Articles by Kerry Doole

The Rizdales

Blue Ain’t the Word: A Tribute to the Music of Ray Price

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2014

Mainstream Nashville country has likely never been as mind-numbingly banal as now. That is why we desperately need records like this one, s...

Jon Brooks

The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014

For those of us lamenting the decline of the protest song in contemporary folk, Toronto troubadour Jon Brooks is a refreshing tonic. He's a...

Oh Susanna Opens Up About the Trials, Tribulations and Ultimate Triumphs of 'Namedropper'

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

The long wait from completion to release for Namedropper, the new album from Oh Susanna is finally over. This week Toronto-based roots song...

Elliott Brood

Work and Love

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2014

It's been ten years since Elliott Brood released a debut EP, Tin Type, and five years since they graced the cover of Exclaim!. The Toronto-...

Oh Susanna

Namedropper

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2014

Over the course of five previous albums, Oh Susanna (Suzie Ungerleider) has earned a reputation as an imaginative creator of compelling cha...

Various Artists

Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2014

That clichéd term "a songwriters' songwriter" has the ring of truth when it comes to Chris Smither. Long undervalued as a folk singer/guita...

Elizabeth Shepherd

The Signal

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2014

The last album from internationally acclaimed vocalist/songwriter/keyboardist Elizabeth Shepherd was 2012's album of standards, Rewind. It...

Marcia Ball

The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2014

At a very youthful 65 years old, pianist/singer Marcia Ball has enjoyed a solo career now spanning 40 years. Long a popular fixture on the...