Julianna Riolino considers her own growth on her sophomore record, Echo In The Dust. By Riolino’s own admission, Echo In The Dust is different from her debut, All Blue. On these songs, the Southern Ontario musician is soft as she is tough; seeing the benefit of laying down armour and splitting her heart open so that we may get a glimpse of our own.

Out October 24, 2025 on Riolino’s own MoonWhistle Records, the songs on Echo In The Dust consider relationships of all sorts as the foundation for her awakening into a renewed creative self and person in this world; working through loss, grief, habits, and decisions she once made, seeking clarity in the past before leaving it to move forward. The adage “you don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been” rings especially true on this album.

Echo In The Dust builds on the alt-country elements of All Blue. Yet, no algorithm can contain Riolino or what moved her this time around. She cites Roy Orbison, The Roches, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” and doom metal bands like Om as influences on the album.

Aldean Kheroufi - 

If subtlety were currency Aladean Kheroufi would be swimming in wealth. Equal parts balladeer, crooner and pop star, Aladean is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, recordist and DJ. Canadian by way of Algeria. He writes songs that are idiosyncratic, soulful and devastating, with a glass half-full optimism that turns heartbreak into melancholy party anthems.

Aladean has been described as a veteran of "making it work' accustomed to recording in improvised spaces with microphones either borrowed or purchased below market value. With a sound that tends to favour minimalism he holds bandwidth in various musical communities - neo-soul, retro R n’ B, vintage pop and even mailbox C & W. Yet somehow Aladean’s songs don’t sound old, they sound comfortably made today with respect to the music of the past. His last single “LOVE! … (is the answer) b/w Every Girl” was released February 2022 to critical acclaim while his much anticipated debut LP ‘Studies In A Dying Love’ arrived summer 2024 via Toronto label We Are Busy Body.

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