Folk

Canadian Folk music gem, Catherine MacLellan returns with her most anticipated seventh album. COYOTE, 14 songs recorded and self-produced at her studio in PEI, is reflective and hopeful; a travelogue through heartbreak, loss and the joy of life. A...

Canadian folk duo Mama's Broke has spent the past seven years in a near-constant state of transience, pounding the transatlantic tour trail. They've brought their dark, fiery folk-without-borders sound to major festivals and DIY punk houses alike,...

Canada's most successful contemporary Folk artist, Gordon Lightfoot, is frequently referred to as that nation's greatest songwriter. However, once he'd finally "made it" in the late 1960s, he immediately set about trying to distance himself from much of...

Canada's Ian & Sylvia Tyson were leading lights in the 1960s folk world with songs like Four Strong Winds and Someday Soon, and they had pioneered the folk-rock fusion on their 'Great Speckled Bird' album. But by 1971 their marriage was on the rocks and...

Canada's Gordon Lightfoot parlayed his songwriting into a recording career, though this wasn't a case of a mediocre singer who happened to craft fine songs. His debut album, 'Lightfoot!', was recorded in New York in 1965 with guitarist David Rea and...

Canada.1. You Feel the Same Way Too 2. Borders and Time 3. Rise Again 4. North Country 5. Orangedale Whistle 6. The River 7. Let It Go 8. Maybe You're Right 9. Bells 10. Gill Is Mountain 11. Forty Days and Nights (Radio Edit) 12. Movin' on 13. Roving...

Calm In The Eye Of The Storm is Canadian folk legend Ken Whiteley's first album in four years and it's a great one. It melds the personal, political and the spiritual in 13 tracks with some of Whiteley's best songs and best singing ever. Accompanied by a...

Calling all shingle-lifters and flat-footers! This collection of music is perfect for dancers of all levels. The Schwarz fiddle band plays tunes based on traditional mountain songs such as "Cotton-Eyed Joe" and "Sally Ann." Dancers can start off slowly...

Called "The Minstrel of the Appalachians," banjo player Bascom Lamar Lunsford performs a cross section of his sizeable repertoire, which contains at least three hundred songs. These songs include English ballads, topical songs, and 19th century popular...

California songstress Angelica Rockne will release her second album, The Rose Society, on May 5, 2023. Rockne began garnering attention with her startling debut, Queen Of San Antonio. Released back in 2017, that album led to LA Weekly heralding her as...

Caamp formed when childhood friends Taylor Meier and Evan Westfall bonded over a shared love for Ohio and music. Their self-titled debut (2016) exceeded 52 million plays and climbed the Spotify charts. Thereafter, Caamp toured with Rainbow Kitten...

By his own admission, Dave Fredrickson is less a folk singer than a singer of old-time songs. He performs, with his guitar, in the relaxed style of the cowboy singers of days gone by, and his diverse repertoire is drawn from cowboy records, traditional...