How David Newland combines creative life with the ‘real life’ ...
Photo by Mike Beedell. “I’m fluent in normal but it’s not my mother tongue!” David Newland said. Throughout David’s career as a singer-songwriter, there have been occasions when he’s had to rely on his other skills to keep a roof ...
Vancouver’s Kele Fleming releases ‘The Latest Meme.’ Will it ...
Canadian singer-songwriter Kele Fleming has just released her latest single, “The Latest Meme.” Existential lyrics like “10 years on / So much is gone / Am I more weathered?” and “Age of distraction / What’s the attraction?” make it clear ...
Valentine’s Day will see the premiere of a new tango ...
Is it possible to create a new tango ballet while trapped in a small room during the COVID-19 lockdown? “We couldn’t leave our apartment in Buenos Aires,” remembered Alexander Richardson, choreographer of the London, ON-based PointeTango dance company. Alexander and ...
The great search: on the addiction to collecting guitars
“She didn’t look like too much Just a Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe But a lady has never fared as well Who traveled through so much.” -Jerry Jeff Walker Over the past few weeks, I have been blessed with the postings ...
Mark J. Nyvlt channels world travels into latest album This ...
While listening to Mark Nyvlt’s music, it’s easy to picture the many places he’s visited around the world. For the Ottawa-based singer-songwriter, exploring different cultures has always provided endless inspiration, and on his latest album, This ‘n’ That – available ...
Check out this single and video from James Culleton’s augmented ...
It’s time to meet the main characters in Canadian folk musician James Culleton’s augmented reality-enhanced children’s album, Unusual Friendships, with the release of his new single “Little White Paws.” “‘Little White Paws’ describes each of the characters in Unusual Friendships ...
New Brunswick country artist Laurie LeBlanc is longing for ‘Another ...
Canadian country singer-songwriter Laurie LeBlanc longs for “Another Night Like This” on his new single. “Imagine a warm summer night, the kind when fireworks and butterflies are ever so present, and you just don’t want it to end,” the Bouctouche, ...
How Canadian roots presenters are coping nearly a year into ...
Judy Perly, owner of Free Times Café, said that her restaurant services are what is keeping her venue afloat during the pandemic. Photo courtesy Judy Perly. Judy Perly, owner of the Free Times Café in Toronto, has been running her ...
Francine Honey’s latest single is a rendition of a song ...
Leamington, ON singer-songwriter Francine Honey has released a brand-new single, “I’m Coming Home,” ahead of the release of her fourth studio album, Unfinished Business. The emotional, three-minute tune is a somber, blue-inspired country number about finally making the journey home ...
Bet Smith, Focus Your Audio, Glen MacNeil, Ronley Teper and ...
Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. Bet Smith – Downer (Release date: Feb. 2, 2021) A one-time west coast back-to-lander, who lived without ...