Gossip Talkin’ Blues, Episode 9: Sawdust City Music Festival Preview With Miranda Mulholland
This week, we feature a conversation with artist and advocate Miranda Mulholland, who also is founder and artistic director for the Sawdust City Music…
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Celebrate the Holidays With the Halifax Jazz Festival and Support Music Education
The Halifax Jazz Festival is expanding its annual holiday fundraiser this season, adding a new show, “Swing Into The Holidays,” for the evening entertainment, along with perennial family favorite, “Tales of a Charlie…
2017 Celtic Classic (Bethlehem, PA): Canadian Artist Preview
Several months ago, one of the artists we actively follow reached out to alert us that they would be coming to our area to…
Sawdust City Music Festival 2017: The Jim Cuddy Family Band
Having outlined our appreciation of the public events at the inaugural Sawdust City Music Festival in Gravenhurst, ON, our attention is now focused on…
Sawdust City Music Festival 2017: Public Events
Earlier this year, we learned that the first Sawdust City Music Festival would take place over the first August weekend in the town of…
Gateway Festival Highlight Interview: The Wolfe
Saskatchewan-based The Wolfe came to national attention in Canada in a big way earlier this year as finalists in the CBC Searchlight competition. The…
Montréal Live Music: Festival Folk sur le Canal
After spending Friday in downtown Montréal embracing the charms of this city, we took le Métro and headed out to the Festival Folk sur…
Montréal Live Music: Francofolies Experience
When Team GDW saw that both the Montréal Francofolies festival and Festival Folk sur le Canal were taking place over the same weekend, the…
Gateway Festival Highlight Interview: Ava Wild
I first heard Ava Wild’s terrific debut album, “Bare,” via the Saskatchewan Music 2016 longlist, in which it was included amongst scores of terrific…
Gateway Festival Highlight Interview: The Karpinka Brothers
Among the many talented artists appearing at this year’s Gateway Festival are Saskatchewan’s own Karpinka Brothers, who provide a delightful blend of folk, country,…