Sask. musician Colter Wall takes 'indefinite hiatus' from performing live amid mental health concerns
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Saskatchewan country musician Colter Wall is taking an "indefinite hiatus" from performing live due to mental health concerns.
In a social media post Wednesday, Wall, who is from Swift Current, said he's cancelling all upcoming shows.
"The truth is that I'm mentally unwell. Despite this, I have pushed myself to continue with touring," Wall said. "As a result my mental health has only further declined."
Wall has been on the road, performing across the United States and Canada since September. His fifth album, Memories and Empties, was released in early November.
His father, former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall, said on his own social media post Wednesday that he could not be more proud of his son.
"We (especially men it seems) need to be honest and willing to talk about mental health issues. It is a key step to getting better."
The first national study on mental health in the Canadian music industry, released Mar. 5, found that nearly all participants said that mental health issues are “prevalent” in their line of work.
“Soundcheck: Mental Health in the Canadian Music Industry” surveyed more than 1,250 music professionals through a bilingual survey, focus groups and in-depth interviews.
Participants encompassed artists, crew members, managers, venue operators, educators, media professionals, festival staff and executives in an attempt to reach the wider industry and not solely musicians.
The findings are dire: 94 per cent of participants agreed that mental health issues are "prevalent" in the Canadian music industry; 86 per cent have "personally experienced challenges"; and 95 per cent have "witnessed challenges in others."
“This is not about fragility,” said Catherine Harrison, lead researcher on the study and president of Revelios, which funded and ran the study.
“It’s about systems. When over half of respondents have felt life wasn’t worth living, we are no longer talking about isolated burnout — we are looking at structural harm. The Canadian music industry must confront how work is organized, led and supported.”
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