Made in Manitoba

A classic Christmas carol is getting a fresh twist from two Canadian artists. 

Made in Manitoba's Barbara Joy Siemens is teaming up with Chelsea Amber for 'O Holy Night.' "Chelsea and I have been singing together for a little while, her being my vocal coach and so we've had some plans to do this," Siemens says. 

Get ready to make Christmas cards and sing carols with Made in Manitoba's, Phoebe Pedrina. 

Pedrina will be at the Canadian Bible Society tomorrow, Nov. 30. "I am running a set for about 40 minutes of Christmas and worship music," Pedrina said. "There's also going to be Christmas card-making and snacks, so a lot of festive activities going on in the store." 

She says she's excited to go and join in on the fun. "It's a lot of fun festive things, it's a nice time to sit down and make some fun cards. If you want to get out on Saturday, it's a great time to do that."

Made In Manitoba's Rachel Colman is excited to release her new album, Make a Way, on Saturday, Oct. 26. 

Growing up in Altona, Man. Colman's father made sure that music was always in their home. "My father played guitar and sang in a quartet and he made sure that I knew a lot about music. I took piano lessons and I probably started singing in church when I was seven with him, and then I studied music in university," Colman says. 

After working as a music director in churches for around 20 years, she says, "That venue of music, I feel a vocation for me."

A new song has come out from a Made in Manitoba artist. 

While his parents are singers, David Bracken first broke into the music scene as a founding member of Isaiah's Answer after meeting Cal Cowison. The duo was then nominated for a Covenant Award in 2006.

The latest release for Bracken as a solo artist is 'Sufficient'. 

Made In Manitoba singer Jordan Janzen has just released a unique music video for his song "Kindness," with a twist that highlights both fan participation and community support.

Winnipeg native, Samuel M-C is gearing up to release his debut album, Live Again. 

The Christian jazz artist credits his parents for exposing him to different genres of music, "Being exposed to CHVN and listening to the songs and singing them with my parents really did develop a musical ear because I thought that'd be something I do all the time."

Christian musicians are grappling with the news that the Juno Awards have placed the Christian/Gospel Album of the Year category on hiatus.

The change is part of a broader restructuring that sees four categories paused for the 2024 awards, though organizers have Canada's largest music awards have yet to explain the reasoning.

Violinist and vocalist Rosemary Siemens, and her husband Eli Bennett, are in the midst of filming a mini-documentary about the creation and explosion in popularity of their YouTube program "Sunday Hymn Serenade". It will be called "Bringing Back the Hymns: My Journey to 100 million Views".

Juno-award-winning Winnipeg Christian artist Steve Bell is releasing a new single ahead of his 23rd studio album, The Glad Surprise.

"Right around the time Russia invaded Ukraine, Bruce Cockburn's song, 'Lovers in a Dangerous Time,' started rolling around in my brain," says Bell. "He wrote it during the Cold War when he had a lot of fears for his daughter and her friends, what their future might be. Now, with many, many wars going on, love ends up being a miracle."

Although music has always been a part of Steinbach artist Lorne Kauenhofen's (AKA LMNK) life, his older sister was one to really cheer him on to follow his talents. 

Kauenhofen describes his sister catching him when practicing music. "I remember my older sister, she would often come around the corner and when I would catch her, I would be all embarrassed. But she would encourage me and say it sounded good."