Hardcore in the Valley: Spotlight on punk sound emerging from outside Ottawa
"Could my hometown be becoming punk?" asks Orrin Bertrand in this Creator Network piece spotlighting a growing hardcore music scene out of Pembroke, Ont.
![Hardcore in the Valley: Spotlight on punk sound emerging from outside Ottawa](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7095001.1706216336!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/qwan-performs.jpeg)
![Qwan performs regularly in venues in southern Ontario where they've found a following. In turn, they invite the hardcore musicians they meet there to visit and play in Pembroke, where they make sure to show them around their valley haunts. A band performs indoors under red light.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7095001.1706216336!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/qwan-performs.jpeg)
"Could my hometown be becoming punk?" asks Orrin Bertrand in this Creator Network piece spotlighting a growing hardcore music scene out of Pembroke, Ont.