The Franklin Electric: No One Left ‘Unsatisfied’ at Horseshoe Tavern
While most American families prepared to tuck into their turkey dinners on Thanksgiving, Team GDW hit the road and headed back to southern Ontario…
November, 2016
Interview: Os Tropies, “The Soil”
Os Tropies’ latest project, “The Soil,” is quite likely a very different listen from anything else you will hear this year. It’s firmly rooted…
Find a New Favorite: Birds of Bellwoods
While killing some time surfing Bandcamp (a bad habit I’ve recently developed), I came across the group Birds of Bellwoods and their 2015 EP,…
Already Planning for the 2017 Concert Season!
With our 2016 concert season winding down into the last remaining weeks of the year, we are looking forward to the shows on…
Musings: The Darcys, “Centerfold”
I’m the first to admit that, at least musically, I didn’t enjoy the 1980s so much the first time around. My tastes were so…
Blue Rodeo Returns to the US: Ardmore Music Hall
We arrived at the Ardmore Music Hall (just outside of Philadelphia, PA) on a beautiful fall evening for the highly anticipated opening night for…
Album Release Date Alert – Daniel Bélanger, Paloma
Finally, after such a long wait after “Chic de ville,” Daniel Bélanger has announced the release date for his newest project, “Paloma.” The album…
Musings: The Jerry Cans, “Inuusiq/Life”
Thank heaven for CBC – I can honestly say that I would probably not have so many of the things I’ve enjoyed most in…
One Day and Counting to Blue Rodeo in Pennsylvania!
It is probably impossible for us to hide the fact that we are, and remain, devoted fans to the music of Blue Rodeo. That…
Musings: #fbf Good, Pinsent, & Keelor, “Down and Out in Upalong”
I first became aware of Gordon Pinsent through his work on “Due South” – for the longest time, the only Canadian television to which…