Tennessee based singer and songwriter Alan Goins has just released his debut album “By The Moon”, out now! 

Alan is a folk rock Americana singer-songwriter whose songs ooze romanticism and classic folk rock. 

The song “By The Moon” from the title track of the album is a love song about what could have happened if. Reminiscent of an Irish folk love song, there is a lilting guitar melody and Goins’ vocal range reaches high notes easily and with heartfelt emotion. 

“Girl Across The Sea” is equally romantic, about love found and lost. The piano and vocal harmonies lend a richer feel. This album is both delightful and a surprise, each song carrying a story that everyone can relate to. 

Stay current with Alan Goins on his website https://alangoins.com/ and social media channel Facebook 

Listen to Alan Goin’s album “By The Moon” on Spotify and Apple Music. 

Classically trained violinist Tara Novak wondered what her life would be like and who she would be if she stopped playing the violin. Despite her years of training, she dropped out of college to find out who she was without music and what she found was that there was more to music than just the classical world. She discovered rock, pop, folk, and dance music and embraced them, like old friends. That’s when she started writing her own music. By doing that she found herself, saying “I write songs because it allows me to process the world I observe. Music opens our hearts and minds. Music connects us all. I hope that my music can help carry you on your journey, and that somewhere in the world, our paths and hearts will meet.”

She just released the video for her memorable and powerful song “Can I Ever Go Home.” This soft rock folk song is all about finding a ‘home’ within ourselves. She tells the story of the pull of nostalgia versus the changes we’ve made in our lives, the growth we’ve made as individuals. As much as we want to go back, it’s no longer real. 

The video is a visualization of the metaphor she sings about. She guides us through an old house and shows us how it becomes but a distant memory. She explains that “for the video, we wanted to focus on the nostalgia aspect of ‘home.’ We spent days rummaging through antique stores to find things that are symbols of home – a ring of keys, an old teacup, some jewelry. We used lots of shots of places where people spend time and have memories – the house, the barn, the hallway, the piano, the violin, the journal, etc. The video is full of remembrance – opening the door to the house, picking flowers, holding items that have personal meaning – all things that we tend to do when thinking of home. But the video is also about a journey – both literal (in the movement through the field and trees) and figurative (in the moments of thinking and the changing light/colors). It is searching for ‘home’ and ultimately realizing we have been there all along.”

“Can I Ever Go Home” is a beautiful song and the video is ripe with poetic metaphors. Both accompany each other masterfully. Tara Novak is able to personify memory in a way that nobody has thought about before. Be sure to check out the video for “Can I Ever Come Home” now and listen to the song everywhere.

Watch the video here, on Tara’s Youtube
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Listen to “Can I Ever Go Home” on Spotify, SoundCloud, and wherever else you stream music.

Alex Southey (he/him) is a singer-songwriter based in Toronto/Tkaronto, ON. ​His sole tour (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) consisted of six dates throughout his hometown and Montreal. Titled the Day Like It’s Night Tour, the profits raised (over $1,200)  were donated to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Southey’s new My Nights On the Island EP offers a six song revision of a break up that breaks the mould of what one would traditionally ascribe to a singer-songwriter’s record of lost love. The EP feels like a sonic-cinematic journey; a short film of songs carefully crafted with orchestral flourishes and soundscapes that Southey drew from memory in his teenage years – sounds that intentionally weave the songs together and act as essential supporting cast to the leads of voice and guitar and even threaten to create sequels of their own.

Temagami, Ontario’s The Electric Petals have returned with the second single from their upcoming album, Wild At Heart. “Cherry Red” is a laid back sax and bass driven ode to Iggy Pop which channels late 70s David Bowie. 

As you listen, imagine finding a dingy alleyway door lit up with red light. Once stepping through the door, you feel energized and free, dancing in a dark room where you can only make out others’ silhouettes. 

It’s an experience that is few and far between at the moment, so The Electric Petals wanted to bring that back: the exotic feeling of exploring an unknown city alone and stumbling into a hole in the wall that turns into a classic night.

Rise Carmine strives to find the balance between a well-written song and a dazzling brand of showmanship, between a chorus that you can sing along to and dual-guitar-harmony heroics that harken back to a time of tighter pants and longer hair. The musical outlet of Toronto bred multi-instrumentalist Liam Colbert, Rise Carmine’s forthcoming six-song EP was produced by Grammy Award-winner Dave Schiffman (Weezer, PUP, Vampire Weekend).

New single, “No Coup For Anyone,” is a plea to stop viewing any kind of activism as a signal of someone’s virtue, but also to not view a simple post online as a job well done. The title is a little tongue-in-cheek; obviously most coups throughout history were not born out of good intentions or did not lead to an objectively better form of government. What they do share is action on the part of the people.

Formerly referred to as Babe Ruth, Baëbe Ruth is a 20-year-old Jamaican/Irish/Native R&B artist from Ottawa, ON. Dimensions of her career include song writing, rapping, singing, and writing poetry – versatility is her strong suit. While music is subjective, Baëbe Ruth tries to place herself in other people’s shoes. When you’re able to do so, the possibilities are limitless.

New single, “Rendez-Vous,” was inspired by an ocean full of emotions, and an unspoken connection that was never acted upon. The song highlights those unspoken thoughts – the things we never have the courage to say but constantly think about.