The Blaze Velluto Collection Releases New Single BABY

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Quebec City-based The Blaze Velluto Collection shares new single 'Baby (You Set My Love on Fire Everyday)' out now on all digital streaming platforms via Duprince Records. Listen here. 

'Baby (You Set My Love on Fire Everyday)' is the second single from The Blaze Velluto Collection's third LP What's on Your Mind? set for release on September 29th. Written by Blaze about his musical and life partner Little Miss Roy (who shares vocals on the song), the countryfied folk rock track feels new and timeless at the same time. 

"We met twenty years ago in the month of May," says Blaze. "We had our share of bad weather, but mostly sunshine. Infatuation is a phase, love is not. Here's an introduction to our story."

The Blaze Velluto Collection takes its name from a collection of songs assembled by the enigmatic Blaze himself. Raised in Quebec City’s anglophone community, he carries a music without boundaries through a blend of rock n' roll, folk, country, pop and R&B, wrapped in a benevolent psychedelic spirit and fertile imagery. This amalgam of genres also shines through the project's iconic visual identity. Over the years, Blaze has delivered music videos that transcend the limits of the mind. Look for the live session video for 'Baby (You Set My Love on Fire Everyday)' later this month. 

Since releasing their debut album Weatherman in 2017, The Blaze Velluto Collection has captivated Quebec and Canadian audiences, playing in festivals with a show that transports us to coastal America in the heart of July. On stage, Blaze is surrounded by a core group of musicians and singers composed of Little Miss Roy, Sheenah Ko, Guillaume Chiasson (Bon Enfant) and Jean-Étienne Collin-Marcoux (Beat Sexü). In the studio, he has made a habit of bringing together more than fifteen artists and friends during the production of his albums. Once again, the experiment has been fruitful, with Blaze preparing to unveil the expansive sound of What's on Your Mind? this fall, like a pledge to an endless summer.

'Baby (You Set My Love on Fire Everyday)' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit theblazevellutocollection.ca.

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Vancouver Musician Colleen Rennison Releases New Single + Video I DO

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Vancouver musician Colleen Rennison captures the dreamy bliss of having a summer crush on her new single 'I Do' out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

'I Do' is the second single from Colleen's new album Persephone set for release later this year. The laid back R&B track wears its retro influences proudly, giving it a hopeful optimism that feels satisfyingly sweet.

"I wanted to capture the excitement and delicious agony of being enamoured with someone and daydreaming about them to the point of almost insanity," says Colleen. "I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote the chorus. I'd been listening to a lot of The Temptations and The Supremes and had been crushing on a graffiti writer who's name I kept seeing everywhere, hence the line: 'every time I see your name/ I seem to hear sweet refrains.'"

Colleen burst onto the music scene in 2011 with blues-rock group No Sinner. The band made immediate waves with music critics comparing her to blues belters like Janis Joplin and Maggie Bell, but Colleen is entirely her own invention. Her voice is technically astounding, but the experience behind it inhabits every note. She entered the film industry at the age of five and that rootless existence as a child actor is still there in her undying commitment to the performance—nobody is more explosively honest or vulnerable onstage—and also in the demons that animate her.

No Sinner achieved enormous success abroad before hitting the wall, painfully, in 2016. Attempts to generate a new career in New York and Austin left the singer in a new kind of limbo, while the bad and dangerous situations persisted. Exiling herself to Vancouver Island only deepened the crisis. Back in Vancouver she was spat out into the Downtown Eastside, where things might have gotten worse—but didn’t. Miraculously, Colleen found the help she needed. She found the right friends, the right kind of support, the internal discipline, and, finally, the creative partner she always deserved. Entering producer Felix Fung’s New Westminster studio in early 2021, Colleen Rennison began work on the record that will stand as the truest expression of her art and her first true masterpiece. 

'I Do' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit colleenrennison.ca.

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BC Musician Liam Docherty Announces New Album, 1st Single OUT NOW

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BC blues musician Liam Docherty takes inspiration from the stars with his new single ‘Gemini Rising’ out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

'Gemini Rising’ is the first single and title track from Liam’s new album (out on June 30th), which was written and recorded when he was 15 years old. 

"The song is inspired by my study of Greek Mythology and specifically the mythology of the Gemini star constellation,” says Liam. "The themes are experienced by all of us, every day, as we go about our lives, specifically; separation, loss, longing, love, and reunification. The song is about two people who have been separated and are destined to overcome all odds to reunite."

Based on Vancouver Island, Liam Docherty is an official partner of Taylor Guitars and has been performing publicly since the age of 7. He’s opened shows for the legendary Terry Robb, Ken Hamm, Mississippi Delta Bluesman Terry “Harmonica” Bean, and BC Hall of Fame Inductee Doug Cox, among others. 

Set for release on June 30th, Liam's new album Gemini Rising follows the release of his 2020 debut album Modern. Magic. Melody., which earned critical acclaim and sold records internationally. The album also received TV, radio, and print media coverage from CBC, The Globe & Mail, The Vancouver Sun, The Times Colonist, and CHEK TV. It also yielded a nomination for New Act of The Year at the Maple Blues Awards and at just 13 years of age, he became the youngest person in the history of the awards to be nominated. 

'Gemini Rising' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit liamdochertymusic.com.

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Vancouver Musician Beau Wheeler Releases New Single/Album FLYING COLOURS

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Vancouver musician Beau Wheeler reaches for the sky on their powerful new single ‘Flying Colours’ out now on all digital streaming platforms. Listen here. 

’Flying Colours’ is the second single and title track from Beau’s new album and follows the release of 'Arizona', which was released last year. Inspiring and full of hope, 'Flying Colours' is a triumphant song about coming out of the dark and into the light. 

"'Flying Colours' is a comeback song," says Beau. “It's a song I wrote while I was going through treatment for cancer. I was thinking about a time when I could play music at shows with my friends again. I just wanted to be one of the people out there making music. Now when I play it, it seems to really resonate with people because everyone seems to need a comeback song right now. This is a beautiful time for the arts, like a flowering of culture. Lots of difficult things are happening, but also lots of amazing things. I also came out as trans during the pandemic. This song is super gay."

Beau Wheeler is a queer non-binary composer and singer based in Vancouver. Blessed with a set of pipes that would be the envy of Torch and Twang era k.d. lang or a young Robert Plant, Beau's new album Flying Colours captures the breadth and diversity of their musical vision.

Theirs is a music that encompasses a wide spectrum of human experience. With songs that touch on love, loss and redemption, and an unflagging ability to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again, Beau, who recently came out to the world as trans, is one of Canada’s brightest lights and an artist to watch out for.

'Flying Colours' is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit beauwheeler.com.

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Luke Elliot Releases Third Album LET EM ALL TALK + Shares New Video

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Oslo-based American singer-songwriter Luke Elliot shares new video 'I (Who Have Nothing)' from his third full-length album Let 'em All Talk out today on all digital streaming platforms via Icons Creating Evil Art. Watch video here. 

First recorded in 1963 by Ben E. King, 'I (Who Have Nothing)' has been covered by many artists, including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, and Status Quo, putting Luke in esteemed company. 

“This song was introduced to me by my publishing company," says Luke. "I was describing a sound I had in mind, and they sent me Tom Jones’ version of this gem. With the original music written by Luis Bacalov for Joe Sentieri (later to be used by Ben E. King), I fell in love immediately. This is the only track on the album I did on the first vocal take. I thought it was gonna be impossible to pull off, but it was magic. The band created their own musical world for this song, primarily conducted by Freddy Holm and Bebe Risenfors.”

Let 'em All Talk follows the release of Luke's evocative second LP, The Big Wind (2020), a boldly textured and instantly immersive album with a film noirish touch that is simultaneously sleek and modern at the eye of the storm. Luke continues in the same direction with Let 'em All Talk as he digs deeper, exploring more personal and intimate themes. 

Says Luke: “This record happened during a separation between me and my wife. I've always been personal with my work, but this is the first time I've actually been explicit. I was clear-headed for some of it, and out of my mind for other parts. I think, I hope, it's alright to be honest about that. I didn't want to pull the wool over anyone's eyes this time. I just wanted to get it all out there."

Musically, an eclectic mix of influences pumps through Luke’s veins that range from John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Dylan to The Cramps, Gun Club and Mink DeVille, to films such as Badlands, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers. And his interest in film hasn’t stayed with music, it has also taken him to the big screen. It turns out the multi-talented artist has acting skills as well. He performed his song ‘All On Board’ in the Norwegian TV-series hit Exit, Norway’s most streamed series ever, and he played against Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) in crime series Wisting.

Let 'em All Talk is available now on Spotify, Apple Music/iTunes, and other digital retailers and streaming services worldwide. For more information, please visit lukeelliot.com.

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