Mohawk folk and soul musician Logan Staats began as a diamond in the rough on the streets of Brantford, Ontario. He played the local circuit for years before his 2015 debut release Goodbye Goldia, an unvarnished yet hard-hitting folk album. He went on to win CTV’s The Launch in 2018, gaining commercial success and touring across North America and Europe.

But traveling the world can really open your eyes to what's going on right at home, and the fight for indigenous sovereignty has become a focal point for Staats in recent years. It all intermingles with the music; the passion, the rage, the love, and most of all the healing. He's making road trippin' music for those traveling 'the red road'; a path towards reconnecting and relearning indigenous ways.

This is the philosophy behind his sophomore album A Light In The Attic, released in 2023 - these songs are a healing salve, contemplatively composed and offered to listeners in need of comfort. Nowadays, he is busy at work recording his next album in Nashville.

Jukebox Lunch Concerts

Join us on Thursdays this spring for the second season of Jukebox Lunch Concerts, a free music-filled midday break in our sunny Peter A. Herrndorf Place. Come out and listen to sensational Canadian artists and refuel your energy for the rest of the day.

This Jukebox concert is presented in partnership with the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards (SSIMAs), a celebration of artistic excellence and accomplishments of First Nations, Inuit and Metis musicians from across the country. Logan Staats is an SSIMAs winner.