Birdsong Gives Hope and A Unique Voice To People Who Struggle With Mental Health Issues

Sat May 09, 2026
Birdsong New Music Foundation

Check out the four new single releases Available on All Digital Platforms Now with the Birdsong New Music Foundation.

The four releases are:
Arif Jinha – I Am
Producer: Greg Kavanagh

Terry Witzu – Irregardless
Producer: Ted Adler

Nicole McCafferty and Armand Antony (Broadtree) – So Right It’s Wrong
Producer: Bryant Didier

Nick Jones vocals; Rachel Scully – Hope-Holding On
Producer: Bryant Didier

Available globally on all digital platforms today, Birdsong Music Foundation has announced four new releases. The first is I Am, from artist Arif Jinha from Ottawa, produced in Toronto by platinum award-winning producer Greg Kavanagh (who has now produced three Birdsong artists including Robert Priest and D. M Lafortune, both from Toronto). Three of our producers, who work so closely with our artists, and the composers, tell us why they feel this work is so very important.

Birdsong Artist Terry Witzu Releases New Single “Crying Is Creepy”

Fri Apr 04 2025
Terry Witzu

Birdsong artist Terry Witzu opens up about songwriting after a six-year hiatus. Producer Ted Adler shares how there is no communication barrier when musicians use music as their language for both in-studio production and healing.

I first met Terry Witzu at a coffeeshop in Ottawa in February 2024, after he had applied for a Birdsong New Music Grant, which finances indie song production from individuals diagnosed with mental illness.

What strikes me on this cold, wintery morning, after I pick him up from his small apartment in Vanier, Ottawa’s east end, is how excited he is about addressing all things music. He tells me how much he loves so many musical genres and name-drops bands I’ve never heard of for over an hour.

Terry’s manner is engaging and articulate and his music stories are fabulous and fascinating. He also tells me he has a lot of musical equipment at his place but had not played music or composed in over six years!” That gets me.