Category: Song Stories

I was about to get on stage at Varsity, to a crowd of around 150 people when I got the news that I was one of five artists selected for the 2026 program. Most of me was emotionally prepared to get a “no”. I wasn’t emotionally prepared to get a “yes”. Even though I’ve been…

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Grateful for the Songs in the Noise These are strange and heavy times. The world feels loud, uncertain, and often unkind.  It would be easy to retreat, to shut down, to let the weight of it all settle somewhere deep and hard to move. But instead, I’ve found myself doing the one thing that has…

January 29th – Blues Can Happy Hour 5-7 with Mike Hell / Mae de Light January 31st – Neighbourhood Pub open Mic Night 6-10 PM 834 68 St NE hosted by Toni Vere & Mike Hell aka Skald & Stone Feb 1st 6PM Patchamama’s Soul Sunday with Will Quan Feb 4th – The Mucky Duck…

I’ve been home less than 48 hours from the Folk Music Canada conference.  It was my first time doing something of this magnitude.   I’m still trying to come back down to earth.   I was one of nine performers who got a private showcase in the Alberta Room.  For the first time in my…

March 2026 – Hi friends! All of my shows are listed on my website http://www.ToniVereMusic.com. If y’all can appreciate, most every platform out there wants to charge you to breathe; an independent like me, has to draw the line. Truth is, a person can get buried in the costs of trying to promote via various…

New Songs, Old Roads: A New Record is on the Horizon After a year of writing through the storms, the stillness, and everything in between, I’m thrilled to share that I’m in the studio recording a brand new album. These songs are born from a time that asked a lot of questions—and, occasionally, offered some…

Hi all! I decided to dedicate a page to live performances. My focus is “One Song At A Time”. I decided to share the songs I post that are brand new when I post them. typically, I write a song over a 15 minute span to weeks and yes, sometimes years. When I post, they…

Safety found me.  I’ve worked in industry for a lot of years and in high school, I always had a job. I worked in a small engine repair shop when I was in grade 11 and the owner taught me how to take apart and put together Briggs and Stratton engines. I knew wanted to…

I was on my way to pick up my Martin today. It’s been at the doctors office. Martin’s my guitar, I call her Gracie. I had to pull over 4 kms from High River because words. Words and words and words and words. I didn’t think I’d remember them all, so I had to pull…

Hi peeps. As I add to this blog and record records, musings, and work out my frustrations in life and stuff, it helps whatever an “algorithm” is if you like and share and share and like. My site has really spiked from a visitor standpoint but I honestly need your help to grow it further.…

Full disclaimer. I’m just pretending here that I’m hanging out with the Premier of Alberta talking shop over a big rock beer, and the flip/flop has me confused. All in good fun to maybe help some of us think.Love you Danielle. ilovedaniellesmith I’m tired too. Random thoughts about lots of s*it. Reality is, no matter…

Today I woke up feeling grateful.  In between my other commitments in life, I get to play music.   I know I’m not easy, and I often get down on myself about my abilities or lack thereof.  But here’s the thing, I write songs about healing, from my heart.  I’m not a perfect musician or…