The Speak Music Be Kind Festival in photos: the calm ...
After a steady Saturday of shovelling out, the second night of the first-ever not-for-profit Speak Music Be Kind Festival was back in action with an all-day jam bubbling along, a bellowing accordion workshop and one for fiddle inside the Tranzac’s ...
The Speak Music Be Kind Festival in photos: kindness ...
Above: James Bailey, Lydia Persaud and Kyla Charter There was too much musical and emotional content on display at Beverly Kreller’s Speak Music Be Kind Festival this past weekend for our reporter to completely describe the magnitude of the vibe. ...
Laura Smith is battling cancer, and friends are raising money ...
Friends and fans of Laura Smith have raised more than 13,000 in less than a week to help the Nova Scotia-based singer-songwriter battle cancer. Laura announced through her record label, Borealis Records, this past week that she is facing the ...
100 mile house return with new single ‘Worth The Wait’ ...
Edmonton duo 100 mile house return on Mar. 27 with their new album Love And Leave You (Fallen Tree Records), the follow-up to their 2016 album Hiraeth, which earned them a Western Canadian Music Award and a Canadian Folk Music ...
The Canadian Folk Music Awards have announced this year’s performers
The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards has announced the performer line-up for the 15th annual CFMA weekend, which is being held, for the first time ever, in Charlottetown, PE. The awards weekend consists of two nights of awards ...
Missy Bauman is following up ‘Two Sisters’ with a new ...
We’ve featured Missy Bauman’s song “Two Sisters” a couple of times here on Roots Music Canada, starting when she won a 2018 Folk Music Ontario Songs from the Heart Award for it. It’s a vulnerable, powerful, and political song that ...
Derek Andrews’ favourite shows of 2019
Derek Andrews is an independent arts consultant, music curator, music programmer and artist manager. He was the longtime music programmer for Harbourfront Centre, he launched Canada’s first world music conference, Mundial Montreal, and he’s widely regarded internationally as an authority ...
Last chance to apply for this sweet central Ontario artist ...
How would you like to spend 10-12 days in a cottage on a secluded island doing nothing but working on your art – and for nothing more than the cost of getting yourself there and feeding yourself? Well, you could ...
When the light grows dim: on losing your connection ...
There are times when the creative light grows dim even for the most determined and dedicated songwriter. One may have the best intentions and be of good heart and yet the songs won’t come. It would seem as though the ...
Ayla Brook & The Sound Men share ‘All That I ...
Edmonton roots rocker Ayla Brook (pronounced “Ey–Lah”) makes music as raw and vast as the Canadian Prairies. That’s on full display on Desolation Sounds, the new album by Ayla Brook & The Sound Men, out March 13 on Fallen Tree ...