Silla and Rise are hitting the stage at Club SAW this month. They’re featured as special guests along with Kimmy Couture for Pantayo x Marisa Gallemit‘s show on Sunday, June 24th. Silla and Rise consists of Inuit throat singers Charlotte Qamaniq, Cynthia Pitsiulak, and Charlotte Carleton. Alongside producer Rise Ashen, the group aims to create […]
Neon Dreams is headed our way in May as part of their 2022 tour. The Canadian duo also released their new song “Little Dance” with their tour announcement. The band will be performing in Ottawa on May 28th at The Observatory. Other stops on the tour include London, Hamilton , Toronto, and Montreal. All ticket […]
Métis folk singer-songwriter, Amanda Rheaume, along with OK Naledi and Suzie Ungerleider are taking to the virtual stage this month for Play It Forward. Homeroutes recorded each of the artists performing out of venues and will broadcast the collective show on Friday, February 25th at 7:00 PM. In celebration of International Women’s Day on March […]
ELMNT FM‘s own host of The Jukebox, Julian Taylor will hit the stage at Centre in the Square in Kitchener, ON on November 18th, 2021 for a live and live streamed performance. But he isn’t doing it alone. He’ll be joined by Tom Wilson, Terra Lightfoot, Moscow Apartment, Amanda Rheaume, Mikhail Laxton, KUNLE, and Dione Taylor. It […]
Did you miss Mimi O’Bonsawin at the National Arts Centre this fall? Not to worry, because she’s making her way back very soon. The Abenaki, French-Canadian folk singer songwriter is bringing her talent to the capital on December 1, 2021. She’ll perform at LIVE! On Elgin with support from dream pop duo, De Flore. Doors are at […]
This article has been updated. Are you missing that concert vibe? Remember the feeling of renting a hotel room to see a concert and how exciting it was getting ready for the event? Well you can relive that feeling as there is a great opportunity coming right here in Ottawa! RBC Ottawa Bluesfest has teamed […]
Singer songwriter and 106.5 ELMNT FM host, Julian Taylor, joins us to chat about his upcoming gig on July 31st at RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. It’s his first live gig since COVID-19 hit back in March aside from performing on his front lawn for neighbours in Toronto during the pandemic. We chatted about how he is preparing […]
Following the path of RBC Bluesfest, another festival fave, Osheaga, has been postponed to take place a year from the original dates of July 31st to August 2nd, 2020 in Montreal. Now it will take place July 30 to August 1st, 2021. What does 2021’s Osheaga include? Organizers are doing their best to re-book the […]
I went to a concert the other night and unfortunately learned of a new and very, very real pet peeve I have at live shows. A person with very long hair was whipping it back and forth, head-banging and thrashing a tonne. What made this a lot to take in was the music genre – […]
What is the story behind “K’eintah Natse Ju”? “K’eintah Natse Ju” (pronounced Kay-tah Naht-say Joo) is a song I wrote for the project celebrating resilience of Indigenous northerners-Gho-Bah (first light of dawn). Natse Ju- healing, to heal. We are healing together. This song is about the legacy of colonization and its impact on our (Indigenous) family relationships- […]