Sully Burrows

Burrows was raised in Parry Sound, Ontario.^[3] He took piano, drums, and guitar lessons as a kid.^[4] Burrows played youth hockey for the Parry Sound Shamrocks.^[5] His grandfather Dave Burrows was a professional hockey player, who played for both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.^[5] Burrows graduated high school from Rosseau Lake College in 2024.^[6] He began writing songs when he was 15 years old.^[7] Burrows had accepted an offer to go to Brock University to study sport management, but decided in August 2024 to withdraw his acceptance and instead pursue a full-time career in music.^[8][9]

In 2024, Burrows signed a record deal with Partners Record Label and released the song "Youth".^[10] In January 2025, Burrows released the song "Think of Me".^[11] In March 2025, he was an opening act on the Andrew Hyatt and the Ten Year War Tour.^[12] Shortly thereafter, Burrows released his debut radio single "Rally Around".^[13][14] The song went on to reach the top 20 of the Billboard Canada Country chart.^[2] Burrows won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2025 CMAOntario Awards.^[15] He was a finalist in the 2025 SiriusXM Top of the Country competition.^[16] In October 2025, Burrows released his debut extended play Somewhere in a Small Town, which includes "Rally Around" and six other tracks.^[17] In early 2026, he was the opening act for Jade Eagleson's "Coming Soon to a Honkytonk Near You Tour" across Canada and the United States.^[18]