Folk and Country
Hear Lana Del Rey's Cover of John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2023
Lana Del Rey has been on country roads for a while now, having just wrapped a fall tour of the American South and Appalachia, where she con...
Emmett Morris Kicks Up Dust on Country Rock EP 'Emerald'
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2023
Barrie-based country rock musician Emmett Morris has just released his EP Emerald, a four-track project recorded at Toronto's Gold Standard...
Block Heater 2024 Welcomes FONTINE, Tanya Tagaq, Daniel Romano's Outfit, Nico Paulo and More
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2023
The 2024 edition of Calgary Folk Music Festival's Block Heater 9.0 is arriving February 15 to 17, and it's bringing a whole bunch of rad ar...
Shane MacGowan of the Pogues Dead at 65
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2023
Shane MacGowan of the Pogues has died. He was 65. MacGowan's wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, posted a tribute on Instagram, writing that the a...
Buffy Sainte-Marie Removes Cree Ancestry Claims from Website Biography
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2023
Buffy Sainte-Marie's official website includes a biography section, which now no longer claims that the singer-songwriter/activist is a Cre...
Warm Your Icy Heart with Sufjan Stevens's Yule Log This Holiday Season
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2023
Sufjan Stevens is pretty much always in the giving spirit. After delivering one of this year's best albums in the emotionally arresting Jav...
BC's Sunfest Gets Keith Urban, the Reklaws and the Washboard Union for 2024 Edition
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2023
With festival season firmly behind us, it's time to look ahead to the next round of food trucks, beer carts and nonstop music. Sunfest coun...
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Bassist Jimbo Hart Exits Band
PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2023
Jimbo Hart — co-founding bassist in Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — has confirmed his departure from the band. "I am no longer a member o...