David Leask has released a new project written and performed ...
The year 1995 was a difficult one in Canada’s history. Quebec’s Premier, Jacques Parizeau, launched a referendum to determine whether the residents of the province wanted to remain a part of Canada or become an independent country. Countless discussions ...
Country folk artist David McLachlan has released his eighth album, ...
Canadian country folk-rocker David McLachlan is checking into the Heartache Motel with his new album. “I had the title floating around in my head for a long time,” he said of its origins. “When I wrote the song, it became ...
Midnight Shine has won a film fest award for its ...
Congratulations are in order to Midnight Shine for taking home the Best Music Video award at this year’s Toronto Independent Film Festival. The band, fronted by Attawapiskat-based musician and entrepreneur Adrian Sutherland, won the award for its video for “Lonely ...
Kylie Fox’s latest single is a musical letter to a ...
Alt-folk artist Kylie Fox has a new single called “Avocado” that’s a heartfelt, tongue-in-cheek letter-in-song to her friend and to first-time mothers everywhere. “There is a trend in millennial pregnancies where the process is tracked through an app that describes ...
Happy Birthday, Canadian Spaces! Canada’s longest running folk radio ...
Canada’s longest-running folk music radio show is marking a massive milestone today; Canadian Spaces, the Canadian folk show founded by Chopper McKinnon on Ottawa’s CKCU FM, is turning 40. The show’s current host and coordinator, Chris White, hosted an anniversary ...
Have a listen to Allison Lupton and Craig Werth’s lovely ...
Allison Lupton and Craig Werth have released a new single that is COVID-themed but not in a way you might expect. “When Trouble Comes” was inspired by the dramatic annual spring flood of Ontario’s Grand River, and it draws comparisons ...
Home Routes has announced its ticketed online concert series for ...
Winnipeg-based house concert network Home Routes /Chemin Chez Nous is now offering online ticketed shows for the fall 2020 season. Produced in collaboration with the Calgary Folk Club, these first ever global shows will allow fans to engage with the ...
Big Little Lions bring forth big positivity on their new ...
Social distancing cannot bring you down if you have always been making music while being away from each other. Big Little Lions, a duo consisting of Helen Austin from Vancouver Island and Paul Otten from Ohio, has put out its ...
Check out eclectic Ontario guitarist and songwriter Michael Schatte’s ‘Water ...
Like many artists, Ontario’s Michael Schatte (pronounced SHAW-tee) has put the time afforded by the recent COVID lockdown to extremely good use. He has spent much of the past several months putting the finishing touches on his highly-anticipated new studio ...
Lead MonkeyJunker Tony D releases new instrumental compilation, Speak No ...
A flurry of instrumentals on a genre-bending journey serve as a career retrospective of epic proportions when it comes to multi-award-winning guitarist Tony D’s new album, Speak No Evil — and the newly minted track “70s Big Muff.” It’s a ...