Here are your 2021 Juno nominees in the roots, world, ...
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced the nominees for the 2021 Juno Awards yesterday. The 50th anniversary Juno telecast takes place this year on May 16, but it’s unclear when and how the winners of the ...
The Rogue Folk Club presents a livestream with J.P. Cormier ...
We told you last week that Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club had some great live streams lined up for this month – and we told you about the Early Spirit show on March 12 Well the day after that show, the ...
Oh Susanna, Leela Gilday, Madison Violet and more are playing ...
When Covid-19 put a hold on live performances, artist Jill Barber invited the members of Madison Violet and the Good Lovelies to start a friendly support group for musicians. The group has now grown to over 20 members, and all ...
The women of Borealis: Eve Goldberg and Linda Turu ...
When Borealis Records announced earlier this year that it was selling its operation to Linus Entertainment, fans and industry people alike directed many well-deserved kudos at its principals, Grit Laskin and Bill Garrett. Fair enough. It was their vision to ...
How Annabelle Chvostek overcame hearing loss to make an album ...
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March of 2020, our world has been turned upside down. At the beginning, the Government of Canada closed its borders to many non-Canadians while announcing repatriation flights for citizens stranded ...
Montreal’s The Slowinks return with stomping single ‘One Shoe’
With a sound that combines classic country, jazz and western swing, Montreal’s The Slowinks have successfully charmed their hometown and are now poised to do the same to the wider world with their debut album, Stay With Me Awhile, released ...
The Winnipeg Crankie festival is streaming well beyond Winnipeg this ...
Winnipeg house concert network Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous is thrilled to present the 2021 Winnipeg Crankie Festival, streaming online for FREE this weekend. The festival celebrates crankies, which are the forerunner of modern film, and combines visual art, music and ...
Songs for the Revolution: acknowledging folk alliances
I want to acknowledge that I am writing this article from unceded Algonquin Territory. Songs for the Revolution is a monthly column digging into folk culture, the music and what lies beneath. This one is about the International Folk Alliance ...
Update: Jay Knutson (Spirit of the West) leads the Early ...
**Note: the date of this concert has been changed to March 12** Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club is bringing us at least two fabulous online performances this month, starting with this one: The Early Spirit Trio, March 12 at 7 p.m. ...
Isabel and the Uncommons play music, do dishes, cook and ...
Isabel Fryszberg and her group, the Uncommons, have added to the cannon of COVID art work with this fun video featuring the members of the band playing music and doing their daily activities in their homes. “End of an Era” ...