Living Roots Music Festival – 2025 Recap (Part 1)
This year, I’m once again thrilled to share my experiences from Fredericton’s Living Roots Music Festival! While last year I focused on specific artists,…
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Graven: Live in Burlington, ON
While Team GDW have followed the social media pages of Nepean, ON singer-songwriter Graven for several years now, we have never had the pleasure…
Review: Suzie Ungerleider, “Among The Evergreens”
Suzie Ungerleider has been carrying around a beautiful secret these past two years and the surprise is all the more sweeter for its telling. The secret, of course, is her…
Single Release: Great Lake Swimmers, “One More Dance Around the Sun”
The approach of summer brings a change of rhythm – certainly for my family, and perhaps also for yours. The late sunsets, the warmer…
GDW Jukebox: Spring Singles Overload
Overwhelming! If asked to summarize the amount of new music releases from across Canada this spring, overwhelming would likely be my response. Collectively, the…
Stardust Duo: Live in Burlington, ON
Taking an extended road trip to Southern Ontario over the US Memorial Day holiday weekend has kind of been ‘our thing’ for several years now,…
Single Release: Ken Yates, “Under the Cover of Light”
There’s a nice nudging energy that drives “Under the Cover of Light” along. Just enough percussion to keep propelling the song forward to provide…
Matt Andersen: Live in Vienna, VA
“I’m going to keep things pretty simple tonight. I’m gonna play a bunch of songs. After a while, I’m gonna stop playing songs and…
Julian Taylor: Live in Vienna, VA
Given that life as we know it is pretty much back to normal now (thankfully), I really don’t like to toss around words such…
Single Release: Joel Manchester, “Suddenly Violently”
“A picture is worth a thousand words”—we’ve all heard the saying. At first glance, it might seem that painters and photographers have an unfair…