Five songs of truth about Residential Schools for the National ...
For decades now, Indigenous artists have been bearing a burden that should rightfully have been bourn by the Canadian government: the burden of educating Canadians about the atrocities of Residential Schools – and indeed about virtually all aspects of Canada’s ...
“La Ziguezon”: 40 plus years for this call-and-response song celebrated ...
Jean Desrochers, artistic director of Festival Memoire et Racines in Québec, got a brilliant idea this past summer. He put a group of five superb singers from diverse cultural backgrounds in a park with huge trees with two camera operators ...
Here are your Canadian Folk Music Award nominees for 2021
The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards announced this year’s nominees earlier today. The awards will be handed out April 1-3 in Charlottetown, PEI, the city that appears poised to finally see the in-person ceremony after originally being tapped ...
Four amazing shows to catch at Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club ...
Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club is back in full-swing this fall, albeit with about half the number of people at shows as we saw before the pandemic. And that means the return of our show highlights here on Roots Music Canada. ...
Pastelle LeBlanc of Vishten is battling Stage 4 cancer, and ...
Friends and family members of multi-instrumentalist Pastelle LeBlanc have raised more than $50,000 so far in an effort to help the talented PEI artist in her battle with breast cancer. Pastelle, who performs with her sister, Emmanuelle, and partner, Pascal, ...
How the COVID-19 pandemic allowed Del Barber to finish some ...
Manitoba singer-songwriter Del Barber has always relied on a distinct vision for the creation of his albums, and this formula has served him well. He’s been nominated for a Juno Award three times and earned multiple nominations for Western Canadian ...
Jane Mathew – Such Perfect Lives
Toronto singer-songwriter Jane Mathew released her debut album, Such Perfect Lives, today, and what a stunning beginning it is, leaving us looking forward to what comes next. Jane was born in Oman and moved to Thornhill, ON when she was ...
Sue Foley releases ‘Southern Men’ from her upcoming Pinky’s Blues ...
Sue Foley’s new album, Pinky’s Blues, comes out Oct. 22, and the award-winning blues artist has just released another single from it: “Southern Men.” To support the release of her new album, Sue will be embarking on an extensive tour ...
How autocorrect inspired Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s new single, ‘Spellcheck’
Tabla master Ritesh Das and his Juno Award-nominated musical collective, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, has turned the tables on technology with their innovative, colourful new single and video, “Spellcheck” — available now. The first release from the group’s upcoming eighth album, ...
Caroline Wiles gives us a taste of her forthcoming album, ...
Seasoned singer-songwriter Caroline Wiles is releasing a masterful, upbeat pop and country album, Grateful, on Oct. 1. The album, her fifth, will be available on Apple Music and Amazon. For more information, visit Caroline’s website. Grateful is packed with music ...