Checking In at “The Yukon Motel” With Tomi Swick
With tickets in hand for our upcoming “first” concert of 2017 (Tomi Swick & Laura Cole, Burlington, ON), I decided to listen to Tomi…
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A Love Letter to Due South’s Musical Legacy
When the television show “Due South” began its five-year run in 1994, I found myself quickly captivated. I was, after all, an easy ‘get’…
2016 in Review: Team GDW Select Our Favorites
Both halves of Team GDW selected lists of favorites from 2016 – as you’ll see, we took quite different approaches. We hope that if…
2016 Favorites: Ontario
Given the great year in Canadian music generally, it would be dead easy to focus on the bigger artists working on Ontario (and there were…
Alberta and Manitoba: 2016 Favorites
As we continue to explore a banner year in releases province by province, we come to Alberta and Manitoba. Once again, I’ve found a…
Some Favorites From 2016 New Brunswick Releases
I had already decided to continue on our theme of favorites-by-province when Music/Musique NB released their 2016 releases poll, so I was happy to…
Some 2016 Favorites From Québec
My love for Canadian music began with a trip to Montréal in 1999 that happened to coincide with the Francofolies festival. My first introduction…
British Columbia’s Turn for the Marathon Romp
BeatRouteBC’s “best of Vancouver” releases list prompted me to spend some time digging through 2016 releases from British Columbia. It seems only fair, since…
A Marathon Run Through Saskatchewan Music’s Best of 2016 Longlist
Recently Saskatchewan Music posted their 2016 longlist for voting, complete with a Spotify playlist containing many of the nominated projects. Because I was mostly…
Musings: Katie Bulley, “Coffee House”
With this release, Hamilton-based Katie Bulley has delivered a set of songs that evoke the atmosphere indicated by the album’s title. As I have…