GDW Musings: Justin Rutledge, Hamilton, 20 Oct. 2016
Inspired by the terrific new album “East” by Justin Rutledge, we made the rainy road trip back across the Peace Bridge into Ontario to…
GDW Musings: #tbt This Canadian Music Thing: a Retrospective
It was back around 2007 when, on a whim, L picked up a copy of “Courage & Patience & Grit” by Great Big Sea,…
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…