CBC Music, Canada's national radio broadcaster, has compiled a Special Edition of their CBC Music Top 20. Hosted by Grant Lawrence, it features "Canadians Covering Canadians" and includes the best Canadian cover songs - performed by Canadians, and written by Canadians. What a wonderful honour to see Midnight Shine's version of Neil Young's Heart of…
Shining brightly from Canada’s Far North, Adrian Sutherland is pleased to be releasing a brand new single today, in advance of his debut solo album. “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…
Since release, Adrian Sutherland’s new single Respect the Gift has been climbing the Indigenous Music Countdown, an international radio chart and syndicated program based out of Canada. This week, it reached top spot. “I’m very happy to see that Respect the Gift has made it to #1 at the top of the chart,” says Sutherland,…
The Toronto Independent Film Festival released their list of winners from last weekend’s event, and Midnight Shine’s Lonely Boy was named Best Music Video. Check out the full list of award winners here. Lonely Boy was written by Adrian Sutherland, frontman of roots-rockers Midnight Shine. It’s a deeply personal song about the loss of his…
In 1999, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared August 12 International Youth Day. International Youth Day gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement (from https://www.un.org/en/observances/youth-day). Adrian Sutherland is passionate about helping youth have access to education, sports and…
Adrian Sutherland will soon be adding 'published author' to his constantly-growing resume. Today, Sutherland is announcing his partnership with Canada's largest book publisher, Penguin Random House Canada. "I couldn't be happier for the opportunity to do a book," Sutherland said. "It's exciting for their team to believe so strongly in the project and to want…
On July 30, Adrian Sutherland’s opinion piece for The Globe and Mail titled “Troubled water: The slow drip of change in Attawapiskat is not and has never been enough” was published. In the piece, Adrian discusses Attawapiskat’s water contamination crisis in his home community of Attawapiskat one year later. Adrian writes about how he and…
As a guest on The Roy Green Show on July 5, Adrian Sutherland talked with Roy about the relationship between First Nations and Canada, efforts of reconciliation, and the social justice movements across North America. They also discussed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pledge more than four years ago to visit Attawapiskat. In May of 2016,…
James Bay, Midnight Shine’s latest album, features fully remastered tracks from the band’s debut album. The album also includes new artwork of the namesake region, a Radio Edit of Since You Been Gone, and a bonus track of the previously unreleased Misguided Woman, one of the first songs Adrian Sutherland ever wrote. Listen to Since…
On June 18, Adrian Sutherland’s music video Politician Man was awarded one of the most coveted prizes among Canadian filmmakers: the Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan. The video, executive produced by Adrian Sutherland, directed by Justin Stephenson, and produced by RoseAnna Schick, won the Golden Sheaf for Best Performing Arts…