Here’s the line-up for the Canadian Folk Music Awards’ children’s ...
The Canadian Folk Music Awards have announced the lineup for the Family Folk, children and family music showcase that will take place during CFMA weekend In Vancouver. Co-Presented with The Vancouver International Children’s Festival, the showcase takes place on Sunday, ...
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival society has 7 new directors. ...
If last night’s board elections for the Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society amounted to a showdown between competing visions for the festival’s future, the battle ended in a draw. Members of the society elected seven new board members during the ...
Steve Dawson – ‘Let Him Go Mama’
Roots music Renaissance man Steve Dawson isn’t a fan of idle time, so when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down touring and put a temporary damper on his career as a record producer, Steve used the time to write and record ...
Amanda Jean, Mary Beth Carty, Mike Tod and Dee Hernandez
The moose is back! As some of you know, our virtual mailbox blew up last fall, just as the moose was getting back from his summer holidays. Not only did it swallow all our new music, it also destroyed everything ...
Canadian Folk Music Awards announce performers
The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards has announced the performer line-up for the 18th edition of the awards, which will unfold this year in Vancouver. You can see the full list at the bottom of this article. The ...
Watch Steve Edge of the Rogue Folk Club receive the ...
The annual Folk Alliance International conference got underway in Kansas City, MO yesterday with its International Folk Awards event. The organization gives out prizes for Artist, Album and Song of the Year, along with a variety of lifetime achievement awards ...
How Geoff Berner’s Jewish heritage informs his calling out of ...
Geoff Berner has always been the kind of guy you could count on for an uncompromising take on what ails the world – the kind of guy who will unfailingly side with artistic virtue whenever it comes in conflict with ...
4 shows at the Rogue Folk Club to get you ...
The Rogue Folk Club is starting the year strong with four fantastic performances lined up in January, so you won’t have to wait long for your next musical fix. The Rogue is offering tickets for both in-person and online livestream ...
Jason Schneider gives Art Bergmann his due with The Longest ...
Art Bergmann is often regarded as a punk rock icon, but his songcraft appeals to fans of many genres. Those fans include at least two journalists often associated with roots music: Roots Music Canada’s Heather Kitching and Jason Schneider. Jason ...
Tim Readman and Andy Cook tried to mimic the best ...
Before you think to yourself, “Oh God. The last thing we need is another Christmas album,” I need to tell you something about this year’s crop: they’re not like the other Christmas albums. I don’t know if this is another ...