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What first struck me in Astral Swans’ “Strange Prison” was the intimacy in Matthew Swann’s vocals. It sounds like he’s affectionately speaking, directly to…
In this third and final installment of our features on the 45th annual Home County Music and Art Festival, we concentrate on some of…
For her third album, Vancouver singer-songwriter Stephanie Ratcliff decided to focus on connections – “specifically about the kinds of connections we have with each…
With his latest album “Wilderness Years” (reviewed here recently as part of a “Snappy Snippets” article), Toronto based musician Jory Nash returns with eleven…
According to Wikipedia, the name “Tantramar” is derived from the Acadian French tintamarre, meaning ‘din’ or ‘racket’, a reference to the noisy flocks of birds which feed…
In this second installment of our trio of features on the 45th annual Home County Music and Art Festival, we feature three artists that…
Fearless and meticulous. Fragile and melancholy. Forthright and mighty. F&M’s forthcoming sixth album, “Lessons From Losers,” is all these and more — a sumptuous blend…
Team GDW took a recent trip to London, ON for the 45th annual Home County Music and Art Festival, held in Victoria Park in…
2018 continues to be a banner year for new music. Here at Great Dark Wonder, we continue to be overwhelmed with the influx of…
Melody McKiver is an Anishinaabe musician in the small town of Sioux Lookout in Treaty #3, northwestern Ontario. Following a link from the 2018…