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THE SOUND CAFÉ
Global Journal of Roots & World Music
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Plains Cree and Coast Salish Singer-Songwriter Tia Wood Releases Debut Single 'Dirt Roads'
Plains Cree and Coast Salish Singer-Songwriter Tia Wood Releases Debut Single 'Dirt Roads'

Stevie Connor
4 min read


Chart-Topping Producer Sam Feldt Teams Up With Rising Pop Sensation JVKE & Global Latin Star Anitta To Deliver 'Mi Amor'
Chart-Topping Producer Sam Feldt Teams Up With Rising Pop Sensation JVKE & Global Latin Star Anitta To Deliver 'Mi Amor'

Anne Connor
2 min read


Voices To Soar In Unity For Uplifting Refugee Festival Scotland
Voices To Soar In Unity For Uplifting Refugee Festival Scotland

Stevie Connor
3 min read


The Struggle of Touring Artists: Air Canada’s Mishandling of Musical Instruments
The Struggle of Touring Artists: Air Canada’s Mishandling of Musical Instruments

Stevie Connor
4 min read


World On A String: Nuevo Flamenco Guitar Star Jesse Cook Returns To Canada In 2025 With 15-Date ‘In Concert’ Tour
World On A String: Nuevo Flamenco Guitar Star Jesse Cook Returns To Canada In 2025 With 15-Date ‘In Concert’ Tour

Eric Alper
4 min read


Gaelic Indie-Trad Band DLÙ Set To Release Energetic Album 'Close To'
Gaelic Indie-Trad Band DLÙ Set To Release Energetic Album 'Close To'

Stevie Connor
3 min read


Finnish Folk Band BFP, Also Known As Bergå Folk Project, Returns Home On Their Uplifting 'Encore' EP
Finnish Folk Band BFP, Also Known As Bergå Folk Project, Returns Home On Their Uplifting 'Encore' EP

Stevie Connor
2 min read


Spearheaded By Musician & Broadcaster Gary Innes, Groundbreaking 'Hoolie In New York' Set To Showcase At Carnegie Hall
Spearheaded By Musician & Broadcaster Gary Innes, Groundbreaking 'Hoolie In New York' Set To Showcase At Carnegie Hall

Stevie Connor
3 min read


A Delightful Book & Songs From Australians Trace Balla & Andrew McSweeney - 'A Basket Of Songs'
A Delightful Book And Songs From Australians Trace Balla & Andrew McSweeney - 'A Basket Of Songs'

Stevie Connor
3 min read


Glasgow Tunes Up For Scotland’s Biggest Week Of Bagpipe Music This August With Piping Live & The Worlds Pipe Band Championships
Piping Live & The Worlds Pipe Band Championships

Stevie Connor
7 min read


Argentina's Rolando Bruno Y El Grupo Arévalo Set To Release New Album 'Cosas Raras'
Rolando Bruno Y El Grupo Arévalo

Stevie Connor
2 min read


Galway International Arts Festival Announces Programme For 2024 Featuring 7 World Premiere's
Galway International Arts Festival

Megan Routledge
5 min read


Four Chords & The Truth Line-Up Announced For May 16th 2024 Show At Toronto's TD Music Hall
Four Chords & The Truth

Stevie Connor
3 min read


Canadian Music Week Announces 2024 Programming
Canadian Music Week Announces 2024 Music Festival Programming

Stevie Connor
2 min read


Debut Solo Album From Genticorum Guitarist Yann Falquet Has Been Released
Yann Falquet’s debut album, Les secrets du ciel (”The Secrets of the Sky”), produced by Quinn Bachand, revisits obscure traditional...

Stevie Connor
2 min read


Acclaimed Nova Scotia Musicians Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen Have Released Their Debut Duo Album
Rachel Davis & Darren McMullen Have Released Their Debut Duo Album

Stevie Connor
2 min read


Exploring the Diverse Paths of Musicians: From Local Scenes to International Stages
Exploring the Diverse Paths of Musicians

The Sound Cafe
4 min read


All-Women Estonian Group 6hunesseq Have Released An Album Of Ancient Folk Music 'ma olen maa peal võõras'
Long live the pipe organ! 6hunesseq (pronounced ɤhunes:e, by the way) means "moisture" in Võro, a southern Estonian variant of the Estonian

Anne Connor
2 min read


Juno Award-Winning Canadian Artist Loreena McKennitt To Release 'The Mask and Mirror Live' Which Blends Celtic, Spanish & Moroccan Influences
On June 14th, ground-breaking, Juno Award-winning Canadian artist Loreena McKennitt will be releasing The Mask and Mirror Live.

Stevie Connor
3 min read


PREMIERE: Slide Guitar, Lego and Survival Methods In Outer Space - Watch The New Video From Geiger von Muller
Geiger von Müller Blasts Off with Lego Space Survival Guide in New Video. London-based slide guitarist Geiger von Müller is launching the...

Megan Routledge
1 min read
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