Review: Jory Nash, “The Light Still Shines on the Main”
Returning to the modern music world, after a seven-year hiatus, Jory Nash released “The Light Still Shines On The Main” to an appreciative audience at Hugh’s Room in Toronto, November…
folk/roots
Commonwealth Connections: Ruen Brothers, “Sitting at the Station”
And now for something completely different… Surely, we’ve all had those moments where upon the discovery of a new tune from a previously unknown artist, it very…
Single Release: First Robin, “Spider Veins”
“They’re crawling, creeping, weaving, getting bold / They’re crawling, creeping, eating, getting bold.” When Halloween officially lands on one of our regular GDW posting days (Tuesday and Friday),…
Essential New Releases: Rapid Fire Roundup
We found ourselves having to disable the ‘new email notification’ chime from the GDW inbox – because it’s worse than an overly sensitive smoke detector right now. New music requests and…
Video Vault: Mini Movies from Montréal (and one from Toronto too)
We’re sharing a bunch of recent videos from Canadian Indigenous artists all month long with our Wednesday social media features, but the Video Vault is still packed with…
Review: Rachel Cousins, “What Hasn’t Killed Me”
Rightfully dubbed a raw and vulnerable coming of age project, “What Hasn’t Killed Me” is the third studio album from Rachel Cousins – and…
Single Release: Katie Schurman, “The Next”
Releasing your first single is like standing on the sidewalk and holding your underwear drawer open for the world to see. It’s like tattooing…
Review: Great Lake Swimmers, “Caught Light”
Full disclosure: Great Lake Swimmers (GLS) is the reason that I’m on the Great Dark Wonder team of writers. Ever since I was introduced…
GDW Jukebox: Autumn Additions
It seems like it was just yesterday when we last updated the GDW Jukebox in time for the summer season. Yet here we are…
The Local Honeys: Live in Hagerstown, MD
For the second consecutive Thursday evening, we had tickets in hand to a live music event. Having spent the previous Thursday catching up with…