Review: Great Lake Swimmers, “The Waves, The Wake”
Tony Dekker, lead singer and songwriter for Great Lake Swimmers, has long been a master of musical introspection. The band’s previous albums have explored…
folk/roots
Canadians Converge at the Philadelphia Folk Festival
Having lived in PA now for well over a decade, it was hard to believe that we had not yet made it to the…
Sawdust City Music Festival: Saturday Night Concert
Rewind to August 2017, and the first Sawdust City Music Festival, where event founder and curator Miranda Mulholland pulled out all the stops to…
Review: Little Kid, “Might As Well With My Soul”
Toronto’s Little Kid have created a perfect carousel of gentle, quirky, alt-rock sonic pleasures with “Might As Well With My Soul.” At times relaxed……
Singer-Songwriter Circle at The Sawdust City Music Festival
One of the popular features from the original Sawdust City Music Festival was the singer-songwriter circle, which last year included Devin Cuddy, Liz Stringer,…
Sawdust City Music Festival: Friday Night Concert
It was just twelve months ago when we left sunny Pennsylvania during the first weekend in August to travel to a wet and windy…
Sparkling, Ephemeral Sounds Orbit the Simple Uncomplicated Beauty of Astral Swans’ Latest Release
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…
Highlights from Home County Music & Art Festival (Part 3 of 3)
In this third and final installment of our features on the 45th annual Home County Music and Art Festival, we concentrate on some of…
Review: Stephanie Ratcliff, “Land in Unknown Places”
For her third album, Vancouver singer-songwriter Stephanie Ratcliff decided to focus on connections – “specifically about the kinds of connections we have with each…
The Challenges of an Independent Musician: An Interview With Jory Nash
With his latest album “Wilderness Years” (reviewed here recently as part of a “Snappy Snippets” article), Toronto based musician Jory Nash returns with eleven…