Our Top 10 stories of 2021
Our annual New Year’s Eve tradition here at Roots Music Canada is to showcase the ten most popular stories we published in the past year, based on the number of pageviews each received. To some extent, the list always ends ...
Gordy the Moose’s Top 10 discoveries of 2021 from the ...
Each month or so, Gordy the Moose goes through the new music and videos that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox and picks a few favourites to showcase on the site. Gordy got a bit busy out ...
Great Big Sea co-founder Séan McCann has released a second ...
Our global pandemic isn’t over quite yet, but the end of 2021 certainly feels more like we’re all coming together again rather than drifting further apart, doesn’t it? Right on time, Canadian Celtic folk rocker Séan McCann brings us a ...
Afrobeat artist Sonia Aimy delivers an optimistic message on ‘Life ...
With lots to say in few words, artist Sonia Aimy ushers her listeners into the world of jazz-infused Afrobeats with the release of her new single and video, “Life Nah Jeje.” Nigerian-born and Toronto-based, Sonia has been touring for years ...
Alka Sharma: the exit interview, as she departs as leader ...
Alka Sharma started working for Folk Music Ontario in 2013. Back then, the organization’s name was The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, and they were in the midst of a name change. After working with Folk Music Ontario for eight ...
Check out Allison Brown’s holiday Fireside Radio Hour tonight and ...
Roots songstress and community radio host Allison Brown’s favourite way to wish friends far and near a Merry Christmas is with her annual Fireside Christmas Radio Hour broadcast from a snow-covered cabin in the woods, tucked away in a secret ...
Heather’s 2021 holiday love letter to the Roots Music Canada ...
As I write this, it feels as though we’re capping off a very sobering holiday season. Like you, perhaps, I went into this fall thinking we were seeing the end of COVID-related restrictions – that vaccines would deliver us from ...
Bruce Cockburn’s Greatest Hits (1970-2020)
On Dec. 3, True North Records released Bruce Cockburn’s Greatest Hits (1970-2020), a two-CD, 30-song compilation that covers 50 years in the career of this iconic Canadian singer-songwriter. It was no doubt quite the challenge to decide what to include ...
Donita Large Hails the Power of Her Lineage in “Ancestors ...
Indigenous blues singer/songwriter Donita Large pays tribute to the power of her heritage in her new single “Ancestors in My Bones” — available now. The song sheds light on a person’s lineage playing a strong role in the choices they ...
Catherine MacLellan and Jonathan Byrd are playing an online holiday ...
Yesterday, we told you about Catherine MacLellan’s new album. Well tonight, she and one of our favourite U.S. songwriters, Jonathan Byrd, are performing a live, online Holiday show at 7 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. AT. Jonathan is a preacher’s ...