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 ...
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 ...
2 great shows to kick off the new Rogue Folk ...
The summer festival season is slowly drawing to a close, and that means it’s time to gear up for the fall folk club season. Vancouver Rogue Folk Club is back with a stellar line-up that includes performances by Irish trad ...
Listen to the 2022 Western Canadian Music Award nominees in ...
The Western Canadian Music Awards unveiled this year’s nominees last Tuesday. The awards will be handed out during the Breakout West conference and festival Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 in Calgary. The annual event features daily industry panels, networking events, ...