Artist Features

Singer-songwriter Codie Prevost is barreling through the Canadian mainstream country music world like the proverbial freight train. He’s been gaining speed since the release of his first record in 2005, which was aptly named The Road Ahead. If Prevost had a personal carpent...

Growing up in small town Saskatchewan can garner a wide variety of lifestyles and outlooks on life. Some people are content to spend their entire life in said town of choice, going about their day-to-day activities and enjoying all the community has to offer. On the other hand, some small...

They’ve been nominated for a 2009 Western Canadian Music Award, toured extensively, including gigs in New York City and Austin TX during the South by Southwest Festival [SXSW], made the CMJ top 200, and had their album chart as high as 1# on college radio in Canada and the US. They are fou...

Library Voices are Pop as F*ck. This slogan of sorts is something that Michael Dawson, the lyricist who plays synthesizers, keyboards and the drum machine came up with in the early days of the band. "We set out from day one with the very clear intention to try and write though...

In one way, the band alias Maybe Smith suggests an awkward wavering, yet this is precisely what Maybe Smith is incapable of. The Saskatoon sensation’s principal chairperson, Colin Skrapek, is a genuinely modest artist, boasting songwriting ability and consistently engaging musical output th...

Midway through our get-together over a tasty Vietnamese lunch, Saskatoon singer/songwriter Farideh (pronounced “fair-ah-day”) admits she’s not a fan of the cold Saskatchewan-trademark winter weather. In fact, she reveals a “deep hatred for the cold,” reminiscing how ...

They sound a bit like Jawbox. Or is it Arcade Fire? Wait, isn’t that a subtle Bowie influence?

Progressive/death metal band Into Eternity has just gotten back from Japan, where they were greeted by fans screaming band members’ names, lurking outside their hotel, and waiting at the bullet (train) station to get a glimpse. “They must’ve had walkie-talkies or something ...

Today’s Remains, the latest album and second solo effort from folk/electro rocker and Saskatoon resident Shuyler Jansen, is a breathy, life-filled testimonial to a prairie musician’s unselfish musical drive and compelling, narrative-propelled songwriting. Release...

The Session’s initial phone chat with Prince Albert-born western swing and polka musician extraordinaire Brian Sklar proved to be a quick yet exhilarating affair, affirming that he, his family and band The Western Senators were in Los Angeles, just on their way to the televised Grammy cerem...