Unquiet Nights are marking the next chapter of their story with "Last Days of Rome," a standalone single out now, and one that carries the weight of six years the band spent living and working in Italy. Fronted by vocalist and guitarist Luke Mathers alongside drummer Rodger Firmin, the Belfast formed group built the song around a place, and a feeling, that shaped them as much as any studio ever could.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjus1nZYAVM

Montreal Blues and Gospel Singer Hagiel Answers Life’s Hardest Battles With “Fight for Your Life” and Debut EP ‘I Am Enough of a Woman’ 

Hagiel’s very first memory is a dance. She was a little girl wrapped in her mother’s arms, swaying around the living room to whatever happened to be spinning on the radio or the record player. That moment sparked a lifelong love affair with music. It reaches its fullest expression yet with ‘I Am Enough of a Woman,’ the Montreal singer’s debut EP, led by the soaring new single “Fight for Your Life,” out now.

Kat Selah releases "Motivation," out now, a pop track built around a feisty, driving bassline that pairs sharp lyrical honesty with a defiant edge, and a title that carries a bitter double meaning once the story behind it comes into focus.

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Songsmith Blake Havard Waves Heartbreak Off with A Wurlitzer Grin On "Wave Goodbye"

 The phone call came the morning after a gig. A friend of Blake Havard's had just caught a Seattle songwriter named Pete Droge in concert, and he couldn't wait to report back. "He said, 'I saw this Pete Droge guy last night and he was just like you!'" Havard remembers. That tip set off one of the happiest creative partnerships of his career, and it finally reaches listeners with "Wave Goodbye," a warm, rootsy and wonderfully wry song about letting go.

Flamenco Virtuoso Juan Martín And Poet Bob Jensen Send Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" Drifting Toward Heaven

Leonard Cohen wrote "Suzanne" in Montreal, the city Bob Jensen now calls home. Out now, Jensen, a musician, author and spoken word poet, joins Spanish flamenco legend Juan Martín for a breathtaking new take on the song, uniting the sound of Andalucía with the poetry of Canada.

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

 No song left the room until Sheldon Moore had heard it.

 The producer and writer was the final word for his bandmates in Pocket Dwellers. One of them, Dennis Passley, has now carried Sheldon’s memory into his Toronto ensemble astral RIDDIMS with a gorgeous, two-part tribute. “Shel Of Moor” is the emotional centrepiece of ‘The Big Band Theory,’ the band’s debut album, out now, and it captures everything that makes this 13-piece collective so thrilling: deep groove, open hearts and a sound big enough to fill the sky.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFCRzEexMl4“

Long before Nashville, there was a stack of old cassette tapes in a Manitoba home. Ollee Owens and her brother would dig through them looking for music that spoke to them, and they found it in the Delta blues. Years later, those discoveries have led the Calgary singer and songwriter to the most ambitious music of her life. Her soulful new single “Common Ground” is out now, the first taste of her third album, ‘From Now On,’ arriving February 26, 2027.

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

Three friends. Two brand new concertos. One clarinet. ‘MESH,’ out today through Slammin Media and distributed worldwide by Believe, brings together three giants of Canadian classical music. Polish Canadian clarinettist Kornel Wolak is the star soloist, and the album pairs two brand new concertos written especially for him. One is by Norbert Palej, and the other is by conductor and composer Charles T. Cozens, who leads the Burlington New Millennium Orchestra on the recording. Both pieces are world premiere recordings.

As a little girl, ALYA spent her nights dreaming of a love she wasn't sure she'd ever find. Now the Grammy winning, Los Angeles based pop singer has turned those dreams into "Dreaming," a sun kissed new single out now. The song is a prequel to her recent single "Believer," and both are chapters of her upcoming album 'In The Moment,' arriving in spring 2027.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUHrY9J8yb0&feature=youtu.be

 Mercedes Brown was gathering a little bouquet on a walk with her dad when he offered a piece of advice she never forgot: “always stop to smell the wildflowers.” Years later, those six words bloomed into “No Tomorrow,” the Red Deer, Alberta alt rocker’s new single from her debut album ‘Light the Fire’ (Small Frog Records).

From her apartment roof, Nicole Simone can see the Chateau Marmont, where the lights are always on. That view inspired “Chateau,” one of three standout singles from Circles, the Toronto-born artist’s first full-length album. Now splitting her time between Toronto and Los Angeles, Simone releases the record via Soul Spazm.

 Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/2VFevDsuBYIcb0IsbW5aWG

Two finished EPs, recorded in Georgia and paid for with years of time and money, sit on a shelf in Hunter James’ world. He had to walk away from both to make “Chasing A Sound.” The Bowmanville, Ontario country and Americana artist’s new single is out now, and it’s the sound of a long, winding road finally leading home.

Canada’s Fusion Secret Weapon Jeremy Green Steps Into The Spotlight With ‘In Motion’

The greatest players in the world already know Jeremy Green. Mike Stern knows. So do Will Lee, Keith Carlock, Oz Noy, Tim Lefebvre and Jimmy Haslip, all of whom lined up to play on his new album. The charts know too. Now it’s time for the rest of Canada to discover what they’ve heard.

Deep in the mountains of Preston County, West Virginia, a group of alternative education teachers started writing songs to connect with the young people in their classrooms. Those songs grew into Alternative Ed, a fiercely independent alternative rock band built to show students how far creativity can carry them. Now the Kingwood crew are cranking the volume higher than ever with "Oblivion," a heavy, hard-charging new single that opens the door to their upcoming album 'Realitivity,' arriving in spring 2027.

 A morning coffee gave Nina Lynn a lot more than caffeine. She was at home brewing her first cup of the day when a melody and a beat arrived fully formed. She tapped the rhythm out on the kitchen counter and caught it on a voice memo before it could slip away. That little moment of inspiration has bloomed into “Daisy,” a shimmering, enchanting new single from the Guelph singer and multi-instrumentalist that marks the start of a dreamy new chapter in her music.

What is this new normal we are living in, and how long are we going to put up with it? That question drives "New Normal," the explosive new single from Los Angeles alt rock collective MASHA. and the Fam, out now. It began in Baltimore in 2015, in the days after Freddie Gray died in police custody, and it took frontwoman Masha Alexis nine years to finish. Today, with immigration raids in the headlines and Americans heading to the polls this November, it sounds more urgent than ever.

https://mashaandthefam.bandcamp.com/

 One listen to Ella Fitzgerald's "Mack the Knife" and Ori Dagan was hooked for life. Now the award-winning Toronto jazz singer has made the kind of record that first inspired him. 'Live in the Market,' his fifth album and first live recording, arrives October 23 on G-THREE Records, and he celebrates the next night with a release concert at Toronto's Heliconian Hall on October 24.

 https://www.youtube.com/OriDaganJazz

Cheap noodles, long nights and just enough gas to reach the next town. That's how Low Budget Rock Star earned their name, and it's the spirit they still bring to every stage. Now the Indigenous power pop rockers from Opaskwayak Cree Nation and The Pas, Manitoba are serving up something sweet: "Cotton Candy," a bright, irresistible new single out now on the Indigenous owned New Sun Records, with a music video featuring Melody McArthur.

"Cotton Candy" is pure sugar rush, a joyful, sing along rock song bursting with hooks and good feeling. The chorus sticks like its namesake: "Like cotton candy / Drives me crazy / Pour some on me / Call me baby." It shows off a brighter, more expansive side of the band while keeping the heart and emotional depth that fans have come to love.

Powerhouse Edmonton Singer-Songwriter Delivers Her Most Personal and Triumphant Work to Date

Dahlia Wakefield, one of Western Canada’s most dynamic and versatile singer-songwriters, releases her soaring new single “Light of the Phoenix” on all major streaming platforms worldwide. The track is the fourth and most anticipated single from her forthcoming rock album 'Phoenix Rising,' scheduled for a full release in October 2026 via Skyrocket Records, and it arrives as a defining statement of resilience, self-reclamation, and creative momentum from an artist who has been building toward this moment for two decades.

Horns blazing, piano rolling and a big, generous heart at the centre of it all, Brandon Isaak is back with "World's Got the Blues," a rousing new single from his eighth solo album, 'Lookin' Out My Window,' both out now on Modern Primitive Records. The album follows his triumphant 2025 release 'Walkin' With the Blues,' which won three of its five Canadian Blues Music Award nominations: Electric Blues Album of the Year, Blues Song of the Year and Blues Guitar Player of the Year. "I came home from Toronto incredibly grateful," Isaak says, "and then I did what I always do. I went back to work."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Rf5ZDzSb0