Willows – Maison vent
Fans of Francophone female vocalists like Chloe Sainte-Marie, Carla Bruni and Coeur de Pirate will love the new album from Franco-Manitoban indie-folk musician Willows (Geneviève Toupin) – and we’re excited to be premiering it today here on Roots Music Canada. ...
5 songs of spring from some Canadian roots music icons
Welcome to the first full day of spring, everyone! Phew! We made it! The vernal equinox happened at around 5:30 ET yesterday afternoon, and we are now officially at the part of the year where the days are longer than ...
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 ...
alt-country rockers, Foreman and Co will get you through hard ...
The best way of coping with change is to rock. This is demonstrated in the infectious new single “Sun Still Rises,” by Canadian alt-country band Foreman and Co. “Sun Still Rises” is fresh from the band’s 2021 nine-track album, Waiting For ...
Li’l Andy explains Hezekiah Procter in the Roots Music Canada ...
Until recently, little was known about the singer who called himself “Hezekiah Fortescue Procter.” From 1925, until his mysterious disappearance in 1929, Procter recorded some of the earliest examples of country, jazz, and old-time music while also setting the blueprint ...
Check out these new singles from Martha Wainwright, Donovan Woods ...
Martha Wainwright has just released a new single, “Wolves,” which was recorded during the sessions for her four-year-old album Goodnight City but never released because it didn’t quite fit the final album sequence. It has always remained a favourite, she said, not ...
Li’l Andy shares innovative new video for ‘Out On The ...
Montreal’s favourite alt-country crooner Li’l Andy is preparing to release a major multi-media project this spring, but until then, he’s tying up a few loose ends with his previous album, 2019’s All The Love Songs Lied To Us, by sharing ...
Nicolas Boulerice – Maison de Pierres
It is said that English is a very technical language, and that in contrast, French is much more poetic. You hear this nature of the language very clearly on this new recording in the perfect and atmospheric singing of Nicolas ...
Montreal’s The Slowinks return with stomping single ‘One Shoe’
With a sound that combines classic country, jazz and western swing, Montreal’s The Slowinks have successfully charmed their hometown and are now poised to do the same to the wider world with their debut album, Stay With Me Awhile, released ...
We road-tested Connie Kaldor’s Christmas jelly lime salad recipe; ...
Connie Kaldor is a folk singer-songwriter with a long and distinguished career in Canadian music. Perhaps as well-known as her musical contributions is her affection for Prairie life. While she herself no longer lives in her home province of ...