Punk 'N' Rollers The Bloodshots Take "Scream!" Coast-To-Coast On Their 'Screamin' Across Canada' Tour
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.’
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.’
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Montreal based duo, Bowser and Blue, known mostly for their satirical political songs, have addressed the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America with the newly recorded song “My Name Is Lake Ontario.”
Southeast Ireland's TULUA come out swinging with "Michael Relihan's / Rigney's / Cap and Bells (Reels)," a blazing three tune set that rips straight through the opening of their acclaimed second album, 'In The Snug,' out now. This is a band lighting the fuse and letting it run, "Michael Relihan's" reel kicks the door open, "Rigney's Reel," a tune made legendary by the playing of Paddy O'Brien, keeps the energy climbing, and the set explodes into its finish with "Cap and Bells," a Josephine Keegan tune the band picked up halfway across the world during an unforgettable 6 a.m. kitchen session with fellow traditional players while touring Australia. Evan O'Grady joins the fray on bodhrán, driving the whole set forward with relentless, foot-stomping momentum.
Simcoe, Ontario-based Canadian folk singer-songwriter Tia McGraff, alongside her husband and musical partner Tommy Parham, releases "Two Wolves (Remix)" out now, the lead single from their upcoming album 'With a Friend,' arriving October 31 on Bandana Records. The song draws its title and its message from the well-known Cherokee legend of a grandfather teaching his grandson about the two wolves that live inside every person, one full of anger, the other full of compassion, and the lesson that whichever wolf wins is simply the one you feed.
Anaheim-based singer-songwriter and author Bobbo Byrnes continues to build momentum behind Too Many Miles: On the Road with an Unofficial Rock & Roll Goodwill Ambassador, his 2026 memoir and companion album, a pairing that turns more than two decades of touring into a sprawling account of life on the road.
Kitchener, Ontario singer-songwriter Kevin Westphal, better known to Canadian audiences as The Canuck, releases "The Food Inflation Blues," a country comedy track born out of a conversation that stuck with him longer than he expected. Standing in the checkout line, Westphal asked a store manager why prices kept climbing, and later that same night watched the news report record grocery store profits. "I picked up my guitar and 'The Food Inflation Blues' just came out," he says.
Johnny Max Releases New Music with His So-Called Friends
The award-winning Johnny Max Band, led by the charismatic and whip sharp Johnny Max, have been touring Canada and Europe for over 30 years and bring their remarkable rhythm & blues, Memphis meets Chicago and New Orleans sound to enthusiastic crowds wherever they go.
With two JUNO award nominations, eight Maple Blues awards nominations, and the winner of the International Songwriting Competition Award for “Daddy’s Little Girl”, off the album A Long Road. The Johnny Max Band consistently wows audiences with joyous, sometimes raucous rhythms and masterful showmanship.
Brampton will come alive with the rhythm, flavour and spirit of the Caribbean as the JAMBANA One World Festival lights up Brampton Sports Park on Monday, August 3, 2026. Presented by TD and in collaboration with the City of Brampton, the free festival celebrates Emancipation Day with an unforgettable day of live entertainment, cultural experiences, and family-friendly activities.
Recognized as one of Canada’s premier multicultural festivals, JAMBANA brings together thousands of attendees each year to honour the rich heritage and lasting contributions of the African and Caribbean diaspora while celebrating the diversity that makes Canada stronger.
