Tickets are on sale now for the May 14th, 2026 Confessions at TD Music Hall. Get yours here now while you can!
The first announced songwriters are:
Preston Pablo is one of Canada’s most streamed pop artists of his generation, amassing over 799 million global streams to date. The 2023 JUNO Award winner for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, he has since earned 2025 JUNO nominations for Pop Album of the Year and the fan-voted TikTok JUNO Award. His quadruple platinum breakout single “Flowers Need Rain” reached #1 at Adult/Pop radio and became the most Shazamed song of Summer 2022 in Canada, while follow-up single “Dance Alone” hit Top 10 across all three Canadian radio formats, reached #1 at radio in Uganda, and sparked over 450,000 user-generated TikTok creations. He also featured on Karan Aujla’s global hit “Admirin’ You,” a track that has surpassed 500 million streams worldwide. Born and raised in Timmins, Ontario, Pablo was discovered by Banx & Ranx and signed to 31 East in partnership with Universal Music Canada. In 2026, he enters a bold new chapter, rolling out two sister EPs that showcase his evolution as a songwriter, producer, and live musician.
Jessia is a Canadian pop artist whose raw honesty and relatable storytelling have quickly set her apart in the modern music scene. She first captured global attention when her song “I’m Not Pretty” went viral on TikTok, resonating with millions for its candid take on self-image and insecurity. What began as a spontaneous, emotionally driven post turned into a breakout moment, launching her from an emerging voice into a widely recognized artist almost overnight. Since then, Jessia has amassed over 350 million streams across platforms, a testament to the deep connection her music creates with listeners around the world. Following her early success, she entered the major label system before ultimately choosing to step fully into independence, embracing complete creative control and shaping her career on her own terms. With the release of her new EP, Therapy & Yoga, which dropped on April 3rd, Jessia continues to evolve, blending vulnerability with confidence as she explores themes of growth, identity, and self-acceptance. The project reflects not only her artistic development but also her independence, proving that her voice is strongest when it’s entirely her own. As she moves forward, Jessia stands as a powerful example of how genuine expression and determination can turn viral moments into a lasting and self-defined career.
Mallory Johnson is a 4x ECMA winner, 4x CCMA nominee, and one of the most compelling voices in Canadian alt-country. This genre-bending artist, who has amassed over 1 million streams across her catalogue, demonstrates a captivating fusion of dark Americana with her Celtic/folk roots – a sound that takes centre stage on her newly released sophomore album over the party. Produced by Andrew Petroff (Sheryl Crow, Madeline Edwards, Meg McRee), the project showcases her evolution as a songwriter unafraid to confront emotional complexity and creative risk. With a #1 charting position on iTunes Singer/Songwriter albums, five 2026 ECMA nominations, and a recent win for 2025 MusicNL’s Country Artist of the Year, over the party continues to prove that Mallory isn’t just an artist to watch – she’s one to sit with and truly hear. Her live show is equally noteworthy, having shared stages with icons such as Shania Twain, Alan Doyle, Serena Ryder, and Joey Landreth, and hosting her own show at the world-renowned Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN. Her critically acclaimed debut Surprise Party earned praise from PEOPLE, CMT, The Boot, and the Toronto Star, and featured the viral single “Married,” which garnered over 26 million TikTok views. The album also took home the 2023 ECMA for Country Recording of the Year, while earning Mallory 6 MusicNL nominations (including a win for Country Artist of the Year) and 2 CCMA nominations for Alternative Country Album and Innovative Campaign of the Year.
Dan Hill, in the Canadian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame Seat, is the writer of the classic ballad “Sometimes When We Touch,” five Juno awards, and several SOCAN and ASCAP awards. His intimate soft rock recordings found their permanent home in the adult contemporary charts through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s with a devoted worldwide following: “Right from the beginning, I’ve written songs simply because I’ve had no other choice.” Hill’s first international hit single (Sometimes When We Touch) as well as the socio-political, intimate McCarthy’s Day, about the courageous inter-racial relationship between his American-born parents became one of the biggest songs of the Seventies: No. 1 in Canada, No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 4 on Cash Box. It won Hill the Best Composer Juno award as well as a Grammy nomination. “Sometimes” has since been covered by numerous artists including Tammy Wynette, Oscar Peterson, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, Ginette Reno and Cleo Laine. Hill declared, “So many pop stars recorded it… that in a sense it didn’t belong to me any longer. It was bigger than me, bigger than life.” Hill’s streak of successful albums and chart-topping singles continued. Never Thought That I Could Love made No. 1 in Canada, and Can’t We Try (with Vonda Shepard) reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart (No. 2 in Canada).In the late 1990s Hill became a versatile writer-on-demand for artists like Britney Spears, Tina Turner, George Benson, Spain’s Camilo Sesto, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, the Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees. His many successes include the No. 1 country hits I Do (Cherish You) and Love Of My Life, and a 1996 Grammy award for Co-Producing Celine Dion’s album “Falling Into You”, which featured his song “Seduces Me” co-written with John Sheard.
About the Host:
Nova Scotia-born and raised, Toronto-based, Andrea England, whose songs have been recorded by a diverse range of artists – from country artists Meghan Patrick and Don Amero to Popstar and ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger – has released her long-awaited ambient Americana EP, Evidence of Love, produced by JUNO Award winner Hill Kourkoutis (Aysanabee, Digging Roots). Evidence of Love’s seven songs “detail love in all its many complicated forms: nostalgic love, love of parents, loss, absence of love, betrayal, ideal love, and the love we take with us when we …go.” Andrea is the sole songwriter on five of the album’s seven tracks, cowriting “Stone” with Tenille Townes and “Cover to Cover” with Liz Rodrigues (Celine, Eminem) and James Bryan (Drake, Nelly Furtado). Andrea’s previous album, Hope and Other Sins, produced by Grammy winner Colin Linden, spent several weeks on Cashbox Canada’s top 50 folk chart and hit No. 1 on Galaxy’s folk roots radio channel, and her debut, Lemonade, won multiple International songwriting awards and spawned network television and movie placements. A songwriter advocate and active member of the music industry, Andrea has juried Songwriting categories for the Juno Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, Indigenous Music Awards, Canadian Country Music Awards, has performed as an artist at SXSW, NXNE, CMW, CCMAs, ECMAs, OCFF and FAI music festivals, taught Lyrics 101 at Seneca College, is a member of the Recording Academy’s (Grammys’) Songwriter & Composer Wing and sits on the Board of Directors of the Songwriter’s Association of Canada. Andrea is the founder, host, and curator of the Four Chords and the Truth songwriter series. For her combined work, Andrea has been recognized by Billboard Canada in their 2025 Women in Music Honours “Industry Spotlight” list, was awarded for her work with Four Chords and the Truth by Women in Music Canada Honour with the Excellence in Live Music Honour.
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