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5 Ghostly Canadian Folk Songs for Halloween

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It's not easy coming up with ideas for Halloween-themed song lists for Roots Music Canada. There isn't really a Canadian folk equivalent of "The...

Dave Gunning on Life, Tour and His New Album

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In spite of his modesty, Nova Scotia singer-songwriter Dave Gunning has reached substantial success in the folk music world. Dave, who has been nominated for...

Digging Roots hit the road again with their new album, Zhawenim

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Juno Award winners Digging Roots have just kicked off their new tour with two sold-out shows in the Aeolian Hall Performance Centre in London,...

Mimi O’Bonsawin – ‘I Wish I Was a Farmer’

When I saw her at the Folk Music Ontario conference two weekends ago, Mimi O'Bonsawin handed me a package of marigold seeds. Honestly, I was...

Jan Vanderhorst’s second Just Us Folk book chronicles artists’ comeback from COVID

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When Jan Vanderhorst released his first Just Us Folk book a year ago – a collection of stories derived from interviews with artists on...

Sammy Duke encourages empathy on jangly, inspiring ‘Speed Of Life’

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New mindsets and new beginnings can be challenging to usher in, but Waterloo, ON-based folk-rock artist Sammy Duke aims to motivate and inspire on...

Robinson Kirby releases a fresh folk ode to blossoming relationships in ‘Secret Lover’

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Last year, the Toronto-based folk-rock duo Robinson Kirby released a seven-song EP, Little Dreams, and a summer anthem, “Summer of Love.” Now, they add...

Here are the award winners from this year’s imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival

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Let's face it, even the most devoted music fans among us don't listen to music 24/7. We do enjoy other activities too – like...

Toronto folk artists take part in Music Declares Emergency climate summit

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Musicians have long been at the forefront of environmental activism. Bruce Cockburn, after all, released “If a Tree Falls” back in 1988, which recognized that...

André Brunet marks 5 years with Le Vent du Nord

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It’s been five years since Québec’s stunningly talented and charismatic fiddler, André Brunet, joined the lighthouse band Le Vent Du Nord, so we thought...

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