Villages – Dark Island
Photo by Mel Stone. Cape Breton Island-based Celtic folk-rock quartet Villages released a new full-length album on Feb. 17, their second release, called Dark Island. The 11 tracks are meant to give one a flavour of what it would mean ...
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 ...
Alicia Toner releases haunting ‘Time Travel'”
There’s a certain irony to the chorus of Alicia Toner’s new single, the haunting “Time Travel,” on which she sings, “Only one thing left for you to do / travel back in time and tell the truth.” The lyric is ...
Lynn Miles’ new COVID-inspired album is all about uncertainty
During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses, offices and factories were closed for safety concerns. The result was that normally bustling communities were almost turned into ghost towns. Ottawa singer-songwriter Lynn Miles lives on what is usually a ...
Catching up with Le Vent du Nord a year after ...
“We’re not a political band, but in a way it’s a political act to sing in French wherever we go in the world,” said Nicolas Boulerice, a founding member of the Quebec band Le Vent du Nord, who last year ...
How Geoff Berner’s Jewish heritage informs his calling out of ...
Geoff Berner has always been the kind of guy you could count on for an uncompromising take on what ails the world – the kind of guy who will unfailingly side with artistic virtue whenever it comes in conflict with ...
Hard work is paying off for Six Nations singer-songwriter Lacey ...
“I believe in quantum healing,” said Six Nations singer-songwriter Lacey Hill. “When we’re all vibrating, the potential is there to have miracles happen. I believe in miracles and I’ve seen them. It gives you more of an awareness, and we ...
Ryan Wayne’s new single is a farewell letter to John ...
Accomplished Americana/roots-rock singer-songwriter Ryan Wayne, best-known for his time with the award-winning, much-loved Toronto band Warped 45s, has released “Wherever You Land,” the first single from his upcoming debut album Crow Amongst The Sparrows. “Wherever You Land” is a tender-hearted ...
Her talent to humility ratio was ‘off the charts’: ...
In all of the tributes to Shirley Eikhard that have poured forth in the past 24 hours, since news of her passing at age 67 broke early yesterday morning, I believe David Newland might’ve summed her up most succinctly. Responding ...
Tim Readman and Andy Cook tried to mimic the best ...
Before you think to yourself, “Oh God. The last thing we need is another Christmas album,” I need to tell you something about this year’s crop: they’re not like the other Christmas albums. I don’t know if this is another ...