“Don't you wish you could slow time down when you're falling in love?” - Hunter Sheridan
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Moonriivr, photo by Colin Medley
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Bahamas, Jerry Leger, QIYUAPIK, Terra Lightfoot, Moonriivr, Graham Brown, Ryan McMahon, and Kevin Drew
“Like all my albums, we recorded Donlands mostly live in the studio with my band The Situation [Dan Mock, Kyle Sullivan, Alan Zemaitis] in a circle—no headphones, just listening and existing, breathing as a whole. To me, it’s a record that lives in its own world.” - Jerry Leger
“Pain is a hard thing to let go until you’re ready. And that’s kind of where I was at with this record. Music, for me, is a release – it’s a place where I can go and express what it is that I want to say.” - Kevin Drew
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Georgia Harmer, Megan Nash, Keegan Powell, Cola, Astral Swans, Mad Ones, Terra Lightfoot, and Catherine MacLellan
By Will McGuirk
“‘Headrush’ is about wanting to go back to a moment and be completely present. Back to that summer day I didn’t realize was heaven until it had passed, only grasping its potency in retrospect.” - Georgia Harmer
Jim Bryson
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Jim Bryson, Oh Susanna, Andrea Nixon, Terra Lightfoot, Julia Stone, Speaker Face, Sigala +James Arthur,
By Will McGuirk
Today in the city a neighbourhood mourns a family shot dead. On the other side of town a young boy squeals with delight and rushes to greet his father coming home carrying a package of food from a mobile charity kitchen. This is a city with all its horror and all its hope.
“I heard the not so distant screams
That broke the silence of a summers eve
But Soon all those kids will leave
And we'll be here just listening, not listening.”
“'Blind Spot’ asks listeners to consider their own blind spots, both when they have felt unseen and unheard, and all the diverse voices that are currently muted in popular culture.” - Andrea Nixon
Terra Lightfoot, photo by Mat Dunlap
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Terra Lightfoot, Avi Kaplan, Avett Brothers, Dawes, Joséphine, Young Gun Silver Fox, Nimrawd, Devan, Anjelica
By Will McGuirk
Its the rock, and its the roll. Its the morning roll, the every morning roll of the rock uphill, the rock which rolled back down overnight. Its the inevitability of defeat and the absurd hope in imagining an alternative outcome. Every morning, the rock, every morning the roll and every morning the hope, always the hope, always the hope. Thats the art of it, of life, of it all. To persevere, to continue.
“'Paper Thin Walls' is about having your heart run over by someone who never really comes through.” - Terra Lightfoot
“. . . sharing it now is about what sharing art is always about: another chance that we may partake in connecting with our brothers and sisters of this world, and hopefully joining you in noticing a speck of light gleaming in what appears to be a relatively long and dark night.” - the Avett Brothers
“‘St. Augustine at Night’ is a song about one’s relationship to their hometown, but also is a song about the varying degrees in which we all watch our lives pass us by.” - Taylor Goldsmith, Dawes