Playlist Friday: Regina Folk Festival 2022
The playlist this week is about Regina Folk Festival 2022. It starts today, August 5, and ends Sunday, August 7. It was three years ago that we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the festival. This [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar July/2022
The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for July 2022 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists created in the last month or so. There is a Spotify Release Radar [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Summer
Summer is here! The playlist this week is our Canadian Indie Summer playlist to help us enjoy and appreciate the much too short season. This playlist is another one that has grown over the years [...]
Basset – In the Clay
Hi Our Basement, We're Sam Clark and Yasmine Shelton. Together we are the folk-duo Basset. We call Toronto home, and this gritty, massive, in-your-face, messy place is woven deep into the music we create. Through [...]
Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Instrumental Music
This month in the genre series, we will be checking out some of the latest Canadian Indie Instrumental Music. Every month or so, the plan is to take a deeper listen to different genres in [...]
Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Short List Wish List 2022
The Polaris Music Prize Short List will be revealed on Thursday, July 14. The playlist today has my Polaris Music Prize Short LIst Wish List. I was only 1/5 on my ballot for the Long [...]
Playlist Friday: Canada Day
Happy Canada Day! There is over 9 hours of music about Canada, the good and the bad. This playlist has been growing over the years with most of the songs celebrating this country. It may [...]
Distant Matter – Do You Miss Me?
Hey Our Basement, Birds in the wild see colours differently than humans do. For example, the male yellow-breasted chat has a yellow breast to the human eye, but a bird's eye view reveals ultraviolet iridescent [...]
Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar June/2022
The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for June 2022 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists created in the last month or so. This week there is a Spotify [...]
Nurdjana – Do the Right Thing (Revision)
Hi Our Basement, On a day when I missed my dad more than usual, I was reading through some old emails he sent me. One of them read, “Hey Nur, two new song ideas, love [...]