Calgary Folk Music Festival recap: Day 2 (Friday)
The Friday nooner was in thanks to sponsors and guests. The old guard from the early years were there and reminiscences and laughter ruled....
Calgary Folk Music Festival recap: Day 1 (Thursday)
We’ve had a very hot week, plus 30, and adding to that on Wednesday, smoke from wildfires to the west. Advisories were, "If...
Canadian roots icon Lori Yates bids farewell to grief on ‘3 Sisters’
Normally, when an artist writes a song about the sudden and unexpected death of her mother and titles it “3 Sisters,” you can logically...
5 artists that stood out for Tom Coxworth at the Calgary Folk Music Festival
The Calgary Folk Festival wrapped up it's 2024 edition this weekend, and the host of CKUA's Folk Routes, Tom Coxworth, was there to take...
Downchild Blues Band announces farewell tour
Canada's legendary Downchild Blues Band is calling it quits after 55 years of touring the world.
In a series of posts on its Facebook page...
Frank Cosentino gets sober, releases ‘You Can’t Call Back’ from Comeback album
After more than four decades of touring, writing, and producing new music, Frank Cosentino realized he needed to change his lifestyle.
“I overcame the challenges...
How her mother’s battle with dementia helped shape Lucy MacNeil’s new album
Family and music have always been an important part of Lucy MacNeil's life.
For 35 years, she and her brothers have toured the world as...
Remembering Bic Hoang of Khac Chi Bamboo Music
It's taken me a while to write about this, but we got some very sad news here at Roots Music Canada late last month:...
Concert review: Jessica Stuart, Saturday, July 20 at the Tranzac, Toronto
Jessica Stuart always comes with strings attached. The perennial top-flight Toronto guitarist with the cascading hair appears everywhere in town from bars to concert...
Album review: Sue Decker – Keeping Time
Gordy the moose reviews some of his favourite new submissions to the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox.
Sue Decker launched herself into our consciousness this past...