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CKCU Presents Friday Night Folk Featuring Loch Nisse Monster, Kentucky & Matt Gower Friday January 9th, 8pm Art House Cafe - Ottawa, ON Tickets $15/20 Friday Night Folk is a bi-monthly concert series at Art House Cafe. On the first Friday of every other month Art House Cafe will feature two folk acts, hosted by local singer-songwriter Matt Gower. Click here for more info

Mama Zima @ Wavelength Music Presented by in·summer Sunday, January 11 - 7:30PM 651 Dufferin Street - Wavelength Music's HQ - Toronto, ON Mama Zima is the celebration of a multicultural community, and even more than that: a person who cherishes and nourishes that community with love, live music, and good parties. Come celebrate Misha's birthday along with the Slavic New Year, and as always we're seeing things bigger and brighter: this year we have 4 rooms, 6 live bands, 5 DJ

Showcase Applications are now open for the 2026 Folk Canada Conference (Formerly the Folk Music Ontario Conference), taking place October 14-18, 2026 in Hamilton, Ontario! Deadline to Apply: January 30, 2026 Click here to apply now Click here to read the FAQ We're getting out applications earlier than ever this year! Our aim is to give selected artists much more time to secure funding, make travel plans, and be as prepared as possible for networking and booking opportunities

Tin Constellations: Thunder Claps and Lightning Flashes Single Release: December 26, 2025 tin constellations are releasing the 2nd single from our upcoming release "Cobden" on Boxing day! The track is titled "Thunder Claps and Lightning Flashes". It's a tight, soft, beautiful folk song about pining that highlights the orchestral folk of the tin cons latest release. Our third EP “COBDEN”, an orchestral murder ballad in eight parts, was recorded at Little Bullhorn with Dave D

Eternal Mourning: What I Saw is History   Eternal Mourning is excited to announce the upcoming release of their second studio album, What I Saw Is History. This indie rock & folk project is deeply crafted, featuring introspective songwriting and organic arrangements. The album explores memory, loss, and what remains as we move forward. Eternal Mourning (Philippe, David, Day Day, and Pasquale) would like to thank our beloved wives, family, friends and fans for enduring and sup

Amy-Lynn Howson: Humble King Following a bad car accident and some heartbreak in October 2024, this song came and was part of the healing process for Amy-Lynn Howson. The challenges of facing the Christmas season with a broken heart and shattered dreams loomed before her, and she was brought back to the core of Christmas and why the birth of Jesus is celebrated. "Humble King" is a polished-up, live piano voice memo recording that captures the raw emotion that poured into the

Matt Gower: All or Nothing All or Nothing is an original song about the wonder of the Christmas season. It could be anything could be wrapped inside that gift under the Christmas tree.  “Endless possibilities Lie beneath the Christmas tree It’s all or nothing, no in between Until you open up your gift”

Robert Thomas & The Sessionmen: Nominated for Canadian Folk Music Award   On the strength of their latest release "The Way We Roll", Robert, Ray and Jon have been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award - "New Artist of the Year." The boys have also been invited to give a feature performance at the "Songs and Stories" Gala Concert at the CFMA's in Calgary, April 9.

Shipyard Kitchen Party: Christmas     Shipyard Kitchen Party rings in the holiday season with their new album "Christmas", featuring original songs from the band and their regular collaborators, Jason Redman and Emily Power. It's a little folk, a little funk, a little bit country and little bit rock and roll - all the things the band loves about the holiday season together with the friends they love playing with!

Nice Verdes: Magic in Minutiae   Nice Verdes are excited to announce that their new album, ‘Magic in Minutiae’, has been released on December 4th 2025. Created and recorded on Vancouver Island, Canada, over the last couple of years, the 12-track album is an expression of original folk with global influences, showcasing the duo’s long-standing partnership and deep musical chemistry. This new compilation blends acoustic roots with rhythmic energy. Interwoven guitars, accordion,

Kentucky: Pink Volleyball   Pink Volleyball is the true story of someone very close to our family who tragically succumbed to addiction. However, shortly before they died they sent over a gift of a Pink Volleyball for our daughter's 2nd birthday, an item that held deep personal significance and wonderful memories of the past from before our daughter was born. It showed that even in the midst of the worst and most painful time of their life, their love and goodness could not h

Isaac Baronikian: Evergreen     Rhythmic, soothing, meditative. Good for slow-roll drives just before dusk. Goth-country reflections on a life well-lived, apology letters to bees running out of flowers to pollinate. City kids touching grass, country kids watching Shakespeare In The Park. Single #4 from Isaac's upcoming full-length record due in early 2026. Pedal steel from Matt Kelly (City and Colour), drums from Peter Von Althen (Kathleen Edwards). For fans of Bahamas, Theo

Desirée Dawson: Hanging On   Desirée Dawson’s Hanging On is a collection of introspective and supportive acoustic songs that earnestly touch on ancestry, grief and liberation, leaving listeners with a feeling of hope and compassion. Desirée says “I wanted this project to feel like a live album. I wanted it to feel raw and imperfect, kind of like if we were all sitting around a cozy living room together, after a long week, and I was sharing some soothing songs with you while y

Suzie Vinnick @ Hugh’s Room      Suzie Vinnick’s 11th Annual Holiday Show Saturday, December 27, 2025 Hugh’s Room - Toronto, ON Doors 7pm - Show 8pm $35 in advance, $42 at the door A Saskatoon native transplanted to the Niagara Region of Ontario, Suzie Vinnick is the proud owner of a gorgeous voice, impressive guitar and bass chops, and an engagingly candid performance style. Her career has seen triumph after triumph. Among her most recent successes are being awarded the 2022

Terry Donaghue: Still Waters    “In the spring of 2025 I heard an episode on the radio discussing the healing powers of blue spaces – that is the mental and physical benefits gained by being close to a body of water whether ocean, lake or river. I was familiar with the concept of forest bathing and having lived close to water all my life this resonated strongly with me.” Still Waters was recorded at the legendary Kensington Sound studio, engineered, produced and arranged by V

Naghmeh: Étoile filante   If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and There’s No One Around to Hear It, Does It Make a Sound? The modern twist of this philosophical riddle goes something like: pics or it didn’t happen. Whether you answer yes or no, whether you think of it from a philosophical or scientific angle, does it really matter? The tree fell. That is a fact.  In the era of smartphones and social media, the over documentation and oversharing of content, it often feels like peop

Dana Sipos: Strange to my Mind Strange to my Mind is a meditation on the mysteries of being alive, those humming quietly under the surface and those that roar and shape shift your life’s course. After periods of transformation, we are often unrecognizable to ourselves and we have to learn to see ourselves again. Sometimes close communities shift and fall apart and the world is an utterly heartbreaking place. Woven into the song is a personal reminder that gratitude is a integ

The Family Name: Don't Choke Brother Duo The Family Name have released their latest single, Don’t Choke, about moving back to small town life, regaining a sense of community, and shedding perfectionism. The track is available on all streaming platforms. The song is a roots-rock experiment from a duo typically focused on stripped-down acoustic performances and intimate duo vocal harmony, with additional instrumentation and production by David James Allen at Littleknown, with m

Whitney Ross-Barris: Curtains of Light   "Curtains of Light," the new record from Toronto singer-songwriter Whitney Ross-Barris, blends jazz, choral, neo-soul, spoken word, and folk elements into an album of exciting new music that crystallizes deeply human stories of disconnection, longing, and beautiful resilience born from the last few challenging years. Woven together with field recordings from Whitney’s daily life and featuring both in-the-pocket groove and sweeping cine

Bremner Fletcher: Christmas Dream of New Orleans   I'm a Canadian singer-songwriter who had the pleasure of living in New Orleans for years. Right now, in New Orleans, Night-Scented Jasmine and Sweet-Olive trees are filling the streets with perfume. However, I'm looking out in Montreal and seeing snow and ice... and thinking about Christmas. The first single off my upcoming acoustic folk album launched is an upbeat, swinging, (slightly dark) Christmas song called ‘Christmas D