1. Midnight Shine, Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
2. The Zolas, Where Evil Grows (Poppy Family)
3. Serena Ryder, Sisters of Mercy (Leonard Cohen)
4. Weaves, Neighborhood #3 (Arcade Fire)
5. Moonlight Desires, Moonlight Desires (Gowan)
6. Arkells, Music at Work (live) (The Tragically Hip)
7. Philip Sayce, Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
8. Emm Gryner, The Day We Hit the Coast (Thrush Hermit)
9. The Matinee, Sweet City Woman (The Stampeders)
10. T. Thomason, Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Bruce Cockburn)
11. Whosarmy, Lonely Boy (Paul Anka)
12. Jenn Grant, 5 Days in May (Blue Rodeo)
13. White Ash Falls, You Were On My Mind (Ian & Sylvia)
14. Billy Talent, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) (Neil Young)
15. Amy Millan, Old Perfume (Sarah Harmer)
16. Madison Violet, Something to Live For (Barney Bentall)
17. Divine Brown, Help Me (Joni Mitchell)
18. Walk Off the Earth & Scott Helman, Can’t Feel My Face (The Weeknd)
19. The Golden Seals, Options Open (Kathleen Edwards)
20. Men Without Hats, Blow at High Dough (The Tragically Hip)

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“Right Here is a song about always being there for the people that you love and care about, especially when times are tough. And vice versa – having the people that you love and care about being there for you when you need them most,” says Sutherland.

Right Here was written by Adrian Sutherland, Tim Vesely, and Colin Cripps. It was produced and engineered by Vesely at The Woodshed Studio in Toronto, who also plays guitar and bass. Cripps is on electric guitar, with Lyle Molzan on drums. The song was finished by João Carvalho, with artwork by long-time artistic designer Nick Perreault.

LISTEN NOW! Right Here 

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“I’m very happy to see that Respect the Gift has made it to #1 at the top of the chart,” says Sutherland, who is currently working on his debut solo album from home in remote Attawapiskat First Nation. “I’m really proud of the song, and glad that fans are liking it.”

Respect the Gift continues to earn airplay in Canada, Germany, Australia, and the United States, while the music video is closing in on 40k views. Watch the video now!

VIDEO – FUN FACTS

 Four different artistic genres – music, dance, live-action, animation.

 Five dancers with an impressive array of styles – jazz, hip-hop, tap, funk, modern, classical ballet, hip-hop, b-girling, house, vogue, waacking, dancehall, afrobeat, Brazilian.

 Five dance performances cut together into one stellar sequence, animated silhouette-style with stunning backdrops inspired by 70’s-style graphic design – creating an undeniably ‘groovy’ retro feel.

 One of the design highlights is the ‘star blanket’ that first bursts onto screen at 00:48 before coming back in different variations (including a dazzling ‘disco’ version!). Star blankets are significant to Indigenous culture in that they are often given as gifts and represent the act of giving.

 A cross-country production story, it was shot in Oct 2020 at The Chroma Ranch in rural Manitoba, with a tiny Winnipeg production crew and Winnipeg dancers, animator Justin Stephenson (Gord Downie’s The Secret Path) working remotely from Toronto, and Sutherland isolated in Attawapiskat.

SPECIAL THANKS

We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario (Music Recording Projects) for assistance to record music demos. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts (Digital Originals) for assistance to make the music video. 

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