Earlier this year we put out Midnight Shine's third album, High Road, and it's the first time in my music career I set out to purposely write an entire album. Since there are no recording studios in my home community of Attawapiskat, I've had to create my own. It's situated in my front porch, and…
Catch Midnight Shine at Indigenous Day Live at The Forks, in celebration of Canada’s first National Indigenous Peoples Day: June 23 – Winnipeg MB Indigenous Day Live Concert 7:30pm to 10:30pm Televised live on APTN Streamed live at aptn.ca “We’re excited to finally be performing in Winnipeg,” says Midnight Shine frontman Adrian Sutherland, who hails…
Roots/rockers Midnight Shine, who have been lighting up the music world all the way from the James Bay, have two Toronto shows on the near horizon: May 10 – Lee's Palace Canadian Music Week With Julian Taylor Band May 25 – Echo Beach CBC Music Festival It’s the first time the band will play new…
Fans are loving Midnight Shine's new album High Road, and so are media. Of particular interest is the lead single -- an exceptional cover of Neil Young’s Heart of Gold. Midnight Shine's version brings a timely new sound to this timeless classic, and is distinctly different, yet honours the heart and soul of the original. It…
Hot off the heels of the release of his third album, Adrian Sutherland of Midnight Shine is traveling from one coast to another to join in on the annual celebrity hockey game in support of MusiCounts. Sutherland, who hails from Attawapiskat in remote Northern Ontario, will lace-up alongside Canadian musicians including Jim Cuddy, Devin Cuddy,…
Midnight Shine's brand new High Road album is available for Exclusive streaming on CBC Music First Play, from February 15-22. And you can stream their stream right here on our website, too! CBC Music also gave the album a glowing review: "It’s easy to picture High Road’s cuts sung at Canadian rock festivals all summer, with its…
It’s a little bit cliché to say it’s been a long road for Midnight Shine to get here. It’s a little bit ironic, too, considering they come from places you can’t even get to by roads… The roots/rockers who have been lighting up the music world all the way from remote Northern Ontario are releasing…
“Metallica?” I thought. “Isn’t that evil music?” How naive I was. I was first introduced to Metallica by some friends in 1998, attending eighth grade at Ministik school. I was hanging with my buddy Reese one afternoon and he was showing me some of their music. “Listen to this," as he turns up his stereo to…
There has always been something about the sound of a mandolin that has interested me. Not sure what it is? It has eight strings and is tuned G, D, A, E. What you would call “fifths” if you know your music theory. The way the chords are produced is somewhat of a challenge because of…
Back when I was in high school (a long time ago, haha!) I was into music and did well in music classes and school performances. I also really liked art classes and made wall murals and other Pink Floyd-like images. I wasn't the best, but it was a fun way to express some of my tastes.…