First Spin-First Impressions: Andrea Ramolo, “Quarantine Dream”
We’re kicking off 2022 with what hopefully shall be our latest recurring feature – the “First Spin-First Impressions” series. The idea came after my…
folk/roots
Review: Clever Hopes, “Artefact”
“I sit in one of the dives / On Fifty-second Street / Uncertain and afraid / As the clever hopes expire” (W. H. Auden)….
Snappy Singles: New Tunes For The New Year
Welcome to the first installment of Snappy Singles for 2022, our recurring feature that promises to bring you four hand-picked singles for your enjoyment…
Review: Whitehorse, “Strike Me Down”
As we commence the New Year (with a smidgen of optimism that the ‘new normal’ is on the horizon), what better time to make…
Martin’s Top Four Canadian Albums Of 2021
Following my list last week that chronicled what I consider to be my twenty favorite albums from Canada through 2021, this year proved difficult…
2021 Team GDW Miscellaneous Honors
As Martin prepares to reveal his Final Four Albums of the Year tomorrow (and having already listed his Twenty Favorite Singles and Albums over…
Martin Noakes: 2021 Top Twenty Album List
As we approach the final week of 2021, my mind has a flashback to March 2020, when our lives were turned upside down. Daily…
Steve Murphy: 2021 Top Ten Canadian Album List
What a crazy year 2021 has turned out to be. Perhaps because of shipping delays, or perhaps because of the reviews for this site,…
2021 Year End Review: 20 Memorable Singles
The restrictions resulting from the breakout of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 placed a hiatus on our concert-going adventures, which in turn halted our…
Single Release: The Moneygoround, “Very Cherry”
The debut single, “Very Cherry,” from Charlottetown, PEI’s latest five-piece hipsters The Moneygoround, has landed, and what a groovy little number it is. Fab…