Roots Music Canada

The Junos don't go live on TV until tomorrow night (technically tonight because it's after midnight eastern time as I write this), but all...

Music fans in Aurora are in for an unforgettable night of boundary-pushing global fusion when Scottish-Canadian artist Jason Wilson—a Juno-nominated musician, bestselling author, and...

The East Coast Music Awards have announced the nominees for this year's awards. The prizes will be handed out at a gala Thursday, May 21,...

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has just announced the nominees for the 2026 Juno Awards. And congratulations are in order...

Online music store Bandcamp has announced a ban on music on its site created "wholly or in substantial part" by AI. It announced the new...

The Canadian folk-roots community was hit with some astonishingly terrible news over the holidays: beloved vocalist and songwriter Coco Love Alcorn had been diagnosed...

Few artists on the Canadian folk-roots scene can claim the longevity and consistency of the winner of the 2025 Penguin Eggs Roots Music Canada...

1. Stephen Fearing - The Empathist 2. Cassie and Maggie MacDonald - Gold and Coal 3. Lennie Gallant - Shelter from the Storms 4. (Tie) Angelique Francis...

Honeybear, the Band is the 2025 Penguin Eggs Roots Music Canada Critics’ New Discovery of the Year. The Vancouver quartet comprised of Ian Beaty on bass...

2024: (Tie) Julian Taylor, Pathways (Howling Turtle) and Terra Spencer, Sunset (Independent) 2023: Wiiliam Prince, Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter) 2022: James Keelaghan, Second Hand...