Maple Blues Award nominee Chris Antonik unveils a searing new ...
Lack of communication between two people can sometimes be construed as stonewalling, and being shut out hurts — bad. Multi-award-nominated Canadian blues-rock artist Chris Antonik gives voice and guitar wail to that searing pain in his new single, “Waves of ...
‘Dad correspondent’ Broose Tulloch reports on the kid’s programming ...
The posts on parenting forums are heartbreaking: “I’m at my wits end,” “I’m crying while I type this,” “I don’t know what to do,” “I can’t find any daycare or activities or places to go,” “My child is…” Included! That is ...
Bev Kreller previews this weekend’s Mariposa Folk Festival
Mariposa 2022 is almost here, back live again after three years, and there’s so much I’m looking forward to seeing. Here are just a few examples… I’ve seen my Kitchener-Waterloo homegirl Alysha Brilla play live several times over the past few ...
We picked 5 artists for you to catch at this ...
The 2022 Hillside Summer Festival’s line-up is packed full of local and international talent. This is a lineup you don’t want to miss, composed of ground-breaking artists whose work crosses forms and genres, and quite often defies classification. The Hillside ...
Dany Horovitz wants to know if you’re ‘Free Tonight’ on ...
Canadian folk singer-songwriter Dany Horovitz soothes the soul with a touching tale of true romance on his delightfully charming new single, “Free Tonight.” The latest single from the Toronto-based artist’s debut album, Free Times, which came out April 8, the ...
Alanna Matty gives a track-by-track breakdown of her new album, ...
Toronto-based producer, songwriter and rising Twitch music star Alanna Matty recently released her achingly beautiful alt-folk album Thoughts // Feelings earlier this spring. Spotlighting Alanna’s vulnerable lyrics and ethereal vocals, Thoughts // Feelings combines spacious dreampop textures with the warmth ...
Ken Whiteley’s new album celebrates timeless folk songs
When people look down at folk music and disparage it in any way, they always seem to bring up songs like “Kumbaya, “Michael Rowed The Boat Ashore” or any songs from the so-called folk music boom of the late 50s ...
Harrison Kennedy – Thanks for Tomorrow
Thanks for Tomorrow is an outstanding album. Arguably, it is Harrison Kennedy’s greatest in a long line of wonderful projects. T.F.T. has a little bit of everything from country blues to R&B and is supported by Jesse O’Brien, Colin Linden, ...
How bluesman Harrison Kennedy got inspired by the Canterbury Tales
For over 600 years, Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales has been regarded as a literary masterpiece from the pen of the most important English writer before the arrival of William Shakespeare. The book is a collection of stories told by ...