Tim Readman

Just in case you don't know, Edmonton, AB’s The McDades are Shannon Johnson on fiddle and vocals, Solon McDade on upright bass and vocals,...

The new Maria Dunn album, Hardscrabble Hope, will be the Edmonton social activist and Juno Award-winning folk songwriter’s eighth. It’s a wonderful collection of...

Edmonton, AB’s Shannon Johnson is a Juno Award-winning fiddle player, singer, producer and co-leader, with her two brothers, of The McDades. Formed in 1980,...

The Vancouver Folk Song Society (VFSS) is the longest-running continuous folk music club in Canada. It was founded in 1959 in Vancouver, BC, when...

The critical consensus about Denmark’s Tone of Voice Orchestra is that you’ve never heard anything like them, that their music defies categorization, that their...

One problem for musicians is that many of your friends are also musicians and, given the hectic schedule and touring involved in that way...

The main stage hosted a welcome from representatives of the S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nation. The festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded...

When Saturday comes, Day 2 of the 48th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival dawns under a blanket of marine cloud. A fairly stiff breeze...

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival has a different feel to it these days. It’s been changing in more recent times after years of stagnation...

There are various steps involved in getting ready for any outdoor folk festival. At the very minimum, you need sun protection, hydration and head...