Emerging singer-songwriter Madison Galloway has built a reputation as a road warrior, performing at acclaimed festivals across her home province of Ontario, including Mariposa Folk Festival, Riverfest Elora, and RBC Bluesfest. 

One of three winners of CBC Toyota Searchlight 2022’s Fan Choice, Madison is sharing “Open Your Eyes,” a 70s inspired rock song which reflects on the issues facing the world today and calls on the need for community and society-wide change.

Produced by Ross Hayes Citrullo, Galloway’s assertive vocals and melodic guitar playing is framed by interlocking organ and drums, creating a rollicking call to action.

Taking sounds from across near and distant times, metal band Generations is cultivating a sound like no other. Their sound projects an aestheticism for the listener, leaving a lasting impression upon one’s ear. To explore, discover, create, and manifest otherworldly sounds for us and our listeners is Generations‘ only doctrine.

Written by guitarist/songwriter Gerren Hunter in his early 20’s, new single “DreamBound,” tackles coming to terms with life changing when all you want is for everything to stay the same. Imagine waking up in a dream world where everything is perfect and exactly how it “should be.” As the song goes through the movements, it’s emphasized how that way of living is simply not realistic. In order to really face life, you must take a plunge and muster up the courage to stand up to it.

A true Renaissance man, Lyle Kam has spent the past four years bridging the gap between creativity and engineering – writing, producing, and mixing his music, while also studying engineering at the University of Waterloo. Now as he turns his attention full time to creativity, he hopes to shine a light on Asian-Canadian artists and inspire others with his message that nothing is out of reach with enough passion and hard work. He also hopes to never actually have to use his engineering degree.

His sentimental song, “isn’t it funny” was the outcome of conflicting feelings he had with being a musician: having to travel but also the anxiety of traveling alone, and unraveling the reasons and meaning behind that apparent dichotomy.

Lyle envisioned this song as really air-y and dreamlike, similar to how you would imagine it feels being on a plane since the song was all about traveling. He played around with different elements to really give that feeling of elevation by adding plane noises such as the sound of the engine that comes in briefly during the third verse, and a recurring beep motif that happens throughout the song. Altogether, he focused on making the emotional aspect of the song come through, since at the heart of the song, it’s about not being able to see someone that you miss.

Toronto-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Les Cooper has just shared his brand new single In The Morning, the latest single to be taken from the deluxe edition of his album Noise, which is out now. 

For this song, the talented teamed up with fellow Canadian singer-songwriter Jill Barber, whose lush vocals fit beautifully with Les Cooper’s distinctive tone, creating rich and memorable harmonies that glide effortlessly over the Americana-inflected folk production. In The Morning finds Cooper and Barber inhabiting the roles of a couple who still love each other yet are in a relationship that’s breaking down. This message is backed by a deeply melodic production that incorporates lap steel guitar, as well as gentle acoustic playing and steady drum patterns that create an overall warm and intimate atmosphere.

Vancouver-based Chinese-Canadian music facilitator CNFMUS (C-INFAMOUS) has always been an avid westcoast rap/G-Funk fan. Through the years, he found that he was growing farther and further away from the genre. After accomplishing many goals in his career while abroad in Hong Kong, this new song was a way to get back to his roots and passion in music making. 

This summertime groove, “Sophisticated Lady,” features vocals from songwriter/producer terrytyelee and Bo Roc from G-Funk group, The Dove Shack. 

Originally, this beat was created by CNFMUS years ago in LA. He played the beat during a studio session with DJ Cell, and Bo Roc came up with the hook and harmonies immediately. Unfortunately, the laptop with the track ended up getting stolen, along with dozens of other beats and songs. However, CNFMUS couldn’t get the hook and beat of “Sophisticated Lady” out of his head and was able to recover Bo Roc’s vocals from DJ Cell to recreate the song. 

Later, while visiting Taiwan, CNFMUS met with his frequent collaborator, terrytyelee. When he heard the song, there was an instant connection and he was basically able to lay down all the verses on the fly. 

The artwork of this single, as well as other songs in the collection, was done by OG Joecool, the artist who was responsible for Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle album.