“It’s about being less self-critical and accepting the side of me that’s weird, insecure and has faults.” - Hannah Georgas
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Alt image: Hannah Georgas
Rae Spoon, photo by Wynne Neilly
Alt image Rae Spoon, photo by Wynne Neilly
Slowcity Open Mic: Jeremy Dutcher, Aysanabee, Terry Uyarak, Jade Turner, Lake Street Dive, Lead Pony, Hillsboro, and Rae Spoon
“Shared tongue is a beautiful gift, with a complicated reason,” - Jeremy Dutcher
“It’s about the human disconnect that social media has facilitated, the pressures that come along with it, and the false representation that it often can portray.” - Jesse Hofstee, Lead Pony
Terry Uyarak
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Justin Rutledge, Terry Uyarak, Duke and Goldie, Laila Biali, Nia Nadurata, Noisy, Mouraine and Westside Boogie, and Bensley
"This song is about the underdog becoming the Big Dawg. Growing up as the little guy with a big heart has always been a blessing in disguise. It humbled me, but it also never limited or kept me from achieving anything I wanted. 'It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.' Right Boogie?" - Mouraine
Slowcity Open Mic: Mimi O'Bonsawin, Terry Uyarak, Pierre Kwenders, Stars, The Revivalists, Doug Paisley, Bella White, and Margo Price
By Will McGuirk
“It gave me more meaning to my current group of friends, all around me, to always welcoming me in their hearts as I do them. ‘Come, let me show what you are capable of, I like you, I love you, for who you are.’ I have always belonged to many foundations growing, and mainly of family and friends feeding me a beautiful life.” - Terry Uyarak
“The online wailing wall or maybe the Goliath of our generation. Social media therapy is what we need. Social media therapy is a necessity.” - Pierre Kwenders
“Flowers On My Bedside is a song for empowerment. I wrote it when I was in a sad place and it was a very healing experience, to take a hard situation and turn it into something that feels creatively inspiring.” - Bella White
Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Terry Uyarak with Riit, Ryan O'Shaughnessy, Dawes, Rich Aucoin, Tyler Ramsey, Kadeema, Butcher Brown, Low Float, and Color Fields
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.
