Author Archives: Julianna Chubenko

Brady Kenneth is a local Manitoba country music singer-songwriter and Manitoba Country Music Awards nominee. Brady Kenneth started his music career in a heavy metal band and switched genres to country about eight years ago. He always played acoustic guitar and wrote songs, but didn’t grow up on country music. Once he discovered country soundsContinue reading “Getting to Know: Brady Kenneth”

Nelson Little, a local Manitoba country music singer and songwriter released his latest single, “High Road” this spring, which talks about struggles during COVID-19. At eleven years old, Little was gifted his first guitar and took enough lessons to learn a few cords. After experiencing a loss in his family after a tragic car accidentContinue reading “Getting to Know: Nelson Little”

Shawn Austin is a Canadian country singer- songwriter with over 23 million collective streams to date. He grew up in a very musical household and country music was always the backbone of everything he did. Guitar is what brought Shawn to want to be in music and introduced him to Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, andContinue reading “Shawn Austin – New EP Planes Don’t Wait”

Jaryn Friesen is a local country music singer and songwriter. He is a Manitoba Country Music Awards 2021 nominee for roots artist, duo or group of the year. Jaryn got into music because of his dad, who introduced him to a lot of music and artists. He started songwriting because he wanted to write songsContinue reading “Getting to Know: Jaryn Friesen”