Folk and Country
Bruce Cockburn, Allison Russell, Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, Mavis Staples Lead Winnipeg Folk Festival's 50th Anniversary Edition
PUBLISHED May 8, 2025
Winnipeg Folk Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025, and organizers have now unveiled this year's lineup heading to Birds...
Five Must-See Acts at Boots and Hearts 2025
PUBLISHED May 8, 2025
As summer tradition dictates, Boots and Hearts Music Festival is set to beckon country and folk music fans back to Oro-Medonte's Burl's...
Julien Baker Cancels Tour with TORRES for Health Reasons
PUBLISHED May 5, 2025
Julien Baker and TORRES kicked off a North American tour behind their collaborative country album, 'Send a Prayer My Way,' at the end of...
Terri Clark and Paul Brandt Plot Co-Headlining Canadian Tour
PUBLISHED May 5, 2025
After joining forces for the 2023 Homecoming Tour, Canadian country music legends Terri Clark and Paul Brandt have announced an encore run...
Jill Sobule Dead at 66
PUBLISHED May 2, 2025
Singer-songwriter and activist Jill Sobule — whose 1995 hit "I Kissed a Girl" is widely considered to be the first openly gay song to crack...
Hermitess Reads the Cards of Her Own Familial Folkore with 'Death & the Fool'
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PUBLISHED May 1, 2025
Calgary singer-songwriter and harpist Jennifer Crighton — a.k.a. Hermitess — isn't afraid of dying, but is wary of tradition being erased...
Eric Church to Visit Vancouver on North American Tour
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2025
In anticipation of the upcoming release of his new album 'Evangeline vs. the Machine' via EMI Nashville on Friday (May 2), country star Eric...
Jensen McRae Does the Heavy Lifting of Self-Discovery on 'I Don't Know How, but They Found Me!'
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PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2025
I don't know how, but Jensen McRae's spine-chilling single "Wolves" found me in 2020 — a year where every morsel of good, dumb luck had to...