Edwin Raphael

Montreal-based singer and songwriter Edwin Raphael brings his intimate indie folk and chamber-pop palette to The Garrison in Toronto on April 11, 2026. Centered on his new record, I Know a Garden, the set leans into voice-forward melodies, hushed guitars and atmospheric layers that circle themes of memory, identity and the strange sweetness of being. After the world-building of Warm Terracotta in 2023 — songs mapped to an imagined island that recurred in dreams — these new pieces turn inward, tracing the green, quiet spaces where roots and possibilities meet.

Raphael’s path runs through early self-released EPs, the 2020 debut Will You Think of Me Later? and the collaborative Staring at Ceilings in 2021, a steady widening of his sound without losing the stillness at its core. On stage, he shifts between stripped-back intimacy and fuller arrangements, allowing songs to breathe, rise and ripple. I Know a Garden should sit alongside favorites from Warm Terracotta, woven into a fluid, reflective live narrative shaped for a room like The Garrison.