Articles by Nereida Fernandes

Dawes

North Hills

PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2010

The steady build-up of praise for Dawes's major label release, North Hills, attests to their talent as well as to our collective hunger pan...

Diana Krall

Live In Rio

PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2009

Live in Rio is the perfect accompaniment for fans of Diana Krall's Quiet Nights. The two-set disc has footage from concerts in Rio (disc on...

Christy & Emily

Superstition

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

Although Christy & Emily share the same sweet, dreamy harmonization and pop sensibility of Au Revoir Simone, especially on tracks such as "...

Guano Padano

Guano Padano

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

There's no town, er, genre big enough to contain the Italian experimental folk jazz of Tucson, AZ's Guano Padano. The outfit centres upon A...

Joel Plaskett Comes out on Top at Canadian Folk Music Awards

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2009

In 2009, it was not quite the year of threes for Joel Plaskett, but he's not complaining. Shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize for a sec...

Mark Matos and Os Beaches

Words of the Knife

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

Mark Matos (formerly of Campo Bravo) emerged broken, bitten and naked out of the rabbit hole, after long travels by foot and mind, and foun...

James Kasper

Small Town Gods and Devils

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2009

James Kasper (a self-proclaimed folk noir singer-songwriter from Saskatoon) explores the scary, vulnerable side of love and loss with his s...

Katie Mullins

Pastoral

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2009

Katie Mullins has drawn influences from a close network of artists and musicians ― Lucinda Black Bear (for whom she has sung backing...