GRAVEN (Matty McKechnie) is an independent folk-rock singer / song-writer from Ottawa, Canada. With 15 major releases under his belt and a perpetual passion for creating and sharing music, Matty is continually keeping busy throughout the pandemic with uplifting words and songs of support for his dedicated fan-base, which he has dubbed “Graventown” — a highly accepting and inclusive community which has become a safe-haven for anyone and everyone who wants to be their real-self without judgement.

Suzanne Jarvie's voice has been described as “seraphim-pure, reaching out and lifting your spirit often without permission.”, and her tunes tunnel into feelings and impressions that are the essence of her artistry, luminous rabbit holes that merge mysticism with reflections on life’s ups and downs that fans of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan or Lucinda Williams would appreciate.

PINER is a local singer songwriter from the environs of Skeleton Park. After living and attending school in Nova Scotia for the past few years, she is back! Piner writes songs that let her empathy and understanding take over, by stepping into the stories of others. She hopes that her songs will allow listeners to connect with the complexities of the greater human experience.

PRINCESS TOWERS
Built out of friendship and folk-rock grooves, Princess Towers create songs inspired by everyday feelings and happenings in their neighbourhood. In recent years, the project has grown from band-leader Arden Rogalsky’s solo songwriting effort into a hub of diverse talents, featuring collaborators Liam Cole, Claya Way Brackenbury, Michael Broadhead, Dhyani Frost, Dylan Lodge, and visual artist Imogen Lapp.

JUKEBOX COUNTY's debut album, "Inner Space / Outer Space" was released in May 2021 on Wolfe Island records. His music draws from his experiences in the streets as a mental health crises worker, and his perseverance to overcome tribulation through groundation and connection.

ANALOGUES OF MAY (Sara Jarvie-Clark) is a first study into Sara’s expression as a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Drifting between the spirit of folk, chamber pop & psychedelic rock, her education in classical violin and her training as a theatre artist has heavily influenced her songwriting over the years. Her new album will be released with Wolfe Island Records in 2022.

STEVEN LAMBKE
Over his two decades in Canada’s indie-rock trenches, Steven Lambke has often thrived in supporting roles. A former member of soul-punk rabble rousers the Constantines, his seventh solo album trades straight-ahead country rock for joyful, junk-shop irreverence, reveling in his peculiarities while offering an unmistakably homey atmosphere.

NEW HERMITAGE is an ambient improvisational ensemble featuring Andrew MacKelvie, woodwinds; India Gailey, cello; Ross Burns, guitar; and Ellen Gibling, harp. All highly accomplished musicians in their own right, the quartet birthed in 2017 in Halifax, Nova Scotia out of their shared connection to Jerry Granelli and the Creative Music Workshop. Since then, New Hermitage has shared bills with artists such as revelatory composer/improviser Angel Bat Dawid, jaw harp innovator chik white, pi'pa virtuoso Liu Fang, and prolific noise explorer i d m theft able. Among their six live recordings are two performances with renowned bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly, one of which won Music Nova Scotia’s “Classical Recording of the Year'' award. New Hermitage’s first studio album, Unearth, was released in 2020 to much critical acclaim.

MICHAEL C. DUGUAY
Avant-garde gospel punk with an appalachian angle from this critically acclaimed composer and poet.

THE ROPES is the eponymously titled album from Hugh Christopher Brown, Jason Mercer, and Pete Bowers, grounded in the trio’s love of folk and soul artists of the early 70’s.

Music critics have compared Jenny Whiteley's striking vocals and songwriting to Emmy Lou Harris and Lucinda Williams, raving that she “swings effortlessly from black-hearted back-porch Americana to Laurel Canyon country”.

ROCKY ROBERTS, touring guitar technician for the likes of Neil Young, Wilco, Patti Smith, CSN&Y, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams, Nils Lofgren, and My Morning Jacket, brings his own rootsy sound to the stage with the help of his Wolfe Island musical family.

LUTHER WRIGHT's music revisits the classic country stomping-grounds, from the weepers to the two steppers, with satire, originality and frankness.

GEOFF MARSHALL showcases his old-school country tunes that are simultaneously timeless and current, drawing on his wry sense of humour and abundant musical chops in equal measure.

STEPHEN STANLEY is best known from his many years as a founding member, lead guitarist and vocalist with the vibrant alternative rock band The Lowest of the Low. After many song hits, years of touring and sharing the stage with the likes of Billy Bragg, Bob Mould, The Violent Femmes, The Jayhawks and Lloyd Cole, a gold record for their “genuinely timeless album” (Exclaim!) Shakespeare My Butt, Stanley is back on the music scene with his own band, The Stephen Stanley Band, and an internationally acclaimed record Jimmy & The Moon, (2017). Stanley is currently finishing his band’s next record.

HOLY WOW has a dreamy Canadiana fashioned from America's psychedelic coast and its weird and swampy bayous. It is pop music about bewilderment and joy that has just enough of a candy sheen to cover its own muddy tracks. Holy Wow is Kevin Bowers, Adam Hodge & Daniel Woods.

SONGS OF STEVEN HEIGHTON
Steven Heighton, beloved member of the Wolfe Island Records family, passed away on April 19, 2022, after a sudden battle with cancer. Already an award-winning author of eighteen books—novels, poetry, short stories, essays, and a memoir, Steven released an album of original music in 2021. We'll be remembering Steven this evening through his words and music.

"Browne is probably—if not positively—one of Canada's most significant musical exports; a finger-picking stylist with a hugely talented and nuanced delivery."
— Iain Patience, Elmore

"Arguably the finest acoustic blues artist in this country"
— The Globe and Mail