Interview: Wax Mannequin, “Have a New Name”
Without exception, new acquaintances inevitably ask us why we focus exclusively on Canadian music – “there’s so much great music where you are…” My…
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Interview: Northern Quarter, “Cold Dark Night”
Here at Team GDW, we are encountering an overwhelming volume of music from Canadian artists lately. Don’t let anybody fool you into believing that…
Le Festival de Lanaudière: Interview With Artistic Director Gregory Charles
We’ve been fortunate here at Great Dark Wonder to preview some terrific folk/roots festivals happening in Canada this summer; now, it’s classical music’s turn…
Exploring the Facets of Love: Interview, Deanne Matley, “Because I Loved”
The fifth album from Canadian jazz vocalist Deanne Matley, “Because I Loved,” is a tour de force, taking the listener on an emotional journey…
Interview: Steve Dawson, “Lucky Hand”
Ever since a chance encounter with Leo Kottke many eons ago at a festival in Alabama, I’ve been a huge fan of fingerstyle guitar…
Interview: Blackie Jackett, Jr., “For a Good Time Call”
If you’re in the Burlington, ON, area this week and are trying to decide what to catch at the annual Sound of Music event,…
Interview: Miller | MacDonald | Cormier, “South Haven”
Ben Miller & Anita MacDonald have become renowned across Atlantic Canada and further afield for their synergistic, pipe and fiddle driven style of Gaelic…
Interview: Dana Sipos, “Trick of the Light”
When we first heard Dana Sipos live last summer at the Home County Music and Art Festival in London, ON, we knew this was…
Interview: Mariel Buckley, “Driving in the Dark”
Do you ever find an album that sticks in your head, one that you compulsively play on repeat? “Driving in the Dark,” Mariel Buckley’s…
Exploring “My Heart Away” – A Conversation With Avery Raquel
With her new album of self-penned compositions, jazz/soul singer Avery Raquel takes a major step forward in her progression as a musician. Embracing a…