Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Cuff The Duke, Katie Cruel, Ryan Wayne, Joel Plaskett, Leif Vollebekk, Astral Swans, Homeshake, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Dead Root Revival. Ryan Wayne, David Myles, Local Natives, Union Duke, Katie Pruitt, Kaïa Kater, and Tara Kannangara,
“When life gets heavy and the future feel overwhelmingly out of our control, we can learn to turn inwards and build a home inside of ourselves” - Katie Pruitt
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Denim Daddies
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Katie Tupper, Darren Roy Clarke, Kyp Harness, Colour Film, Denim Daddies, Bankes Brothers, Basement Revolver, and Half Moon Run
Some fine alt-country on today’s stage incl. Darren Roy Clarke, and Denim Daddies.
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Nathaniel Rateliff, David Myles, Chris Caderet, Secret Beach, Shannon and the Clams, Frank Turner, Gravel-Aires, and July Talk
“Sometimes a sad song is just what we need to feel less alone." - David Myles
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Martha and the Muffins, Sleater-Kinney, Donovan Woods, Loony, Daniel Isaiah, Haley Blais, Lucky Ones, and William Prince
Been some time since we have heard from M+M but times are such I guess they need to reach out once again. Martha and the Muffins have chosen to cover Buffalo Springfield's "For What Its Worth" as the channel for this reemergence.
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Skye Wallace, Great Lake Swimmers, Ombiigizi, JJ Shiplett, Cat Power, Lal, Omega Mighty, and Aysanabee
“There's a power in looking back with pride and care for the kid you were.” - Skye Wallace
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The Beaches
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Hunter Sheridan, Echoes Of. . ., Allison Russell, Terra Lightfoot, Flint and Feather, Sarah Segal Lazar, Boy Golden, and The Beaches
“Don't you wish you could slow time down when you're falling in love?” - Hunter Sheridan
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Haviah Mighty
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: The Odds, Danny Michel, Haviah Mighty, Haley Blais, Bells Larsen, Matt Paxton and the Pintos, The Sextones, and Johnny Eaton
"I want people to feel they’re not alone, and still find hope in things that are painful,” - Danny Michel
“Anytime I listen or play this song, I can smell the basement of my childhood home, or my best friend’s cigarettes (she quit now), and I can see myself, talking to myself in the mirror, doing my best Late Night show wisecracks” - Haley Blais
The Revivalists
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Northumberland, Cowboy Junkies, Patrick Krief, summersets, Golden Feather, the Projectors, Half Moon Run, and the Revivalists
By Will McGuirk
“I remember in the studio we were really influenced by this more obscure Wilco song ‘Black Moon’ and it was our attempt at doing big CSNY style vocal harmonies throughout. Lyrically, in the sequence of the album, it falls right after the two characters breakup and fast forwards the timeline many years. A tricky, yet important song to set up their eventual reconciliation and the latter third of the album/story. One of my favourites we’ve made as summersets.” - Kalle Matheson, summersets
MOONRiiVR, photo by Colin Medley
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Half Moon Run, MOONRiiVR, JJ Shiplett, John Hewitt, Chris Velan, Amon Tobin, Vanity Mirror, and Jerry Sereda
"No matter how hard we try, you’ve got to adapt, you've got to grow, you’ve got to evolve, you’ve got to adjust. But in the end, you just gotta ride the wave because you never really know where you’re gonna go until you’re already there." - JJ Shiplett
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: The Weather Holds, Jerry Leger, Hannah Georgas, Braids, Lex Leosis, Jack Kays, Protomartyr, and Finger 11
By Will McGuirk
“if we're heading towards something bad, let's head towards it slowly." - Devon Bate, The Weather Holds
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.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