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Coleman Hell is a 31-year-old singer, songwriter and producer who hails from Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Coleman’s been making music with his childhood friend and producer Latch for a while but it’s really in 2015 that they hit the jackpot with the song 2 Heads which is still getting massive radio play.

The song helped him get a Juno nomination in 2016 for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, where he also got the chance to perform on the big show. 

In 2017 he got another Juno nomination for Pop Album of the Year, for his record called Summerland. On the album we can find another massive radio hit Fireproof as well as Devotion.

Coleman’s toured with some big names like Twenty One Pilots, which is why there’s no doubt he’s one of Canada’s top young rising artists.

Shannon Burns is a radio announcer for CHUM 104.5 in Toronto. She also hosts iHeart Radio Nights across 13 stations in Canada on top of being iHeart Canada’s go-to interviewer for today’s biggest pop stars!

Over the last few years she’s talked to artists like Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Backstreet Boys and many more.

On top of being on the radio, she’s also appears on television every week as a panelist on CTV’s Fame Factor, she also hosts her own podcast called “Aftermath with Shannon Burns” and she’s got her own successful YouTube channel, yeah she kind of does it all which is why she's becoming Canada's top pop-culture guru!  

Gus Unger-Hamilton is the keyboard player/vocalist for the band alt-J. The group is a three-piece band from Leeds, England. They formed in 2007 but it wasn’t until 2012 that their first studio album An Awesome Wave was released. The album later went on to win the Mercury Prize,  a prestigious prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act.

After that, in 2014, their second album This Is All Yours went straight to number one in the UK. To date, they’ve released three studio albums which include hits like Breezeblocks, Left Hand Free and In Cold Blood.

On top of the Mercury Prize,  alt-J were also nominated for three Brit Awards and were also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative music Album in 2015.

Yungblud is one of the top-rising rock-and-rollers on the scene today!

He’s 22-years-old and he’s full of piss and vinegar, his songwriting kind of reminds us of early punk rock, there’s angst and rebellion hence, he’s not afraid of calling out greedy corporations, politicians and goes to war for who he feels gets taken advantage of…and that's why he’s loved.

In just 2 years, he’s released 3 EP’s one live album and one studio album called "21st Century Liabiality". 

Songs he’s been featured on include "11 Minutes" with Halsey and Travis Barker.
He also worked with Travis Barker again on Machine Gun Kelly’s hit "I Think I'm Okay”
And he also put out a tune with Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds called “Original Me”.

Yungblud also had a chance to perform that one with Dan on the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert". On top of already having performed on the "Late Night with Seth Myers". 

K.Flay is an American singer, rapper and songwriter.

Her music career apparently started off as a joke where she bragged to her friends that writing a rap song was simple and that even she could do it… And well, she proved it and wrote a song of her own, and the rest is history!

She released her first mixtape in 2005 and kept writing and performing. Fast forward to 2014 she released her debut album Life As a Dog and not only did it debut at number 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart and also made it’s way to number 14 on Billboards Rap Album chart which is impressive in itself. It's no surprise that she was the first to sign under Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds' label Night Street Records.

She’s toured with Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional, AWOLNATION early on before embarking on bigger tours like touring major stadiums opening for Imagine Dragons and then headlining on her own shows.

Her songs have been praised by many including Taylor Swift and if that doesn’t impress you, how does 2 Grammy nominations sound... Yeah that was in 2018,  one was for Best Engineered Album and Best Rock Song for her hit Blood in the Cut.

She’s also appeared on The Late Late Show with Seth Meyers, she’s got 3 studio albums to date and so much more!

grandson is an American-born musician who moved to the Toronto area when he was 3 years old. Although he grew up in Toronto, he attended University in Montreal before  moving to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue a career in music.

His move proved to be a good move because in 2017 he signed to RCA Records and soon after he made a move to Fueld by Ramen.

grandson then started making waves with his hit single Blood//Water.
The song made its way on the Billboard charts which then gave him the opportunity to perform the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers. To add to that, In June of 2019, he won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize for that same song and it was also featured in the NHL 19 video game.

grandson also got the opporunity to work with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and even collaborated with him on Shinoda's single Running from my Shadow.

To date, grandson has released 4 EP’s, he’s toured with bands such as Smashing Pumpkins, Nothing but Thieves and Young the Giant to name a few, and he’s only 26! 

He's co-written one of the most popular songs of all-time, he's been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Canadian Walk of Fame and has earned a Juno Award on top of being nominated 6 more times... Needless to say Andy Kim is a Legend.

In this interview, he tells Deevo about the time John Lennon handed him his Gold Record, he talks about the gratitude he has towards his song "Sugar, Sugar" and even let's us know what he thinks of the new Archie inspired series on Netflix "Riverdale". 

Toronto native Scott Helman is one of Canada's top singer-songwriters. Although Scott is is only 24, he's not a newbie to performing, at 15 he signed a development deal with Warner Music.

In 2014 he released Bungalow which became an instant hit all over Canada. The song was off his first studio album called Augusta. The hit opened the door to jumping on tour with artists like Shawn Mendes, Vance Joy, Tegan and Sarah and Walk Off The Earth. Since then he’s toured all over the world as both an opener and a headliner.

Scott's become a staple on Canadian radio producing hits like Hang Ups, Kinda Complicated and his platinum selling hit PDA.

Scott's been nominated for a few Juno Awards, winning one in 2018 for Songwriter of the Year, he's been nominated for MMVA's and in 2016 he topped Teen Vogue's list of Voices to look out for.

Drummer of Theory, Joe Dandeneau and Deevo talk about why the band decided to abbreviate their name and why they're okay with fans calling them Theory of a Deadman. They also geek out on drums and talk about the feeling of going from working in a music store to being a rock star.

Theory is a 5-time Juno nominated band from Delta, British-Columbia. They formed in 2001 and have since had a slew of hits such as "Bad Girlfriend", "Santa Monica" and "Rx (Medicate)". The band has toured the world with some of the biggest rock bands and have even performed at the Grey Cup half time show in 2008. 

In this interview Ryan (bassist) and Sam (drummer) of The Sheepdogs talk about joining the military, adding Canadian touches to their album Changing Colours and throwing the first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game. 

The Sheepdogs are one of the biggest rock bands to come out of Canada. They formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan circa 2006. In 2011 they became the first unsigned band to make it on the cover of the coveted "Rolling Stone" magazine. They've also performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and their songs have been featured on shows like CSI and many, I mean many, of CBC's sports montages, especially during the Olympics.

To date, they have released 6 studio albums and have been nominated for 5 Juno awards, winning 3 of those.