New music in our mailbox!

The all country edition: The North River, Jim Jacobs, Mike ...

Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. This column features some of the cool country music releases he’s discovered recently.  The North River – ...
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Roots Music Canada: the origin story

This story originally ran on April 3, 2018, the day Roots Music Canada went live after an approximately three-year hiatus.  We’ve moved it to the top of the line-up again today in honour of our anniversary. It all began with ...
New music in our mailbox!

Amanda Jean, Mary Beth Carty, Mike Tod and Dee Hernandez

The moose is back! As some of you know, our virtual mailbox blew up last fall, just as the moose was getting back from his summer holidays. Not only did it swallow all our new music, it also destroyed everything ...
New music in our mailbox!

Blue Lobelia, Erica Dee Mah, the Hypochondriacs, Art Napoleon and ...

Blue Lobelia – “Sometimes I Go” (Release date: Jan. 17) If you like the kind of folk-classical crossover work of artists such as Plumes, you’ll love this new song from Blue Lobelia, a.k.a. Halifax artist Rachel Bruch, whose full-length debut ...
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Gordy the Moose’s Top 10 discoveries of 2021 from the ...

Each month or so, Gordy the Moose goes through the new music and videos that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox and picks a few favourites to showcase on the site.  Gordy got a bit busy out ...
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Oxlip, Alissa Arnason, the Record Breakers, Jonah Cross, Shawna Caspi ...

Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. Oxlip – A kind of premonition (Release date:  July 8, 2021) Irish émigré Jayne Trimble, who performs ...
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Ben Spivak, Jabbour, Bùmarang, the ACT Americana Trio & Matt ...

Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox Ben Spivak – “Angel Fire” (Release date:  April 30, 2021) Ben Spivak is the bassist for the ...
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New songs from old favourites: Minor Empire, Ann Vriend, Kate ...

Typically Gordy the Moose presents new discoveries in his quasi-monthly column.  However, lately we’ve received some new music from some favourite artists in our mailbox, so Gordy is devoting this column to them. Minor Empire – “Uyuttum Atlari / I ...
New music in our mailbox!

August Arrival, Bridget Melody, Rick Sparkes, Shyanne, Jay Pollmann, Sean ...

Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. The August Arrival – All Blue and Gold (Release date: Feb. 1, 2021) When I saw that ...
New music in our mailbox!

Frank Patrick, Bobby Dove, Maria and the Band and Blake ...

Gordy the Moose presents some of his favourite new music from the submissions that have arrived in the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox. This is part two of a two-part column. Frank Patrick – “Mercy” (Release date: Feb. 5, 2021) ...