The East Pointers with Guest Michaela Slinger

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What's Happening

JUNO Award-winners The East Pointers, Tim Chaisson (vocals/fiddle/percussion) and Jake Charron (guitar/keyboards), are innovators within the ever-evolving genre of modern folk, crafting a joy-conjuring, dancefloor-shaking, roof-rattling fusion of folk, pop, and dance music. In the studio, four records have captured the furious energy of their live shows, adding to the legacy of East Coast folk while lighting a path for a new generation of music lovers.

Already internationally acknowledged as musical trailblazers, on their newest offering, Schoonertown, released January 23, 2026, The East Pointers have come home. Equal parts origin story and statement of craft, Schoonertown captures the moments that shaped their youth: nights out with the boys, the dizzy romance of first love, sprawling families and small towns, two weeks on in a bleak winter, kitchen parties and vinyl records and tape decks, every mistake, every late night, every long drive, beer and cigarettes and fights, laughing until you can’t breathe, ambition rising like a king tide, the piss and vinegar of youth, the sun emerging so bright over the horizon you have to shield your eyes–the devastation and exhilaration of all of it.

Since their debut album, Secret Victory, took home the 2017 JUNO Award for Traditional Album of the Year, The East Pointers have cemented their place as a defining voice in contemporary folk music. Their music, streamed millions of times over each month, has been featured on television, film, and broadcast, and their acoustic performances on social media have been shared by the likes of Ed Sheeran and Mumford & Sons. They regularly light up stages across Australia, Japan, the UK, Europe, Mexico, New Zealand, the USA, and Canada, and each fall they bring that energy back home to Prince Edward Island, where they host Goolaholla!, a festival celebrating music, community, and the spirit of the East Coast.

.Genre: Modern Folk

Michaela Slinger

Michaela Slinger is punching above her weight as one of North America’s most exciting rising singer-songwriters. Her latest independent record, Green and Trying, marks a shift toward her self-described “Laurel Canyon era” and features 10 songs that detail delicate moments inside relationships, navigate change, and earnestly ask the question: how does one become a good (or better) person?

Michaela has supported artists like Dermot Kennedy, Sasha Alex Sloan, and Donovan Woods, and performed at festivals including JUNOFest and Treefort Festival. Green and Trying has already received national coverage on CBC Q and a spread in RANGE Magazine.

Her previous single "Everything I Wasn't Looking For" off her 2023 album, This Can’t Last Forever,  appeared in Netflix's show BET in May 2025, introducing her to new fans across the world and landing her on Shazam charts. That record helped cement her rise, including a nomination for Pop Artist of the Year at the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards.

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