Who is Ghislaine Cormier, the winner of the CFMA Unsung Hero Award? Read...
The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards announced late last week that Ghislaine Cormier is the recipient of this year's Unsung Hero Award. The...
Corby’s photo album from Winterfolk 2023
Winterfolk 2023 wrapped up in Toronto yesterday. Brian Gladstone's Annual folk-stravaganza re-situated itself into Kensington Market for the first time this year, with an...
5 more Black Canadian roots and world artists to discover this Black History Month
Here at Roots Music Canada we'll jump on any opportunity to boost great artists from marginalized communities, so please don't be waiting until February...
Andrina Turenne, formerly of Juno winners Chic Gamine, goes solo on bilingual debut, Bold...
Calling Andrina Turenne's new album, Bold As Logs, her debut feels like a bit of a misnomer. The Winnipeg singer-songwriter has, after all, graced...
Steve Dawson – ‘Let Him Go Mama’
Roots music Renaissance man Steve Dawson isn't a fan of idle time, so when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down touring and put a temporary...
10 Canadian blues acts recommend by ChatGPT – because we asked
We've been running a series of experiments here at Roots Music Canada asking Open AI's chatbot, ChatGPT, to recommend music for us. Like many people...
Silka Weil sings about using art to unlock her potential on ‘Capsized’
Most artists fumble the first time they get into a studio. In the case of Montreal singer Silka Weil and her debut single, “Capsized,”...
How the Bookends ended up collaborating with the Stratford Symphony
The new live album, A Celtic Celebration, by the Stratford Ontario quartet The Bookends is a collaboration with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra. The concerts,...
Proposed new U.S. fees could make it much harder for musicians to tour the...
If COVID-19 hasn't already caused enough pain for Canadian musicians, they could soon face another major setback: massive fee hikes to apply for the...
We asked ChatGPT to recommend some Canadian world music. Here’s what it told us
Last week, we asked ChatGPT to recommend some emerging Canadian folk artists for us. We were curious to see what it would come up with,...