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Last Saturday on Roots Music Canada, we shared some data about fan experiences with music streaming services and live streaming during COVID-19-related lockdowns. It also included some information about people’s attitudes toward the reopening of live music venues. However, none ...
Live music … now what? Seven things ...
COVID-19 has killed live music until at least sometime next year. That seems to be the consensus of the agents and promoters I’ve spoken to over the past two or three weeks. British Columbia’s chief medical officer of health has ...
Check out Crystal Shawanda’s brand new “When It Comes To ...
Penned by Crystal Shawanda and her husband, guitarist/producer Dewayne Strobel, the bittersweet ballad “When It Comes To Love” was the first single released from Crystal’s latest album, Church House Blues. She’s excited to release the song’s video here. “For this ...
Ken Whiteley – Calm in the Eye of the Storm
Christianity looms large over Ken Whiteley’s latest album, Calm in the Eye of the Storm. It’s the lens through which he addresses weariness, lays down the rules for better living and, most obviously, encourages listeners to “give it up to ...
A salute to Bruce Cockburn on his 75th birthday
Today, as Bruce Cockburn reaches his 75th year, we can rejoice that he is still a stealer of fire, dancing his sunwheel dance in the falling dark of the dragon’s jaws. Roots Music Canada joins the rest of the world ...
Check out Anthony Aramouni’s lovely Cohen tribute song and video
Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, producer and screenwriter Anthony Aramouni has combined his ear for music and eye for film in this, his richly textural, hypnotically reverent tribute track, “L. Cohen.” “This is my attempt to pay homage to a man who ...
Sierra Noble is asking for help after her Facebook page ...
With the world in the middle of a pandemic and live music on hold for the foreseeable future, you would think that nothing else could possibly go wrong for a touring musician, right? Well, you’d be wrong. Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter and ...
How’s everybody doing out there?
As we head into the summer, we’re approaching that time of year when artists, fans and industry people would normally be gathering at summer festivals and catching up after months of not seeing each other. That’s just one part of ...
Blues matriarch Dalannah’s new single asks what we’re all thinking ...
Canadian matriarch of the blues Dalannah wants to know “What The Hell Is That” when it comes to the state of the world in her empowering single and exceptionally powerful video. “This song is simple in its structure with a ...
David Clayton-Thomas’ and Liona Boyd’s musical responses to COVID-19
Grammy Award winning Canadian Music Hall of Fame-member David Clayton-Thomas is heralding the hard work of essential workers, especially in the era of COVID-19, with the release of a new video for “Long Night.” “This is a song for the ...