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    The Check-In – August 2020

    August 1, 2020 /

    The Check-In is a weekly videohang/chat/networking session for women, trans, and non-binary folks in the music industry in August, 2020

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    Canadian Festival Report Card

    2014 Canadian Festival Report Card

    September 12, 2014

    Music City – A strategy

    April 7, 2016
    Folk Alliance International Showcase

    Folk Alliance International Showcase

    February 17, 2015
  • Luna-Li
    Artists,  Ontario

    Artist Spotlight: Luna Li

    March 27, 2020 /

    There was never really another option for Toronto’s fiercely feminist rock n’ roll moon fairy Luna Li. “I always knew that I was going to go into music,” she says. Listening to Luna Li is the moment you hang suspended between dream and a haziness, or when you’re dancing through a slight tipsiness. You feel beautiful, confident, happy. This is Luna Li and she’s here to help you love. Luna Li is making changes to create an inclusive and safe music scene for all people. Her shows aim to create a supportive environment where everyone and anyone can feel welcome. This oracular skill of Luna Li has brightened Toronto’s uniform…

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    Artist Spotlight: Maracatu Mar Aberto

    September 13, 2013
    SF ARTIST DATABASE

    A longish list of cis and trans women, trans men, and non binary artists and bands

    February 24, 2020
    Laila Biali

    Artist Spotlight: Laila Biali

    February 14, 2020
  • Tottenham Bluegrass Festival
    Grade A Festivals

    Tottenham Bluegrass Festival

    March 25, 2020 /

    The Tottenham Bluegrass Festival (Tottenham, ON) June 19-21, is three days of Bluegrass Music in the natural amphitheater of the Tottenham Conservation Area, by the waters of the village pond.

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    Tay Creek Folk Festival

    April 29, 2020

    Real Love Summer Festival

    June 17, 2020
    DIY Spring Festival

    DIY Spring Festival

    March 18, 2020
  • Les Petites Nouveax
    Artists,  Ontario

    Artist Spotlight: Les Petites Nouveax

    March 20, 2020 /

    Les Petits Nouveaux is a jazz ensemble who’s music is inspired by the legendary guitarist, Django Reinhardt. While many artists have taken to interpreting the classics of this genre known as Jazz Manouche, Les Petits Nouveaux’s goal is to incorporate modern influences and to bring a fresh sound to a genre that is often approached with traditionalism. Les Petits Nouveaux’s humble beginnings can be traced to the halls of Humber College, where many students discovering their love of Django Reinhardt formed an ensemble to perform his music. Many years have since past, and the spirit of the ensemble now lives on beyond the confines of the institution. ​Now Les Petits…

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    Artist Spotlight: Unbuttoned

    August 20, 2013
    Luna-Li

    Artist Spotlight: Luna Li

    March 27, 2020
    Nuela Charles

    Artist Spotlight: Nuela Charles

    June 25, 2020
  • DIY Spring Festival
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    DIY Spring Festival

    March 18, 2020 /

    DIY Spring Festival (Ottawa, ON) June 5, promotes, supports and celebrates the work of emerging Black, Indigenous and racialized artists in the Ottawa area through an annual music and arts festival.

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    Hillside Festival

    June 10, 2020

    Regina Folk Festival

    July 22, 2020
    Block Heater

    Block Heater

    February 12, 2020
  • Eekwol and T-Rhyme
    Artists,  Saskatchewan

    Artist Spotlight: Eekwol and T-Rhyme

    March 16, 2020 /

    For Women By Women (FWBW) is the debut of veteran rappers Eekwol and T-Rhyme, who team up to relay powerful messages about hip hop, Indigenous experience and being women in a new project which is aptly titled. Thanks to a Canada Council for the Arts, they spare no expense in delivering high quality content. They have built up hype around this album and have been invited to perform at festivals and events, such as Show and Prove in Los Angeles, CA, Regina Folk Festival and Sask Music Awards. Being an Indigenous musician is a political act. There is no exception for being women in the hip hop industry. Eekwol has…

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    Artist Spotlight: Ursidae

    April 9, 2020
    PIQSIQ

    Artist Spotlight: PIQSIQ

    February 21, 2020
    Nuela Charles

    Artist Spotlight: Nuela Charles

    June 25, 2020
  • Lawnya Vawnya
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    Lawnya Vawnya

    March 11, 2020 /

    Lawnya Vawnya (St. John’s, NL) May 27-30 is a good time by the sea; a not-for-profit music and art festival that merges some of the province's strongest artistic talent with national and international acts.

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    Islands Folk Festival

    July 1, 2020

    Vancouver Folk Music Festival

    May 6, 2020

    Stan Rogers Folk Festival

    May 27, 2020
  • MONOWHALES
    Artists,  Ontario

    Artist Spotlight: MONOWHALES

    March 6, 2020 /

    Fueled by a passionate desire to create a sound as unapologetic and powerful as the personalities within the band, MONOWHALES have taken the experiences gained fighting their way up the ranks of Toronto’s music scene and barrelled headlong into the creation of their new EP Control Freak. Exploding onto the scene with a DIY ethos and an unforgettable live show, MONOWHALES first made waves with their breakout single Home in August 2016. The band would go on to share stages with Dear Rouge, K.Flay, Matt and Kim, Coleman Hell, and many more. The band’s new EP Control Freak, released in June 2018, was produced by AL-P (MSTRKRFT, Death From Above…

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    Artist Spotlight: The 24th Street Wailers

    August 7, 2013
    Elisapie

    Artist Spotlight: Elisapie

    February 7, 2020
    Evangeline-Gentle

    Artist Spotlight: Evangeline Gentle

    June 4, 2020
  • Ottawa Grassroots Festival
    Grade A Festivals

    Ottawa Grassroots Festival

    March 4, 2020 /

    The Ottawa Grassroots Festival (Ottawa, ON) April 23-26, is a family-friendly, volunteer run, not-for-profit music festival - a joyful celebration that will launch you into Spring!

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    Block Heater

    Block Heater

    February 12, 2020
    DIY Spring Festival

    DIY Spring Festival

    March 18, 2020
    Secret Frequency

    CWWIM changes to Secret Frequency

    March 5, 2019
  • kimmortal
    Artists,  British Columbia

    Artist Spotlight: Kimmortal

    February 28, 2020 /

    Kimmortal is a queer filipinx second generation settler based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples: the Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, and Musqueam nations. Recognized as “a voice to be heard” by Exclaim magazine, Kimmortal has been making waves with their multifaceted approach to music. Incorporating song, visual art, rap, and frequently collaborating with poets and dancers, Kimmortal strives to make an impact with their live performances. Their new album “X marks the Swirl” was a two year long process of creation that was ranked 1 of 40 in the Polaris 2019 longlist. Kimmortal’s music and art have been featured on CBC’s show “Exhibitionists”, the Queer Women of Colour festival…

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    Artist Spotlight: Rakkatak

    May 28, 2020
    MONOWHALES

    Artist Spotlight: MONOWHALES

    March 6, 2020
    Evangeline-Gentle

    Artist Spotlight: Evangeline Gentle

    June 4, 2020
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We sing on a Secret Frequency

Secret Frequency (formerly Canadian Women Working in Music) is and education and advocacy not-for-profit dedicated to raising the profile of under-represented people within Canada’s music community – women, trans and non-binary folks, racialized and Indigenous people, and more.

We’d like the music community to be as awesome as it pretends to be.  We want it to be a safe, good place to party, to create, and to work.

We’re ready to rock the boat, even if it’s the boat that some of us are sitting in; no organization or individual should be above question or consequences.

If you don’t invite us to the table, we’ll show up anyway, and we’ll bring our own chair.

We produce the annual Canadian Festival Report Card, grading Gender representation on Festival stages, skills workshops, research, and more.  We aim to create initiatives with demonstrable, measurable impact, which are also accessible and modular, designed to be shared and implemented by other organizations.

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