GOOD LUCK! Local Artists on Searchlight Top 25

Picture courtesy of CBC Music

We are one step close to knowing who this year's winner of the CBC Searchlight competition. The panel chose an act from each of the 23 regions. Also, the two acts with the most popular votes are added to round out the top 25 list.

Hamilton singer/songwriter Emma VanDyk won her city's category and LoFi Mind was chosen as the representative for Kitchener-Waterloo. The winner will be revealed soon.



Links: Emma Van Dyk, Video above courtesy of  Emma VanDyk



Links: LoFi Mind, More LoFi Mind Stories, Video above courtesy of LoFi Mind

Here's the complete list:

• Hamilton: Emma VanDyk
• Kitchener Waterloo: LoFi Mind
• Toronto City: WILL
• Toronto City (Popular Vote 2): Jaryd Stanley
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Jaryd Stanley
  
  
• Greater Toronto: Napalm Dreams
• Central Ontario: Terry Savage and the Wonky Honkees
• Windsor and London: the black frame spectacle
• Northern Ontario: Justine Giles
• Ottawa: Kimberly Sunstrum
• Calgary and South Alberta: The Static Shift
• Edmonton and Northern Alberta: Darren Frank
• Greater Vancouver: Carousel Scene
• Greater Vancouver (Popular Vote 1); Kwerks
• Nova Scotia: T. Thomason
• Interior and Northern BC: //AMISTAD//
• Manitoba: Erika Fowler
• Montreal: soclose
• New Brunswick: Apryll Aileen
• Newfoundland and Labrador: Mitchell Hunt
• Prince Edward Island: Maureen Trainor
• Quebec: Marie-Eve Arsenault
• Saskatchewan: The Wolfe
• The North: Calla Kinglit
• Vancouver City: The Long War
• Vancouver Island: Miss Natasha Enquist

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Finalists

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GOOD LUCK! Local CBC Searchlight Top 10!

With more than 2,000 acts entered, the regional top 10s have been chosen for 2017 CBC Searchlight competition. Phil McCarty won the popular vote for the Hamilton region and LoFi Mind earned it for Kitchener-Waterloo.



Video above courtesy of Phil McCarty



Links: LoFi Mind, More LoFi Mind Stories, Video above courtesy of LoFi Mind

Winners from each of the 23 regions (chosen by a panel) will be unveiled on Tuesday, March 14 and will move to the next round. The two acts with the most number of votes will automatically advance as well.

Hamilton

• Popular vote: Phil McCarty
• The Stotts 
• Cory Mercer
• Emma VanDyk
• Bryce Thomas 
• Shealagh Rose 
• Theatre Crisp
• Cory Cruise 
• Avery Raquel 
• Big Lonely

Kitchener-Waterloo

• Popular vote: LoFi Mind
• The Maras
• Mikalyn Hay
• Sammy Duke
• Ken Gao (feat. Jacquelyn Morley) 
• Danielle Todd
• Cameron Earnshaw
• The Waverlys 
• Shy Harry
• Sayana 

Click here for all the regional top-10s

Blast from the Pasr: Last Year's Finalists

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Acoustic EP from Waterloo's LoFi Mind Forges a Unique, Infectious Sound!

Waterloo psychedelic folk rockers, LoFi Mind have gone unplugged with 04/20/2014, their latest EP.  Featuring six amazing live in the studio performances, the recording boasts wonderful harmonies and a fabulous retro vibe.

This big band does wonders using the acoustic dimension.  With it's alluring, full-bodied, soulful feel, the EP mixes rockabilly, roots music and more to forge a unique, infectious sound.

If you want a CD, you contact them at lofimindmusic@gmail.com or pop by Encore Records, Orange Monkey and Rhapsody Barrel Bar.  It can also be downloaded through Bandcamp.







Stream the EP here



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