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The Calgary Folk Fest Is Officially Coming Back This Summer

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2021

The Calgary Folk Music Festival is officially set to return this summer. Today organizers confirmed the event will run from July 22 to 28 —...

Fiver and the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition Twist Country Music into New Shapes

PUBLISHED May 4, 2021

When a band first starts out, or is looking to take their act to the next level, common wisdom is to learn some covers. Lose the stress of...

Fiver Announces New Album with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2021

Last year, Fiver (a.k.a. Toronto-based singer-songwriter Simone Schmidt) joined forces with a trio of Halifax music scene fixtures, dubbed...

Feist, Partner, PUP and Hundreds of Other Toronto Musicians Share Open Letter Demanding End to Encampment Evictions

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2020

This year, a large number of unhoused people have had their encampments threatened by the City of Toronto, who claim their tents go against...

Constellation Records Readies "Corona Borealis" Singles Series

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2020

Montreal's Constellation Records has collected extended and previously unreleased tracks from its artists for a new singles series. The la...

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You Wanted Country? Vol. 1

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2020

You wanted country? Well, you're gonna get it. Simone Schmidt's latest incarnation as Fiver is that of dust-blown country crooner, a distil...

Fiver Enlists the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition for New EP

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2020

Bringing in a whole new crew of collaborators, Fiver has just announced plans to release a new EP with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous C...

Fiver Turn 'Audible Songs From Rockwood' Into a Theatrical Production

Summerworks, Toronto, ON, August 10

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2019

Simone Schmidt has transformed their 2017 album, Audible Songs From Rockwood, (released under their Fiver moniker) into a stark, affecting...