Tag: St. John’s

When Alan Doyle looks back to his childhood growing up in Petty Harbour, his life at age 10 in 1979 wasn’t much different from...

Growing up surrounded by music in Newfoundland and Labrador, Matthew Byrne didn’t think his family was unique in any way. His father, Joe, was...

Twenty-two-year-old Newfoundland singer-songwriter Becca Bartlett is in New Jersey this week, taking part in a mentorship program with Seal, the Grammy-winning British singer known...

When an artist goes into the studio to record a new album they're faced with endless possibilities and decisions. Which songs are they going...

When the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival announced that the July 13 headliners this year were Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris, it was the...

It’s safe to say that we’ve all been through some changes over the past few years, but for singer-songwriter David Picco, some major upheavals...

Gordy the moose reviews some of his favourite new submissions to the Roots Music Canada virtual mailbox.  This lovely trans-Atlantic collaboration brings together Newfoundland multi-instrumentalist Billy...

The 19th annual Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) took place over the weekend of April 6-7 at the Majestic Theatre in St. John’s Newfoundland...

The Canadian Folk Music Awards weekend has just wrapped up in St. John's, NL with news that next year's 20th anniversary edition will take...

Newfoundland’s The Once will release their first album in more than six years on Feb. 16, and today they're giving us another taste of...