americana
JJ Shiplett, A Walk Through Time Album Review
March 29th, 2024 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Trish CasslingJJ Shiplett has long been one of my favourite voices in roots/americana/country music. And with his newest release, A Walk Through Time, the Canadian singer-songwriter has caught me again. The album follows 2020’s Fingers Crossed and Crossed Fingers – and continues to highlight the way JJ tells stories, dives into emotional wells, and shares it […]
New Music Spotlight with Mother Mother, Andrew Hyatt & MORE!
January 29th, 2022 by Joshua MurrayNew Music from Mother Mother, Andrew Hyatt, bülow, Donovan Woods, and Dear Rouge Hello music lovers, the New Music Spotlight is here with five new tracks for you to dive into this week. We’ve got pop, alt, country, Americana and it’s all in one nice list for you. There’s a lot of Canadian content in […]
The Sheepdogs & JJ Shiplett – The Calgary Stampede – Summer Stage 2021 Photo Review
July 13th, 2021 by Joshua Murray and 📸 Sydney ButtersThe live music continued in Calgary at the Stampede Sunday night on the Stampede Summer Stage with headliners The Sheepdogs, and opener JJ Shiplett. You know The Sheepdogs, you’ve known them since Rolling Stone, and they just keep on rolling as we get back to stages and crowds and rock and roll in 2021. Yes, […]
Book Review – The World Of Bob Dylan
May 24th, 2021 by Joshua MurrayAs Bob Dylan celebrates his 80th birthday (May 24, 2021), a new book titled, The World Of Bob Dylan has been added to the lengthy list of tomes exploring the life and career of the Nobel Prize and GRAMMY-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Edited by Sean Latham and published by Cambridge University Press, […]
Lonely Christmas Eve, 5 Quick Questions with Quote The Raven (Holiday Edition)
December 20th, 2020 by Joshua MurrayNewfoundland and Labrador’s Quote The Raven have a reason to celebrate this holiday season, and it comes from their fantastic single, Lonely Christmas Eve. We wanted to celebrate too, so we got the duo to hang out for a special Holiday Edition round of 5 Quick Questions. Find out which Christmas songs Jordan and Kirsten […]
63rd Annual GRAMMY Nominees + Reactions
November 24th, 2020 by Joshua MurrayThe 63rd Annual (2021) GRAMMY nominees have been announced across 83 categories with some big names, some surprising snubs, and a long list of talent. We’ve got the entire list of categories and nominees here, but we also wanted to share some thoughts about the nominations, so I asked Trish and our pal Elizabeth (Lifestyle […]
Nelson Sobral, Yours & Mine + 5 Quick Questions
May 2nd, 2020 by Trish CasslingNelson Sobral has been on my radar for quite some time. When his email came in, letting me know that he’s got a new single coming, I was thrilled to chat with the talented, Toronto-based, guitar player, singer-songwriter. Nelson has a reputation for being a hardworking, accomplished, all-around good guy. When I asked him how […]
The Bros. Landreth, ’87 Album Review
September 28th, 2019 by Joshua MurrayThe Bros. Landreth are back with an 11-song collection, wrapped up together as the album, ’87. On Apple it’s classified as Americana. Google calls it Rock. The band describes themselves in bio spaces as Alt-Country and Roots too. Here’s the thing, the genre label doesn’t matter. This is a great listen. Brothers Joey, David, along […]
Oh Susanna with Mo Kenney at Longboat Hall for NXNE 2019
June 8th, 2019 by Trish CasslingOh Susanna aka Suzie Ungerleider, was our first NXNE headliner of the year. It was a beautiful choice. Mo Kenney Opening up the set for Oh Susanna was Mo Kenney. Personally invited by Suzie, we found out very quickly why. The native Nova Scotian is mesmerizing. The singer-songwriter is quiet in manner, low key, but […]
New Music Spotlight with Imagine Dragons and More
March 17th, 2018 by Trish CasslingNew Music from Imagine Dragons, Dru Cutler, The Lay Awakes, Jimmie Allen, Mute Choir, and Towers and Trees In this installment of the New Music Spotlight, we’re featuring music from North America. From Vegas to Fergus we bring you country, rock, pop, with hints of R&B, post-electronic, with some singer-songwriter thrown in for good measure. The goal […]
CMW 2015 Friday Night ft. The Dead South, Shore Thing & Midday Swim
May 10th, 2015 by Trish CasslingFriday night, on the west side of town, we mixed things up with a little indie pop rock, some folk indie soul and a side of Americana folk roots. CMW Friday Indie Lineup Midday Swim Shore Thing The Dead South Midday Swim First we hit The Mod Club for a little Midday Swim. We’d had someone recommend that we […]
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