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 sharing a new live video for “Seven Billion” – a song that celebrates the power of ...
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 results. Even if your intelligent brain tells you, you may fail, I’d be willing to bet ...
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 – Echoed Light Apart from getting some love from our friends over at Penguin Eggs, ...
Safe as Houses is launching Lucky Lucky Deluxe and heading ...
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’ album Lucky Lucky. Well now Trespass Music is releasing a new version of the album, ...
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 wife and me when we told them we were planning to host ...
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 always excited when he puts out a new project. And that’s exactly what he’s doing ...
Corby recaps the Toronto Blues Society’s Digital Boot Camp for ...
On a good day, the Toronto Blues Society does more than sit around haggling over the value of old Lonnie Johnson 78s. On a very good day in early April, they hosted an informative Digital Boot Camp for musicians ...
Stop making sense: style over content or content over style ...
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 ...
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 spot it. It stands out in a crowd. It can make you feel somewhat curious ...
Hamilton-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer Chris Chambers releases new video ...
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 and recording for 20 years. As a solo artist, Chris has released two independent records ...