Road veteran Jay Aymar was one of many acts showcased this past weekend at Winterfolk’s 10th anniversary festival in Toronto, held for the first time at the Delta Chelsea Hotel. Jay’s keen eye makes this post, from the performer’s perspective, a charming capsule of the weekend. There’s more where that came from on his excellent [...]
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Veteran folk DJ Steve Fruitman recently hosted the last episode of his long-running Back to the Sugar Camp show on CIUT in Toronto, and is moving on to a new show in a new time slot. Sugar Camp Music will air Thursdays at 3 pm on CIUT, starting on February 16. We asked Steve to [...]
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It’s been great doing graphic design for the Folk Alliance over the last 16 years. Creating something different each year without repeating visual themes has been a challenge and a lot of fun. In 2013 the Folk Alliance makes a brief stop in Toronto for it’s 25th conference. I wanted to come up with something [...]
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Thursday, January 26 at Hugh’s Room in Toronto, we held a benefit for Andy Frank. The event was a huge success, generating enough funds to help Andy and Helen keep the wolf from the door for a while. Thanks to all the artists, sponsors, donors, helpers, staff and audience who made the evening possible. Featuring: [...]
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Our friend and Executive Producer, Andy Frank is facing a challenge right now, having learned that he has cancer of the colon. He’s inspiring everyone with his attitude, including his typically ‘frank’ writing on the subject on his blog, Cancer? My Arse!! Roots Music Canada is holding an all-star benefit concert, Raise the Roof and [...]
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Stewart Park Festival, in Perth, Ontario, was the 2012 recipient of the Perth Legion’s 18th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. Every year, the Polar Bear Plunge sees Plungers gathering pledges and on January 1st, plunging into the frigid water through a hole cut in the ice of the Tay River. Rescue crews are in the water [...]
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Our series on the best songs of 2011 continues today with choices made by some of the musicians who make the very thing that brings our community together. Some of them don’t play by the rules (it is hard to choose just one song!), but we think you’ll find their choices are diverse as they [...]
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This week we’ll be running a special year-end retrospective series featuring the best songs of 2011 — as chosen by members of our community. In this edition: the publicists and community builders who work behind the scenes, forming a bridge between artists and media outlets like ours, finally get a moment in the spotlight. Here [...]
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Click for complete list of CFMA 2011 award winners It was a dark and stormy night, with large drops of heavy blown glass falling steadily into the hands of worthy Canadians all night long. The Common Thread Community Chorus gusted out the songs of our multi-lingual communities in the lobby as Toronto’s Isabel Bader Theatre [...]
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I’m going to the premier of a film called ‘A Walk in my Dream’ this Friday that celebrates the life and work of a man who inspires and changes lives through his work with ArtsCan Circle. As the film’s event page notes: ”The film features musician Mike Stevens, who is probably the only harmonica player [...]
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