Crank the amps, roll down the windows and point the car straight toward the horizon. Junkhouse, the Hamilton, Ontario roots rockers whose ferocious blend of blues, folk and rock 'n' roll helped shape a golden era of Canadian music, are back with "Hot Hot Sun," the first new single of their exciting 2026 chapter, released on High Or Hurtin. Gritty, groove-soaked and radiating summer heat, the track finds singer, songwriter and guitarist Tom Wilson in thrilling form, leading one of the country's most celebrated rock acts into a bold new era of fresh songs and fierce energy. The band will bring that energy to one of their biggest stages yet when they headline the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls on Saturday, November 21 at 8 p.m.

More than 40 years after they gave the world permission to dance, Men Without Hats are bringing the party back to stages across North America. The Montreal New Wave trailblazers are hitting the road on the "You Can Dance If You Want Tour," celebrating more than four decades of synth-soaked smash hits with a live show that turns every room into a party, in support of their new album 'On the Moon,' out now.

The "You Can Dance If You Want Tour" kicks off Nov. 27 in Mount Dora, FL and sweeps through the U.S. East Coast and Midwest in December. It rings in New Year's Eve in Palm Springs, crosses Canada through January and February 2027, and then carries the celebration all the way to Australia in May.

Candles glowing across a front lawn, neighbours dancing beneath the open sky and a cherished voice that follows you everywhere you go. Denver indie pop duo Cherokee Social open their hearts on "Maya," a shimmering, soul-stirring new single out now that honours the full circle of a life lived with joy, courage and a house overflowing with friends. Written by frontman Julian Navarro in tribute to his late mother, the song wraps dreamy, reverb-kissed guitar around soaring walls of harmony that feel like they could lift the roof clean off the room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9_JetaqoU

Ted Quinlan - September 20th @ Kensington Jazz Fest, Toronto

Jazz Guru Ted Quinlan on fire here playing hot licks at Handlebar during the Kensington Jazz Fest in Toronto

Harry Manx - September 19th @ Hugh’s Room Live, Toronto

Harry Manx performing mystical, musical magic as East meets West at Hugh’s Room Live in Toronto

Award-winning Canadian children's musician Chris McKhool is turning up the joy with the release of Party in the Street, an exuberant new single that invites children and families to sing, dance, and celebrate together. Filmed at Toronto Caribbean Carnival and inspired by the vibrant traditions of Mardi Gras and Carnival, the song is the second single from McKhool's upcoming album, Global Dance Party! to be released on November 6, 2026.

Hammond organ master Vel Lewis returns with "Smoovee," a lush, groove driven single featuring soprano and tenor saxophonist Marion Meadows that has already debuted as the #1 Most Added recording at smooth jazz radio. The track continues to build momentum across formats, appearing on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 100, Mediabase Smooth Jazz, RadioWave Monitor Groove Jazz 100, and the Top 30 Weekend Radio chart in Madrid, Spain, while reaching listeners on every major streaming platform. Built around a soulful Hammond bed and Meadows' unmistakable saxophone lines, "Smoovee" distills the sound Lewis has spent a lifetime refining: groove jazz, smooth jazz, soul, funk, and rhythm and blues, folded into one infectious recording.

Tina Dico shares "This Fire!," the second single from her forthcoming album 'Balancing Small Things On Sharp Edges,' out October 23, 2026. The song follows "Surfing," which introduced the record earlier this summer, and marks the first time Dico and fellow Iceland based artist Emilíana Torrini have recorded together, on one of the album's most immediate and inspiring tracks.

Check out the Tina Dico YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@tinadico

Alexandr Misko builds machines out of wood and steel string, and then he plays them like nothing else exists. The German-based guitarist, composer and arranger is loading up his self designed Frankenstein Guitar for a sprawling run of North American dates this fall, carrying the sound of his latest album, 'Final Boss,' from small listening rooms to concert halls across the United States and Canada.

Check Out INTERGALACTIC MARCH - Alex Misko ("FINAL BOSS" Album) on YouTube here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dF-RukgnIo

Hamilton and Toronto's TRIBZ release "Young Love" out now, a pop-rock ballad that trades the band's usual social urgency for something quieter and deeply personal, a trip back to first love, sweet sixteen and the memories time can never fully take away. For a band built on more than a century of combined musical history, it is a fitting turn inward, tracing the story all the way back to where guitarist Earl Johnson's own journey in music truly started.

Listen on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1gQN1mHMV7baTimCBC271Q

 INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven continents, releases "Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)" out now, a moody, folk leaning reinterpretation of a track originally featured on the band's 2022 record, ‘Volume 3.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIigWYNM0rY

 INTERCONTINEN7AL, the project that bills itself as the first rock band in history to record music across all seven continents, releases "Lighthouses (Acoustic Remix)" out now, a moody, folk leaning reinterpretation of a track originally featured on the band's 2022 record, ‘Volume 3.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIigWYNM0rY

 “IN MY HEAD” is the first single is from a debut 10-song independent album titled ‘No Need To Sing The Blues.’

Watch and Listen on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV2ZdL8p8Tw&list=RDrV2ZdL8p8Tw&start_radio=1

The album blends smooth melodies with rich musical textures and expressive performances. Featuring an impressive collection of stringed instruments and carefully crafted arrangements, the album delivers a warm, immersive listening experience that reflects a lifelong passion for music.

100% of the author's profits from this book will be donated to charity, with a focus on mental health and suicide prevention

 Through intimate interviews and firsthand recollections, author Kelly Catlin challenges the mythology surrounding Kurt Cobain to reveal the empathetic artist, advocate, and human being behind the icon.

Montreal based duo, Bowser and Blue, known mostly for their satirical political songs, have addressed the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America with the newly recorded song “My Name Is Lake Ontario.”

Watch on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5zKelDsuf0&feature=youtu.be

Southeast Ireland's TULUA come out swinging with "Michael Relihan's / Rigney's / Cap and Bells (Reels)," a blazing three tune set that rips straight through the opening of their acclaimed second album, 'In The Snug,' out now. This is a band lighting the fuse and letting it run, "Michael Relihan's" reel kicks the door open, "Rigney's Reel," a tune made legendary by the playing of Paddy O'Brien, keeps the energy climbing, and the set explodes into its finish with "Cap and Bells," a Josephine Keegan tune the band picked up halfway across the world during an unforgettable 6 a.m. kitchen session with fellow traditional players while touring Australia. Evan O'Grady joins the fray on bodhrán, driving the whole set forward with relentless, foot-stomping momentum.

Simcoe, Ontario-based Canadian folk singer-songwriter Tia McGraff, alongside her husband and musical partner Tommy Parham, releases "Two Wolves (Remix)" out now, the lead single from their upcoming album 'With a Friend,' arriving October 31 on Bandana Records. The song draws its title and its message from the well-known Cherokee legend of a grandfather teaching his grandson about the two wolves that live inside every person, one full of anger, the other full of compassion, and the lesson that whichever wolf wins is simply the one you feed. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIgwmgKU6Qo

 Rumba flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook releases his new album, 'past the breakwater,' on September 18 through Coach House Music, distributed by Believe. The 10-track record follows two singles already circulating, "forever" and "you were looking north," out now, and lands alongside the Forever Live Tour, an extensive run of North American dates that carries Cook and his band well into 2027, with a marquee stop at Casino Rama in Orillia, Ontario this November.

 https://www.youtube.com/jessecookhq