Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Jadea Kelly, Matthew Holtby, Berk Jodoin, Begonia, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Bella White, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, and Donovan Woods
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Kasador, photo by Ted Simha Webster
alt-image: The Beaches
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Kasador, The Beaches, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Whipped Cream, Mouraine, Laila Biali, Mason Lowe, and Tanya Tucker
By Will McGuirk
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Hayden, Charlotte Cornfield, Braids, LA Priest, The Matinee, and Marcus Lowry
By Will McGuirk
“When I wrote this song I was thinking about the idea of leaving things behind as a part of moving on - those painful past experiences that cause a pang of embarrassment and regret, the people who were at one point a central part of my life with whom I've fallen out of orbit - and how we can't really sever ties with our past selves no matter how hard we try.” - Charlotte Cornfield
“Everyone has a past, and everyone has a secret they’d rather keep than spill.” - The Matinee
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Tragically Hip, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Gold and Youth, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Mike Plume, T. Buckley, James Sullivan, and Nation of Language
By Will McGuirk
“Blush is about saying 'sure, the world we've created is full of bullshit, but that's not some inevitably, it doesn't actually have to be this way, and we have an antidote, and it's each other.” - Matthew Lyall, Gold & Youth
“I wanted to write a song to myself as a reminder, almost like a mantra, to stay in the present and accountable.” - Brandon Wolfe Scott
“. . . I feel like the song is universal with its message that it’s the little things and moments that matter, the time we’re able to spend with one another.” - T. Buckley
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Julian Taylor, Haviah Mighty, Charlie Houston, Geoffroy, Felly, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and Dave Monks,
By Will McGuirk
“These days, I don't have time to waste, so I’m getting better at determining early on who/what is worth investing my time into. This song focuses on the fact that I know I'm a prize, so act right, or you'll miss out." - Haviah Mighty
“It’s definitely one of the most introspective songs on the album. I guess it’s a very mature version of myself who wrote this, hah. It’s about accepting and coming to terms with the fact that a relationship has come to its end. It’s about moving on, letting go, and feeling okay about it." - Geoffroy
“It's the feeling of like, once you've gotten over your heart hurting for someone else that it's not even about them anymore - it's about you. Your longing to not feel crushed anymore. It's almost this pathetic request to feel ok, to feel loved.” - Felly
“For me this album and the sum of its parts are a discovery of that bigger and truer sense of “me”. The title which came from a dream and stuck, could be my charmed reaction upon realizing that. Like I’ve just heard the final masters and blurt out, “Well, good! I’ve always wanted to be me!” - Dave Monks
Absolutely Free, photo by Darren Rigo
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Absolutely Free, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Wilderness Of Manitoba, Caroline Marie Brooks, Oliver James Brooks, and Sultans of String
By Will McGuirk
“It’s about being lost in your own thoughts when everything feels as though it’s coming apart around you. It isn’t the start or end of something, but it’s the in-between that can feel like an oblivion.” - Will Whitwham, The Wilderness Of Manitoba
