Dan Mangan talks about his new song honouring the late ...
Dan Mangan’s new single, “In Your Corner,” released this month, is a tribute to singer-songwriter and guitarist Scott Hutchison, who founded the modern indie rock band, Frightened Rabbits. The song was written in the days following Scott’s death in 2018. ...
NADJIWAN returns with groovy summer single “Land Of Skoden”
NADJIWAN’s new single “Land Of Skoden,” is out April 29, 2022, on Heading North Music. The Toronto-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer is also known as Marc Meriläinen. “Land Of Skoden,” pays tribute to his northern Ontario family ties with a ...
Check out this new music from Pharis & Jason Romero, ...
Three-time Juno-winners Pharis and Jason Romero have announced plans for a new album to be released June 17 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. They have released a new single to set us up for it. If that single, “Souvenir,” is any ...
Taze Kozak creates a compelling collage of past and present ...
There are times in life when the past and present collide. It’s surreal, that’s what Canadian folk-rocker Taze Kozak captures in his new single, “Painted Pistols,” from his new album Paper Airplanes — both available now. “Painted Pistols” evokes a ...
Saskatchewan country music awards nominee Amy Nelson celebrates the joyful ...
Falling in love is a real trip, isn’t it? Racing hearts, rising temperatures, and that delicious, dizzy feeling when you’re near the object of your affection. It all adds up to one heckuva white knuckle ride we all want to ...
Canada Post honours Salome Bey with a postage stamp
Salome Bey is known as Canada’s first lady of the Blues. As a tribute to her artistic career, Canada Post has launched a new commemorative stamp, which was released on Friday. Salome left a mark in Canada’s Black communities, as ...
Downchild members Chuck Jackson & Gary Kendall announce debut with ...
A new band of multi-award-winning not-so-new blues players are set to make their musical mark: the Hogtown Allstars will release their debut album, Hog Wild, on May 6 via Stony Plain Records. Featuring eight new all-original songs and two covers, ...
Morgan Toney is making a name for himself by combining ...
In the Mi’kmaq community of Nova Scotia there are songs built upon the strong foundation of the drum. You’ll also find the fiddle, which has been adapted from Celtic traditions over the years by the Mi’kmaq people. But for the ...
Harmonica virtuoso Mike Stevens announces a new album
Award-winning Canadian harmonica ace Mike Stevens is set to Breathe In The World, Breathe Out Music with the announcement of his new album — available May 20 via Stony Plain Records. Known for his genre-bending, rules-eschewing approach to the harp, ...
The Ottawa Grassroots Festival is happening this weekend both in ...
The Ottawa Grassroots Festival returns this weekend for its first in-person event after the two-year COVID hiatus, and this year’s event features almost all local artists and a thematic focus on trees. “It was an artistic decision,” said newly-minted artistic ...