Why Lindsay Ferguson needed to step away from music for ...
About a year ago, I called a psychic. Not a psychic who advertises, but rather a man who spends his time with his dogs in St. John’s, Newfoundland. A man, mostly unknown for his intense abilities, except to a rare ...
Neil Little offers Zen Americana on self-titled debut album
On the surface, Neil Little is an acoustic singer-songwriter. But that simple description does not come close to capturing the sparse, haunting beauty of his eponymous debut EP, out Sept. 27. A more accurate phrase may be “ambient folk,” or ...
Five questions for Babe Gurr ahead of her Sept. 6 ...
If you don’t live in Vancouver, you might not have heard of Babe Gurr, but she’s been around the west coast scene for more than 20 years now, blending a wide variety of roots sounds into a style that is ...
Janet Bates – It is Here I Leave You, Dragon
Photo by Lisa Novak. This is a voice you feel like you’ve known forever. Like a clear mountain river running unto the sea, it surrounds and envelops you as you bathe in its warm sunshine. This is the voice of ...
Gary Cristall remembers Mitch Podolak
Gary Cristall ran the Vancouver Folk Music Festival for the first 17 years of its existence. He worked in the music section of the Canada Council for the Arts for six years, and he’s represented numerous artists as a manager, ...
Why Ted Ferris can’t get enough of Madison Violet’s latest ...
The first time I saw Madison Violet perform, my wife and I were sitting on the grass in front of the mainstage at the Eaglewood Folk Festival with singer-songwriter Mo Kenney. We’d run into Mo as we were heading back ...
Arts Wells 2019 – off stage
It’s been called “the Bestival.” I’ve heard it said that one visit to ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art can lead to a lifelong habit. I may be biased; I have long ties to the festival. For many years I ...
SuperFolk happens tomorrow and Sunday in Morin Heights, QC
SuperFolk Morin-Heights was created by Ian Kelly in 2017 to celebrate Morin-Heights’ community spirit and musical heritage. The festival site is located at the foot of a mountain, next to the site of the legendary Commons Hotel, which entertained locals ...
Flohil recaps Day 4 of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
Spare a thought for Terry Wickham, the AD of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, and his staff. A little over two weeks before the festival, his Sunday night headliner — the estimable John Prine — dropped out to get heart ...
Flohil recaps Day 3 of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival
If you’ve been following our festival coverage here at Roots Music Canada, you might be thinking to yourself, “Wait. Did Flohil review day one and two of the Edmonton Folk Fest and then disappear? Is Flo ok? Should we send ...