“I Can’t Remember reflects years of personal growth, heartbreak, and grief, while also exploring themes of inner resilience. The EP balances darker introspective moments with the lighter joys of life, showing the complexity of human emotions. Hendrika’s music, rooted in bluegrass but influenced by rock, jazz, and indie folk, creates a fusion that feels both versatile and unique.” - Wax Vinyl Records
“As Hendrika, Selina Heyligers-Hare wraps genres around each other with confident ease. Her new EP, I Can't Remember, offers ranging, amped-up folk with an alt-rock edge: melodies glide across intricate guitar work, riffs chug under pointed observations, and sharp dynamics give even her most intimate writing a sense of scale and force.
Guided by Heyligers-Hare's soaring voice, I Can't Remember marks the sound of a songwriter coming into her own.”
Paul Blinov - Exclaim! Magazine
“Hendrika’s latest track ‘You’ve Got Gold’ is a masterclass in building tension and emotional depth, resonating with a blend of folk and alternative rock.” - Tits Upon Tyne
“… It’s an enchanting sound that speaks to Hendrika’s timeless songwriting charm as well as her incredible performance flair.”
- Plastic Mag review of Hendrika’s single You’ve Got Gold
Multi-instrumentalist Hendrika is a folk musician from the Yukon. Her love of many genres has led to a versatile and unique collection of original material that pushes the boundaries of modern music in all the right ways. Intricate melodies with grounding folk roots, classic rock riffs and soaring vocals will leave you absolutely captivated. Her magnetic live show has been toured across Canada at festivals and stages such as Breakout West 2024, Lilac Festival, and Dawson City Music Festival. She has opened for Ivan Coyote, Jenn Grant, Declan O'Donovan and many more. Her song You've Got Gold was included in CBC's top 100 Canadian songs of 2024 and she was also one of Exclaim!'s 8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in 2024. She released her new EP I Can’t Remember in the fall of 2024 and will be touring the album in 2025.
NEW EP: I CAN’T REMEMBER
Composed over many years of growth, heartbreak and grief, it's contents explore the depths of the human condition, the poignant irony of the outward grasping need for a love that can only be found within. But with this poetic existential darkness and turmoil, it also touches on the lighter pleasures of life and the simplicities of us in our truest selves.
Streaming
YouTube
Subscribers: 136
Most watched: Music Video for Alder at 2,800 views
Spotify
249 followers
238 monthly listeners
most streamed: Alder at 3,969 all-time streams
Recent Releases
New Live Video for “Being Around” released January 17th 2025!
New EP “I Can’t Remember” released September 20th 2024!
New Single “ You’ve Got Gold” released July 18th 2024!
New Single “I Can’t Remember” released June 14th 2024!
Being Around (live off the floor) 2023 -YouTube
Alright - 2023 - Streaming everywhere
Alder - 2022 - Streaming everywhere
Recent Media Coverage
CBC’s Top 100 Songs of 2024: You’ve Got Gold https://www.cbc.ca/music/top-100-canadian-songs-2024-1.7400738
What’s Up Yukon Cover Story: https://www.whatsupyukon.com/arts-entertainment/yukon-music/authentic-and-unvarnished/
Exclaim! Magazine: New Faves https://exclaim.ca/music/article/8-emerging-canadian-artists-you-need-to-hear-in-october-2024
Wax Vinyl Records: Single Review https://waxvinylrecords.co.uk/hendrikas-youve-got-gold-a-soulful-ode-to-unrequited-love/
CBC Airplay with Dave White https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-81-airplay/clip/16095507-introducing-hendrika
Plastic Mag: Round Up Feature - https://plasticmag.co.uk/2024/09/plastic-magazine-round-up-exciting-new-releases/
Tits Upon Tyne: Single Review - https://titsupontynenortheast.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/new-music-78/
Podcast: Write Songs You Love - June 13th 2024 - https://tr.ee/XZhZCJ3Q0Z
Festivals Played as Hendrika
Cold Bones Music Festival 2025 (Drumheller AB) - February 2025
Blue Feather Music Festival (Whitehorse YT) - November 2024
Breakout West (Saskatoon SK) - September 2024
Edmonton Fringe Festival (Edmonton AB) - August 2024
ArtSwells (Wells BC) - Cancelled due to wildfires
Midsummer Music Festival (Smithers BC) - July 2024
Dawson City Music Festival (Dawson City YT) - July 2024
Lilac Festival 2024 (Calgary AB) - June 2024
Pivot Festival 2024 (Whitehorse YT) - January 2024
East Town Get Down 2023 (Calgary AB)
Atlin Arts and Music Festival 2015 (Atlin BC)
Blue Feather Music Festival 2015 (Whitehorse YT)
Accomplishments
She reached #2 on CKUA radio’s top 10 the week of February 1st 2025.
She was included in CBC’s the Top 100 Canadian Songs of 2024 with her song You’ve Got Gold.
The band sold out their showcase at Breakout West at Buds on Broadway September 2024 in Saskatoon SK.
She sold out her album release show at the Old Firehall in Whitehorse YT.
She recorded and released a brand new EP entitled “I Can’t Remember” in 2024.
She was chosen to travel to Edmonton for Edmonton Fringe Festival in 2024.
She toured Western Canada with a full band in 2023 and again in 2024.
Her band Major Funk was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award in 2021 and then nominated again in 2023.
She traveled to Wrexham Wales in 2021 to perform at Focus Wales with Paris Pick.
She was hired to record vocals on Matthew Lien's I'm Gonna Pray.
She was co-wrote, composed, transcribed and performed for the musical "WYRD".
She co-wrote, composed, performed and produced multiple tracks including the theme song for the TV show Northern Tails.
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