Merin are a group of friends making sad but fun rock music in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Find Merin:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JAqoGbPAmNt0QZMGoUMoa

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/merin/692909022

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@merin5917

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merin_stagram_/

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Andrina Turenne is an acclaimed singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her songs both in French and English explore themes of home, nature, and human connection. Formerly of Juno Award-winning group Chic Gamine, her solo project was launched in 2020. In 2024, she released Je suis un arbre, a Francophone EP that earned her a nomination for Francophone Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Her twenty-five years working and singing in the music industry have taken her around the world and are a testament to the impact of her live performance.

Find Andrina:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/432ebpgngn6uT9eHVOUHQv

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/andrina-turenne/495934991

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@andrinaturenne

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrina.turenne/

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Synthetic Friend is an infectiously vibrant 5-piece band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They strive to bring an upbeat stage presence and sound to every stage, blending the driving rhythms and introspective melodies of indie rock, and continues to creatively collaborate on dynamic, unique originals. Despite their name, these 5 are all 100%, no doubt, real-life friends!

Find Synthetic Friend:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ghMXYa9kyudEb60mC98r3

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/synthetic-friend/1826820392

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqK_wJRlaQ_CJ7IjdPrZP3g

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syntheticfriend

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DID YOU JUST FIND YOURSELF at a warehouse party somewhere in the Midwest? Or maybe a prairie Ukrainian community hall? These rustbelt roosters keep you guessing. Manitoba-based Bluebloods play music that feels like a gaggle of hosers crashing a Mennonite Social, with groove tunes and smoky ballads that explore Manitoba’s historic strikes, urban back allies and wheat fields. Their debut album, Discount Everything, was released January 2026.

Find Bluebloods:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7gYEdWdLomwPvBkhBXGcoU

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bluebloods/1487775054

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bluebloodsmusic42069

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluebloodsmusic/

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Josua Karlson is a musician, composer, and producer with a passion for creating immersive and storytelling music. Influenced by a diverse range of genres and a commitment to artistic exploration, Josua crafts dreamscapes that invite listeners into a world of ancient utopia, contemporary dystopia and fictional future. Fascinated by the interplay of order and chaos, culture and nature, technology and biology, fiction and dream, Josua Karlson creates sonic landscapes to evoke a connection to the past the future and our ever present origin that we humans try to disconnect: Earth.

Listen to Radagast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lr16k61dxeMTMkwMjg4k8

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/radagast/1215952926

Listen to Arcane Earth Reboot:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Ldh1dmiegY5N1a9shBaHi

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/arcane-earth-reboot/1615448011

All projects' YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JosuaKarlson

All projects' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josuakarlson/

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Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/inthezone_wpg

All music is magic. It’s easy to become numb to it, but every so often that universal truth, that magic, can snap into focus. Watching Alex Maher build an entire song before your very eyes will do that to you. First a beat, then a groove. Synths, keys and guitar. He sings the words and melodies he wrote – or someone else wrote –  and then he blows the house down with his alto sax. And then he does it again, and again and again. Nothing prerecorded, all live. While Maher has a body of recorded work going back twenty years, he really is someone you have to experience live to be touched by the magic, the life, that his music exudes.

Find Alex:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1fdvv0i3DqRnlrpHVBH1ek

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/alex-maher/1229855296

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMaherMusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexmahermusic/

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Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/inthezone_wpg

JayWood is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist/producer Jeremy Haywood-Smith, making art from a place curiosity and figuring his shit out.

Find JayWood:

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/4b9Dr3XFxT65mrPBFY6mqG

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jaywood/1459194982

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-9anIBldkPqkUYPMn8YnXw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayyywood/

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JD Edwards is a singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His partnership with Cara Loft, The Small Glories, has received international recognition especially for their 2019 album "Assiniboine & the Red" and has played some of the biggest stages in Canada including the Main Stage at Winnipeg Folk Fest. His own JD Edwards Band has nearly 20 years under their belt and a devoted following. With a truly original voice and a knack for crafting amazing songs, JD is able to capture every listener with an honest and uniquely personal touch.

Find JD:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2xovRzuic1a1nidQRZKwgD

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jd-edwards-band/481961620

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdedwardsmusic/

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Holy Void is a psychedelic pentad from the frostbound nidus of Winnipeg, playing dark, heavy psychedelic rock that bleeds into garage. They pull their atmosphere from the cold north: long nights, hard air, prairie winter pressure, and wide-open distance that still feels claustrophobic. The violin shifts the centre of gravity, turning haze into pressure as dissonance settles like hoar frost.

Find Holy Void:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0coscmNlDjSWvPpG2oezFv

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/holy-void/1142637246

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@holyvoidband

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holyvoidband/

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Kwae Kobain has dedicated the majority of his youth exploring music as a means of understanding the complexities of the human experience. With a core focus on Hip-Hop, he skillfully blends silky melodies and gritty wordplay to craft a tapestry that reflects his unique perspective.

Find Kwae:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2rye50SamTaXUecJGt1I2E

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kwae-kobain/1754347541

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KwaeKobain

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwaekobain/

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