David Francey – The Breath Between
By the time the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Juno-winning Canadian folk singer David Francey was already battling the worst plague known to performers the world over: the loss of his singing voice. After 25 years of living the ...
Laura Risk – Traverse
If you’d like to listen to a recording that encapsulates history and joy in equal portions and just makes you want to dance, Traverse, by Laura Risk, with friends Nicholas Williams and Rachel Aucoin, is absolutely the one. Laura has an incredible ...
Onion Honey’s riproaring, sweet-tart string band music comes with a ...
Onion Honey performs at MooseFest: celebrating 5 years of Roots Music Canada, a one-night festival in honour of this website June 4 at Toronto’s TRANZAC. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Get your tickets HERE Onion ...
Genticorum: Au Coeur de L’Aube
Spring has truly sprung. Au Coeur de L’Aube (In the Heart of Dawn) is a new CD by Genticorum, the seventh in the oeuvre of this terrific trad trio from Québec, and the theme has everything to do with re-birth ...
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 PEI drew the members of Inn Echo to settle ...
There are any number of reasons why the members of a band come together. It could be a shared love of a style of music, common musical influences or a general curiosity about a musical heritage. Or it could be ...
Catherine MacLellan – Holiday
If we’re being honest, this holiday season may not be the easiest to ease into, as it’s our third year of life with COVID-19. Fortunately, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan has released a new four-cut Christmas EP called Holiday that ...
HuDost Explore Genuine, Authentic Love in “Home is Bigger Than ...
Seeking to sit the world down for a bit of a breather, folk-rock duo HuDost serve up down-home comfort with the release of their breathtaking and enveloping new album, Anthems of Home. The expansive and lush 11-song release — and ...
T. Buckley’s New Album Reflects Much More Than Family History
Alberta singer-songwriter T. Buckley’s new album Frame By Frame is filled with songs reflecting on the influence other people. In particular, how family members impact our lives and attitudes. Sometimes it seems the spirit of a long gone family member is carried ...