by JamesM | Jul 20, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Led by Romani-Canadian musician, Candace Lacina and world-renowned Keyboardist Mike Little, The Hello Darlins are some of Canada’s most in-demand session musicians who came together to forge a distinct hybrid of country, gospel, and blues. The band released...
by JamesM | Jul 19, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Morgan Toney is a Mi’kmaq folk singer-songwriter and fiddler from Nova Scotia, Canada, whose music blends Celtic folk and traditional Mi’kmaq music. Morgan released his album, First Flight back in 2021, featuring singles, “Ko’jua” and...
by JamesM | Jul 17, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
The Irish Descendants are a folk group from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. All the members, born of Irish emigrants, were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990 out of the remnants of two former Newfoundland bands –...
by JamesM | Jul 16, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Photo Credit: Chris Devlin The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane,...
by JamesM | Jul 13, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Zoomies
Nova Scotia-based folk musician Dave Gunning is no stranger to the music scene, with fourteen albums to his credit, and he’s just getting started. Dave unveiled his latest album, The Same Storm in October 2022. Written and recorded mostly at home during the...
