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5 songs about the truth of Residential Schools and their ...

Trigger warning: this story discusses Residential Schools. If you have been impacted by Residential Schools and need support, you can reach out to the National Residential School Crisis Linea at 1-866-925-4419. Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, ...
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The Chat Room: Flint & Feather

Albertan folk/roots duo Flint & Feather are celebrating harvest season with their debut single “The Very Thing I Fear.” Best described as Rocky Mountain folk-pop, the song documents the introspective journey of a traveling troubadour who has lost themselves amidst ...
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Album Reviews: Lydia Loveless, Brent Cobb, Clarence White

Lydia Loveless / Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again (Bloodshot Records) Since she escaped her rural Ohio town as a teenager in the mid-oughts, Lydia Loveless has consistently delivered uncompromising roots rock albums that seamlessly blend country and power ...
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Selina Boland’s latest single was inspired by the loss of ...

Selina Boland from St. John’s, NL is known for her acoustic folk with a touch of the Atlantic Ocean breeze.  Her latest album, released in June, is All These Hours. The full-length album features Selina’s latest single, “The Way it ...
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How Erin Benjamin’s Estelle Klein award feels like coming full ...

When Folk Music Ontario executive director Rosalyn Dennett called up Erin Benjamin a couple of weeks ago to inform her that she’s this year’s winner of the Estelle Klein lifetime achievement award, Erin burst into tears. “I can’t think of ...
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Home Routes is back! Here’s the line-up for October

Canada’s largest house concert network as returning this fall for the first series of in-person events since COVID-19 shut down the live music circuit in 2020.  And also for the first time since the death of its founder, Mitch Podolak. ...
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Steve Pritchard hits the Delaware Valley Festival and makes note ...

The Delaware Valley Festival  is mounted each Labour Day weekend by the Brandy Wine Friends of Old Time Music. Now into its 51st year, the event is held  in Woodstown NJ on the Salem County Fairground. The main stage is ...
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André Bisson’s latest single is upbeat soul with a slice ...

Sliding in with a new single, “The Reformed Deceiver,” André Bisson brings us an upbeat soul song that wouldn’t be far removed from any Motown classic. Tinged with his signature blues country sound, the song is out now. From a ...
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