Tag: Indigenous renaissance
The Chat Room: Marc Meriläinen
Earlier this year, the ever-prolific, Toronto-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer NADJIWAN (a.k.a. Marc Meriläinen) released The Great Sea, arguably his most personal collection of...
Aysanabee talks about his meteoric rise, his Polaris nod, and the...
Pat Chessell just spent the weekend at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, where he was busily filing dispatches for Roots Music Canada. While there,...
Sultans of String and Crystal Shawanda collaborate on ‘The Rez’
“The Rez” is a searing collaboration between two-time Juno Award winning blues and country music artist Crystal Shawanda and three-time Juno-nominated global music act...
David LaRonde offers more award-winning folk-roots and blues on his new...
Teme-Augama Anishnabai singer-songwriter David Laronde performs contemporary roots, folk, rock, and blues that fuses an urban influence with the mystery and ancestral philosophy of his...
5 things to check out at the Northern Lights Festival Boreal...
Northern Lights Festival Boreal got underway yesterday in Sudbury, and Marcia McVean is out there now, watching and writing up reports for us. While she...
Tom Wilson has been invested into the Order of Canada
Photo by Sean Sisk Renowned for his work with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Lee Harvey Osmond and the rock band Junkhouse that launched his...
5 songs of empowerment for National Indigenous People’s Day
We were trying to decide how to celebrate National Indigenous People's Day here at Roots Music Canada when that word "celebrate" kinda jumped out...
Listen to the brand new debut single from Terry Uyarak’s forthcoming...
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...
Here are the nominees for the first ever Arctic Music Awards
Before we talk about the awards, can we just take a moment to acknowledge that a lot has happened in the Nunavut music scene...
Hard work is paying off for Six Nations singer-songwriter Lacey Hill
"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...