Elizabeth Szekeres
Tanglefoot is back!
There were collective cries of anguish in the Canadian folk universe when, in 2009, the members of Tanglefoot announced that they were disbanding. This...
Album review: Jean-François Bélanger – Nouvelle Vieille Musique
Wow! This is something really cool. It’s a whole album of new music composed in traditional Québecois styles by multi-instrumentalist Jean-François Bélanger. The especially...
Review: Le Vent du Nord – Voisinages
Last month, on a very cold Friday night, we were treated to a very warm evening of hot new music from Québec’s lighthouse Trad...
Hommage à Richard Forest, décédé subitement en novembre 2025
Traduction de l'anglais par Dana Whittle et Claude Méthé
Une immense secousse a ébranlé la force vive qu'est la musique traditionnelle québécoise.
Le violoneux et compositeur...
Concert review: Elisapie – Nov. 6 at the Oakville Place Theatre
This past month has pretty much been full of live music for my partner and I, and on Nov. 6, we were incredibly fortunate...
A tribute to Richard Forest, who passed away suddenly earlier this...
There has been a huge upheaval in the force that is Québecois traditional music.
Fiddler and composer Richard Forest has suddenly died. It seems that...
Remembering Brian Pickell
When I woke up this morning, I found my phone and social media pages blowing up with the news that the extraordinary composer and...
Book Review: The Beatles and Me on Tour, 60th Anniversary Edition...
I was a child in 1964, when the Beatles first came to North America. Ivor Davis, a young reporter for the London Daily Express,...
Saturday night showcases at the Folk Music Ontario conference – Elizabeth’s...
Singer-songwriter Meredith Moon was first up on the schedule for the Saturday evening showcases in the ballroom. She performs with a standup bass player,...
Saturday daytime showcases at the Folk Music Ontario conference
She’s the only American artist showcasing at FMO this weekend, and what a great singer-songwriter she is. Jillian is from Syracuse, NY, originally, but...








