On Bob Dylan and Being Gratefully Humbled
When Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for Literature was announced last week, I posed the question (and it was just a question, not a criticism)…
In the Studio Alert: Elliott Brood
Excited to see that another Elliott Brood project is underway: Steve adding some drums to a quite one “Adeline” #newsong new Album in the…
GDW Musings: Justin Rutledge – “East”
I always thought that the 2013 release “Valleyheart” would be a tough act to follow for Justin Rutledge. It was naturally unfair to compare…
GDW on Today’s Blue Rodeo Announcement
So, today was Blue Rodeo’s first-ever Facebook live stream – which, sadly, Greg missed. However, the guys shared the exciting news of 1) a…
GDW Musings: #tbt Daniel Bélanger – “Tricycle”
People often wonder, why Canadian music? What is so special about it? What attracted me to it? My story with Canadian music began quite…
In the Studio Alert: Damien Robitaille
This is fantastic news indeed… we’ve been fans since Damien’s second album, “Homme Autonome” (who couldn’t love that shag carpet look on the cover?),…
GDW Musings: Zachary Lucky – “Everywhere a Man Can Be”
Although I’m not a traveling musician, I’ve nevertheless done a hefty amount of solitary road-tripping in my time, across the American Midwest, South, and…
GDW Musings: Blue Rodeo, Brantford, 23 Sept. 2016
Blue Rodeo – always a great excuse for a road trip. For the third time this year, Team GDW traveled north to hear the…
GDW Musings: Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
L: I thought this was a great listen – quite an angry, passionate set of songs. She definitely doesn’t hold back in expressing what…
A great Canadian secret
No, it’s beyond the realm of hockey, maple syrup, and Beavertails. It is the grassroots Canadian music scene. A scene that GDW seek to…