"We need to drive to the environmental protest. We have to spend eight million dollars on the echo-chic pants. Our lattes cost $12 and we’re not giving the change to the people sitting outside the coffee shop. So ‘Street Names and Land Claims,’ even the song title is very time-appropriate as we tear down statues." - Adam Sturgeon, OMBIIGIZI
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One Real Reveal, Joel Plaskett
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Joel Plaskett, The Matinee, Raven Reid, Coraline James, Margo Price with Billy Strings, Kim Beggs, Nadjiwan, and Housewife
“This road has been travelled by many and has many stories to tell. My song is just one of those stories.” - Nadjiwan
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Status/Non Status, photo by Colin Medley
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Ryan Wayne, Status/ Non Status, Kristi Lane Sinclair, The Matinee, Elliott Brood, Sasha Cay, Bella White, and Black Pumas
“‘Surely Travel’ is a heartfelt and nostalgic visual trip that serves this song and the feelings we leave behind in transit, the emotional baggage we carry along with us, and the hope and optimism we seek to find with every new destination we reach.” - Adam Sturgeon, Status/Non Status
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iskwē
alt image: Leanne Hoffman
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Leanne Hoffman, iskwē, Celeigh Cardinal, The Matinee, Shred Kelly, Skydiggers, Loryn Taggart, and 54-40
"We all connected to that vibe of getting lost somewhere and seeing where you end up.” - The Matinee
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Tami Neilson, photo by Mary Ellen Matthews
alt image - Killer Mike
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Killer Mike, Pierre Kwenders, Tami Neilson, Grace Potter, summersets, The Matinee, Victoria Monét, and Big Little Lions
By Will McGuirk
This is a celebration of a BAD ASS BLACK GIRL from the westside of Atlanta. She’s been affectionately called OG Mama Niecy by the many people she helped stay on their path.” - Killer Mike
“Reminding us that curiosity killed the cat, everything requires moderation, and that, in love, no one wants to walk on eggshells.” - Pierre Kwenders
“I wanted ‘Kingmaker’ to feel like a movie theme that plays as the opening credits unfold so that the songs take the listener through the highs and lows of a story unfolding, more like a movie soundtrack than adhering to one genre or style.” - Tami Neilson
“In Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck called Route 66 the ‘The Mother of all roads...the road of flight.’ As I zeroed out my odometer and started west on my road trip across the US, I hoped that driving the road of flight would give me a bird’s eye view of my life. But it didn’t take long to realize that I was not flying; I was running away.” - Grace Potter
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
Hayden, photo by Robert Georgeff
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Hayden, Braids, Sunnsetter, Abigail Lapell, Alex Whorms, The Matinee, Jacques Greene, and TEKE::TEKE
By Will McGuirk
“Reminding myself that surely everything is alright, even when I’ve tricked myself into believing otherwise.” - Sunnsetter