Ottawa’s CityFolk Festival goes cyber
It’s Friday night. Steve Earle, Hannah Georgas, Hawksley Workman and Jason Isbell are scheduled to perform at this year’s Ottawa CityFolk Festival. And here I am sitting at my computer — about to attend Ottawa’s Annual folk fest. Is this ...
ECMA winners Còig are playing a virtual holiday show for ...
East Coast Music Award winner Còig is bringing its annual dose of Christmas cheer to Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club on Dec 19 – and to the rest of the world via the power of streaming (roguefolk.bc.ca for more details). ...
Holiday recipes from our favourite artists: The Hello Darlin’s Maple ...
One of the things that’s gotten a lot of us through this crazy pandemic year has been getting back to the simple things in life: knitting, sewing, gardening, canning, baking and cooking, among other things. So we here at Roots ...
Tom Jackson is doing the Huron Carole virtually this year
For more than three decades philanthropist, actor and singer Tom Jackson has officially ushered in the holiday season with his legendary seasonal variety show and fundraiser, the Huron Carole. While its 33rd season may look a little different this ...
You can now buy the late Aylie Sparks’ debut album ...
The spirit and music of the late Aylie Sparkes (Peter Thiessan) lives on with the digital release of his debut, and only, album, Beautiful and Deranged. The Manitoba native based in the Yukon, passed away in 2005 of cancer, ...
How Spotify seized control of our musical tastes and sidelined ...
Rewind. It’s winter. I’m quickly trudging through the snow, my brown Keds with no tread making me slip the whole way to the bus stop as I race to catch public transit to school. My headphones are rammed into ...
Stuff we’re digging: Harry Hannah’s latest single, ‘Alberta’
Canadian folk-roots rocker Harry Hannah makes a stop in “Alberta” for his striking latest single. Landing ahead of his forthcoming EP, The Wild Side, “Alberta” serves as a prime example of the Cobourg, ON artist’s adventurous and multi-faceted songwriting ...
Leah Barley releases new lyric video and announces Boxing Day ...
Since releasing her latest album, Bring Out Your Dead, in early October, Vancouver singer-songwriter Leah Barley has been making a strong impression within the folk world, both in Canada and abroad. Much of the praise has highlighted the album’s ...
BluesReel, Don River, Bran Sanders and Alex Leggett
Gordy the Moose has been cleaning out the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox before the end of the year and catching up on all the new music inside. Here he presents Part 2 of his favourite finds. BluesReel – ...
Pat Chessell, Zachary Toigo, Jessica Pearson & the East Wind, ...
Gordy the Moose has been cleaning out the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox before the end of the year and catching up on all the new music inside. Here he presents Part 1 of his favourite finds. Pat Chessell – ...