Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Jadea Kelly, Matthew Holtby, Berk Jodoin, Begonia, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Bella White, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, and Donovan Woods
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Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Begonia, Bella White, Charlotte Day Wilson, Homeshake, Berk Jodoin, Kyle McKearney, Luka Kuplowsky and The Ryōkan Band, and Kaïa Kater
When you feel like you're constantly showing someone who you are and they can't or don't want to see it.” - Begonia
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Status/Non Status, photo by Colin Medley
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Ryan Wayne, Status/ Non Status, Kristi Lane Sinclair, The Matinee, Elliott Brood, Sasha Cay, Bella White, and Black Pumas
“‘Surely Travel’ is a heartfelt and nostalgic visual trip that serves this song and the feelings we leave behind in transit, the emotional baggage we carry along with us, and the hope and optimism we seek to find with every new destination we reach.” - Adam Sturgeon, Status/Non Status
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Justin Rutledge, photo by Jen Squires
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Justin Rutledge, Bella White, Duke & Goldie, Andrina Turenne, Begonia, quinnie, and Logan Staats
By Will McGuirk
“Most songs are trouble, they really do a number on me, but this one was kind. Songs rarely arrive this gently, although I wish they did.” - Justin Rutledge
“. . . bringing it to life by turning a valley into a peak felt deeply cathartic. It’s a heartbreaker that I hope will at least get you moving.” - Bella White
“I love going out and losing myself, but I’ve also learned as I’ve grown that I can’t do it all the time and sometimes my anxiety takes over and I just shut down. So basically I wrote this being like…’I can’t be the only one, right?’.” - Begonia
“I think the video is a perfect visual depiction of that chapter of my life and the feeling of being in that hotel room alone writing the song.” - Logan Staats