Review: Ethan Ardelli, “The Island of Form”
The unknown trajection and unpredictable behavior of “The Island of Form” by Ethan Ardelli is a significant part of its appeal. “The Island of…
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Review: Shad, “A Short Story About a War”
The world is often a confusing and terrifying place. Lesser artists avoid such heavy subjects. Sure there’s a place in the world for catchy…
Review: Carly Dow, “Comet”
Hailing from Manitoba, Carly Dow released “Comet,” her full-length sophomore album on October 19th, and with just a short sampling of the opening track,…
Review: Sarah MacDougall, “All the Hours I Have Left to Tell You Anything”
Regular readers of this blog will recall that we’ve recently featured singles from Sarah MacDougall’s new album (“Empire” and “We Are Fire“). Now that…
Snappy Snippets: The Heartaches Stringband, Chris Velan, Marlon Chaplin, Doris Folkens
It’s hard to believe that we are already well into the third season of the year, but there is no doubting that the onslaught…
Review: Karrnnel, “Crazy Old Man” and “SKMB”
Releasing one album is an ambitious enterprise for any musician… releasing two simultaneously is hugely daring. Karrnnel Sawitsky (who readers might know best as…
Review: Jimmy Rankin, “Moving East”
Whenever I am asked why I got into Canadian folk-roots music, and who I first discovered in this genre, Nova Scotia’s The Rankin Family…
T. Buckley, “Miles We Put Behind”
Writing about Canadian music means constant surprises in the form of artists who we should have known previously, but didn’t. Alberta-based T. Buckley is…
Review: John Wort Hannam, “Acres of Elbow Room”
Some months ago, I happened on a posting from an artist soliciting contributions for his album pledge campaign. Intrigued by the description and by…
Erin Costelo, “Sweet Marie”
Don’t let anybody try to convince you that it is not easy to find great new music in this era of social media, genre-specific…