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Vern Daysel - RadioAirplay.com's first RELIX contest Grand Prize Winner.  Vern snagged himself a track spot on RELIX magazines October/November sampler reaching a potential 300,000+ listeners. Check it out here:  https://relix.com/playlist Vern's winning track "Letting Go" is now also being feature on Jango.com's Falling Into Fall station here:  https://www.jango.com/stations/373235643/tunein “With more hooks than a church cloak room, the songwriting is top notch in its simplicity and Daysel’s execution, both vocally and on the six-string, is delicious and exemplary.” – Get Ready to Rock Having just released his second album, ‘Blood of a Wolf’, the follow-up to 2016’s debut offering, ‘Shootin’ The Breeze’, Daysel has proven that his music should be mentioned alongside some of the top names in the world of Rock n Roll.  After more than decade of playing countless live shows, running bands, putting on Kiss and classic rock tribute shows to being a hired gun...

Born In Calgary, Alberta Canada SIDIKI grew up in a household with a deep appreciation of music from various cultures and backgrounds. In his teens he started his musical career playing drums for his elder brothers Blues and Classic Rock cover band. As a drummer he was always drawn to the music of Africa and Latin America. As his musical horizons expanded he ventured into the world of Jazz but continued to lean towards Afro Cuban and Brazilian forms of Jazz. Ultimately his desire to create his own form of music led him to pick up the Guitar, Bass and Keyboard. All of the music and vocals on his solo projects are played by himself. The polyrhythmic sounds of West Africa particularly resonated with him and has heavily influenced his fingerstyle guitar playing and soloing. This coupled with thought provoking song writing creates music which is both aesthetically pleasing and intelligent. SIDIKI now lives in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia where he continues to play and record....

Staff Picks Week 43

Staff Picks Week 42

It was a shorter contest than normal but we still received over 1200 song submissions. Our staff had a great time listening to all those songs.  Thank you to all of you who entered.  Winners have been chosen for Relix, Indie Bible, and Radio Airplay. Check them out below and stay tuned for Music Gateway's pick as well as artist spotlights from all the winners! Grand Prize Relix CD Sampler Winner Happy Freuds - Allmans Big Feat On The Rise Relix Runner Up The Strange Game - Someday Soon Indie Bible Prize Package Winner Olivia Faye - Country Girl 5 Radio Airplay Runners Up Kulton The Maker  - No Limits Clinark - Unite Forget About The Fight Drakeford - Maybe Lucky Monkey - GO! Iryne Rock - Fire in My Veins

Staff Picks Week 41

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