A three-time Manitoba Country Music Award winner who just brought home his most recent trophy this winter for “Best Roots Artist”, Nelson Little is a masterful storyteller, gripping vocalist, and a highly coveted dynamic performer. With a guitar in hand, Little delivers inspiring music that merges Roots, Rock, and Country with a hint of Rock and Roll. The Aboriginal Peoples Choice Award winner has opened for Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Major, The Sheepdogs, and Fred Eaglesmith. His music has been featured across Canada, including on CTV Morning Live, SiriusXM, and the CBC Radio network, reaching #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown, Canada’s largest running Indigenous music chart program since 2000.
Raised on Gospel music and influenced by Roots, Country, and Rock, Little’s exceptional songwriting always involves encouragement and positivity delivered with upbeat grooves that almost demand dancing along to. Two years after releasing his single “High Road”, a song inspired by his son that urges listeners to keep their head up, Little has just released “Just Make It Happen”, a high energy, Chuck Berry-inspired 50’s Rock song that is designed to inspire any listener of any age to take control of their destiny and go for their dreams. “Just Make It Happen” was released on Wednesday, February 14 2024.
“Just Make It Happen” was recorded at Winnipeg’s Exchange District Studios and was produced by Dave Wasyliw (Doc Walker), who also played rhythm guitar and performed background vocals on the track. Written by Nelson Little and Dave Rodgers, the song also features Murray Pulver (Crash Test Dummies), who played lead guitar on the track.
“Just Make It Happen” is an uplifting, energetic, and feel-good kind of song. If you believe that anything is possible, no matter where you are in life, this song will resonate with you.
About “Just Make It Happen”:
Nearly 18 months in the making, “Just Make It Happen” is a Roots-Rock song infused with a hint of Country and classic Rock and Roll. An ode to the pursuit of any dream no matter how small, “Just Make It Happen” was penned over long Sunday drives with the idea of a championship coach giving a talk to their team in mind – to be motivating, positive, and supportive, without any negativity. With a Jerry Lee Lewis style keyboard and the seamless mixture of the rhythm and lead guitars, “Just Make It Happen” flies full throttle into its first verse, with Little’s unmistakeable Rock-rasp vocal and encouraging lyrics, bursting the rest of the song wide open with incredible musicianship, signature guitar licks, and an unforgettable groove. Designed to be compelling to listeners of any age, Little and Rodgers wrote the song to be applicable to everyone, regardless of their stage in life or circumstances. From its first note, “Just Make It Happen” feels nostalgic yet fresh – a song that could come out of a jukebox in 1950 or today. Staying true to his Roots-Country-Rock foundation, the song follows Little’s award-winning release, “High Road” which served as part one of the two inspirational tracks.
