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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 Here we go! Wrapping up the 13th 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 discovering more … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Time for our next installment! So many new local releases, so little time! I’ve been putting together monthly Playlists since 2011 (here on the blog and Spotify). This year, giving myself a little more time in between to gather more tracks, and round them up by the seasons in quarterly posts. Crank up these jams … Read more
Listen & Follow on Spotify Trying something new for 2024! I’ve been putting together monthly Playlists since 2011 (here on the blog and Spotify). This year, I’m going to give myself a little more time in between to gather more tracks, and round them up by the seasons in quarterly posts. That’s the goal, anyway! … 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 Bianca Bernardi – “The Way Down (Wild and Free)” [Listen]After all we’ve been throughIt’s just not worth loving you Hamilton-based singer-songwriter Bianca Bernardi is a seasoned performer, having honed her skills onstage for years. All the while, her debut album Wildfire, was a long time in the making. Released this … Read more
Let’s go! This year I celebrated the 10th Anniversary of I Heart Hamilton. What a ride! Music has been such an incredible part of the journey. If you missed it – give the 10th Anniversary Playlist a spin to commemorate the milestone. I had a really nostalgic time putting it together. So many memories are … Read more