Northern Lights Folk ClubSam Baker makes people happy. His song's characters face many challenges from alcoholism, racism, drug addiction, to a mother's abandonment, but they persevere – much like Sam himself. A Sam Baker show is a celebration, an acknowledgment and appreciation of the pure joy that comes with people gathering to listen to live music. Sam feels […]
Connie Kaldor is one of Canada's finest songwriters. She has toured the world, won Junos, a Western Literature Award, and is a member of the Order of Canada. She has done it all as an independent – writing, singing, performing, building her following one song, one show at a time. She is the author of […]
A troubadour, a singer/songwriter, a folky, and a storyteller – all are fair labels for this artist, but they do not quite suffice. The tattoo of Woody Guthrie worn proudly on his arm is a good starting place from which to grasp Ellis Paul. Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and James Taylor are also listed among his influences. […]
Dave Gunning credits his first live concert, a 1981 double bill of John Allan Cameron and Stan Rogers, to be a major driving force in shaping the direction his life would take as a musician. Best defined as a master craftsman, over the course of 23 years and 11 albums, the Nova Scotian folk singer/songwriter […]
Alberta's Scott Cook has been living out of a van or backpack for over 10 years, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, and distilling his experiences into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. He is one of the hardest-working DIY troubadours on the road, averaging 150 shows including a dozen festivals […]
Old Man Luedecke's inspired banjo playing and wry storytelling cut to the heart of normal/extraordinary experience. His latest offering, Easy Money, picks up where his award winning album, Domestic Eccentric, leaves off – four years farther down the road, dreaming about his ship coming in, parenting but now grappling with the newness of middle age, […]
A co-presentation with Winter Roots Roundup XII (U of A Sound Studies), the Women of Folkways concert is a celebration by women of women in the Folkways Records catalogue. This year's show will feature Annie Lou, Moira Smiley and Dana Wylie for a collaborative singer-in-the-round concert. These talented musicians will explore and celebrate the music […]
The LYNNeS are Canadian poets Lynn Miles and Lynne Hanson. These songwriters have toured and written songs together off and on over the past 10 years, and Miles has produced two of Hanson's albums. For THE LYNNeS, songs are what matter the most, and their debut album Heartbreak Song For The Radiopairs hauntingly gritty lyrics […]
A Saskatoon native transplanted to the Niagara Region of Ontario, Suzie Vinnick is the proud owner of a gorgeous voice, prodigious guitar and bass chops, and an engagingly candid performance style. American-born, Canadian-raised, Oh Susanna possesses a bewitching voice that wraps around your heart. Her superbly crafted songs often tell stories of troubled souls who […]