This week on the show
TALK – A Little Bit Happy
The Beaches – Shower Beer
Shubh – OG
Dizzy – Open Up Wide
Morgan Toney – Dream Catcher
Valley –Natural
Hayden – Are We Good?
The Blue Stones -Don’t Miss
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep
Glorious Sons – Dream
TALK – A Little Bit Happy
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Platinum recording artist, TALK, has released his new single, “A Little Bit Happy”. The single — as well as TALK’s entire forthcoming album — is executive produced by Justin Tranter (Halsey, Imagine Dragons, Fall Out Boy), who fell in love with TALK after hearing his single, “Run Away To Mars”. “I was sent TALK’s first single, “Run Away To Mars” , a day after it came out and I was blown away. I immediately wanted to write with him. He is vulnerable, he is rock ‘n roll, and he’s a SINGER – in all capital letters,” Justin said.
When discussing the collaboration, TALK was smiling ear to ear as he talked about Justin’s involvement with the single and album. “Working with Justin Tranter was a dream come true. We’ve been in touch for a couple of years and had worked together a few times before. Everything from then on fell into place perfectly and we got to work on an incredible body of music. I’m honoured to call him a friend and mentor,” TALK said
Shubh – OG
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Tik Toc Juno Fan Choice
Shubhneet Singh (born 10 August 1997), known professionally as Shubh, is an Indian rapper-singer and songwriter based in Canada associated with Punjabi music. Shubh rose to mainstream in 2021 with his single “We Rollin”. He released his debut album ‘Still Rollin’ in 2023.
His numerous singles have charted on the Canadian Hot 100,[5] New Zealand Chart,[6] UK Singles Chart and Billboard India. His single “Baller” charted on the Canadian Hot 100.[7] In 2023, his song “Cheques” from his debut album Still Rollin peaked at number 3 on Billboard India Songs, while album was charted on Canadian Albums Chart and New Zealand Albums Chart.
People call me OG
People call me OG
[Chorus]
Aye! What you think, I ain’t (I ain’t)
‘Where do we stay?’ We lowkey (Lowkey)
Low-ride whip bounces
Wherever I go, they call me OG
Aye! What you think, I ain’t
‘Where do we stay?’ We lowkey
Low-ride whip bounces
Wherever I go, they call me OG
[Refrain]
My flow is sick
Growing on my own
Why don’t you faceoff?
The ones on my shoe
Barking behind my back
[Verse 1]
Outfit is black (See, see!)
So are my deeds (Aye, aye!)
Rejoicing this life (Woo!)
To its very fullest
We all bachelors
High on the game (Yeah!)
Stars on my lavish whip (See!)
Sitting with the group
In an expensive whip
Morgan Toney -Dreamcatcher
BIO
2024 JUNO-Nominated Mi’kmaq fiddler and singer Morgan Toney brings the fiery fiddling of Cape Breton Island with the old songs of the Mi’kmaq People together with brilliance and heart.
First Flight, Toney’s 2023 East Coast Music Award-winning debut album, celebrates language and heritage in Toney’s transformation of traditional songs like the Ko’jua and the Mi’kmaq Honour Song alongside highly original songcraft.
Ishkōdé Records introduced First Flight to the world on March 25, 2022.
so these three musicians I had never heard of before. If you look at their plays on Spotify they are relatively unknown. Now that the Jnos are over for this year I am sure this is changing.
These next two artists I know especially Dominique Fils-Aimé who is just so good. I think we have played her now at least three times on our show. No surprise I would say.
Hayden – Are We good?
Even when you enjoy a career as low key as Paul Hayden Desser, eight years between albums is quite the delay.
For the artist who plies his trade by his middle name — Hayden — and will support his just-released opus “Are We Good” with a performance at Massey Hall Saturday, the reasons for the interruption are numerous.
“It’s a bit of a long-winded answer,” Desser, 52, admitted over the phone late last week. “First, I worked on an album for a year with a novelist friend who was writing a book at the same time and we were going to do a project together.”
Six years in the making with sixty plus songs in the running, Hayden’s ninth record Are We Good is a crowning achievement in the born storyteller’s loaded canon. The album posits Hayden, grizzled and peppered, by the pandemic or parenting, in an attic studio stand-off with writer’s block. Written, produced, and mixed predominantly at Skyscraper National Park, the studio at the top of his Toronto home, a perfect combination of complex family life – Hayden and his wife are parents to a child with developmental disabilities – and the grinding halt of creative inertia forced Hayden further out of his comfort zone than ever before
From Wikipedia:
In February 2023 he released the single “Miss Fort Erie”, his first new music since 2015.[17] He followed up at the end of the month with the announcement that his new album Are We Good will be released April 5, 2023, on Arts & Crafts;[18] the announcement was accompanied by the release of the album’s second preview track, a duet with Feist titled “On a Beach”.[19] Actor Steve Buscemi and musician Matt Berninger of The National appeared in the song’s video.
Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep
Juno-winning artist Dominique Fils-Aimé has revealed details about her latest album Our Roots Run Deep, which begins a new trilogy of albums to come.
The announcement comes with the release of the album’s lead single “My Mind at Ease,” with a music video shot on location at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, directed by Adrian Villagomez, and choreographed by Mel Charlot, renowned for her work with Grammy Award winner Lizzo.
The new trio of albums follows Fils-Aimé’s award-winning trilogy of Nameless, Stay Tuned! and Three Little Words, which explores blues, jazz and soul music, respectively. Stay Tuned! was shortlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize and won the Juno Award for vocal jazz album of the year in 2020.
While Fils-Aimé’s first trilogy conceptualized the history of African American music, the approach is more personal for this forthcoming album and trilogy.
“While the goal remains a quest for universal connection through musical frequencies, this internal journey quickly brought me to the importance of my roots,” she says. “It sparked a desire to shed light on our intergenerational treasures rather than intergenerational trauma, using these treasures to address and heal trauma. By being more open and vulnerable, I hope to lead by example and contribute to the dismantling of taboos surrounding mental health, taboos that are all still very present today, especially in BIPOC communities.”
Juno edition!
The Beaches – “Shower Beer” from Blame My Ex
Last night Toronto’s The Beaches won both album and rock group of the year. What is shower beer? According to Wikipedia, “ A shower beer is a beer consumed while taking a shower. While the concept is not complex, it did not become a cultural trend until the first decade of the 2000s” Who knew? But follow these simple rules and you will be fine. https://www.hopculture.com/golden-rules-shower-beer/
The Beaches take this fine idea and muse about broken relationships.
The Beaches – Shower Beer (Official Audio)
Dizzy is a band from Oshawa, Ontario,whose debut album Baby Teeth won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. This year they were nominated for Alternative album of the Year. “Open Up Wide” has deservedly receiving attention and airplay across Canada. https://canadianbeats.ca/2023/03/30/dizzy-shares-new-single-open-up-wide/
Here’s a nice live version from CBC Music Live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17sxpfEQK-U
Valley – “Natural” – Lost in Translation
Valley hail from Oakville Ontario and are no stranger to Juno recognition. They received a Juno Award nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year at the 2020 Juno Awards as well as a nomination for Group of the Year in 2022. this year they were nominated for Pop album of the Year. Lost in Translation came out in early summer and is chockfull of hits. https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/valley-lost-in-translation-album
Once again CBC Music Live presents “Natural” live
The Blue Stones – “Don’t Miss” – Pretty Monster
Continuing our musical journey down the 401, The Bluestones are a Windsor Ontario duo who sometimes are fairly or unfairly referred to as Canada’s Black Keys. The Blue Stones were nominated for the 2020 Juno Award in the category of Breakthrough Group of the Year. This year they scored a nomination for Rock album of the Year. Pretty Monster received uniform rave reviews.https://tinnitist.com/2022/11/04/albums-of-the-week-the-blue-stones-pretty-monster/
I am leaning heavily on live clips this week rather than just video or audio samples as The Blue Stones especially need to be heard live.
Glorious Sons – “Dream” – Glory
Kingston’s Glorious Sons have released four full length studio albums. The results below are quite impressive.
2015 Juno Awards – Rock Album of the Year (Nominee)
2018 Juno Awards – Rock Album of the Year (Winner)
2020 Juno Awards – Rock Album of the Year (Winner)
2024 Juno Awards – Rock Album of the Year (Nominee)
Dream is my favourite song taken from the latest album. Here is a version from The Osprey Sessions:
Also this is a nice behind the scenes mini-documentary on the song.
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Whole-Hearted 
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