Downchild is live streaming its show with Dan Aykroyd to ...
In celebration of Father’s Day and what would have been the final date of the legendary Downchild Blues Band’s 50th anniversary tour, the band is streaming is Live At Massey Hall concert in its entirety as a FREE SHOW for ...
Midnight Shine is releasing a remastered reissue of its debut ...
Midnight Shine’s new release brings the roots-rockers full circle – right back to where they started, in fact. It was 2013 when Adrian Sutherland from the Cree community of Attawapiskat released his debut album, James Bay, with newly-formed band Midnight ...
Wide Mouth Mason releases animated video for ‘Some Kinda Requiem’
Canadian blues-rock duo Wide Mouth Mason has released an animated video for its song “Some Kinda Requiem” from its recent release I Wanna Go With You. Directed and animated by Toronto-based artist Theo Kapodistrias, the video is an incredibly rich ...
Award-winning Indigenous folk rocker Mike Bern releases his solo debut
Award-winning Indigenous folk rock artist Mike Bern – who just happens to hail from Tobique First Nation, the same New Brunswick community that is home to Jeremy Dutcher – has released his debut solo EP, Waponahkew. Meaning “person of the ...
4 highlights from the Polaris Prize long list
The long list for this year’s Polaris Prize was announced yesterday on a video stream, and to be honest, the outcome for folk, roots and world artists is pretty lacklustre. No Abigail Lapell? No Okan? No Ariana Gillis? Mmmkay. But ...
How’s everyone doing out there? June 15 edition
The summer is a time 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 the summer festival experience we’re missing out ...
Boxin’ the Vox, Suzi Kory, Rob Murphy, Big Little Lions ...
Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. Boxin’ the Vox – “The Whiskey War” (Release date: June 1, 2020) Here at Roots Music Canada we ...
It’s OK to inhale: Roots rockers Bryce Clifford & Brother ...
Bryce Clifford & Brother Superior may perform their unique brand of Americana with a wheels-may-come off passion and intensity – but they have a bona fide love song album on their hands with their forthcoming release, Rebounder, and its first ...
Take 12 minutes to catch up on 3 great new ...
COVID-19 might’ve shut down touring but Canadian folk, roots and world artists are still releasing amazing new music – so much, in fact, that it’s hard to keep up with featuring it all here on the site. So please join ...
Covid collabs: thoughts on working with other musicians in isolation
I started playing in bands over 30 years ago, and it’s been my privilege to play with many talented folks (including original Roots Music Canada co-founder David Newland, in the acoustic 80s band The McFlies) I love collaborating with other ...