The Women's Blues Revue has been delivering an eclectic mix of the best female vocalists since its beginnings in the small clubs of Toronto. Now an annual event at Massey Hall, this year's spotlight artists are Alana Bridgewater, Lily Frost, Little Miss Higgins, ShoShona Kish, Elizabeth Shepherd and Suzie Vinnick.
The first family of Alberta Folk music celebrate
the season each year with a concert of jigs and carols. The yearly festivity is fast becoming a
holiday tradition for many Edmonton concert goers. Siblings, Shannon Johnson, Solon McDade and Jeremiah McDade are
joined by their father Terry McDade and friends John Newton and Simon Marion
for a variety of yuletide favourites, some decades and some centuries old.
The
musical family and friends lit up the Arden Theatre with laughter and song.
A JUNO nominated folk artist, Edmonton's Maria Dunn has the ability to write songs that sound like they landed on our shores with the early immigrants from Great Britain. But the stories they tell are of the love, hardship and heroism that are found within a distinctly Canadian narrative.
Peter Hum is a journalist by day and a pianist by night. Nathan Cepelinski is a 20-year-old saxophonist and composer. This concert features both of these emerging jazz artists from Ottawa.
Every year, for nine days in October, the Celtic Colours Festival attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island and features hundreds of musicians. Communities all around Cape Breton Island host their concerts and events - places like the local fire hall, parish hall or community centre. This year, Ashley MacIsaac was a featured performer. He has performed at Carnegie Hall six times, opened for Sting at a May Day concert in Rome, played in Australia at the Melbourne Opera House, at BAM in Brooklyn, New York, in Shanghai, China and most recently at the Luminato Festival in Toronto. Aside from counless live performances over the years, Ashley has appeared in several movies, and has had a few documentaries made on his life. Ashley even has tried his hand at federal politics. Hear one of the greats, on his home turf.
Gillian Boucher started touring the world at just 15 - first as a featured performer at Green Linnet's 20th Anniversary Gala in New York, and then throughout North America, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. She has shared the stage with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Solas, Natalie MacMaster, Cappercaillie, The Battlefield Band, Tom Paxton and many other performers.
Groundbreaking Scottish mavericks Shooglenifty push the word 'traditional' to its limits with their unique blend of dance vibes and roots music. Genuinely genre defying, they have been described as everything from "acid croft" to "hypnofolkadelia".