Talise & Tynan Caine
A Night of Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Americana
A Studio Series Session
Middle Grey welcomes our friend, Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Talise performing haunting ballads and hard-driving tunes that are unmistakably her own. Often accompanied by the stark pulse of her clawhammer banjo, Talise is joined by fiddle player Tynan Caine. Together, they deliver raw, northern Americana songs rooted in old-time, country folk, and blues.
Having spent most of her youth in Ontario, Canada, absorbing the music of various family members – her grandfather especially, a Hawaiian Jazz and blues piano player – she was singing as far back as her memory allows. Childhood gigs at Christmas parties and fundraisers progressed to busking in her teenage years, singing blues, soul and Grateful Dead songs around the lakeside beaches of Toronto. But it was when Talise discovered the intricacies of the banjo and musicians like Ola Belle Reed, Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt that she found her true calling. Filming herself through the learning process and uploading the videos to YouTube laid the seeds for a faithful and ever-growing fanbase.
Her storyteller’s ability to carry a timeless weight with poise and intention is evident. She performs with such a reserved intensity that, to me, only comes from someone who demands the attention of an audience, no matter how large or intimate.
Rrampt Magazine
In modern times of uncertainty and doubt, in which people are tuned in to the frequencies of the internet and social media more and more, there’s been a re-emergence of an older, traditional view of music – Americana especially – that sits in direct opposition to the synthetic world of influencers and algorithms, yet almost paradoxically reaches its audience through that medium. Talise gets to the heart of why she feels the time has come for a sea change in attitudes and ideas toward art, a return to the original function of song.
Talise has a quality that reminds me of Karen Dalton, but in her own register. It’s the same kind of unguarded honesty that makes her voice unforgettable.
Western AF
- 02 Oct 2026
- 7:00 pm
- 82 Toronto St S, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0, Canada
