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Mariel Buckley: Live At Peterborough Folk Festival
byWhile much of the Saturday evening at the 2024 Peterborough Folk Festival would be heavily disrupted by a sequence of electrical storms passing across…
While much of the Saturday evening at the 2024 Peterborough Folk Festival would be heavily disrupted by a sequence of electrical storms passing across…
Team GDW have arrived back in central PA following a fabulous road trip that took us through both ON and QC. With our Wednesday…
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We’re into our sixth Snappy Singles of the year, which can only mean one thing – the summer season is upon us! Normally I…
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“This past Saturday at The Casbah in Hamilton, ON will go down as one of my favourite shows ever. Thanks to all of our…
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“When you turn twenty-one raise a glass in the air / Let your freedom fly in the wind / Should you hear the sounds…
“So Colorado / Is a place I have to go / I heard a rumour / She loves the mountains and the snow /…
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