Shawnee Kish – Aug. 31 at Live on the Waterfront, ...
On record, Shawnee Kish sounds like a soul-drenched pop singer with a massive voice, a mountain of sass and songs that are catchy as hell. So I headed out to Thunder Bay’s waterfront on Aug. 31 expecting your typical pop ...
Dispatches from Soulshine day three (Sunday)
Another fabulous day here in Blackstock, ON. For a festival that is only three years old, these guys have it dialed. I woke up after about four hours of sleep and felt called to the music I was hearing at ...
Dispatches from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival day two (Saturday)
10:30 and I’m headed to the bus stop for day two of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. I’m a little better prepared today. I’ve brought along a tote bag, which I’ve loaded up with a refillable water cup to take ...
The Acoustic Harvest 25th anniversary show – June 3 at ...
This first weekend of June was a weekend of roots music anniversary festivities in Toronto. On June 4, we celebrated five years of Roots Music Canada at the Tranzac with MooseFest. But the day before that, we marked the 25th ...
Over the Moon – May 28, the Redwood Theatre, Toronto
It was a gorgeous spring Sunday afternoon, and yet there we were, 50 people willing to sacrifice our sunshine to sit in a darkened hall listening to this fantastic band from Alberta. Craig Bignell and Suzanne Levesque have been touring ...
Brooks & Bowskill – March 30 at the Aron Theatre ...
Some of country’s most recognizable couples include Johnny Cash and June Carter, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, and George Jones and Tammy Wynette. A couple that should be added to this list is Jim Bowskill and Brittany Brooks—who play under ...
The Free Times Café 42nd anniversary open mic – Dec. ...
Fat clumps of falling slush and rain made for a damp trip to the Free Times Café for its 42nd anniversary last Thursday. Owner Judy Pearly hosted the event, showcasing a video about the café and presenting an open mic ...
Presley and Devon rock out and fan girl with the ...
I never considered myself a very lucky person. When it came to anything that was only achievable by fate, it seemed like fortune was never in my favour. So, I was almost laughing it off when I decided to enter ...
Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres in concert – Oct. 15 ...
In my notes from the evening of Oct. 15, somewhere during the second set of Pierre Schryer (fiddle) and Adam Dobres (guitar), I wrote, “This is music that makes you feel glad you’re alive.” In the beautiful, hallowed halls of ...
The Once, The Fortunate Ones and Old Man Luedecke – ...
This past warm Wednesday night saw fans of folk flocking to the Anchor’s Up show at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC). The three-act show, which is touring Canadian venues until Dec. 11, featured some of the Atlantic provinces’ best-known folk ...