Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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ONTARIANS / Matthew Holtby Befitting their name, ONTARIANS have a sound that could only be made by a group of guys raised on a steady diet of Neil Young, The Band, Blue Rodeo and The Tragically Hip. They demonstrated that on their critically acclaimed 2021 debut album The Greatest Short Story Never Told, and now they’re back with the sequel, More How It Is, 10 new songs from the band’s co-founders Frank Deresti and Craig Smith. The pair crafted the new material over the past couple of years in their usual manner, through writing sessions at their respective home bases in Sault Ste. Marie and Collingwood, as well as other excursions to northern areas of the province. The album was then laid down at Smith’s studio with the band’s drummer Chris Johns and keyboardist Jay Stiles. It... more...