Festival de la Poutine: Friday Night Highlights
Enjoying an extended vacation in both Ontario and Québec, Team GDW made a visit to Drummondville, QC to attend the annual Festival de la…
folk/roots
Review: Joel Plaskett, “One Real Reveal”
Joel Plaskett, a cornerstone of Canada’s east coast music scene, first gained prominence 30 years ago with the band Thrush Hermit. His enduring presence…
Commonwealth Connections: Theo Bleak, “In My House”
While Canadian folk-roots music is our bread and butter here at GDW, when new tunes land in our laps from across the commonwealth, this…
Snappy Singles: End Of The Summer Days
We’ve circled back around to the second Tuesday of the month, meaning another installment of our recurring Snappy Singles features. The summer season may…
The Jim Cuddy Band: Live in Huntsville, ON
With plans confirmed twelve months ago to return to Muskoka for a mid-August long weekend, we were ready for our annual summer music-filled vacation…
Mariel Buckley: Live At Peterborough Folk Festival
While much of the Saturday evening at the 2024 Peterborough Folk Festival would be heavily disrupted by a sequence of electrical storms passing across…
Lloyd Spiegel: Live In Fredericton, NB
They say it takes roughly 10,000 hours to master a particular skill. Australian artist Lloyd Spiegel has undoubtedly exceeded that. His trusty Cole Clark…
Peterborough Folk Festival: East Coast Music Workshop
Team GDW recently took an extended vacation across parts of ON and QC, and with an open Saturday on the first leg of our…
Essential New Releases: End Of Month August Jams
Team GDW are still recovering from our summer adventures last week, taking a much-needed road trip across parts of ON and QC – catching…
Review: Ian North, “Everything Is Incomplete”
After my first listen to Ian North’s gorgeous new album, “Everything is Incomplete,” released on August 4th, I was reminded of this quote from…