“Gospel is by definition ‘the good news,’ says William Prince, about his new album, Gospel First Nation, out today. “Everything considered, all that feels appropriate right now are the songs my family used to sing during wakes and funerals. Songs for families in need of comfort. These songs were capable of lifting spirits in the darkest of times. I witnessed it on many occasions.

Watch the powerful and poetic artist statement for William Prince's Gospel First Nation, filmed in and around Peguis First Nation and Fisher Bay, Manitoba. The Prince Memorial Chapel, a one-room, wood-sided building, has stood in Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, Canada since 1929.

In this special edition of Horizon Line, writer/producer Anupa Mistry writes about the music of Zaki Ibrahim, who recently re-released two back catalog albums, Eclectica (Episodes in Purple) and Orbit: A Postcoital Prequel.

Zaki Ibrahim continues to double back on the past with two more mind-expanding albums from her catalogue arriving worldwide today. Eclectica (Episodes in Purple), originally released in 2008,will now be available as a deluxe digital album with new songs, “The New Black” and “My Baby.” Orbit: A Post-Coital Prequel, first recorded as a Red Bull South Africa session and a staple of Ibrahim’s exquisite live performances,

Elliott BROOD approach the release of Keeper, an album about loyalty and resilience, with a new song out today. As the second song shared from Keeper, “Bird Dog” is a metaphor for companionship. When the lines between those who chase and those who run get blurry, the song reminds us that in partnerships, we are seldom only one or the other.

We are addressing the reports of sexual misconduct against Danny Kenyon of The Dead South from women who have been harmed. These reports are of incidents from years before we started working with Danny and the band.

Elliott BROOD announce their return to Six Shooter Records, home of the trio’s early breakout albums, with their seventh album, Keeper. The title, which speaks to loyalty and longevity, sets the tone for an album that explores the strength of conviction, and how that strength is tested over time. Thoughts of worthiness and dedication, and their emotional flip sides, inform a collection that sees the history-minded band exploring battlefields much closer to home.

The Dead South celebrated their second JUNO Award win for Traditional Roots Album of the Year last night, announced in a virtual awards show that also featured the bluegrass quartet performing at an empty venue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the intended host city. As displayed on the marquee at the start of the clip (JUNOS 2020 CANCELLED), this year’s event took a much different form.

Zaki Ibrahim revisits her candescent, joyous debut EP Shö (Iqra in Orange), originally released in 2006, with a new companion recording Shö Live in Toronto, both available to stream worldwide for the first time on Friday, June 26, 2020.

Reassuringly familiar, if a little bit flashier, the longsuffering but thankful NQ Arbuckle wins another battle against the urge to cut and run with “Love Songs For The Long Game,” his first new music in six years. For an artist whose songs have always grappled, at least in part, with the panic that comes with both asking and answering the question “Why am I doing this?” NQ Arbuckle has found his place writing seafarer songs for drinking on dry land, for our labours of love large and small.

In a newly isolated world, The Dead South offer a little blast of joy in a madcap, two-minute whip through of “This Little Light Of Mine,” an all ages, all walks of life folk classic that endures as a powerful, uplifting unifier. Like a roll down a hill, The Dead South’s devil-may-care take is fast, fun and done in a flash.

Today, Six Shooter management clients July Talk released the first single, “Pay For It” from their new album, Pray For It, the band’s third album. Out July 10, 2020 (via Sleepless Records in Canada and BMG worldwide) the long-awaited new studio album emerges into unprecedented circumstances, a strange and startling background for July Talk’s surrender to the sacred unknown.