Home Routes is back! Here’s the line-up for October
Canada’s largest house concert network as returning this fall for the first series of in-person events since COVID-19 shut down the live music circuit in 2020. And also for the first time since the death of its founder, Mitch Podolak. ...
SIX shows to kick off the Rogue Folk Club’s 2023-24 ...
I hope you saved up lots of money over the summer because the Rogue Folk Club has just launched its 2023-24 concert series, and that always comes with a problem: how do you choose which shows to go see? The ...
The Fugitives – ‘It Might Just Rain Like This For ...
The Fugitives are a Vancouver-based acoustic folk-roots group headed by songwriters Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod, and joined by banjo player Chris Suen (Viper Central) and violinist Carly Frey (The Coal Porters). They’re set to release their sixth album (and ...
Dispatches from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival day one (Friday)
Running late as usual. 5:15 and I’ve hopped onto the wrong bus. Correct that mistake quickly (thank you Vancouver Transit). Missed the big sign where media was to check in and stood in line with everyone else. Got redirected, and ...
Contest: Name Doug Cox and Linda McRae’s new duo!
OK, let’s get this out of the way right away: I already proposed “Bandy McBandface,” and they didn’t go for it. But in all seriousness, Doug Cox and Linda McRae have formed a new duo that brings together two giants ...
Read and share Reid Jamieson’s #Fanifesto on how to support ...
There is good news, and there is bad news. The bad news Making music is no longer sustainable. And there is little we as artists can do about it. Here is the hard truth as we see it: in 2023, ...
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 ...