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Listen & Follow on Spotify 2026 kicks off the momentous 15th year of I Heart Hamilton! Let’s start with the first seasonal mix. Get cozy and turn up Winter 2026 ❄️ Are you a musician from Hamilton and the surrounding area? Let me know what you’re up to! I’m always looking for new local music … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Here we go! Wrapping up the 14th year of I Heart Hamilton with the annual Best Of Playlist – looking back on another year of local music. As I always say, it’s tough to narrow down and rank music – use this as your jumping off point to discover more Hamilton music, … Read more
Updated: December 2025 [Originally posted December 7, 2021] Listen & Follow on Spotify I had always wanted to make an all-local, holiday season Playlist! ☃️🎄 I Heart Hamilton turned 10 in 2021, and by then, I had come across enough local holiday tunes to round out a festive mix (so far including Hamilton and Burlington … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify The cozy and atmospheric season of autumn is well underway! Time to crank up a new batch of local releases. Are you a musician from Hamilton and the surrounding area? Let me know what you’re up to! I’m always looking for new local music to play on my weekly radio … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Springtime is in full swing! We just celebrated the 14th year of I Heart Hamilton, and I’m so grateful for all of the local music I’ve enjoyed over the years. This city is brimming with talent. Time for the next installment of my quarterly curated roundup, rolling through various genres … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify It’s that time again! Wrapping up the 12th year of I Heart Hamilton with the annual Best Of Playlist. I always say this – it’s so tough to narrow down and rank music, so you can use this as your jumping off point to discovering more local music, and show … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Kojo “Easy” Damptey – “See The Light” ft. Onglish, Chris Bruder & Tom Altobelli [Listen]The darkness has held me downAnd I can’t stand it anymore Hamilton-based musician Kojo “Easy” Damptey has been rolling out brand new music which leads the way for his upcoming album, Radical Thoughts, due out this fall. The third … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify The Dirty Nil – “Celebration” [Listen]Tell me what you want in the whole wide worldI’ll do it Huge year for Dundas’ own The Dirty Nil, as they bless us with their fourth record, Free Reign To Passions. Super stoked for this next batch of tunes; it’s my favourite from them … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Family Of Things – “Flowers On The Wall” [Listen]Oh, I could never want it any other wayAnd if you had a reason that would make you stayWe could go out, we could go out, my baby We kick off this springtime mix with another bop from Family Of Things! I … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Math Club – “I Always Let You In” [Listen]Completely undefendedSo fragile, paper thinIt’s not what I intended this timeBut I always let you in This is the perfect local artist to come through with an autumn release. What a welcomed return, to get a brand new album from Math Club, the … Read more