Hello! Did you miss us?! It’s been a long time since the last time we sent one of these newsletters out! Soz, we really didn’t intend to leave you clicking refresh on your inboxes for quite that long, we just got super busy! Summer is finally upon us again, and we are turbo chuffed about it.

Celebrate Pride and Toronto’s music scene at Six Shooter Records’ Pride Party. Six Shooter joins party forces with High Priestess Publishing and Twin Fang Records for a night of live music, dance, Drag Kings, and more.

We’re excited to announce our @sxsw showcase featuring N’famady Kouyaté, T. Thomason, Skye Wallace, Mauvey, Boy Golden, and William Prince.The showcase will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at the Swan Dive bar in Austin.

Six Shooter Records is thrilled to announce we will be hosting a songwriter’s circle at AmericanaUK, titled “Keep The Wild Flowers Blooming.” The event will feature two Six Shooter artists — William Prince and Whitehorse — and the brilliant musicians Allison Russell and Elles Bailey will fill out the format.

Six Shooter Records joyously welcomes three talented, inspiring new staff to the label, including Andrea Aguilar who joins as the new Director of Digital Strategy and Marketing, Meghan Borthwick as Marketing Department Coordinator and Julian Staniewski as Operations Manager.

Don't be fooled, folks! The image below is of a fake Instagram account created by someone claiming to be our VP of Marketing + Publicity, Emily Smart, and we're sharing it to spread the word that it is a scam.

2020 sync highlights included blockbuster placements for The Dead South’s “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company,” which hit the Global Shazam Top 50 after it appeared in Netflix’s Umbrella Academy Season 2. The song also recently appeared in American Gods (Starz). As the size and scope of the rosters grow, Six Shooter’s publishing reach continues to expand in new directions. “Temi will be instrumental in helping us grow our publishing and sync divisions,” says Temple, Director of Licensing & Publishing.

Established in 2000 in Toronto, Six Shooter Records is a full-service music company with a diverse roster that includes artists in the genres of Americana, country, rock, and avant-garde. In addition to being a label and a publisher, the company also provides artist management services. Since its inception, Six Shooter has released over 140 albums. Our artists have been consistently recognized in national award programs, including the JUNO Awards, Polaris Music Prize, SOCAN Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and others.

In this special edition of Horizon Line, writer/producer Anupa Mistry writes about the music of Zaki Ibrahim, who recently re-released two back catalog albums, Eclectica (Episodes in Purple) and Orbit: A Postcoital Prequel.

We are addressing the reports of sexual misconduct against Danny Kenyon of The Dead South from women who have been harmed. These reports are of incidents from years before we started working with Danny and the band.

Established in 2000 in Toronto, Six Shooter Records is a full-service music company with a diverse roster that includes artists in the genres of Americana, country, rock, and avant-garde. In addition to being a label and a publisher, the company also provides artist management services. Since its inception, Six Shooter has released over 120 albums. Our artists have been consistently recognized in national award programs, including the JUNO Awards, Polaris Music Prize, SOCAN Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, and others.

Six Shooter Records embraces its 20th anniversary, two decades of guts and grit, vision and action, as an opportunity to celebrate the past and contribute to the future. With a full slate of programming, events and news rolling out in the coming months, the 20th anniversary events reflect a label that has followed its heart, embraced challenges and propelled change to become a leader in the independent music scene.