2025 Year-End Music Recap (Craig Brackman)
It’s that time of year where we reflect on our music journey and where it’s taken us. For me personally, it took me to two very different spectrums of…
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Blue Rodeo: 40th Anniversary Concert in Ottawa
I have waxed poetic MANY times about this Toronto-based band approaching a decade’s worth of music blogging. An obscure, non-mainstream band (outside of Canada)…
2023 Year-End Roundup: 10 Memorable Live Moments
As we prepare to kiss goodbye to 2023, it’s time once again to look back at the GDW concert-going adventures over the last twelve…
Blue Rodeo: Live At Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival
The moment we saw the announcement about the second annual Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival when made public back in early December, just…
Blue Rodeo: Live At Massey Hall
“Ain’t no mystery what I need / Is understanding / And your sweet sympathy / A steel string guitar and a little weed /…
Blue Rodeo: Live At Burning Kiln Winery
Back in early May, we saw a unique concert series announced that we absolutely did not want to miss – and promptly secured tickets…
Martin’s Top Four Canadian Albums Of 2021
Following my list last week that chronicled what I consider to be my twenty favorite albums from Canada through 2021, this year proved difficult…
Interview: Blue Rodeo, “Many A Mile”
For long-time fans of the iconic Canadian alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo, the timely arrival of “Many A Mile” last Friday, their first studio album…
Snappy Singles: Spring Forward, Fall Back, Enjoy Great Music
November sure rolled around quickly, meaning we bid farewell to Daylight Savings Time for another year – and face the arrival of cooler temperatures,…
Blue Rodeo Live From The Danforth (Virtual Concert)
One commonly asked question we receive from new visitors to our blog is about our name. Great Dark Wonder – what is that? Where…