Articles by Sam Boer

The Staves Branch Out with Their Hearts Intact on 'Good Woman'

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2021

It was quite a year. Between the death of their grandmother and mother, a bad breakup, a pregnancy, and an unprecedented reckoning with the...

Eve Parker Finley Shapeshifts on 'Chrysalia'

PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2020

On her debut full-length, Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Eve Parker Finley (f.k.a. Lonely Boa) refuses to be boring. Wit...

Sarah Davachi Traverses Heaven and Earth on 'Cantus, Descant'

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2020

While Sarah Davachi has always tapped into the divine, her latest album is her most ambitious offering yet. Rife with diverse textures and...

Kathleen Edwards Packs Her Alt-Country Songs with Emotional Power on 'Total Freedom'

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2020

Kathleen Edwards's Total Freedom, which signals a return to music after a nearly six-year hiatus, is a reminder that vulnerability has alwa...

Hey Rosetta!'s Tim Baker Captures Moments of Connective Joy on His 'Survivors' EP

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2020

Having successfully established himself as a solo artist — more than just the former Hey Rosetta! frontman — on last year's Forever Overhea...

Sondre Lerche's 'Patience' Is a Treat for the Ears, So Long as You Ignore the Lyrics

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2020

After years of wandering across genres, to wildly varying degrees of success, Sondre Lerche has staked out an unprecedentedly pleasant soni...

Joel Plaskett's Quadruple Album '44' Is an Impressive Retrospective of His Life and Work

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2020

When Joel Plaskett gathered 12 other musicians into his studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, preparing to track some songs for his latest proj...

P'tit Belliveau

Greatest Hits Vol. 1

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2020

Presenting P'tit Belliveau: lover of Acadian folk music, wearer of faded crocs and officiant in the marriage between plucky banjo and chees...