{"id":36253,"date":"2026-08-08T17:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?page_id=36253"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:05:27","slug":"emerging-artist-of-the-month-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/emerging-artist-of-the-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Artist Of The Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1220\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/08\/3975209b-emerging-artist-of-the-month-nick-hedden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36254\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"attention\"><p>Listen as we feature and give airplay to new and emerging Canadian country artists. Learn more about this month&#8217;s Emerging Artist below!<\/p><\/div><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">NICK HEDDEN<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"738\"><strong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"177\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Windsor-born (now living in Harrrow, Ontario), <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"177\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nick Hedden<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is a singer-songwriter who began playing guitar at five. Nick took a break from music in 2017 to studying criminology, eventually landing into a career as a paralegal and after finding his footing, came back to music to release his 2020 debut EP <em>Ride This Wave<\/em>. But after building a following through hundreds of live performances, Hedden\u2019s momentum was interrupted by two difficult years that included a serious injury requiring major surgery and a near-fatal car accident involving his newlywed wife, keeping him largely away from performing and recording. Now back again, he\u2019s released the four-song EP <em>Is That So Wrong? <\/em>and is currently working on a larger project. Meanwhile, <em>Is That So Wrong?<\/em> features a newly re-recorded and updated version of the title track.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>CHECK OUT\u00a0 OUR INTERVIEWS WITH PAST EMERGING ARTISTS OF THE MONTH BELOW:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JESSICA SEVIER<br \/><div class=\"soundcloud-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soundcloud-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/blackburn-radio-windsor\/emerging-artist-of-the-month?si=e62b4cbf9b6343c39862d4f416fe8c9d&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing&color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>ADAM BUTCHER<br \/><div class=\"soundcloud-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soundcloud-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/blackburn-radio-windsor\/interview-adam-butcher&\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NICK HEDDEN Windsor-born (now living in Harrrow, Ontario), Nick Hedden is a singer-songwriter who began playing guitar at five. 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