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Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre Presents Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Created By Ted Dykstra

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Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre Presents Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Created By Ted Dykstra

Toronto’s Coal Mine Theatre is proud to present the first ever Coal Mine Concert, RUMOURS by Fleetwood Mac, February 4-25, 2018 at the intimate Coal Mine Theatre.

Released in 1977, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is the seventh best-selling album of all time (the third best-selling 70s album), moving 800,000 copies per week at its height and selling more than 40 million copies to date. With the arrival of Rumours, Fleetwood Mac underwent “that alchemic transmigration from lead to gold” according to Rolling Stone’s five-star review of the record. Its success made Fleetwood Mac a cultural phenomenon and set a template for pop music forever.

Harkening back to the days when legendary clubs like the El Mocambo, Silver Dollar Room and Horseshoe Tavern were packing them in–the air stale with cigarette smoke and spilled beer–the Coal Mine Theatre is the perfect place to recreate that immersive club feel and present a straight up rock ‘n roll concert of the entire album.

“Two years-ago I was driving around town and listening to Rumours for the first time in a long time, but I still knew every note. At the same time, it was like I had never heard it before. The complexity, the simplicity, the musicianship; surely one of the finest records ever made.” Today, Ted Dykstra, Coal Mine Co-Chief Engineer and RUMOURS creative guide, has assembled a killer group to play the album live–joyfully, respectfully, authentically–up close and personal at the Coal Mine Theatre.

Ominously romantic while dealing with the break-up of the quintet’s two couples, Rumours, which appears on the surface to be an album of love songs with heavenly harmonies, is a contradiction between its cheerful surface and its anguished heart. This is not a re-interpretation of the record, nor a jukebox musical, this is Rumours as you know and love it!

Lead guitarist and vocalist, Mike Borkosky is a musician who has played with Alannah Myles, Carole Pope, Sass Jordan, Lee Aaron, Canadian Idol; a producer who has worked with illScarlett, Low Level Flight, Rex Goudie, Melanie Doane, Sabrina Whyatt, Creepy Crawlies; and lead vocalist for the band The Test Icicles.

Toronto vocalist and songwriter, SATE combines blistering hard rock and gritty funk with “a tornado of a stage presence,” (NOW). Her full-length debut album, RedBlack&Blue, was declared one of 2016’s most anticipated releases by the Globe and Mail. Daughter of Salome Bey, and formerly known as Saidah Baba Talibah, SATE understands desire and is prepared to sate it!

Andrea Ramolo is a multiple Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, and one-half of the acclaimed folk/pop duo Scarlett Jane. Her third solo album NUDA, produced by Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) was released in 2017 and included in that year’s Polaris Prize Longer List. Andrea has performed alongside such Canadian artists as Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Lynn Miles and Adam Cohen.

Multi-genre bassist, electric and upright, Jen Benton has performed nationally and abroad with Alex Lifeson, Andy Kim, Ron Sexsmith, Colin James, Dru, Kim Mitchell, Sam Roberts, Serena Ryder, august, Lily Frost, Lights, Sarah Slean, The Cliks, Luke Doucet, Divine Brown, Mark Holmes, and Lorraine Segato to name a few. She can also play a mean trumpet!

Since graduating as a percussion major from the Humber College Contemporary Music program, Steven Foster has toured the world as a drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter in bands such as Doldrums, Moon King, Jaron Freeman-Fox and the Opposite of Everything, Snowblink and others. He also has his own project, Omhouse; has composed music for a chamber ensemble; and has musical directed for theatre.

Derek Giberson, on keys, has been playing professionally for nearly 20 years; as bandleader of the nine-piece powerhouse Professors Of Funk and member of the Julian Taylor Band, and with musicians Sass Jordan, Shakura S’aida, Chris Caddell, Emmanuel Jal, Tyler Shaw, Carvin Winans and Ivana Santilli.

Sound designer and live sound engineer, Roger Psutka has worked with a diverse range of acts across the music industry including Our Lady Peace, Chantel Kreviazuk, Blue Man Group, Dean Brody, George Canyon, Remy Shand, Simple Plan, Sheryl Crow, and many more.

Coal Mine Theatre presents fearlessly challenging plays, produced, directed, designed and performed at the highest possible level. With less than 100 seats available per performance, Coal Mine is inspired by the intimacy and excitement of the off-off-Broadway experience. The Coal Mine’s fourth season under Chief Engineers Diana Bentley and Ted Dykstra has presented The Aliens by Annie Baker and Poison by Lot Vekemans; and continues with Rumours by Fleetwood Mac: A COAL MINE CONCERT; and Category E by Belinda Cornish.

February 4–25, 2018
Opening Night: Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Coal Mine Theatre, 1454 Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Tuesday-Sunday @ 7:30 • Sunday Matinee @ 2pm
Sunday Performances Added at 7:30pm on February 11, 18 & 25
(Sunday, February 4th Preview @ 7:30pm only)
All Tickets $42.50 + hst (previews $25 + hst)
brownpapertickets.com/TheCoalMine

How To Sound Like Arctic Monkeys Using Effects Pedals

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How To Sound Like Arctic Monkeys Using Effects Pedals

Arctic Monkeys fans love the recognizable tone of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, and company. In January 2018, the band announced their first new show in over three years. Today, Reverb is helping you prep so you can emulate their sounds using pedals you may have in your space.

Warner Music Canada Partners With Make Music Matter To Bring The World Voices Scarred By Conflict

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Warner Music Canada Partners With Make Music Matter To Bring The World Voices Scarred By Conflict

Warner Music Canada is proud to announce that they have partnered with Make Music Matter to bring to the world original recordings written and produced by people scarred by conflict, AIDS/HIV and violence against women through their Healing in Harmony music therapy program. The first two releases, Kesho ni siku mupya (Tomorrow Is A New Day) and Mon corps n’est pas une arme (My Body Is Not A Weapon), were recorded in the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda and will be released under Make Music Matter’s own Samothrace Records label. Both albums are available worldwide for streaming and downloads beginning today, January 12, 2018. Five more albums are to be released in the coming months.

Make Music Matter was started by Canadian video and music producer Darcy Ataman who co-wrote and produced “Song For Africa” which featured a number of high-profile Canadian artists and was premiered in 2006 at the XVI International Aids Conference in Toronto. A graduate from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Ataman has led efforts to build a primary school in the Masai Mara, Kenya, supported two HIV clinics in Kenya and founded a scholarship program in Africa’s biggest slum before creating the Healing in Harmony music therapy program. With established programs in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Darcy will lead further expansions in Turkey and Iraq. He continues to centre his focus on HIV survivors, former child soldiers and child-headed households in Rwanda and has partnered with Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Dr. Denis Mukwege and Panzi Foundation in the DRC, focusing on women who have been sexually violated through war.

Make Music Matter’s unique brand of music therapy is centered on the belief that music can be an integral part of a community-driven, holistic healing model. Participants in the program are survivors of sexual violence and other traumatized populations.

The team travels into conflict areas around the world , working in tandem with local trained psychologists and music producers. Participants write, record and professionally produce songs about their emotions and experiences. Within this process it helps give back the survivors their sense of identity as it starts the healing individually and as a community.

Many of the recorded songs get played on local radio stations which then helps empower the artist’s in their recovery and also sends a message to others in the community that they are not alone.

Kesho ni siku mupya (Tomorrow Is A New Day) tracklisting:

Esther “Kesho ni siku mupya”
Patrick “Main dans la main”
Solange & Obeni “Maisha ni punition”
Neema & Kethia & Bahati “Nime kosa Amani”
Sandra & Bayura “Prassana aseme”
Gisele & Fadhili & Faradja “Safari yangu”
Zezi & Tuliya & Zawadi & Gisele “Sita coka”
Prince Kwamiso “Songa mbele”

Mon corps n’est pas une (My Body Is Not A Weapon) tracklisting:

Young Dorcas & Timbuktu “Mon corps n’est pas une arme”
Denise & Timbuktu “Nda fanya je”
Young Tricotage & Timbuktu “Njo tu maisha”
Vannerie & Timbuktu “Sina matunzo”

Glass Tiger Reimagines Their Hits For New “31” Album And Tours With Johnny Reid

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Glass Tiger Reimagines Their Hits For New “31” Album And Tours With Johnny Reid

Warner Music Canada and Halo Entertainment are thrilled to announce the February 16th release of 31, the new album from Glass Tiger. Recorded and produced in Toronto and Nashville by Johnny Reid, 31 features 11 Glass Tiger hit songs reimagined with traditional acoustic instruments as well as two new tracks, “Wae Yer Family” co-written and featuring Johnny Reid and “Fire It Up.” The album also includes special guest contributions from Julian Lennon (“Thin Red Line”), Alan Doyle (“My Song”), Véronic DiCaire (“Someday”) and Susan Aglukark and David R. Maracle (“Diamond Sun”). 31 is available for pre-orders at all digital service providers (DSPs) beginning today. Fans pre-ordering through iTunes will instantly receive the tracks “Someday” (featuring Véronic DiCaire) and “Wae Yer Family” (featuring Johnny Reid).

Glass Tiger first burst on to the world stage in 1986 with the #1 hit “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone),” the first of 13 top 30 hits (including 7 top 10s). Glass Tiger’s Alan Frew and Johnny Reid have enjoyed a long friendship which has included a number of collaborations including Johnny’s #1 hit “Fire It Up” which also became a significant hit for Joe Cocker in Europe.

In 2015, Frew suffered what could have been a career-ending stroke but following an intense year of rehab, Alan was on the road to recovery. Taking all that had happened into consideration, Reid suggested creating an album that celebrated the truly important things in life.

“We talked for hours on end about such things as love and friendship, health and happiness…and, of course family,” says Frew. The emphasis, he felt, should be on Glass Tiger’s beautifully crafted pop songs that already felt ‘old friends and family’ and that, if re-imagined, they could once again come across our doorsteps and join us by the fire for an evening of fellowship and song.”

With a plan in place, the band headed to Nashville to begin working on arrangements at Johnny’s home studio. The resulting album introduces traditional acoustic instruments like the penny whistle, bodhran, banjo and uillean pipes giving new warmth to songs that have become familiar to millions of people around the world. The album also includes alternative versions of the hits “Someday” sung In French and English with Quebec star Véronic DiCaire and Diamond Sun performed alongside Susan Aglukark singing in First Nations.

“31 is simply a musical celebration of family and friendship,” says Johnny Reid. Having the opportunity to work with the boys on this album was an absolute pleasure. I’m humbled to have played a part in bringing these great songs back to the people.”

Glass Tiger will take the show on the road in 2018, joining Johnny Reid on his extensive 45-date tour across Canada beginning February 26 in Sydney, B.C. (see full tour schedule below)

Glass Tiger is Alan Frew (vocals), Sam Reid (keyboards), Al Connelly (guitars), Wayne Parker (bass) and Chris McNeill (drums).

Glass Tiger 31 tracklisting:

1. SOMEDAY
2. ANIMAL HEART
3. DON’T FORGET ME (When I’m Gone)
4. I WILL BE THERE
5. MY TOWN
6. DIAMOND SUN
7. RESCUED BY THE ARMS
8. MY SONG ft. Alan Doyle
9. IM STILL SEARCHING
10. THIN RED LINE ft Julian Lennon
11. FIRE IT UP
12. WAE YER FAMILY ft Johnny Reid
13. HEALING HANDS
14. SOMEDAY ft Véronic DiCaire
15. DIAMOND SUN ft Susan Aglukark & David R. Maracle

Glass Tiger on tour with Johnny Reid:

2/26–27 Sidney, BC Mary Winspear Centre
2/28 Nanaimo, BC Port Theatre
3/1 Duncan, BC Cowichan Performing Arts Centre
3/3 Abbotsford, BC Abbotsford Entertainment Centre
3/4 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
3/5 Kamloops, BC Sandman Centre
3/6 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
3/8 Prince George, BC CN Centre
3/9 Grande Prairie, AB Revolution Place
3/10 Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Event Centre
3/12 Red Deer, AB Enmax Centrium
3/13-14 Regina, SK Conexsus Arts Centre
3/15-16 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee
3/18 Medicine Hat, AB Canalta Centre
3/19 Lethbridge, AB Enmax Centre
3/20-21 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
3/23-24 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
3/25 Winnipeg, MB Club Regent Casino
3/27-28 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
3/29 Sault St. Marie, ON Essar Centre
3/31 Sudbury, ON Sudbury Arena
4/2-3 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
4/4 Kitchener, ON Centre In The Square
4/6 Windsor, ON Caesars Windsor
4/7 St. Catharines, ON Meridian Centre
4/8 London, ON Budweiser Gardens
4/9 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Concert Hall
4/11 Peterborough, ON Peterborough Memorial Centre
4/12 Oshawa, ON Tribute Communities Centre
4/13 Ottawa, ON TD Place
4/14 Kingston, ON Rogers K-Rock Centre
4/16 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
4/17-18 Moncton, NB Casino New Brunswick
4/20 Charlottetown, PEI Eastlink Centre Charlottetown
4/21 Sydney, NS Centre 200
4/23 Corner Brook, NF Corner Brook Civic Centre
4/24 St. John’s. NF Mile One Centre

Zac Brown Band Announces “Down The Rabbit Hole Live” North American Tour

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‘Down The Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018,’ Zac Brown Band’s eighth headlining North American Concert Tour, kicks off June 8. The 27-date tour, which will see more stadium shows than any of the group’s previous tours, begins with two concerts at Boston’s iconic Fenway Park and concludes with two stadium performances with the Eagles at San Francisco’s AT&T Park and San Diego’s Petco Park. Tickets go on sale to the general public January 19.

“‘Down The Rabbit Hole Live’ is a reference to the never-ending pursuit of excellence,” says Zac Brown. “This summer, we’ll bring the fans along that journey with us.”

Here’s Zac Brown Band’s tour announcement video:

Zac Brown Band played to more than a million fans in 2017 and over five million fans in the last five years. Sold-out stadium shows at Denver’s Coors Field and Chicago’s Wrigley Field anchored last year’s tour, which Billboard described as an “epic 2017 show run”.

Hit single “My Old Man” is up for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at The 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, to be handed out January 28 in New York City. The nomination is the ninth for the group’s members, to go with three GRAMMY wins.

While in New York for the GRAMMYS, Zac Brown Band will perform at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute concert honoring Fleetwood Mac on January 26 at Radio City Music Hall. Other performers at the event benefiting MusiCares and its safety net of health and human services programs will include Alison Krauss, Brandi Carlile, HAIM, Harry Styles, John Legend, Juanes, Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Lorde, Miley Cyrus and OneRepublic.

“Down The Rabbit Hole Live: Zac Brown Band 2018” Tour Dates:
^ OneRepublic as Direct Support
# Leon Bridges as Direct Support
* Direct Support for the Eagles

Fri., June 8 / Lincoln, NE / Pinnacle Bank Arena
Sat., June 9 / Sioux Falls, SD / Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Thu., June 14 / Boston, MA / Fenway Park
Fri., June 15 / Boston, MA / Fenway Park
Fri. June 22 / Hershey, PA / Hersheypark Stadium
Sat., June 23 / Syracuse, NY / Lakeview Amphitheater
Sun., June 24 / Darien Center, NY / Darien Lake Amphitheater
Sat., June 30 / Atlanta, GA / SunTrust Park^
Fri., July 13 / Toronto / Rogers Centre
Sat., July 14 / Detroit, MI / Comerica Park^
Thu., July 19 / Camden, NJ / BB&T Pavilion
Fri., July 20 / Camden, NJ / BB&T Pavilion
Fri., July 27 / Washington, DC / Nationals Park^
Sat., July 28 / Flushing, NY / Citi Field^
Sun., July 29 / Flushing, NY / Citi Field^
Thu., August 2 / Cuyahoga Falls, OH / Blossom Music Center
Fri. , August 3 / Noblesville, IN / Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
Sat., August 4 / Cincinnati, OH / Great American Ball Park#
Fri., August 10 / Minneapolis, MN / Target Field^
Sat., August 11 / East Troy, WI / Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Sun., August 12 / East Troy, WI / Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Fri., August 31 / Seattle, WA / Safeco Field^
Thu., September 13 / Charlotte, NC / PNC Music Pavilion
Fri., September 14 / Raleigh, NC / Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sat., September 15 / Virginia Beach, VA / Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
Thu., September 20 / San Francisco, CA / AT&T Park*
Sat., September 22 / San Diego, CA / Petco Park*
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 19 at 10AM local time. The Zamily Fan Club pre-sales will begin on Tuesday, January 16 at 10AM local time.
The June 14 and June 15 Fenway Park Concerts will go on-sale Thursday, January 18 at 10AM local time.

DJ Cummerbund Mashes Pearl Jam’s Jeremy and Kenny Loggins’ Footloose

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DJ Cummerbund Mashes Pearl Jam’s Jeremy and Kenny Loggins’ Footloose

DJ Cummerbund continues to marvel This time, he’s made a brilliant mashup of Pearl Jam’s Jeremy with Kenny Loggins’ Footloose, and a little bit of Proud Mary thrown in because he can. WHo knew all three songs would go so well together?

Teachers In High School Are Using Gord Downie’s Lyrics To Teach Grade 9

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Teachers In High School Are Using Gord Downie’s Lyrics To Teach Grade 9

Bruce Springsteen once said he learned more from the grooves of a 45 record than anything else in a high school classroom. This school has the right idea.

From YorkRegion.com

Gord Downie’s music is inspiring a new generation of Canadians in Georgina.

A group of teachers at Sutton District High School have been using Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip’s journey to help teach grade 9 students.

“Kids never realized how much history and geography and environment and Canadian connection is in their songs,” said Amanda Ellis, acting library head, who added the unit also includes truth and reconciliation.

Ellis and her colleague, English teacher Lindsay DiPaulo got the idea after students wanted to know about the musician.

“They wanted to know why everybody, the adults in their lives and the teachers, were so impacted by Gord Downie’s passing,” she said.

The unit was called ‘passport to Gord Downie’s Canada’ and featured a number of activities, including poetry studies, an escape room and personal reflections.

One activity had students find places mentioned in the Tragically Hip songs on a Canadian map. Another included a discussion about David Milgaard, who inspired the song Wheat Kings.

11th Annual Record Store Day Set For April 21, 2018. Start Saving….

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11th Annual Record Store Day Set For April 21, 2018. Start Saving….

The eleventh annual worldwide party that celebrates the culture of the indie record store is set for Saturday, April 21, 2018. Stores around the world will open up their doors to celebrate with their customers, the musicians who make the music they sell, and the staff who sell it.

In its first ten years, Record Store Day (the Day) has grown exponentially and is now celebrated by millions of people, in thousands of independent record stores, worldwide. It has spurred the growth of at least one physical media format, inspired new stores to open their doors, and helped existing stores to grow and expand. Thousands of artists have celebrated with performances, in-store events and limited edition special releases. Unknown numbers of people have had a damn good time at their local record store.

In that time Record Store Day (the Organization) has also grown, now working year-round to promote indie record stores and innovate to allow those who run them to improve their business. RSD’s Black Friday, RSD Vinyl Club, Vinyl Tuesday, and individual release promotions for all genres are part of what RSD does regularly.

In August 2018, RSD will host their third Summer Camp, a conference just for the special type of small business that is the indie record store. Record Store Day is also a founding partner of Making Vinyl, the world’s first conference devoted to the vinyl format.

Still to come this year are the announcement of the Record Store Day 2018 Ambassador and the list of special, limited edition releases available at a record store on April 21, 2018.

First Ever Chosen Artist and Song Revealed During World Premiere of CTV’s THE LAUNCH

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First Ever Chosen Artist and Song Revealed During World Premiere of CTV’s THE LAUNCH

One song can change everything! History was made tonight on the worldwide series premiere of CTV’s THE LAUNCH as folk/blues/soul artist Logan Staats from Ohsweken, Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Ontario became the first-ever artist chosen to record a new, original single. “The Lucky Ones” was released across the country immediately following tonight’s broadcast – and is launching immediately on radio stations across the country. The single is also available to buy and stream everywhere, including iHeartRadio, Apple Music, iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play.

Unanimously mesmerized and moved by Staats’ staggering, soulful talent, mentors Shania Twain, producer/songwriter busbee, and music mogul Scott Borchetta ultimately chose to launch Staats’ music career with his poignant and poetic rendition of “The Lucky Ones” on THE LAUNCH.

“To work with these incredibly gifted mentors and to learn from them is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for which I’m so incredibly grateful,” said Logan Staats. “To be given the amazing chance to breathe life into the beautiful words and melody that is “The Lucky Ones” is an unbelievable honour that just feels so right and so natural. Tonight – I’m the lucky one!”

“Launching Logan and “The Lucky Ones” tonight reinforces the premise of this show: it all starts with a great song,” said Borchetta. “busbee delivered a song with amazing potential. Pairing that great song with the right artist creates a perfect storm – and Logan’s haunting, powerful voice and sheer talent bring this song to life so beautifully. We are proud to launch this song right now!”

This week’s episode of THE LAUNCH featured (in alphabetical order) Edmonton-born folk artist Havelin; indie-pop artist Julia Tomlinson from King City, Ont.; Toronto-based, five-member pop music act The Revel Boys; quintuple-threat singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model Vivian Hicks; and the newly launched artist himself – Logan Staats.

Following a nail-biting audition process before the celebrity mentors, Logan and Vivian emerged as the two breakthrough artists chosen to perform and make the original song “The Lucky Ones” their own.

After a nerve-wracking 48 hours in studio rehearsals, recordings, and working closely with the episode’s celebrity mentors, Logan and Vivian took the stage in front of a live studio audience to perform their unique interpretations of “The Lucky Ones”.

Both aspiring artists dazzled the mentors with spectacular performances, but after intense deliberations, Logan was ultimately chosen for the opportunity of a lifetime – to have his soulful version of the song “The Lucky Ones” launched across Canada and to the world via THE LAUNCH’s expansive slate of top music partners.

Additionally, Bell Media is poised to throw the full weight of its marketing, promotional, and publicity support behind Logan and his song across its national footprint of broadcast and digital entertainment properties.

“The Lucky Ones” is written and produced by busbee in association with Bleta Rexha, Maureen “MoZella” McDonald, Justin Franks, and Casper & B. Label: Big Machine Canada and Universal Music Canada. Executive Producers are Scott Borchetta and Randy Lennox.

Born in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Of The Grand River reserve and raised in the town of Brantford, Ont., Logan Staats started writing and performing music in his early teens and would later go on to become an accomplished award-winning artist. His haunting and distinct voice has provided opportunities to share the stage with acts such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Keith Secola, Mumford and Sons, and more. A product of passion, compulsion, and tireless musical commitment, Logan’s songs are truly his own. Armed with his guitar and harmonica, he has transitioned from running the weekend bar circuit to playing sold out venues in his hometown and beyond. His performances are animated by a level of self-possession, sadness, and joy created by an aura of inevitability. Logan is hell bent on raising the bar for Indigenous/mainstream crossover music. Ingrained with the mentality that anything is possible when you put your heart and soul into it, Logan is well on his way to further accomplishing greatness.

Short Cuts: The Best Songs Heard On January 11, 2018 From The Indie World

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Dinny Skip
About a Bot
Electronic pop with rapping, a sequenced horn section, and lots of synthesizers, welcome to 2018! At first listen, it might be hard to take the song seriously, but on a second listen, you’ll realize this guy might be the Prince-like genius we’re missing out on. It’s playful, cool, and bright, and I know we can all use more of that this year.

Tenderfoot
Semiprecious Life
It’s hard to warrant a better story than Tenderfoot, a four-piece dream-folk band based in Seattle & Brooklyn, who started out as a solo project on the highways and back roads of the US. In 2010, songwriter Adam Kendall Woods lived on the road for a year in a vintage camper trailer towed behind a Volkswagen Rabbit pickup truck. Many miles were taken, several relationships to find and break, and finding his now-band members, this is important to know to appreciate the song. Let this be a lesson to any artists out there – sometimes your life is going to suck, sometimes you just gotta find the right people to work with, but if you do – and you figure out correctly, you’ll create a folk-rock masterpiece like this band has created.

Trey Coasta
The Roof on Fire (feat. White Dave)
Trey Coastal, a 3-piece Hip-Hop project from Oakland, CA accomplishes exactly what they originally intended – the hip hop backbeat amidst a brilliant rhythmic interplay of voices. There’s no shortage of conscious hip hop but this trio is just as powerful as anyone else out there right now talking about what’s goin’ on. Makes me wanna holler.

Chamber Band
Constitution
Brooklyn-based outfit Chamber Band draws from a range of The Decemberists and Sondre Lerche, and slips in with They Might Be Giants and Weezer. They also come complete with the happiest 5-piece band photo I’ve seen in a long time. A masterclass in perfect pop with a killer hook and chorus, complete with whistles, of course. They deserve a wider audience. They’ll get it.

Wolf Gordon
Fool’s Paradise
Leaving his solo folk singer-songwriter roots behind Wolf Gordon has teamed up with two prominent Illawarrra, Australian musician, Paul Harrison and Matt Crawford to release Broken Road – a folk EP with a variety of influences and a driving edge. The rise of the band has been swift, forging a smooth and effective song to make you wait for the next one.

Matt Talley
Excommunicate
The alt-rocker from Baltimore, MD, came to his own conclusions about his religious upbringing. It was just the spark he needed to begin work on something new, himself. What defines you, what kind of person will you be? That’s the question explores as if his life depends on it. And it does, all the while creating music out of necessity.

Dig Exotic
Horses
Pop Rock/Indie Electronic project Dig Exotic is the creation of Los Angeles native singer, songwriter and record producer Rebecca Rosoff. Fair warning: Put this song in the car and watch your speed. Don’t let a ticket get you in the way of the rockin’ tune.

The Karmanauts
Life on Jupiter
“Moonstone,” the debut album by The Karmanauts, was self-produced and mixed, and was mastered by Joe LaPorta (Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Imagine Dragons, David Bowie, Foo Fighters). The band from Humboldt County, California soaring melodies are memorable, and are quickly turning into essential listening for anyone a fan of the groups in the brackets above.

The Karmanauts
Phantoms
See? I told you I dig this band. A tasteful acoustic-starting track that would be too good to ignore. They’ll have ample time to mark their mark, and for now, this fits neatly in definite ones-to-watch. See above.

Suburban
It’s Not What You Know, It’s What You Can Prove
Great title, right? When the Minstry-guitars come in, you don’t want the rest of the song to fall under the weight, and it doesn’t. Suburban is East Coast Hip Hop-inspired, hardcore-energised raw lyricism; “a unique sound where structure is the enemy of flow and sleep is the cousin of death,” they say. Not like you’re going to even catch a wink when this band plays. A hugely entertaining music to destroy your room to.

Wild Child
Sinking Ship
I used to work a DJ years ago called Wild Child on Moonshine Records, and then there’s Wildchild from Swollen Members. This band is NOT them. The Austin-based ensemble has carried its infectious blend of indie-pop and infectious melodies through their four records now, and are masterful at their arrangements and setting the mood to just shut up and listen. There may not be a more harmonious song this week heard by anyone. They deliver.

Miles Dismond
Maybe You Love Her
Out of Berkeley, CA, Miles’s sound sits somewhere between the lo-fi psych-pop of Ariel Pink and hazy psychedelia of Lonerism-era Tame Impala.The production is top-notch, it’s like a sweet brownie that might be laced with something for your ears. Gorgeous musical landscapes that if it was a painting, Bob Ross would be proud.

Torin
Scavenger Type (NOFX Cover)
The soft mood-drenched opening will easily make you forget this is a cover. A mid-tempo take on an entirely acoustic song is always a bold and brave move, but he does it with ease. I hope for his next songs to move out of the cover world, but for now, this will do just fine while, ahem, his mind keeps focused, tidal waves of sound catapulted.

Jahmar
Bitch Named Joe
Quentin Tarantino has his next awesome track to discover. If this was on one of his soundtracks, people would try and find it in their collection of ’50s R&B singles. He hollers, he jokes, and no rim-shots here, this is impressive blending the decades together.