The JUNO nominated and Maple Blues Award winner SPENCER MACKENZIE will return with a new album titled “Empty Chairs” out via Gypsy Soul Records on February 20th, 2026.
“Empty Chairs” is produced by 2X Juno nominated producer, mixer / engineer and Emmy Award winning recording mixer Ross Hayes Citrullo, the guitarist of The Commoners.
The SPENCER MACKENZIE album can be pre-ordered here: https://www.spencermackenzie.ca/
With this much-anticipated album, Spencer delves into the legacy of the blues giants while simultaneously becoming impacted by the audacious spirit of the blues-rockers of the modern era. With exciting guitar, snappy riffs, sweeping organ drifts, passionate vocals, and a blistering rhythm section, Spencer’s upcoming album Empty Chairs will epitomise his gritty, though contemplative, aesthetic.
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Spencer Mackenzie’s passionate performances, his rich delivery, and his flowing articulation might convey the impression that he’s raised from Beale Street stock and Memphis born but actually he’s from Southern Ontario! Nevertheless, the much-celebrated performer has gained much international recognition. Indeed, when the young performer takes to the stage, he leaves nothing untouched as he delivers an unforgettable performance, manipulating his instrument with an elegance & fluency that belies his youthful age.
The Maple Blues Award winner has been composing + recording authentic blues for almost ten years, demonstrating the type of unadulterated honesty & passion that the genre expects. He embraces his music with such comfort and familiarity that it seems the sounds almost run through his blood rather than pour from his guitar strings. His music has the type of contagious vitality that will reach deep into the ears of every keen listener and will instantly get them to feel the pulse of the blues.
His high-energy new single, “What You Do” (live music video shared below) is a lively rock ‘n’ roll explosion featuring pulsating rhythms, splashes of organ, and lightning-fast guitar snatches. The guitar bubbles like acid on a brand-new Corvete’s paintjob, while the voice is jackshaft oil and grit. Giant spirited an refreshfully superbrisk!
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Pre-order the SPENCER MACKENZIE Album here: https://www.spencermackenzie.ca/
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