Moonfruits – ‘Seven Billion’
Tomorrow is May Day – also known as International Workers’ Day – and the Ottawa bilingual art-folk outift Moonfruits is marking the occasion by...
Dealing with rejection
Rejection is never easy. You don’t expect to be rejected when you start a thing. You think, “I’ve got this” and wait for the...
Meg Tennant, My Father’s Son, and Alicia Toner
Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. Meg Tennant...
Safe as Houses is launching Lucky Lucky Deluxe and heading out on tour
Back in April of 2018, when Roots Music Canada was a brand newly-relaunched web site, we premiered the first single from Safe as Houses'...
Why not host a concert in your home?
"What’s a house concert?” “The singer performs in your house?” “Do you have to pay them?” These are just a few of the questions friends asked my...
David Newland is releasing his new Northwest Passage-themed album Friday
David Newland is a Canadian adventurer, writer and miner of song – and also the co-founder of this here web site – so we're...
Corby recaps the Toronto Blues Society’s Digital Boot Camp for musicians
On a good day, the Toronto Blues Society does more than sit around haggling over the value of old Lonnie Johnson 78s. On a...
Stop making sense: style over content or content over style in contemporary song
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...
On going to concerts alone
You're at a concert with a group of friends and having an awesome time when suddenly out of the corner of your eye you...
Hamilton-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Chris Chambers releases new video for “Tobacco Blonde”
Hamilton-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Chris Chambers is one of the hardest working young musicians on the scene today, and he has been performing...