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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]