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April 5, 2022

Graham Trude

This is the story of a singer-songwriter-soldier. A musician at heart, in 2007 Graham Trude signed up to be a solider and completed his military training before being sent to Afghanistan for a challenging tour of duty. Upon completing his service, Graham returned to Canada, joined the reserves and began therapeutic songwriting. In 2019, after successfully entertaining troops across the country, in partnership with “Wounded Warriors”, raising awareness for PTSD, Graham stepped back from touring. His own PTSD came back to haunt him in 2018 but with strong family support he was able to recover and get back on track. Using daily songwriting as his personal therapy, Graham is now a full time solo musician, and as he and his wife awaited the birth of […]

April 4, 2022

Jessica Lavallee

Jessica Lavallee Born on the northern reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jessica Lavallee was raised in the remote village of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on the lower north shore of Quebec, an area unique to the province due to its proximity to Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada’s east coast. Jessica’s love and natural ear for music began when she was just two years old while listening to her father – also a musician – play the guitar, fiddle, accordion, and harmonica. Jessica made her debut at six years old with her father’s band, playing in a local festival in Labrador close to home. Influenced by many music styles like; classic country, Irish, Blues and Southern Rock she blends them with her unique, powerful voice and sings stories that […]

March 6, 2022

Jessica Towler

March 5, 2022

Ty Wilson

Ty Wilson has packed a lot of life experience into his young life thus far. Growing up in rural Ontario, music quickly became a life line for him. Ty’s Grandmother was a well-known Peterborough area country musician, opening for legends such as Johnny Cash in the early 60’s. She bought him his first guitar at 10 years old and he hasn’t slowed down since. Since that time, Ty has worked on a number of musical projects. He signed his first record deal at 16 years old, his second at 22. Working with Canadian Pop heavyweights Vic Park Records, Ty’s debut solo ep “Degree’s of Separation” was released in 2014. He spent the next few years as a journeyman musician, cutting his teeth on stage at […]

March 3, 2022

Amanda Kind

Amanda Kind is a pop and country artist raised in White Rock, British Columbia and currently living in Waterloo, Ontario. Known for her powerful voice and soaring range, Amanda is also an experience vocal coach who works with professional and indie artists in a variety of genres. She released four singles and a music video in 2021 including the duet “We’re Okay” with James Downham and the popular holiday track “Hold Me Close.” Amanda is currently working on her debut country EP with producer Matt Koebel.

March 3, 2022

Amanda Kind

Amanda Kind is a pop and country artist raised in White Rock, British Columbia and currently living in Waterloo, Ontario. Known for her powerful voice and soaring range, Amanda is also an experience vocal coach who works with professional and indie artists in a variety of genres. She released four singles and a music video in 2021 including the duet “We’re Okay” with James Downham and the popular holiday track “Hold Me Close.” Amanda is currently working on her debut country EP with producer Matt Koebel.

March 1, 2022

Courtney Bowles

Courtney is a proud, Canadian made and Ontario born multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and multi-platform content creator. Born in Scarborough, Ontario this towering, vivacious, 6’2 amazon bares her soul for an audience starved for the more beautiful aspects of life. Courtney pleases thousands of viewers on her social media live streams and remains an unsigned and independent artist creating, releasing and booking events and festivals herself. Over the pandemic, she received over 550k views on her Facebook live stream performances. Courtney’s hard work and perseverance paid off as she yet again, tripled her social media presence in 2021. She gained over 16k followers on her Tik Tok platform @courtneybowlesmuse bringing her online following close to 30k. Courtney’s following gained the attention of a few small companies and […]

February 16, 2022

Jessica Lavallee

Born on the northern reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jessica Lavallee was raised in the remote village of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on the lower north shore of Quebec, an area unique to the province due to its proximity to Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada’s east coast. Jessica’s love and natural ear for music began when she was just two years old while listening to her father – also a musician – play the guitar, fiddle, accordion, and harmonica. Jessica made her debut at six years old with her father’s band, playing in a local festival in Labrador close to home. Influenced by many music styles like; classic country, Irish, Blues and Southern Rock she blends them with her unique, powerful voice and sings stories that stay true […]

February 16, 2022

Jessica Lavallee

Born on the northern reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jessica Lavallee was raised in the remote village of Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on the lower north shore of Quebec, an area unique to the province due to its proximity to Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada’s east coast. Jessica’s love and natural ear for music began when she was just two years old while listening to her father – also a musician – play the guitar, fiddle, accordion, and harmonica. Jessica made her debut at six years old with her father’s band, playing in a local festival in Labrador close to home. Influenced by many music styles like; classic country, Irish, Blues and Southern Rock she blends them with her unique, powerful voice and sings stories that stay true […]