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…
folk/roots
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…
The Sadies: Live in State College, PA
Seeds for this show were planted back in mid-July, thanks to a notification popping up in our social media feeds announcing that Toronto, ON…
Single Release: McKayla Daigle, “Hold My Head Up High”
As the whirlwind of summer fades – the late nights, the road trips, the festival haze – a quieter season takes its place. The…
Commonwealth Connections: The Paper Kites – Live in Vienna, VA
We shared our concert recap of the visit by Australian soul-rockers The Teskey Brothers to the Filene Center at Wolf Trap recently – but…