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…
folk/roots
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…
2020 Year-End Roundup: 20 Memorable Singles (Pt. 2)
Following our look yesterday at the singles we deemed to be some of the finest releases from artists previously unknown to us, the spotlight…
2020 Year-End Roundup: 20 Memorable Singles (Pt. 1)
I always enjoy revisiting our annual concert-going adventures, and typically use this feature to look back at the 10 most memorable concert moments we…
New Single & Video Release: Doris Folkens, “Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming”
We’ve shared a great selection of new holiday tunes with you over these last few weeks, mixing things up a little with some smooth…
Review: Jelena Ćirić, “Shelters One”
As we continue to count down these last remaining days of what has been a challenging year, I glanced back to our postings from…