COLLINGWOOD, ON – Southern Ontario singer-songwriter Shjaane Glover has earned an Honourable Mention at the 2026 International Songwriters Day Song Contest for his song “Effervescence,” The contest, which drew entries from Norway, Taiwan, Austria, the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, the US, and across Canada, celebrated the most inspirational works in songwriting, and placed Glover in distinguished international company. The recognition arrives at an especially charged moment: his vibrant new single “Conjure This” and the full six-song EP of the same name are both out now.
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The timing feels like more than coincidence. “Effervescence” and “Conjure This” are, at their core, expressions of the same creative conviction – that music can hold complexity and joy simultaneously, that resilience has a sound, and that an honest song is always worth writing. To receive this international acknowledgement in the same week that his EP arrives is a testament to the momentum Glover has been quietly and purposefully building.
The contest, which runs annually from December 1 through April 2, is judged by a panel of music industry professionals and recognises works across the categories of song, lyric, and music video. This year’s panel included industry figures Mike Gormley, Martin Isherwood, Brent Backhus, David Eaton, and Diana Williamson – voices with the breadth of experience to understand that “inspirational” is not a genre but a quality of attention.
“Conjure This,” the EP’s title track and lead single, was written during a surf trip in Nicaragua – born from the striking emotional paradox of standing on a beautiful beach while navigating heavy news from home. That collision of sensation and circumstance became the song’s engine: a sun-drenched, rhythmic anthem to staying present when life feels most unpredictable. “The air you breathe it is real / Don’t try to change how you taste it / Or tell me how to feel / I’ll try a new vacation yeah,” Glover sings – lines that carry the same insistence on lived, immediate experience that earned “Effervescence” its recognition.
The production of “Conjure This” – helmed by collaborator Craig Smith and animated by drummer Jenna Applewhaite and Jay Stiles’ buoyant organ work – marks a dynamic evolution in Glover’s sonic palette, expanding his earlier introspective textures into a lush, full-band landscape that sits at the intersection of indie-alternative grit and folk-rock polish. The same warmth and emotional precision that characterise “Effervescence” are present here, now filtered through a fuller, more celebratory sound.
Based in Collingwood on the shores of Georgian Bay, Glover has built a reputation for music that lives at the junction of atmosphere and raw emotional clarity – songs shaped by geography, experience, and an unwillingness to look away from what is true. His high-energy live presence transforms studio recordings into immersive events, and audiences have come to expect performances that are as honest as they are galvanising.
Glover celebrated the EP’s release with a hometown show at Side Launch Brewing in Collingwood last week and will make a summer appearance at the Four Winds Music Festival on July 11.
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