London, Ontario singer-songwriter Stephen Ingram releases "Leaving Song," the second single from his upcoming sophomore album, 'Silly Things,' arriving September 25. Where lead single "Sour Candy" traced Ingram's growth into himself, "Leaving Song" turns toward the place that shaped him first, Hamilton, and the complicated pull of a hometown that never quite felt like home.

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Kamloops Teenage Blues Phenom Jake Soberlak Announces Debut Album 'I'm In Trouble' + BC Tour 

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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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He’s been known as Mr. Maple Leaf of Canada in Peru, The Dancing Salesman on Mister Rogers’ TV Show, and the Hot Mikado on Broadway, but to me, he’s Joey. 

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 ASTRA writes from the uncomfortable spaces most songwriters avoid, the ones where softness and rage occupy the same breath. The Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter, born and raised in Ajax, Ontario and now based in Barrie, confronts that tension head-on with "IDGAF," out now, the single that refuses to let an abusive relationship have the last word.

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Vancouver's Son of James has released a cover of The Chicks' "There's Your Trouble," rebuilt through the band's own Chinese Canadiana lens and pulled from an unlikely source: a Lunar New Year party still in the planning stages.

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For more than a decade, Huguette Lavigne has built a devoted audience the old-fashioned way, one improvised piano piece at a time. Her sixth album, 'Sometimes It's Just That Easy,' arrives at a moment when instrumental music is finding an entirely new generation of listeners, and the Ottawa based pianist and composer is proving that music built entirely on feel can speak to both a longtime jazz crowd and a much younger one discovering it for the first time.

 Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4vvCW6LYsAFuIQt5k4F3rU

45 years after they first plugged in, Messenjah is not slowing down, they are staking their claim as one of the most important bands Canadian music has ever produced. Today, the group releases "No More," a bold, defiant new single that finds Canada's reggae originators sounding as fierce and vital as they did the day they started, and demanding, once and for all, that the world take notice.

 Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Loe8h5D7txiwBVweO051J

George Stroumboulopoulos and Marie-Mai to Host September 26 Celebration at Massey Hall Honouring The Tragically Hip, Mike Reno and Paul Dean of Loverboy, Leslie Feist, and Roch Voisine, Allison Russell, Amanda Marshall, Charlotte Cornfield, Isabelle Boulay, Ludovick Bourgeois, Matt Lang, Ruby Waters, Sara Dufour, Sebastian Gaskin, TALK, Tia Wood, and Todd Kerns Join Newly Announced Performers; Boi-1da to Make Special Appearance; Inductors Include Bruce McCulloch, FINNEAS, Jay Baruchel, Jim Vallance, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin. 

Toronto pianist, singer, composer, and songwriter Rick Maltese has released "Simply Love," a warm, Ray Charles-inspired pop and jazz single drawn from his album 'Rick Maltese & Friends Vol 2.'

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The song basically conveys that what already exists between two young lovers is working and is enough. When we’re young it’s easy to succumb to pressure to do the “expected” thing for family - get married, have children, settle down.

Eric Jensen has spent the better part of two years writing songs about the things people carry silently, and with "You're Not the Only One," out August 14, 2026, the Minnesota based artist behind Waves of Defeat delivers his most direct statement yet. The song has been finished since February, but Jensen sat on it deliberately, waiting until the timing felt right for the track he considers one of the most important he has written.

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Tina Dico is introducing herself properly to Canadian audiences with "Surfing," the first single from her forthcoming new album, 'Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges,' due October 23. The release marks a significant milestone for the Danish singer/songwriter, who has topped the Danish album charts five times and is now returning to North America through her first release on a Canadian label, DMP/Fontana North/Universal.

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 THE ELEM opens a bold new chapter with "Could It Be Me?," a genre-blurring rock anthem that pulls faith, paranoia, and self-importance into the same orbit and asks what separates them. Formed in Portugal in 2025 by songwriter and producer M.L. Leichter, THE ELEM works without borders, collaborating remotely with a rotating cast of musicians to build music that feels intimate and expansive at once, and "Could It Be Me?" stands as the clearest statement yet of that vision. 

Linda MacLeod has spent a lifetime making music, whether anyone was watching or not, and with her new single "I Tried to Get Through," the 75-year-old Cape Breton-born, Halifax-based singer-songwriter is proving that a voice this determined never really goes quiet. The song arrives as the first taste of her forthcoming album, 'The Well Known Unknown,' due later this year, and its title could not be more fitting for an artist who has spent six decades earning every inch of her career the hard way.

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With the release of "Where We Begin," Nico Francker continues a body of work that has grown from a simple idea: the songs should come first. Nico Francker is an original digital Pop, Soul & R&B artist created by Danish songwriter and creator Nicholai Kristensen, who guides the songwriting, musical direction, storytelling, production, and creative vision behind every release.

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Abby Nissenbaum has never been shy about calling out the gap between what country radio promises and what it actually delivers, and on her outrageous, rip-roaring new single "Gentleman," she takes direct aim at the genre's most persistent myth: the dream cowboy. The track, released alongside her sophomore full length 'Want To Be Wrong,' arrives as a cheeky, big-hearted rebuttal to every love song written about a man who talks a big game and delivers the bare minimum.

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 Following the news of her signing to Kscope and the release of her single ‘Breathe’ earlier this year, acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maiah Wynne has today announced her new album, Into The Waves, alongside a brand-new single, ‘See The Water’.

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 Toronto based, Newfoundland born singer-songwriter Tonia Evans (Cianciulli) releases her deeply personal cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill," out July 16, 2026, from her forthcoming album 'Love Me Till I'm Me Again.' For most artists, a cover song is a chance to reinterpret a classic. For Evans, this one is something far more significant: the only song, she says, that could carry the weight of the past year of her life.

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Toronto rocker Emily Mac releases her new single "Animal," the closing statement on her debut EP ‘ROCK N ROLL ANIMAL,' out now. Where the earlier songs on the EP dig through heartbreak and hard truths, "Animal" arrives as something looser and more playful, a song about choosing fun over hurt and going after exactly what she wants.

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The musical chameleon with eclectic tastes, Alex Hirsch releases his new single "Memory Lane," out now, a country and Americana front porch-style ballad built around the pull of the past and the people who stay with us long after we have moved on. Set against lap steel guitar and layered harmonies, the song settles into an easy, unhurried groove, the kind that invites a listener to pour a drink and sit with their own memories for a while.

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The new single from Paul Westin is a combo offering of country and rock, reminiscent of early Springsteen but keeping the country rock feel all the way.

A Canadian artist, hailing from Maple, Ontario, Paul Westin, with an edge to his music that is much needed in these current times of predictable releases.

“Gypsy Girls” has great guitar solos, and believable vocal delivery, Westin seamlessly blends honest stories of life’s ups and downs with arena rock energy. A  rock n roll spirit shines through with country tracks that make you want to hear more from this artist.