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Five Minutes With: Alt-Indie Folk Musician Boy Golden

June 12, 2026 Bronwyn Lewis

A moonstone glow infuses Boy Golden’s music – alt/indie folk meditations that think deeply, feel strongly, and love unconditionally. On new album, Best of Our Possible Lives, Boy Golden follows his intuition, finds emotional balance […]

Five Minutes With: Folk Musician James Culleton

June 5, 2026 Bronwyn Lewis

Winnipeg-based folk musician and visual artist James Culleton returns in 2026 with Love Lasts Forever, a deeply personal collection of songs exploring love, loss, memory, and resilience. Marking his 13th studio album — and his […]

Five Minutes With: Folk Singer-Songwriter Jacob Brodovsky

May 22, 2026 Bronwyn Lewis

Jacob Brodovsky is a singer-songwriter, dad, college radio host, and recovering summer camp director from Winnipeg, MB, Treaty One territory. Name: Jacob Brodovsky Genre: Folk/Singer-Songwriter Founded: 1992? I started making music as a “solo artist” […]

Five Minutes With: Folk Punk Musician Greg Rekus

May 15, 2026 Lauren Kannwischer

Greg Rekus’s passion for music is bursting at the seams. It is the driving force that keeps him constantly on the road and cranking out album after album of folk punk goodness. During live performances, […]

Five Minutes With: Folk Rock Musician Ben Stopfel

May 8, 2026 Emilea Semancik

Ben Stopfel is a Winnipeg-based musician whose work is rooted in emotional honesty, melodic restraint, and a deep respect for songcraft. Known for his quietly compelling presence, Stopfel writes songs that sit comfortably between folk, […]

Five Minutes With: Blues Musician Joe H Henry

May 1, 2026 admin

Joe H Henry is a Métis Singer-Songwriter from Manitoba, based in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, whose sound blends influences of early rhythm and blues, soul, and country roots, with the lyrical depth of […]

Five Minutes With: Rock Band Show Pony

April 24, 2026 Emilea Semancik

Show Pony is a wild ride through the heart of rock and roll. Dressed to thrill in snake skin boots and a shimmer of sequins, their raw fusion of gutsy punk energy and arena-shaking rock […]

Five Minutes With: Blues Musician Irvin Miller

April 17, 2026 Emilea Semancik

At just 22 years of age, Irvin Miller is quickly gaining recognition as one of Manitoba’s most exciting young performers. Elevating the room with his blend of traditional sounds like blues, funk, country, and gospel, […]

Five Minutes With: Art-Rock Project Grotoko

April 10, 2026 Emilea Semancik

Grotoko is an art-rock/baroque-rock solo project by non-binary composer, multi-instrumentalist, and cartoonist Blue McLeod. The project first gained traction with its debut singles, “The Waiting” and “January Bird Calls,” released in August 2016. Both tracks […]

Five Minutes With: Post-Punk Band Bland

April 3, 2026 Emilea Semancik

Bland are a post-punk band from Winnipeg playing fast, slightly off-kilter songs built on jagged guitars, driving rhythms, and vocals that land somewhere between comedy and collapse. Their debut EP, Consumables, captures the nervy energy […]