Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Short List 2021

The Polaris Music Prize Short List 2021 was revealed on Thursday, July 15 and you can find it on Polaris's website. The playlist today has a couple tracks from each of the 10 albums that [...]

By | July 16th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists, Polaris Music Prize|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Northern Notes

This week’s playlist is a continuation of our cross country journey we are going on this year, with a listen to Northern Notes. Today, July 9, is Nunavut Day so we are taking a detour [...]

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar June/2021

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for June 2021 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. This week there is a Spotify Release Radar playlist, and [...]

By | July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Oh Canada

The playlist this week is for Canada Day next Thursday. Canada is a flawed country and with recent news of more of our dark history coming to light, I wondered if I should be celebrating [...]

By | June 25th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a time for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. [...]

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Release Radar May/2021

The OurBasement playlist this week is the Release Radar for May 2021 and is full of all the new music Canadian artists have been creating. This week there is a Spotify Release Radar playlist, the [...]

Playlist Friday: Asian Heritage Month Canada

The playlist this week is in honour of Asian Heritage Month. The month of May is almost over but better late than never. Celebrating the contributions of Asian Canadians is important and we must stand [...]

By | May 28th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Canadian Indie Road Trippin’

We are revisiting the Canadian Indie Road Trippin' playlist this week. Back on July 14, 2017 it was the Playlist Friday post. A bunch of new tracks have been added it to it making it [...]

By | May 21st, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: Ontario Oratorios

This week’s playlist is a continuation of our cross country journey we are going on this year, with a listen to Ontario Oratorios. Back in the early days of OurBasement, we took this journey before [...]

By | May 14th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , , |1 Comment

Playlist Friday: OurBasement Tribute to Mothers

Mother's Day falls on May 9 this year so the playlist this week is the OurBasement Tribute to Mothers. It is a playlist that I started in 2017 for a Mother's Day Stream of Thought [...]

By | May 7th, 2021|Categories: Playlist, Playlists|Tags: , |2 Comments