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Here are your nominees for the 2023 Summer Solstice Indigenous ...

The Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards were a new addition to the Summer Solstice Festival back in 2021, but I think it’s fair to say that they’ve become an important addition to the annual awards circuit, if one can call ...
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Contest: Name Doug Cox and Linda McRae’s new duo!

OK, let’s get this out of the way right away:  I already proposed “Bandy McBandface,” and they didn’t go for it. But in all seriousness, Doug Cox and Linda McRae have formed a new duo that brings together two giants ...
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Loryn Taggart – “The Reunion” track-by-track video

Montreal-based folk-jazz-pop musician Loryn Taggart celebrated both her birthday (Happy belated, Lauren!) AND her first solo release since 2020 with a new single, “The Reunion,” released on March 10. Now, she’s releasing a novel companion to the song: an interview ...
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The top 10 Roots Music Canada stories of the past ...

The top 10 Roots Music Canada stories of the past 5 years 10.     9 favourite folk festivals picked by the artists that play them 9.      National Indigenous People’s Day; 5 artists making change with music 8.    ...
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Here are your 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award Winners from ...

The second and final night of the Canadian Folk Music Awards unfolded Sunday evening live from the home of Vancouver’s Rogue Folk Club, and like Saturday’s show, it went off without a hitch. Well, OK, the packed house posed a ...
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Here are your 2023 Canadian Folk Music Award winners so ...

Night One of the Canadian Folk Music Awards unfolded Saturday night at the home of the Rogue Folk Club in Vancouver. Apart from being a chance to honour some of the best albums released in 2022, it was also a ...
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Your audio guide to this weekend’s Canadian Folk Music Awards

Folk/roots fans in Vancouver are in for a marathon of great music this week as the Canadian Folk Music Awards get under way. The festivities kick off tomorrow night with the Rogue Folk Club’s B.C. artists showcase and continue through ...
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Here are your first ever Arctic Music Award winners

The first ever Arctic Music Conference and Awards took place this past weekend – an online-only affair that offered some solid introductory-level break-out sessions for emerging musicians and an awards-presentation that got down to business without attempting any high-tech production ...
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Willows – Maison vent

Fans of Francophone female vocalists like Chloe Sainte-Marie, Carla Bruni and Coeur de Pirate will love the new album from Franco-Manitoban indie-folk musician Willows (Geneviève Toupin) – and we’re excited to be premiering it today here on Roots Music Canada. ...
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Listen to the brand new debut single from Terry Uyarak’s ...

Nunavut’s Terry Uyarak has just released the first single from his forthcoming sophomore album, Unnuaq, which is due out June 21 on the Jerry Cans’ label, Aakuluk Music. If “Qaigi” is any indication of what the rest of the album ...