Ben Caplan
Mariposa Folk Festival Gets Bahamas, Bruce Cockburn, Maestro Fresh Wes for 2024 Edition
PUBLISHED Feb 29, 2024
Mariposa Folk Festival organizers have announced a stacked lineup of performers set to take the stage in Orillia, ON, this summer...
Corb Lund, Jenn Grant, Julian Taylor to Play Ontario Festival of Small Halls 2023
PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2023
The Ontario Festival of Small Halls will once again bring live music to small communities across the province this October, and organizers...
TD Halifax Jazz Festival Unveils Initial 2021 Lineup with P'tit Belliveau, Ben Caplan, Blackwood
PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2021
It's official — the 35th anniversary iteration of the TD Halifax Jazz Festival is returning this summer. Set to run from July 14 to August...
Ottawa's CityFolk Unveils 2020 Virtual Lineup with Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Hannah Georgas
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2020
Organizers behind Ottawa's CityFolk have rolled out the lineup for the music fest's 2020 virtual edition, and a ton of notable names are at...
Tim Baker, Hannah Georgas, Hawksley Workman Headline Ontario's Festival of Small Halls
PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2020
The team behind RBC Ottawa Bluesfest have announced plans for an in-person edition of Festival of Small Halls, happening across multiple On...
East Coast Music Awards Unveil 2019 Nominees
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2019
The East Coast Music Awards will once again be handed out in 2019, honouring Canadian artists from the easternmost provinces, and this year...
Ben Caplan Recontextualizes Refugee Tales on 'Old Stock'
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2018
Those who speak in dog whistles against immigrants and refugees may very well assume that a white, small-town fellow like Ben Caplan would...
Ben Caplan
Old Stock
PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2018
Who'd have thought that aged Eastern European music could sound so accessible, thanks to some pointed modern twists? Credit Ben Caplan, arg...