Marco DiFelice is a Canadian singer, songwriter, music supervisor, and producer. In the 90’s, Marco was the lead singer of the pop-punk band, Supergarage. After the band dispersed, he found his way into the world of music supervision, where he selected music for films, adverts, and television shows including Orphan Black and Lost Girl. Now Marco is writing songs against the backdrop of his life as Parks N’ Rec. This project — a collaboration between Marco and several producers back at his own Self Titled Studios — deals with lost love, polarizing societies, and self-renewal.

Brand new track, “Peace of Mind,” offers up Parks N’ Rec’s spin on the original by classic rockers Boston and will be included on a full-length covers set to be released this coming spring. A well-written song with a simple melody and lyrics, it reminded Marco that good music comes out of a few basic ingredients.

Watch the accompanying music video (composed out of footage taken from Marco’s travels over the past few years:

Chin Injeti’s decorated career of songwriting and producing has seen him creating, touring and performing with the likes of The Fugees, The Roots, Jamiroquai, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and many more. Having received multiple awards (including three Grammys and two JUNOs), Injeti’s impact on music has slowly taken shape with millions of records sold going Gold and Platinum. 

New single, “All for Nothing,” was created on vintage synths and a drum machine to emulate an ‘80s sound. Fuelled by heartbreak, the melancholic track debates what a relationship was even worth if it spurs such intense feelings of longing and frustration.

Angela Saini is an Indian-Austrian Canadian and country folk-pop artist based in Toronto. The singer-songwriter has forged her identity through unflinching positivity and empowering ideals. While she has experienced some incredible success, being known for her uplifting music through her debut album and two popular EPs, her success has come as a result of some of her darkest moments.

Self-acceptance anthem “It’s Ok” was written for her friend and collaborator Derek who passed away unexpectedly, but it also applies to pandemic depression. “That’s the most personal song I’ve written,” Angela says. “Sometimes we don’t know what to do with sadness and depression, and I want people to know it’s fine to crawl into a ball—it’s okay not to be okay,” she says.

Angela sweeps listeners away with instantly memorable, toe-tapping pop infused with storyteller sing-alongs about courage and finding joy in surprising places. The new single is lushly layered with pedal steel guitar and ethereal textures, but also grounded by a jaunty pop-rock groove. 

“It’s Ok” showcases Angela further nurturing her crossover appeal by sneaking in a rapped passage on the tune. Here, the rhythmic cadence makes the song’s meaning more impactful. Overall, the lyrics are cathartic because they give you permission to just admit things are hard, and not try to force positivity or change your circumstances in a fake or forced way. “It’s Ok” is the second unveiling from her forthcoming sophomore album, following “In It For The Ride” which Patch.com declared “the song of 2022!”

Canadian OBGYN turned singer-songwriter, Kristina Dervaitis, is sharing the first single from her second solo album due this April.

The powerful, piano-led track “Everything & Nothing” focuses on the concept of denial. “Some signs just can’t be ignored without grave consequences,” explains Dervaitis. 

The song’s moody vocals and ominous production underscore Dervaitis’ exploration of how we can over analyze situations and twist any information in order to justify our wants, which often aren’t in line with our true needs.

Climate change denial came to mind when Dervaitis sat down to create the lyric video for “Everything & Nothing.” 

“When you consider the growing number of forest fires worldwide, as just one example, it’s astounding to think that there are still those who deny the role that climate change is playing,” says Dervaitis. 

“It’s right in front of our face – everything is pointing to it – but there are those that so badly want to believe that nothing’s wrong.”

Nickelas Smokey Johnson (Field+Stream) is a musician and multidisciplinary artist from the Northern forests of Alberta, Canada. Drawing from western folk traditions and the avant garde, he creates a kind of gothic country music defined by Edmonton Journal as “a claustrophobic yet cinematic expression of prairie life, of potential threats, of existential discontent.”

He splits his time between Edmonton and Mossy Trails, his family’s off-grid property where he works as caretaker and curator of a forest populated by a pantheon of large handmade wooden gods, and hosts live music on the Boreal Vegas stage, an open-air, solar powered venue he built with his retired folks. It was here where “Horsecock” was written and the accompanying video was recorded.

“It’s a composite memory of growing up with rural men whose fears forbid them from experiencing awe,” Smokey notes. “In the video, the outer frame captures the trees I gazed out at to empty my mind to make room for this very important equine phallus ballad.

Using a mix of dusty acoustic and electric instruments, wobbly synths and lofi field recordings, Smokey croons through a cinematic dream world of regret and desire. A doomed scout, he wanders the woods holding aloft humor and horror like flashlights in each hand.

Smokey’s previously released music was supported by The Feeelings, a rotating group of top-tier artists that included Peter Sagar (Homeshake, Mac Demarco), Paul Arnusch (the Bobby Tenderloin Universe, Faunts, Whitsundays), Aaron Parker (Cantoo, Whitsundays), and Tom Murray (Eamon McGrath). 

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