Merv xx Gotti

Merv xx Gotti is an award-winning Asian Canadian singer-songwriter best known for his solo dream-folk project, Guitar Songs. After performing at SXSW three years in a row (2024-2026), Merv xx Gotti releases his debut studio album, Guitar Songs: A Thesis on Low-Efficiency Emotional Excavation. The album first single, “Jiujitsu,” was named one of CBC’s Top 100 Canadian Songs and received airplay on over 21 CBC stations, including national music shows such as Marvin’s Room with Jemeni and Afterdark with Odario Williams. The album itself charted on over a dozen campus radio stations across Canada and the US. Merv xx Gotti has toured extensively, performing at major international festivals such as SXSW (Austin, TX), Reeperbahn (Hamburg, Germany), and M for Montréal (Quebec), renowned renowned folk festivals including Folk On The Rocks (Yellowknife, NT), Mariposa Folk Festival (Orillia, ON), and Tiny Lights Festival (Ymir, BC), and Canada’s largest summer street festivals such as Vancouver’s Khatsahlano and Toronto’s Dundas West Fest. He has shared the stage with Canadian icons such as Chantal Kreviazuk, Great Lake Swimmers, and Aysanabee, as well as performed to audiences as far as the UK and India.