FEAT. MELISSA DUTCH + CHELSEA McWILLIAMS + CHELSEA REYNOLDS + HEATHER VALLEY
A fresh artistic voice from Hamilton, Ontario, Melissa Dutch emerges onto the Canadian music scene in a wave of emotion, lyrical depth, and vocal power. Her work is an observation and an anthem for the outcast, and a beacon for the weird and wonderful. Melissa is an active and powerful artist from sound to sight to sentiment, having written and performed her original music for Under the Blue Moon at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, headlined for Take Back the Night at Hamilton City Hall with SACHA, and she is currently a feature performer in the Classic Troubadours production of Bonnie Raitt & Norah Jones Live. She is the founder and curator of Femme Rising at Mills Hardware in association with Women in Music Canada Hamilton/Halton.
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Chelsea McWilliams is a songwriter, vocalist, and bassist from Hamilton, Ontario. As a founding member of The Redhill Valleys, she blends rootsy storytelling with a rock ’n’ roll edge, creating music that’s honest, dynamic, and deeply felt. Her work has earned recognition across Canada, including recent award wins with the band.
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Chelsea Reynolds is a singer-songwriter based in Hamilton, Ontario. After years of training as a classical pianist, she traded complicated keys in favour of simple strings and a notebook. A self-proclaimed “bootgaze” artist, her introspective and melodic songs take on the form of dreamy cowgirl rock n’ roll. With the unmistakable influence of the clever country storytellers that came before her, Reynolds prioritizes honesty and vulnerability above all else in her writing. She tackles themes of infatuation, grief, femininity, and civic discourse. Every song is a confession.
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Heather Valley is a singer-songwriter based in Hamilton, Ontario. After escaping a star-crossed romance with an American con man, she had a breakdown, lost everything, left her career as a lawyer, and found a second chance in music. Her debut album "Desert Message" was released independently in November 2019 and was named the best album & song of 2019 by altcountry.nl. It was reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, charted #5 in Canada on the earshot! roots chart and was featured on the CBC.
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