Articles by Matthew McKean

Ben Kunder

Golden

PUBLISHED May 26, 2015

Ben Kunder's Golden is one of those records that sounds like a culmination rather than a debut, which is what it is. The Toronto alt-folk m...

Michael Feuerstack Sheds His Snailhouse Shell

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

Michael Feuerstack is on tour in Europe in support of his new record, The Forgettable Truth which Forward Music Group released on February...

Michael Feuerstack

The Forgettable Truth

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2015

"We started off in darkness / We ended off in light / We suffered for our art along the way," sings veteran singer-songwriter Michael Feuer...

Joshua Radin

Onward and Sideways

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2015

Onward and Sideways is Joshua Radin's sixth long-player in under a decade. The whispery-voiced singer-songwriter has been productive since...

Horse Feathers

So It Is With Us

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2014

You're going to kick yourself if this is the first you're hearing of Horse Feathers. The Portland, Oregon, folk outfit have been around for...

Shawn William Clarke

William

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2014

Shawn William Clarke's debut album, Like Birds Too Tired To Fly (2010), earned multiple "best of" nods. On his new album, the Toronto-based...

Bob Carpenter

Silent Passage

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2014

Google Bob Carpenter and you'll get business professionals, athletes, sportscasters and a Grammy-winning country artist with the same name,...

The Once

Departures

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2014

Newfoundland-based folk trio the Once (Geraldine Hollett, Andrew Dale and Phil Churchill) hit all the right notes with their Nettwerk debut...