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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Digging Roots hit the road again with their new album, ...
Juno Award winners Digging Roots have just kicked off their new tour with two sold-out shows in the Aeolian Hall Performance Centre in London, ON. The duo of ShoShona Kish and Raven Kanatakta are performing their 21 shows across Canada ...
Tim Hicks got the crowd singing at CityFolk on night ...
What a great time we had listening to country star Tim Hicks last night at the City Folk Music Festival. The crowd roared with excitement when he did his hit song “Better Beer”. The song compares Canada to the United ...
R&B star T Pain kept the party going at CityFolk
When I told my 27 year old daughter and her 26 year old boyfriend that I was going to see T Pain and write a review of his show, their mouths dropped wide open. They said that he was “really ...
JJ Wilde kicks the door off its hinges at CityFolk ...
Jillian Dowding is from Kitchener/Waterloo, ON but her stage name is JJ Wilde. She is a force to be reckoned with. She told Robert Rowat of CBC Music last year that the “professors and voice coaches” from the Performing Arts ...
The Glorious Sons rock the stage at CityFolk
The Glorious Sons are an incredible band that attracted a massive crowd of young people to CityFolk Music Festival on Friday night. They sang and swayed along with every song. Formed in 2011 when they signed with Black Box, the ...
The Blue Stones play CityFolk in Ottawa, opening for the ...
It was rock night at CityFolk Friday night! After Sophia Radisch mesmerized us with her electrifying set, two guys took to the stage. I am not sure I have ever seen a band that only had two members in it. ...
Night two at CityFolk opened by rocker Sophia Radisch
At only 24 years of age, this young rocker has accomplished a great deal. With two albums under her belt, numerous awards, an author credit in Canadian Musician Magazine for her article entitled “Finding Your Passion,” stage and film credits, ...