Ellen Froese 'Solitary Songs' Album Release Show with special guest Theresa Sokyrka
Join us at the Artesian on Friday, June 26th to celebrate the release of Ellen Froese's new album 'Solitary Songs'!
Show Details:
Ellen Froese 'Solitary Songs' Album Release Show with special guest Theresa Sokyrka
Date: Friday, June 26th, 2026
Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM
Tickets: $28.00 in advance online or in person at Paper Umbrella (2724 13th Avenue), or $33.00 at the door
*Advance tickets close at 5:00 PM day-of-show. Additional tickets will be available at the door unless it is officially labelled SOLD OUT*
The Artesian is wheelchair accessible, all-ages, and a proud supporter of positive spaces initiatives with a zero-tolerance policy towards hate, harassment, and/or discrimination. We reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment. The accessible entrance is available via a lift, Please ask staff for help if necessary.
About Ellen Froese:
Saskatoon songsmith Ellen Froese’s latest record, Solitary Songs (out May 6th on Victory Pool Music), finds her meditating on a strange chapter of her life. “It’s been a weird year—lots of life changes, maybe some ego-death,” she says. Between an ADHD diagnosis and cutting back on some vices, her perspective—as a musician, a lover, a human being—has changed.
The follow up to 2022’s For Each Flower Growing (produced with the Sheepdogs’ Sam Corbett), Solitary Songs showcases Froese singing songs that sound like dusted-off country classics with wry, down-to-earth lyricism. One moment, Froese is confessing, ‘I’m scared of getting old / But more than that, I’m scared of living without your love’; the next, she’s reeling from a false-start fling, ‘stray cattin’ along’ with a freshly purchased ‘strawberry watermelon turbo-powered vape’. There are no sacred cows in Froese’s world, with blunt humour meeting heartache while the band plays on.
Friendship is at the heart of Solitary Songs, which sounds like how it was made: a big hangout with friends, trying to make one another smile. Recorded at RecHall studios in Saskatoon, Solitary Songs was created through jubilant, off-the-cuff collaboration, with the band riffing arrangements while Froese penned new verses in the control room.
At this point in her career, with 4 full-length albums and many international tours under her belt, Solitary Songs showcases Froese digging for the feeling of “just making music for the joy of it, like when I was a kid.” And as far as quitting the dopamine rush and finding self-acceptance goes? “I guess the journey up to wellness has peaks and valleys, but it does start to level out,” Froese muses. Indeed, Solitary Songs sees Froese’ flirting with self-acceptance while figuring things out; trying to be “happy in the confidence of a solitary song,” and getting your friends on board for some cheeky country-folk tunes. And nobody does those quite like Ellen Froese.
About Theresa Sokyrka:
One of Canada’s most pure and honest voices with the soul of a joyful Ukrainian Baba and the chops of Karen Carpenter, Sokyrka has paved a unique career for herself the last 25 years. The multifaceted musician, singer songwriter and Reality TV 2004 Canadian Idol runner up, has independently sold over 100,000 records, securing Gold status on her first album which also garnered a Juno nomination for Pop Album of the Year. She has had two videos featured in MuchMoreMusic Top Ten. She has released 5 studio albums including an album of Ukrainian folk songs in 2010. Armed with a random trident of life experiences she continues to hone her craft. In the last 5 years she has released several cover songs with Jesse Brown that have collectively earned over 12 million streams. Sokyrka spends her time reading about mushrooms and watching birds mostly alone but there is no denying Sokyrka continues to meaningfully address an array of raw emotions with her voice and activism, connecting deeply with her ancestral matriarchal folk healing lineage through music. She is a musical force that will always emerge from the bush when she is needed.
Show Details:
Ellen Froese 'Solitary Songs' Album Release Show with special guest Theresa Sokyrka
Date: Friday, June 26th, 2026
Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM
Tickets: $28.00 in advance online or in person at Paper Umbrella (2724 13th Avenue), or $33.00 at the door
*Advance tickets close at 5:00 PM day-of-show. Additional tickets will be available at the door unless it is officially labelled SOLD OUT*
The Artesian is wheelchair accessible, all-ages, and a proud supporter of positive spaces initiatives with a zero-tolerance policy towards hate, harassment, and/or discrimination. We reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment. The accessible entrance is available via a lift, Please ask staff for help if necessary.
About Ellen Froese:
Saskatoon songsmith Ellen Froese’s latest record, Solitary Songs (out May 6th on Victory Pool Music), finds her meditating on a strange chapter of her life. “It’s been a weird year—lots of life changes, maybe some ego-death,” she says. Between an ADHD diagnosis and cutting back on some vices, her perspective—as a musician, a lover, a human being—has changed.
The follow up to 2022’s For Each Flower Growing (produced with the Sheepdogs’ Sam Corbett), Solitary Songs showcases Froese singing songs that sound like dusted-off country classics with wry, down-to-earth lyricism. One moment, Froese is confessing, ‘I’m scared of getting old / But more than that, I’m scared of living without your love’; the next, she’s reeling from a false-start fling, ‘stray cattin’ along’ with a freshly purchased ‘strawberry watermelon turbo-powered vape’. There are no sacred cows in Froese’s world, with blunt humour meeting heartache while the band plays on.
Friendship is at the heart of Solitary Songs, which sounds like how it was made: a big hangout with friends, trying to make one another smile. Recorded at RecHall studios in Saskatoon, Solitary Songs was created through jubilant, off-the-cuff collaboration, with the band riffing arrangements while Froese penned new verses in the control room.
At this point in her career, with 4 full-length albums and many international tours under her belt, Solitary Songs showcases Froese digging for the feeling of “just making music for the joy of it, like when I was a kid.” And as far as quitting the dopamine rush and finding self-acceptance goes? “I guess the journey up to wellness has peaks and valleys, but it does start to level out,” Froese muses. Indeed, Solitary Songs sees Froese’ flirting with self-acceptance while figuring things out; trying to be “happy in the confidence of a solitary song,” and getting your friends on board for some cheeky country-folk tunes. And nobody does those quite like Ellen Froese.
About Theresa Sokyrka:
One of Canada’s most pure and honest voices with the soul of a joyful Ukrainian Baba and the chops of Karen Carpenter, Sokyrka has paved a unique career for herself the last 25 years. The multifaceted musician, singer songwriter and Reality TV 2004 Canadian Idol runner up, has independently sold over 100,000 records, securing Gold status on her first album which also garnered a Juno nomination for Pop Album of the Year. She has had two videos featured in MuchMoreMusic Top Ten. She has released 5 studio albums including an album of Ukrainian folk songs in 2010. Armed with a random trident of life experiences she continues to hone her craft. In the last 5 years she has released several cover songs with Jesse Brown that have collectively earned over 12 million streams. Sokyrka spends her time reading about mushrooms and watching birds mostly alone but there is no denying Sokyrka continues to meaningfully address an array of raw emotions with her voice and activism, connecting deeply with her ancestral matriarchal folk healing lineage through music. She is a musical force that will always emerge from the bush when she is needed.
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