Mohawk folk and soul musician Logan Staats began as a diamond in the rough on the streets of Brantford, Ontario. He had no formal musical training, just a good ear and raw lyrical talent. He played the local circuit for years before his 2015 debut release, Goodbye Goldia, an unvarnished yet hard-hitting folk album. Logan Staats went on to win CTV’s The Launch in 2018, gaining commercial success (his debut single "The Lucky Ones" peaked at #1 in Canada) and touring across North America and Europe. But travelling the world can really open your eyes to what’s going on right at home, and the fight for Indigenous sovereignty has become a focal point for Staats in recent years. It all intermingles with the music—the passion, the rage, the love, and most of all, the healing. He’s making road-trippin’ music for those travelling ‘the red road,’ a path toward reconnecting and relearning Indigenous ways. For Staats, music is a healing salve, contemplatively composed and offered to those in need of comfort. In his unvarnished, sometimes painful reflection on great personal struggle, he has found himself. After many long years on the road and at the front lines of Indigenous rights movements across Northern Turtle Island, Staats has finally returned home. Fresh from his triumphant performance at the Los Angeles Kia Forum in front of 18,000 screaming fans for Life is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson, Mohawk artist Logan Staats continues to prove his performance and songwriting ability. A voice of peace for his community, this proud Mohawk country and folk songwriter has fought for his people, and for his own peace of mind. Staats’ music has been recognized with a JUNO Award nomination for his album A Light in the Attic, multiple Native American Music Awards, and the SOCAN Indigenous Songwriter of the Year award. As a land defender, a cultural tastemaker, and a sought-after collaborator, he has performed and created with artists such as Allison Russel, Terra Lightfoot and Serena Ryder. He has brought his raw and electrifying performances across Canada, and around the world, with dates in the U.S., Europe and South America, and acted as support for Mumford & Sons, Eric Clapton and Steve Earle. Nowadays, he splits his time between his home community of Six Nations and Nashville, where he is working on a renegade country-influenced third album. To be released on Ishkōdé Records, the upcoming album has been seeded by recent singles “Medicine Wheel”, “Empty Hands” and “Rainwater and Whiskey”. 

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Denim-clad and donning a cap, Hamilton singer-songwriter Miles Evans-Branagh is a musician on the move, a modern-day troubadour. When not on the road lending his talents to other groups (Terra Lightfoot, Logan Staats, The Commoners), he is miles from nowhere. With his newest single, “Just Enough”, miles from nowhere settles into the pocket of a relaxed groove with old-soul style. A natural evolution from 2023’s Slow Down, the track, garnished with a handful of Canada’s top musicians, is a refined offering that sonically mixes 1970’s So-Cal cool with a touch of roots-infused roots rock. Recorded at Ganaraska Recording Co. in Baltimore, Ontario, with Jim Bowskill (Blue Rodeo, The Sheepdogs), the single showcases Evans-Branagh's melodic maturity with a performance that captures the undeniable ease and confidence of someone who’s honed his talent upon countless stages. A distillation of myriad musical influences, from folk to funk, miles from nowhere presents a sound akin to Jackson Browne and Hiss Golden Messenger, perfectly suited for life’s mellow moments.  

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