Single Release: Justin Rutledge, “Jellybean”
“Don’t, you be so mean / My Jellybean / My Boston crème / Don’t, you be so mean / My beauty queen / My…
folk/roots
Video Premiere: Melanie Peterson, “Damaged Goods”
November, 2020, was a pretty busy month for Toronto, ON singer-songwriter/actress Melanie Peterson. After sharing the single and accompanying music video for “Back to…
Single Release: Ariel Posen, “What Are We Doing Here”
Following the popularity of his 2020 radio hit, “Coming Back,” Winnipeg’s Ariel Posen (The Bros. Landreth) returns with this smooth, soulful new single. A…
Review: Kandle & Kendel, “Birds”
Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last six months or so, it has been impossible to not hear some of the revelations…
Snappy Singles: New Month, New Year, New Tunes To Be Enjoyed
It’s January, it’s 2021 – we’re finally free from 2020 – and no matter how good or bad your weather may be outside right…
Single Release: The Strange Valentines, “Burning House Waltz”
Contemporary folk-roots duo, The Strange Valentines, kick off the new GDW year with this latest single, one that they purposely released on New Years’…
Martin’s Top Four Canadian Albums Of 2020
Following up from my list last week that chronicled what I consider to be twenty of the best album releases from Canada through 2020,…
2020 Team GDW Miscellaneous Honors
As this crazy year comes to an end, should we banish forever the popular phrase, “Hindsight is 2020?” Should these words be outlawed? Struck…
Single Release: Rick Sparkes & The Enablers, “Cézanne”
The risk of using a place name or person for the title of a song is that a multitude of information is telegraphed indirectly…
2020 Top Twenty Album List
Upon reflection, I would say that it was around the early part of summer 2020 when the reality of the Covid-19 pandemic hit home…