Capital City Records
Capital City Records celebrates Edmonton's music scene and its history. This special digital collection includes some of Edmonton’s best contemporary local music, as well as a gig poster archive and NTT Films' Dead Venues documentary. Anyone can stream albums and, with your library card, you can download your favourite tracks.
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New Albums Added to the Collection
Introducing Our Expanded Capital City Records Collection!
We're thrilled to announce the addition of over 85 new artists to our Capital City Records collection!
Explore a diverse array of musical genres and discover fresh sounds that will captivate your ears and uplift your soul. From indie rock to electronic beats, there's something for every music lover to enjoy.
But that's not all! With hundreds of albums already in our collection, you'll never run out of tunes to groove to. And the best part? You can listen to all of this incredible music online on the Capital City Records website, anytime, anywhere!
Visit capitalcityrecords.ca now to start listening!
Featured Musician
Soliloquy (2021)—part of the Capital City Records catalogue—and her latest singles North Star and We Can Talk for Hours (2024) showcase her evolution as a storyteller and artist.
Paulina Morgan, with guitar in hand, has spent over a decade weaving the complexities of life, love, and emotion into her music. Known for incorporating personal stories into her songs, her debut EPPaulina's captivating music has resonated with audiences worldwide, garnering consistent radio play. Now, she is poised to elevate her musical journey and share her music with a growing fanbase. In 2023, Paulina completed the Edmonton TD Music Artist in Residence Program and continues to perform live in various venues across the country.
As a 2025 EPL Featured Creator, she looks forward to inspiring and connecting with the community through music and creative collaborations.
Meet the Capital City Records Jury
Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 10, musicians will have the opportunity to submit their work for review by an esteemed jury of six accomplished activators from the local music community, facilitated through the Edmonton Public Library’s submissions process.
A powerhouse of industry know-how, the jury is comprised of celebrated artists, promoters, talent buyers, producers and radio hosts who've collaborated with some of the biggest names in Canada's music scene. Their passion for local arts has played a crucial role in helping Edmonton’s local music community thrive. Together, the jury’s diverse interests, background, and profound knowledge of the local music scene will help us create a collection that reflects the diversity and excellence of Edmonton’s musical landscape.
Biboye Onanuga is a versatile drummer, imaginative composer, and passionate educator based in Edmonton. Steeped in the arts scene since high-school, he quickly became a sought-after player — recently completing his music degree at MacEwan University. Frequenters of live music will find Biboye hard to miss; whether behind the drums as a sideperson, in the pit at your favourite theatre production, with his band Good Information, or curating shows through the music series' New Standards and Daze Days.
Alongside leading the jazz-hop band Good Information — Biboye is frequently seen playing with Odario Williams (Toronto — Host of CBC Radio Canada’s ‘Afterdark’), and Motorbike James. Good information has become a significant part of the local music scene and a resurgence of young jazz enthusiasts through their distinct shows. Most significantly, their “RE:JAZZ” series, featuring the music of popular hip-hop artists arranged for their jazz context.
After over 5 years of working with various organizations to provide accessible music-education programming, in 2023 Biboye transitioned to freelancing full-time and has since stepped into the role of Musician in Residence at the Edmonton Public Library.
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Capital City Records: Stream Local Music
Library Lunchtime Concerts: Cree Meets Celtic
Meet your new Capital City Featured Creators
Capital City Records: Stream Local Music
Library Lunchtime Concerts: Cree Meets Celtic
Meet your new Capital City Featured Creators
Throughout the year, EPL hosts Capital City Records concerts, partnering with local festivals and music organizations along with hosting live music performances and music programming in our branches. Check out pictures from our past events and stay tuned for more information about future events!
Riversides: The Capital City Record
Supporting Milner Studios
To raise support and awareness for the new free recording studios at Stanley A. Milner Library, we produced a limited edition compilation on vinyl, a first for public libraries.
Every element of its production was local. A jury of local music experts selected previously unreleased tracks submitted by Edmonton musicians and the record—pressed at Moonshot Phonographs—launched as an official Record Store Day release at Blackbyrd Myoozik on April 13, 2019.
The project was made possible through support of the Edmonton Arts Council who funded the album artwork and musician honorariums. If you would like to purchase a copy, please contact us at localmusic@epl.ca.

About the Artwork
Jill Stanton is a Canadian artist and muralist, with private and public clients nationwide.
"For the Capital City Records album artwork, I wanted to create a dreamy interpretation of the river valley through each season. The black background help the bright colours burst forward, and the cutout shapes create an all-over pattern where small 'easter eggs' hidden in the composition pop forward with a second visual pass. The sihouetted figures interact with giant instruments and organic elements, heightening the surreal, dream-life feel of the piece." — Jill Stanton
Meet the Musicians
All of our Capital City Records artists are amazing, and we couldn't ask for a better collection of local music! The 12 artists and songs that were chosen from the 126 track submissions represent the incredible talent and diversity in Edmonton.
Celeigh Cardinal is a prairie girl through and through. Her heartfelt, biographical songs are carried by a voice that harkens to the golden era of jazz and blues. This Métis singer/songwriter is easily one of the finest vocalists to hail from the Peace Country. Cardinal has 17 years of performance experience under her belt and two commercial releases to her credit. Her contralto voice adds soul and emotion to her performances and her personality and storytelling skills prepare audiences for both happiness and reflection.
Track Title: "There Ain't No Way"
How did we accomplish the task of selecting tracks for this album from the many amazing songs and artists in Capital City Records? A jury made up of local music scene supporters listened to all 126 tracks submitted to bring you the songs that make up this piece of local music history!