Matthew Holtby’s new EP is a sonic departure
Oshawa-born, Warkworth-based Matthew Holtby has been slowly adding to his collection of singles for the past two years. Working with Peterborough producer Michael Phillips,...
Kaeley Jade – Turpentine
The moose got a little preoccupied with the festival season last summer and didn’t have a chance to write about a bunch of the...
Exclusive preview: The Once – ‘The Bend’
Newfoundland’s The Once will release their first album in more than six years on Feb. 16, and today they're giving us another taste of...
Andrew Collins shakes things up by getting David Travers-Smith to produce his trio’s new...
In the world of rock music, "power trios" like Cream, ZZ Top, Rush and The Police have demonstrated the power of three.
In acoustic music,...
Album reviews: Lizzie No, Brown Horse, Gurf Morlix
Lizzie No / Halfsies (Thirty Tigers/Miss Freedomland)
Since releasing her debut album, Hard Won, in 2017, Lizzie No has held fast to the words of...
Here are your East Coast Music Award nominees in the roots and related categories
The East Coast Music Association announced the nominees for the 2024 East Coast Music Awards this past weekend, and there are TONS of folk,...
Celeigh Cardinal is back to her soulful roots on her new single – out...
Juno-winning singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal first established herself on the scene as a soulful roots singer who could growl like a blues woman and belt...
Orit Shimoni – Winnipeg
Just about every artist on the planet has released a “pandemic album” of sorts by now.
Some are defined by the creative risk-taking artists engaged...
Ariana Fig – ‘Cherry Coke’
The moose got a little preoccupied with the festival season last summer and didn’t have a chance to write about a bunch of the...
3 new discoveries from the recent Indigenous Music Countdown debuts
As we're fond of saying here at Roots Music Canada, we keep tabs on the new releases so you don't have to.
One place we...