Calgary’s the Dust Collectors share track-by-track breakdown of debut album ...
Calgary folk-rock band The Dust Collectors have had a busy year so far. Hot on the heels of two EP releases, the Dust Collectors recently released their debut full-length album, Outside In (Neon Moon Records) – the ultimate culmination of ...
Dispatches from Festival Mémoire et Racines day two (Saturday)
The morning at Mémoire et Racines got off to a gentler start with a workshop stage of plucked strings: guitar players from many different traditions including Flamenco. Mémoire et Racines is very much a family friendly festival. La Marche du ...
Dispatches from the Hillside Festival day two (Saturday)
1:17 p.m.: Wow! What a day! And it’s not even 2 pm. We’re off to a rolling (and muddy) start. Fear not, I’m a child of a parent who was at Woodstock, so rain and mud won’t sway this gal. ...
Fiddler singer and songwriter Aleksi Campagne stuns on his debut ...
Aleksi Campagne, Montreal’s bilingual indie-folk fiddler and singer, is ready to captivate and comfort listeners with his debut single “Won’t Be Scared,” available in English and French, along with this full-length album, For The Giving, which came out this month. The ...
Dispatches from the Hillside Festival day one (Friday)
The sound of distant African drums greets us at the gates of the 40th anniversary edition of the Hillside Festival, feeding our anticipation of the drum workshops to come this weekend. We arrive in time for the Indigenous opening ceremony, ...
Dispaches from Festival Mémoire et Racines day one (Friday)
There are students of all ages who attend Camp Violon TradQuébec every July. And each year, their end of camp week performance opens Festival Mémoire et Racines. Around a hundred fiddlers, guitarists and pianists strut their new tunes and this ...
The Chat Room: Johnny Eaton
When you’re an artist that hasn’t released new music in 18 years, it stands to reason you’re going to have a lot to say when the right moment comes around again. For Ottawa-based singer-songwriter Johnny Eaton, that moment is now. ...
Ryan Wayne’s latest single evokes the feel of alone-time in ...
Accomplished Americana/roots-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Wayne has released his fifth single, “Overheard in an All Night Diner,” from his upcoming debut album, Crow Amongst The Sparrows. “Overheard in an All Night Diner” is less about eavesdropping on the patrons’ ...
5 things Zarah Calvert can’t wait to see at the ...
This summer marks the 40 anniversary of Guelph’s Hillside festival, and as is the case with many folk fests, Hillside is about more than just music. It’s also about food, art, sustainability and, most importantly, community. So with that in ...
Mike Bern’s ‘Reverberation’ showcases the healing power of the sweat ...
New Brunswick-based Indigenous singer-songwriter Mike Bern sings of the healing power of the sweat lodge on his latest single, “Reverberation” — available now. Having already had four singles chart on the Indigenous Music Countdown, Mike’s latest transports listeners on a ...