself,' with the full project arriving November 20. Known for merging dense, precise lyricism with spoken word roots and a deep well of faith, Zaire Ink built the song around a single pivotal night that reshaped the course of his life. The album chronicles a deeply personal journey through mental health challenges, suicidal ideation, and the redemption he found through faith, a story Zaire Ink now speaks on directly as part of his work as a public speaker and youth mentor.

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The Majestic Realm, the creative universe of Houston based songwriter, producer and visionary Claudia Brethana Amezcua, releases the single "Digital Human," with the full-length album of the same name both out now. The track imagines a world where flesh and circuitry exist as one continuous form, a signature entry point into a sound that moves fluidly between ancient mythology and digital evolution.

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London, Ontario singer-songwriter Stephen Ingram releases "Sour Candy" out now, the first single from his sophomore album, 'Silly Things,' arriving September 25. The track marks a warm, self-aware entry point into a record that finds Ingram examining the space between who he used to be and who he has become, all set against the specific backdrop of Southwestern Ontario.

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Montréal singer-songwriter Silka Weil releases her long-anticipated sophomore EP, 'Midnight Blue,' out now on all platforms. The Musi-Flo Artist of the Year follows her celebrated 2023 debut with a record that pushes further into both her rock edged confidence and her most intimate songwriting yet, built around three core threads that run through every track: passion, intimacy, and commitment.

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Prince Edward Island based Latin outfit Montuno Cubano releases its new single "Baila Mi Guaracha" out now, ahead of a summer run of shows that includes headline appearances at Stratford Summer Music and Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. Led by Santiago de Cuba born songwriter, singer and requinto player Jorge Luis Peña Acosta, the track draws on the vibrant guaracha tradition, a style built for infectious rhythm, spirited vocals, and an irresistible pull toward the dance floor.

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Red Deer, Alberta singer-songwriter Mercedes Brown releases her debut album, 'Light the Fire,' out now on all platforms. The Wet'suwet'en Tsimshian artist has already begun turning heads with lead single "Playing With Fire," and new single, “So What?,” a churning, alt-rock declaration that picked up early support from outlets including Tinnitist, Cashbox Canada, Radio and Music and Record World International, along with attention from the production crew of CBS's Tracker after catching Brown's performance at an open mic in Ucluelet, BC.

The new single by Nonye Toria is “Magic Wand,” a song that portrays an artist unafraid to confront passion, vulnerability, and faith with equal intensity. Her most recent studio album Force & Fire was both a declaration and a testimony.

 From the breezy confidence of the first single “Carefree” Nonye explored love, desire, and self awareness with lyrical boldness and sonic depth. The intoxicating pull of the new single “Magic Wand,” anchors Nonye’s music in reverence, reminding listeners that strength and surrender can coexist. Blending soul, Afro-influenced rhythms, and contemporary R&B textures, Nonye Toria evolves—stronger in voice, sharper in vision, and unapologetic in truth.

Toronto Producer, Songwriter and Vocalist Channels a Lifelong Journey From Addis Ababa to the 6ix Into a Genre Fluid Statement of Identity and Self Belief

Toronto-based artist Rawmny Wildcat, (pronounced Raw Money Wildcat) releases his commanding new single "Manew" on June 26, 2026, the lead track from his highly anticipated album 'Habeshinated', arriving the same day. Born in Addis Ababa and now rooted in Toronto, the producer, songwriter and vocalist has crafted a song that fuses hip hop, soul and East African sound into a powerful declaration of who he is and where he comes from.

Kentucky, the musical project of Almonte, Ontario-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jordan Holman, releases his stirring new single "In Kingston Tonight," a song that arrives as both a love letter to one of Canada's great music cities and a deeply felt call to every Canadian to take what The Tragically Hip gave us and carry it forward. Written, recorded, engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by Holman at his home studio The Kentucky Bend, the single is his most passionate and fully realised work to date, and its release was timed with a headline performance at the municipal Canada Day celebrations at Hardy Park in Brockville, Ontario.

Psych surf rock band from Squamish, BC bring 'Modern World Blues' to stages from Ottawa to Asbury Park 

Surf Hat are heading back out on the road, and they are bringing the salt air with them. The Squamish, British Columbia band have confirmed a sweeping fall run those threads together headline shows and festival sets across Canada before crossing into the United States, then loops home through the mountain towns of British Columbia and Alberta. It is the latest chapter for a group whose rise has unfolded the unhurried way, one room and one road trip at a time. 

 Gentlemen of the Woods share their new single "Worst Kind of Weather," a road worn anthem of perseverance and open highway that captures the band at the height of their storytelling powers. Drawn from their third album 'November Embers,' the track distils everything that has made the Ottawa group a standout draw across the Capital region into one warm, rolling, deeply human performance.

Singer-Songwriter Harmonica Player Pays Respect to American Blues Music Greats, While Carving Out His Own Niche With Heartfelt and Authentic “Canadiana” Roots Music

Ethan Askey & The Elevators release "Big Bad Bossman", the spirited third single from their forthcoming album 'Outside the Lines', out now. The upbeat blues shuffle takes aim at every petty tyrant who ever mistook control for strength. Askey wrote the lyric about a universal figure, any bully or leader whose insecurity and self-regard gets in the way of good living. Anyone can relate to the song about power dynamics and reclaiming your footing, set to a rhythm that refuses to sit still.

8BANGER Is a “festival style” rock act with half a century of combined rock and roll experience between members; having played the smallest of venues to the largest of stages. Based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The band has been active since 2023 and 8BANGER: is comprised of Matti Slick (guitar and vocals), Kris McBass (bass guitar) and Joey Bochek (drums).

Childhood Friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard Craft Happy Sounding Sad Songs for an Anxious Generation

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Toronto and Ottawa-based duo Crashmore release "I Do the Most," the bright and bittersweet single from their debut EP 'Hung Up'. Made by lifelong friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard, the song captures everything the band does best, wrapping aching, self aware lyrics inside an irresistible indie pop rock hook that pulls you in before you notice where it lands.

 Mike Sands, the New York-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose restless creative spirit has been carving out his own corner of Alternative Americana Rock for over two decades, releases his powerful new single "Abandoned" today, the lead track from his forthcoming seventh studio album 'Happy Hour,' due July 10 on JIB Machine Records. Produced by Lincoln Parrish, the celebrated Nashville producer best known for his work with Cage the Elephant, and recorded at Siena Studios on Music Row, 'Happy Hour' is the most fully realised and emotionally wide-ranging record of Sands' career, a twelve-track collection that moves between gritty rock swagger and plainspoken Americana storytelling with the ease of a man who has finally found the exact sound he has been reaching for.