Thursday evening at Hugh’s Room in Toronto, I had the honour of introducing my Roots Music Canada partner, singer-songwriter David Newland to hundreds of his fans. That included those gathered at the famous venue, as well as folks watching live on-line at this very site. Thanks to all who joined us. Watch for more live-streamed [...]
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This coming Thursday evening at Hugh’s Room in Toronto, I will have the honour of introducing my Roots Music Canada partner, singer-songwriter David Newland to hundreds of his fans. That will include those gathered at the famous venue, as well as folks watching live on-line at this very site. I hope you’ll join us. For [...]
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Jacob Moon is a performing songwriter who often explores beyond his own catalogue. Jacob just released a cover of the Bruce Hornsby classic “The Way It Is” on YouTube. Here’s our conversation with Jacob Moon about his take on this tune. What led you to record this song, versus one of your own? I recorded [...]
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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 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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Thanks to everyone who watched our streaming video broadcast of the Canadian Folk Music Awards, from Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, LIVE at 8 PM ET. Featuring fifteen minute performances by Loreena McKennitt, Jim Brynes + Steve Dawson, Rose Cousins, Soul Influence, De Temps Antan and the Common Thread Community Chorus. Awards were presented in [...]
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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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We’ve been spreading the news through this blog and our social media outlets, about our Canadian Folk Music Awards broadcast this coming weekend. Now, here’s the word straight from us, Andy and David, about what we’re doing, and how you can help. Two weeks into our third year of operations, we’ve done almost everything on [...]
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This item crossed our desks and we thought it worth passing along to the community. If you attended Folk Alliance Memphis in 2010 or 2011, you may remember a documentary film crew of three shooting throughout the conference. Well, that was me, Sara Terry, the Director, along with my DP, Henry Jacobson and Producer, Diana [...]
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David Amram responsed to our article about him earlier this week [One for David Amram] with this account of a recent march through Manhattan with his good friend Pete Seeger and musical colleagues including Tom Chapin, Guy Davis, and Arlo Guthrie among others. YouTube video by Schlockumentaries Two years ago, I played for the 90th [...]
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