Side Hustle started as a family playing music together during the pandemic. Somewhere along the way, the experiment became a real band, and after seeing them take over the Banff Centre Amphitheatre, it is pretty clear they are not treating this like a casual side project.

They are a family band in the truest sense, but they completely over-deliver when you put them on a premium stage. The chemistry is natural, the musicianship is tight, and there is something genuinely special about watching people who know each other this well build a performance together.

We caught up with Side Hustle right after their set to talk about the music that was already present in their family, how the pandemic pushed them into playing together, whether being related makes the creative process easier or simply more honest, and how the band  ...