The new single by Nonye Toria is “Magic Wand,” a song that portrays an artist unafraid to confront passion, vulnerability, and faith with equal intensity. Her most recent studio album Force & Fire was both a declaration and a testimony.

 From the breezy confidence of the first single “Carefree” Nonye explored love, desire, and self awareness with lyrical boldness and sonic depth. The intoxicating pull of the new single “Magic Wand,” anchors Nonye’s music in reverence, reminding listeners that strength and surrender can coexist. Blending soul, Afro-influenced rhythms, and contemporary R&B textures, Nonye Toria evolves—stronger in voice, sharper in vision, and unapologetic in truth.

Toronto Producer, Songwriter and Vocalist Channels a Lifelong Journey From Addis Ababa to the 6ix Into a Genre Fluid Statement of Identity and Self Belief

Toronto-based artist Rawmny Wildcat, (pronounced Raw Money Wildcat) releases his commanding new single "Manew" on June 26, 2026, the lead track from his highly anticipated album 'Habeshinated', arriving the same day. Born in Addis Ababa and now rooted in Toronto, the producer, songwriter and vocalist has crafted a song that fuses hip hop, soul and East African sound into a powerful declaration of who he is and where he comes from.

Kentucky, the musical project of Almonte, Ontario-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jordan Holman, releases his stirring new single "In Kingston Tonight," a song that arrives as both a love letter to one of Canada's great music cities and a deeply felt call to every Canadian to take what The Tragically Hip gave us and carry it forward. Written, recorded, engineered, produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by Holman at his home studio The Kentucky Bend, the single is his most passionate and fully realised work to date, and its release was timed with a headline performance at the municipal Canada Day celebrations at Hardy Park in Brockville, Ontario.

Psych surf rock band from Squamish, BC bring 'Modern World Blues' to stages from Ottawa to Asbury Park 

Surf Hat are heading back out on the road, and they are bringing the salt air with them. The Squamish, British Columbia band have confirmed a sweeping fall run those threads together headline shows and festival sets across Canada before crossing into the United States, then loops home through the mountain towns of British Columbia and Alberta. It is the latest chapter for a group whose rise has unfolded the unhurried way, one room and one road trip at a time. 

 Gentlemen of the Woods share their new single "Worst Kind of Weather," a road worn anthem of perseverance and open highway that captures the band at the height of their storytelling powers. Drawn from their third album 'November Embers,' the track distils everything that has made the Ottawa group a standout draw across the Capital region into one warm, rolling, deeply human performance.

Singer-Songwriter Harmonica Player Pays Respect to American Blues Music Greats, While Carving Out His Own Niche With Heartfelt and Authentic “Canadiana” Roots Music

Ethan Askey & The Elevators release "Big Bad Bossman", the spirited third single from their forthcoming album 'Outside the Lines', out now. The upbeat blues shuffle takes aim at every petty tyrant who ever mistook control for strength. Askey wrote the lyric about a universal figure, any bully or leader whose insecurity and self-regard gets in the way of good living. Anyone can relate to the song about power dynamics and reclaiming your footing, set to a rhythm that refuses to sit still.

8BANGER Is a “festival style” rock act with half a century of combined rock and roll experience between members; having played the smallest of venues to the largest of stages. Based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. The band has been active since 2023 and 8BANGER: is comprised of Matti Slick (guitar and vocals), Kris McBass (bass guitar) and Joey Bochek (drums).

Childhood Friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard Craft Happy Sounding Sad Songs for an Anxious Generation

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Toronto and Ottawa-based duo Crashmore release "I Do the Most," the bright and bittersweet single from their debut EP 'Hung Up'. Made by lifelong friends Devin Calow and Michael Sheppard, the song captures everything the band does best, wrapping aching, self aware lyrics inside an irresistible indie pop rock hook that pulls you in before you notice where it lands.

 Mike Sands, the New York-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose restless creative spirit has been carving out his own corner of Alternative Americana Rock for over two decades, releases his powerful new single "Abandoned" today, the lead track from his forthcoming seventh studio album 'Happy Hour,' due July 10 on JIB Machine Records. Produced by Lincoln Parrish, the celebrated Nashville producer best known for his work with Cage the Elephant, and recorded at Siena Studios on Music Row, 'Happy Hour' is the most fully realised and emotionally wide-ranging record of Sands' career, a twelve-track collection that moves between gritty rock swagger and plainspoken Americana storytelling with the ease of a man who has finally found the exact sound he has been reaching for.

 Johnny B, the independent rock artist from Patras, Greece, has released his new single "This Is Your Life," a cinematic and emotionally charged track that captures the moment a person decides to take hold of their own path. Rooted in personal conviction and built on a sound that moves between cinematic rock, dark-pop atmosphere, Americana, and blues-rock grit, the song carries the weight of lived experience. From its opening lines, "Listen to your inner wish / You know best what brings you peace," the track sets its course with clarity and quiet purpose, inviting listeners into a space where honesty and courage are what matter most.

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The alt-country storyteller turns a stripped-down, acoustic-driven sound into an intimate portrait of love, place, and the streets that raised him

Bedford Bells has released "Hands at Midnight," the smouldering lead single from his debut full-length album 'Fell in Love in My Hometown,' out now. The solo moniker of Oshawa, Ontario-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Adams, Bedford Bells crafts songs rooted in country, Americana, folk, and acoustic storytelling that feel both intimate and enduring, and "Hands at Midnight" arrives as the album's most sensual moment.

The Musi-Flo Artist of the Year trades urgency for ease on a sun-warmed ode to lasting commitment, ahead of her second EP due July 3, 2026

Montréal singer-songwriter Silka Weil has released "Forever," a relaxed, feel-good new single that reveals a softer, sun-warmed side of the emerging artist as she continues the rollout toward her second EP, 'Midnight Blue,' due July 3, 2026. Where her recent work has leaned into tension and desire, "Forever" settles into something gentle and secure, an easy-listening ode to the kind of love that makes you feel completely safe.

Toronto-based singer, songwriter, and storyteller Elina Filice releases her joyful, life-affirming new single "Bury Me" today, a Canadiana-soaked punk-pop anthem that announces itself immediately as one of the most infectious and emotionally generous songs of her career. Co-produced by Filice and Kevin Brennan and released on her own Red Vine Records, the track is a love song built around a Molson Canadian t-shirt, a running joke, and the quietly astonishing realisation that you have built a life with someone you never want to give back. It is the kind of song that sneaks up on you, arriving as a laugh and staying as something much deeper and more lasting.

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Toronto Pianist and Composer Rick Maltese Releases New Single "Just Like an Angel," a Stirring Call for Kindness

The veteran singing pianist is joined by an acclaimed jazz trio on a melody-driven plea for compassion, drawn from his album 'Rick Maltese & Friends Vol 2'Toronto pianist, composer, and songwriter Rick Maltese has released "Just Like an Angel," a warm and melody-forward single that turns a simple idea into something quietly powerful: that the smallest acts of human kindness can change a life. Drawn from his album 'Rick Maltese & Friends Vol 2,' the song arrives as a gentle reminder of what connects us, carried by Maltese's lyrical writing and the easy chemistry of the musicians around him.

SATORI, a six-piece neo-soul band from Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia, release their captivating new single "Walking" today, the lead track from their debut album 'The Seat of the Soul,' out now on Spotify and all major platforms. For North American listeners discovering them for the first time, SATORI arrive as something genuinely rare: a band steeped in soul, blues, jazz, and pop who have built a sound that feels both warmly familiar and entirely fresh, anchored by the extraordinary voice of vocalist Ursula Luthar and the rich keyboard and compositional vision of multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Jure Tori.

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San Francisco Bay Area composer, producer, and musician Dren McDonald announces Vox Pterous (Appearing Records), a stunning new album due July 31, 2026 on which he takes the instrumental architecture of his celebrated 2023 record Pterous and opens it up entirely, inviting a remarkable ensemble of vocalists into those layered, sonic worlds to create something wholly new. The result is one of the most emotionally resonant records of his career that sits at a unique intersection of contemporary classical composition, songwriting, and the warmth of the human voice.

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Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maria Butterly joins forces with celebrated Quebec guitarist and producer Martin Larose for "The Last Ship to Shore," a luminous, cinematic new single co-written with arranger Frank Corneau that bridges two of the world's great folk traditions across one extraordinary piece of music. It is a song about longing to belong, about setting out across deep open waters in search of a place to finally call home, and it arrives as one of the most emotionally resonant collaborations of either artist's already remarkable career.

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Cooper Benaiah, the Toronto-based 16-year-old singer-songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who won the 2026 Canadian High School Songwriter of the Year award for his single "Falling," releases his debut album 'CRUSH' today on Spotify and all major platforms. Eight original songs, written, recorded, and produced entirely by himself in a makeshift basement studio, 'CRUSH' is a high-energy indie pop record that moves with the instincts of an artist well beyond his years and the fearless, unfiltered charm of someone who has absolutely nothing to prove and everything to share. 

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Alan Gerber, the Chicago-born, Val-David, Quebec-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of late-1960s Elektra Records supergroup Rhinoceros, releases his irresistible new single "Put Back My Heart" today, the opening track from his deeply personal new album 'The Well,' out now. A swaggering, blues-drenched soul romp co-written with his son Eli Gerber and produced by the two of them together, "Put Back My Heart" announces the album with exactly the kind of high-energy, good-humoured, emotionally honest songwriting that has made Alan Gerber one of the most beloved live performers in Canada and beyond for more than five decades.

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The Sling Sisters, the powerhouse Blues-Americana-Country trio from Cambridge and Toronto, Ontario, release their gorgeous new single "The Reason" today, a warm, string-kissed love song that showcases an entirely different dimension of a band already celebrated for their grit, groove, and three-part harmonic fire. Where their debut album 'What I Hope to Find' arrived in January 2026 with Nashville swagger and roots-driven confidence, "The Reason" pulls the lens in close, trading the dance floor for something quieter and more lasting: the moment you realise that someone you love has become the thing you believe in most. It is a song for anyone who has ever been caught off guard by the depth of their own heart.