The Independent Ecosystem

The PR Conversation the Independent Music Industry Needs to Have

Billy Connolly: I promise, he won’t say “fuck” on television

I started it. But somewhere along the way, it became something bigger than me.

Kay Slice Taking Highlife Somewhere New

Stevie Connor nominated for Industry Person of the Year at the Mississauga Music Awards

The Antigonish Beer Run (1986)

The Songwriter Who Taught the World How to Love

The Space Between the Songs: James Keelaghan and the Art of Festival Curation

The Sound Café Premiere and Interview with South African Songwriter, Storyteller and Creator Carol-Ann Meltzer

'I Gotcha!': How a Port Credit Studio Helped Bring The Sound Cafe Journal to Life

From family lineage and Acadian roots to the living pulse of Cape Breton music, Patouche collective is carrying tradition forward without standing still

Doghouse Rose: Born To Break Even, But Never Willing To Give In

Exclusive Excerpt From The Long Road To Flin Flon: Festival Interceltique de Lorient

Global Roots #9 The Songs We Carry: Migration, Memory & The Music Of Home

Dwayne LaForme Relaxing Into His Moment with a Debut Album Decades in the Making

In this chapter, titled "The Handshake," Stevie takes us back to his earliest days in Canada. Arriving from Scotland alongside his wife, Anne, and carrying little more than his solo album Footprints, the couple faced the daunting task of rebuilding a lifetime of musical connections entirely from scratch.

Summerfolk 51: A Festival That Feels Like Coming Home

In this chapter of The Long Road to Flin Flon, Stevie Connor takes us behind the scenes of a world most people never see, the hidden machinery that keeps independent music alive.

Toronto is set to become the centre of a global celebration of reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, and Caribbean culture as Kaya Fest Toronto 2026 continues to build one of the most ambitious festival lineups Canada has seen.