Single Release: Rick Sparkes + the Enablers, “Picture Yourself in a Riot”
Any familiarity with the music of PEI’s Rick Sparkes + the Enablers will amplify their bounteous qualifications to colour as multiform stylistics. Sonic architects,…
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February Finds: Five Songs You May Have Missed
So many new tunes, so little space to include them all – an all too frequent dilemma here at GDW. But, fear not, we…
Single Release: Justin Rutledge, “Easy”
It’s a comfortable semi-addictive form of sadness, lying beneath the sheets on a Sunday morning sandwiched somewhere between consciousness and sleep. Half wishing someone was there beside you but not making that an issue, merely a resigned passing reflection – life after all isn’t…
February Femmes: Fresh Tunes From Emerging Female Artists
New music releases are not slowing down! We are overwhelmed by the volume of submissions arriving daily here at GDW – not to mention…
Single Release: Adrian Sutherland, “Better”
“If I had two wings / I would learn to fly / I would do anything / Just to reach the sky / I…
Single Release: Kristina Dervaitis, “Everything & Nothing”
When a person is processing grief, it is common to experience a cycle of emotions before landing at acceptance. The first stage: denial, forms…
Snappy Singles, L’Édition Française: February Francophone Finds
We strive to be inclusive with all folk-roots (and other) Canadian genres of music as possible, but our coverage of music coming out of…
Single Release: Del Barber, “Still Got You”
Leave it up to Del Barber to find the words to sublimely catch the mood of our times within a single, succinct catch phrase:…
Single Release: Ian Foster, “Pre-Existing Condition”
Over the years we’ve enjoyed following the career of singer, songwriter, and (now) filmmaker Ian Foster. In addition to terrific albums like “Sleeper Years”…
Snappy Singles: New Year Nuggets
As we discard the 2022 wall calendar and replace it with an all new, glossy one, we prepare to go full-steam ahead for another…