Reviews
Album Release: Alanna Matty, “This Past Year”
byWe recently featured Toronto artist Alanna Matty’s single, “End Up Alone,” here on GDW. Her insightful musings on the reasons relationships fail are but…
Single Releases
Single Release: Hearts & Knives, “Florence Nightingale”
byOf all the new artists that we discovered over the last twelve months, Saskatchewan synth-rockers Hearts & Knives were one in particular that stood…
Interviews
Stephen Fearing, “The Secret Of Climbing”
byGo ahead and ask casual fans of Canadian music about the most recent solo album from Vancouver based singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing, and many will…
Concert Recaps
Ron Hawkins Returns to Hamilton’s Mule Spinner
byJust six days after our evening with Lee Harvey Osmond at The Mule Spinner in Hamilton, ON, Team GDW returned to this wonderful venue…
Festivals
Canadians Return to Pennsylvania’s Celtic Classic
byIt’s hard to believe that a year has passed since Team GDW ventured out to our first annual Celtic Classic event in Bethlehem, PA. …
Gossip Talkin' Blues
Gossip Talkin’ Blues, Episode 35: “Abundance” With Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop
byIn this episode, Team GDW talks with jazz drummer Ernesto Cervini about his ensemble Turboprop and their latest album, “Abundance.” SOCAN license #5052874 Related…
Videos
We were unable to catch this memorable show with our good friends The Steel City Rovers. So glad that they have shared this footage showing highlights of the event. Be sure to catch the Rovers on tour in 2019...
Steel City Rovers
Every career has mountaintop moments. For us, one of our mountaintops came recently as we performed in both Ontario and Michigan with the International Symphony Orchestra. And oh, how very richly we enjoyed ourselves. The concerts were conducted by Douglas Bianchi. The Executive Director of the ISO is Anthony Wing. Some portions of the presentation were our own arrangements of rare traditional melodies. Otherwise, all of the music performed in collaboration with the symphony orchestra was written by Mark Fletcher and/or Ryan McKenna. The orchestral arrangements of our vocal pieces were done by Kevin Fox and our pieces that were exclusively instrumental were arranged for orchestra by Ben Bolt-Martin. This video was done by Kevin Lynch and Ricky Barnes of Stringz Media. Still-photography by Lou Parry Photography. It was a superlative experience to have accomplished this together with everyone who was involved. #RoversTourCanada #RoversTourUSA #SymphonicRovers
Final footage featuring Skye Wallace from last Friday night. Check out this outstanding acoustic version of “Ain’t It Hell,” captured live at The Mule Spinner.
Snowing hard in Central PA today. A perfect excuse to stay home and enjoy more live music from Ron Hawkins, who electrified the audience with “The Ballad of Late-Era Capitalism” at The Mule Spinner last Friday night.
Fun times with Dave Gould and Chris Cracknell last night at Rebel's Rock Irish Pub in Hamilton. Think these guys can pull off a cover of “19-2000” by Gorillaz? Hit PLAY to find out.....
Craving some more footage from Skye Wallace? Check out this performance of “Blood Moon” at The Mule Spinner last Friday night.
Ron Hawkins shares one of his upcoming new tracks from the next Lowest Of The Low album, caught here at The Mule Spinner performing “Midnight Maryanne.”
Here’s something a little different. Team GDW spent an evening at Rebel's Rock Irish Pub in Hamilton, ON to catch Dave Gould and Chris Cracknell perform some wonderful entertainment. Check out this tale of Canadian naval history.
Always happy to catch up with Ron Hawkins for the second straight year at The Mule Spinner in Hamilton. LOTL fans were clearly happy to find “Eternal Fatalist” included in his set tonight.
Back at The Mule Spinner in Hamilton; this time to catch Skye Wallace, captured here performing a cover of “Watermark” by The Weakerthans. Great opening set from Skye tonight.
Final footage from the LeE HARVeY OsMOND show last weekend at The Mule Spinner in Hamilton, ON. Check out this awesome live version of “Whole Damn World,” a cut from the brand new “Mohawk” album. And check back here tomorrow for our recap of this amazing gig.
More footage from LeE HARVeY OsMOND last Saturday night at The Mule Spinner - check out this medley of “Colours” and “Leave This House” - the band sure had fun with these.
Stoked to see this beautiful recital by LeE HARVeY OsMOND from “Beautiful Scars” about his first encounter with the late Gord Downie, followed by a very moving cover of “Fiddlers Green.” Outstanding evening of music last night at The Mule Spinner.
Another amazing set from LeE HARVeY OsMOND, captured here performing “Kingdom Come” from the brand new “Mohawk” album. What a great show tonight at The Mule Spinner.
Quinn Bachand's Brishen took things to another level during their second set at Chestnut House last night. Lured by the temptation of some “display” instruments hanging on a nearby wall, Quinn stunned both his bandmates and the room with his unscripted antics.
All it takes is some live music from Quinn Bachand's Brishen here in Central PA to quickly help you forget that it is 6 degrees F outside. Awesome music from this incredibly talented quartet, courtesy of the fine folks at Chestnut House Concerts.
