Originally beginning his independent recording journey in Ottawa in 2010, Trubiak later returned to Manitoba, where he has spent more than a decade performing both as a solo artist and as a member of several long-standing regional bands.
A self-taught musician, registered SOCAN member, and active member of the Canadian Country Music Association, Trubiak has built a steadily growing presence within Canada’s independent country and folk landscape through a series of self-released albums rooted in honesty, memory, and lived experience. His work has earned both provincial and national recognition, including being named a Manitoba Emerging Artist and reaching the Top 5 in CBC’s Searchlight competition with his song “Raven.” His single “Outlaws Meditation” later entered the Top 40 of the Canadian Indie Country Countdown.
In 2026, Trubiak began gaining wider media attention surrounding the release of his fourth independent album, Jukebox in Exile, alongside multi-platform coverage from CBC and a growing wave of prairie and independent music press. Inspired in part by the wildfire evacuation affecting Flin Flon and surrounding northern communities, the album explores themes of displacement, resilience, distance, queer identity, and the emotional geography of northern life through the lens of classic country songwriting traditions.
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