Lori Reid

Sunday • 5:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

In service to the sacred sound, Lori Reid believes music, the really good stuff, is to be felt rather than heard.

With her 2003 recording debut RADIO, Reid channeled the waves of emotion, frequency and genres coming from the AM/FM dial.

With the fates, Reid (along with co-founders Jenny Allen and Lin Elder) traveled Canada with 2 cross country tours and 3 albums (Till We Have Faces, slam, Therapy), spanning 20 years as a group, with 2008’s Therapy hitting the #2 spot on the CKUA top 100 of 2008.

2012 saw Reid collaborate with Colin Linden (Bruce Cockburn, The Band, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) on her second solo release, Temperance Hotel. Featuring Linden on multi instruments and scoring and production duties, fellow fate Lin Elder, Willie Nelson's harmonica collaborator, Mickey Rapheal, and Nashville master craftsmen, Bryan Owings and Dave Roe. Temperance Hotel peaked at #5 on the Roots Report and received National airplay on public, commercial and satellite radio.

Most recently, Reid has been finding comfort in the roots of popular music and the origins of folk with fellow songwriter, Heather Jean Jordan. Their multi-genre, time bending duo, The Evangelines, blending the light and shadows of the folk music landscape, is based out of Banff, AB.

Presently, Lori Reid is in "the elements"…her next collaboration with Colin Linden, featuring The rotting Matadors (John Dymond, Gary Craig, Ken Pearson).

Due for release in 2024, this latest production, the 3rd solo release from Reid, is a testament to living true to our nature.

Kaeley Jade

Sunday • 3:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Kaeley Jade is a Métis singer/songwriter, actor, and multidisciplinary artist based in Edmonton, Alberta (amiskwaciwâskahikan). Blending lush imagery and hooky melodic lines to create her own brand of pop-forward indie folk music, Kaeley Jade has performed at venues and festivals across Canada. Past performances include BreakOut West, Coldsnap, JUNOfest, NXNE, and the Tkaronto Music Festival, and has shared the stage with Digging Roots, Preston Pablo, Delhi 2 Dublin, The Rural Alberta Advantage, and Grammy-winner Bill “Birdsong” Miller. Kaeley moves between ballads and bops with ease, and she brings an electricity to the stage whether she is playing an intimate acoustic set or playing alongside her full five-piece band. In 2022, Kaeley joined forces with award-winning playwright Trevor Schmidt to create the critically acclaimed country-folk musical Two-Headed/Half-Hearted, which premiered at Northern Light Theatre with Kaeley in the role of “Venus”. A Western Canadian Music Award Nominee and Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Award Winner, Kaeley’s artistry has also been recognized on a national level with an Honourable Mention in the 2023 SOCAN Indigenous Songwriter Awards. Reminiscent of artists like Maggie Rogers and Vance Joy, her debut full-length album, Turpentine, is available now.

Socials
Website: https://kaeleyjade.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaeleyjademusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaeley_jade/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KaeleyJade
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kaeley_Jade
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kaeley_jade?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Melafrique

Sunday • 1:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Melafrique is an Afro-fusion band formed in Edmonton, Canada in 2016. The name Melafrique is a condensed form of the term "Melanin from Africa". They play a variety of genres: Soul, R&B, Reggae, Pop, Jazz, Neo-soul; in combination with different African styles of music. Melafrique hopes to inspire the world with good music. Through music, they express their identities as African people, as Caribbean people , as musicians, and as Edmontonians. The band includes members from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Jamaica, and Canada.

The members include:
Trae Chisolm-Lyn on Drums
Dominic Reynolds on Percussion
Nathan Hackett on Keyboards
Enoch Attey on Guitar
Aristoteles Canga on Keyboards
Riwo Egor on Lead Vocals
Leshan Masikonte on Bass

Socials
Instagram: @melafrique_
TikTok: @melafrique band

Nathaniel Sutton

Sunday • 12:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Hailing from the prairies region of Edmonton, Alberta Canada comes a humble story of a singer/songwriter, composer and performer, Nathaniel Sutton. While delivering mostly folk-based indie rock, you’ll also find splashes of dynamic alt/country, pop and moody tones.

The Edmonton native is by no means a newcomer to the music scene. He spent several years playing in touring bands, while he honed his recording and production chops on the side. Sutton continues to create deeply personal music with high production values, which has been described as ‘sonic poetry’.

Socials
Website: www.nathanielsutton.com
Instagram: nathanielsuttonmusic
Facebook: nathanielsuttonmusic
Youtube: nathanielsuttonmusic
Bandcamp: https://nathanielsutton.bandcamp.com

Mellow the Lion

Saturday • 6:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Hailing from the frozen north, Mellow the Lion plays tunes to warm your bones. Formed in September 2020, the band consists of vocalist David Unsworth, guitarist Aaron Matheson, bassist Curtis Mokry, and drummer Dale Osbaldeston. Together, they have been relentlessly collaborating and honing their craft, creating a tight, focused, and lush sound.

With a blend of catchy melodies and vibrant harmonies, Mellow the Lion is eager to showcase their hard work and artistic evolution.

Socials
Instagram: mellowthelionband
Facebook: mellowthelion
Youtube: Mellow the Lion - Topic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5mw0ZOfROPNq36ttyK6HCM?si=MxNOmknKREiGz93aSyFPuA
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/mellow-the-lion/1626347971

Chic Chameleon

Saturday • 4:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Indie Rock that’s inspired by both shoegaze, and dream-pop, Chic Chameleon is a dream-inducing band that will propel you into a realm of reflection and thought. With a full length album release starting this fall, Chic is hitting the stage over the next few months to perform the unreleased material for the first time.

Socials
Website: https://www.chicchameleon.com
Instagram: chicchameleon
Facebook: ChicChameleon
Twitter: ChicChameleon
Youtube: Chic Chameleon
Tik Tok: chicchameleon

Over the Moon

Saturday • 3:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

Alberta’s Juno nominated, roots/swing duo "Over The Moon" are totally immersed in real cowboy country. Their music is a wild ride from 40's western swing and Appalachian old-time, to cowboy blues, all featuring their meant-to-be vocals and a wide array of acoustic instruments.

Suzanne Levesque and Craig Bignell are award winning multi-instrumentalists and vocalists. After discovering their near perfect blend of voices, often moving people to tears upon hearing them sing together, they stepped over the threshold and Over the Moon was born.

Simple and sweet, their music and lyrics have a common thread that speaks of the Canadian west.

Socials
Website: overthemoonband.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OverTheMoonMusic/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/overthemoonmusic/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/overthemooncon1

Gareth Gilliland

Saturday • 2:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse

A thoughtful up-and-coming Edmonton-based guitarist, composer, and producer; Gareth Gilliland has studied guitar for over ten years in Canada and Europe. Often thinking of textures from ambient music, melodies from folk music traditions, and techniques from 20th-century composition, Gareth honours those who have come before him while exploring "new" sounds through improvisation. Social Eyes is both the name of his accompanying band and the title of his forthcoming EP set to be released this fall. He will be joined by Biboye Onanuga on drums, Andre Affleck on keys and Holly Sangster on vocals, flute, and saxophone.

Socials
Insta: @itsgarethg