Sabin Jacques & Rachel Aucoin – Grandes Rencontres
Once in a while something unique and memorable comes your way. This superb CD is one of those things. Rachel Aucoin and Sabin Jacques from Québec are partners musically and in life. Rachel is a highly accomplished classical pianist from ...
Boreal introduces their new member with a new Father’s Day ...
For the past several winters, the trio of Tannis Slimmon, Jude Vadala and Katherine Wheatley have been touring their holiday season side-project, Boreal, through community theatres and other intimate venues across Ontario, charming audiences with their exquisite three-part harmonies and ...
Changing sonics, tribalism and geezerhood: a conversation with myself
Ian Tamblyn has written more than 1,500 songs over his lifetime and released more than 30 albums, earning a Juno nomination and a Canadian Folk Music Award in the process. So we were thrilled here at Roots Music Canada when ...
Three great July shows at Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club
Quinn Bachand / Zigue – July 6 at St. James Hall With a tight grasp on the music that embraces the swing tradition, Quinn Bachand’s Brishen takes audiences on an inventive quest which, through technical virtuosity, brings together a spellbinding range of ...
Five emerging Quebec artists you can see at the Montreal ...
The Montreal Folk Fest on the Canal kicks off tonight and runs through Sunday at the Centennial Esplanade. It features lots of stalwart Canadian acts like Old Man Luedecke, Hawksley Workman, and the Good Lovelies. It also features Ottawa singer-songwriter ...
Donovan Woods – The Other Way
When Heather Kitching of Roots Music Canada asked me if I wanted to review Donovan Woods’ new album, The Other Way (Meant Well Records), an acoustic rendering of his 2018 Both Ways, my first response was, “no.” What more could ...