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The Busholme: Where Live Music Still Feels Like It Belongs
There are venues you visit, and there are venues you remember. The Busholme, on Main Street in Erin, Ontario, belongs firmly in the second category.

Stevie Connor
7 min read


The Bureaucrats of the Backstage
The Bureaucrats of the Backstage

Stevie Connor
13 min read


The Safety Trap: Why Risk-Averse Programming Is Stifling Live Music
The Safety Trap: Why Risk-Averse Programming Is Stifling Live Music

Stevie Connor
5 min read


Ella Hooper: An Australian Original Finds Another Home in Nashville
Ella Hooper: An Australian Original Finds Another Home in Nashville

Anne Connor
6 min read


Toronto-Born Heather Russell’s Tears From The Dive Bar Finds the Rhythm in Life’s Beautiful Mess
Toronto-born singer-songwriter Heather Russell signs with Prescription Songs

Megan Routledge
4 min read


Angel Forrest: Living A Beautiful Life
Angel Forrest’s calling card is her unmistakeable voice.

Ken Wallis
3 min read


The Long Road To The Next Gig
Where does live music go when there are fewer places for it to happen?

Stevie Connor
7 min read


From Canberra to the World: Australian Singer-Songwriter Jack Biilmann Finds Strength in the Stories Behind His Sixth Album
From Australia to the wider world, Jack Biilmann turns a difficult chapter into something lasting

Stevie Connor
4 min read


Harrison Kennedy: Old Fashioned Plain
Harrison Kennedy has never been one to clad his music in glitz. At 84, with a voice that carries the sound of experience, he is still guided by instinct and feel.

Ken Wallis
4 min read


Jason Wilson’s Auld Acquaintance: A Musical Life Told Through the People He Met Along the Way
I first met Jason Wilson back in 2013. I was a fan then, and more than thirteen years later, I’m still a big fan.

Stevie Connor
6 min read


The Space Between the Notes: Niladri Kumaar Honours Zakir Hussain in Newark
Niladri Kumaar: The Space Between the Notes, Honouring Zakir Hussain

Megan Routledge
4 min read


Finding Beauty in the Wreckage: Surfing for Daisy Return with Echo The Madness
There is a distinct, salt-air magic that breathes through Asbury Park, New Jersey, a coastal haven built on the ghosts of rock-and-roll legends and a gritty, resilient community spirit. It is fitting, then, that alternative folk-rock six-piece Surfing for Daisy calls this town home.

Anne Connor
2 min read


A Night To Remember With Erin McCallum
An energy-charged evening of music unfolded as Erin McCallum stood front and centre for the release party of her wide-ranging album, Full Spread.

Ken Wallis
2 min read


Jovin Webb: Blues, Redemption, and the Stories We Carry
Jovin Webb didn't discover the blues. He grew up inside it.

Anne Connor
4 min read


Gallows West: 'Where The River Turns Red' - When A Story Finds Its Own Voice
Gallows West describes itself as “outlaw folk” and “desert noir,” while its music moves through gothic western atmosphere, cinematic alt-rock and ghost-story Americana.

Megan Routledge
5 min read


Steve Marriner: Hear My Heart and the Sound of a Life in Music
Steve Marriner's Blues, Roots and Beyond

Ken Wallis
4 min read


Premiere: Rachael Sage & The Sequins 'Underneath (Acoustic)': A Song That Refuses To Look Away
Rachael Sage & The Sequins: A Song With Something To Say

Stevie Connor
7 min read


Bywater Call - Broken Souvenirs: A Band That Delivers
Bywater Call has never been a band that plays it safe. The Toronto‑based ensemble has now become an international touring force.

Ken Wallis
3 min read


Australian Country Artist Duncan Toombs Comes Home With New Single
Australian Country Artist Duncan Toombs Comes Home With New Single

Stevie Connor
5 min read


Between Leaving and Waiting: Bo Staloch Finds the Heart of a Goodbye
Between Leaving and Waiting: Bo Staloch Finds the Heart of a Goodbye

Megan Routledge
5 min read
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