2025 Year-End Music Recap (Craig Brackman)
It’s that time of year where we reflect on our music journey and where it’s taken us. For me personally, it took me to two very different spectrums of…
folk/roots
Video Vault: Algorithms A-Go-Go…
And down a music video rabbit hole we go… Team GDW receives plenty of emailed links to new music video releases, which typically direct us to encrypted files, but mostly YouTube. Hitting this…
Video Vault: Commonwealth Connections – Cool Cuts
While we try to cover as much ground as possible with our focus on Canadian music during these final weeks of 2025, artists from…
Blue Rodeo: 40th Anniversary Concert in Ottawa
I have waxed poetic MANY times about this Toronto-based band approaching a decade’s worth of music blogging. An obscure, non-mainstream band (outside of Canada)…
Adam Baldwin: Live in Ottawa
When iconic alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo announced their highly anticipated fortieth anniversary tour this year (yes, really – 40 years since their formation in Toronto), while…
Video Vault: No Membership Renewal Needed
Hello December! The delivery truck just left GDW HQ, but not before dropping off a fresh batch of mini movies for our viewing pleasures. We renewed…
Single Release: The Night Owls, “Queen of the Game”
This Montréal-based indie-folk duo of Simon Arsenault and Marianne Bourgeois first came to my attention in early 2022 with the release of their debut ‘self-titled’ single, which earned a…
GDW Jukebox: Indie Arrivals
A fresh bunch of independent 45s just arrived at GDW HQ, so we are loading a selection of Indie Arrivals onto the spindles, ready for your quarters and enjoyment. Well,…
I’m With Her: Live in York, PA
Following the international success of their 2018 debut “See You Around” album, US folk trio I’m With Her returned to the spotlight this year, announcing their long-awaited sophomore album “Wild and Clear…
Video Release: Julie Neff, “fine!?”
“Some songs write themselves. This one didn’t.” (Julie Neff) I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: while nothing beats the experience of enjoying live music, it is the fostering of…