NOAH DERKSEN is one of Canada’s most distinctive voices,a singer-songwriter whose luminous blend offolk, country, and indie defies easy categorization. Emerging from Winnipeg’s indie scene—an isolatedcity in the heart of North America—Noah was named a finalist in SiriusXM’s Top of the Countrycompetitionand awarded Canadian Folk Music’s Emerging Artist of the Year. An observer of the subtleand the mundane, Noah’s genre-defying music will pull you through the portal for just a moment: onewhere you can feel the music rising above the noise of everyday life.Noah’s fourth album,Mercy on the Skyline(May 2026 via AWAL), is a soulful and reflective workexploring themes of self-realization, healing, and the quiet cultivation of inner strength. Grounded anddown-to-earth, his songs point out the little mercies that emerge even in a world full of heartbreak.A city-dwelling wanderer moving between Winnipeg, Montreal, Nashville, and life on the road, Noahturns his keen and kind blue eyes on the people he meets along the way.”I get on the bus to join thedreamers and wanderers/On their quest for a place to do their laundry.”Mercy on the Skyline capturesan everyday life in motion—packing up boxes, riding transit, chatting with tearful strangers, drivingaway from cities (and a love) for the last time. With lyrics that feel both intimate and universal, deliveredwith a voice that is at once tender and soaring, Noah’s music is fearless in its sincerity. Warmly flickeringin a heartfelt space between folk, country, and indie, his songs are rooted in the everyday complexity ofbeing human.“Life is about being in community,”says Noah.“I want my music to be a reflection of that.”Written andrecorded in a spirit of collaboration, the album features some of Noah’s musical heroes—Lori McKenna,May Erlewine, andFONTINE—alongside a backbone of Winnipeg’s finest musicians recorded alltogether,live in a room.Fan-Facing VersionFull Bio(221 words)Noah Derksen writes songs the way some people keep journals—honestly, tenderly, and with a curiosityfor the way people move through the world. Moving between Winnipeg, Montreal, Nashville, and life onthe road, he’s a wanderer with his feet on the ground and his head in the sky, always listening closely tothe stories unfolding around him.His fourth album,Mercy on the Skyline(May 2026 via AWAL), is a luminous and reflective collection ofsongs about healing, self-discovery, and finding quiet strength. These songs come from the motion ofeveryday life—packing up boxes, riding the bus, chatting up strangers, driving away from a city (and alove) for the last time. In Noah’s hands, even the small details flicker with meaning, pointing toward themercy waiting just over the horizon.