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…
reviews
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…
Review: The Tiki Collective, “Muse”
Here at GDW HQ, a number of intriguing albums cross our desk on a regular basis (sadly, more than we can keep up with!). …
Review: Matt Mays, “Twice Upon A Hell Of A Time”
As we rapidly approach the first anniversary of Matt Mays’ 2017 release, “Once Upon a Hell of a Time,” I have a sense of…
Review: Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder, “This World of Dew”
Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder’s “This World of Dew” is like a score for an exotic film noir, that doesn’t yet exist. Aaron Shragge…
Review: Samaël, “Shadow”
On a recent (and particularly challenging) workday, I decided I needed some distraction from the tasks before me, and spent a few minutes skimming…