By Will McGuirk
Nunavut artist Terry Uyarak has released the latest single from his upcoming album, ‘Nunarjua Isulinginniani (Before the World Ends)” due Friday Oct 20, 2020. The new track “Anuri” features Polaris Prize nominee Riit and is accompanied by a video directed by Chris Mills, no stranger to us at slowcity.ca. The song was written by the late Simon Uyarasuk and is dedicated to him.
“The land is our source and our being. The land has always been our trouble and our freedom. The land has been my ancestor’s stories and have become my story.” - Terry Uyarak
Dawes take on mental health and survival in their new song “Didn’t Fix Me”. Their new album ‘Good Luck with Whatever’ drops Friday Oct 2 2020 on Rounder Records.
“I'm sure we all know plenty of miserable people who seem to have it all and plenty of blissful people that seem to have close to nothing. This song is about the efforts one makes to find some easy fix, unable to recognize that it will never work that way, that we are in the end our own responsibility." - Taylor Goldsmith, Dawes
Rich Aucoin shouts out iconic music videos from such illuminaries as Prince, Nirvana, MC Hammer, Queen and more, in the fun and subtle new video for “Walls.” Aucoin’s album ‘United States’ out now, is a concise, creative and considerate response to a very complex situation in the country south of us, a response with heart and beats.
“. . . this song is appealing to not make the divisions amongst our groups be so hard cut off for membership and to keep lines of communication and compassion open to enable more and more to join the team.” - Rich Aucoin
Acid jazz/hip hop crossover artist Butcher Brown’s debut for Concord Jazz, ‘#Kingbutch’ is now available.