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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 1d

RHEOSTATICS TO RETURN NOV. 21 WITH GUEST-PACKED NEW ALBUM

Canadian indie-rock institution Rheostatics are gearing up to release a new album, The Great Lakes Suite, on Nov. 21.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 1d

One year after giving us the acclaimed album The Mission (recorded
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 2d

"Little Leaf” is the title track from three-time Parent’s Choice Award Winner Chris McKhool’s upcoming family album, his first since releasing the CFMA-winning and Juno nominated FiddleFire! 17 years ago. You can stream it now here.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrated Canadian musician, author, and visual artist Tom Wilson (Tehoháhake) announces the release of his new single “We Live In Dreams,” co-written with award-winning journalist, storyteller, and filmmaker Tanya Talaga.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 3d

The Vancouver Folk Song Society (VFSS) is the longest-running continuous folk music club in Canada. #BritishColumbiamusic #Canadianfolk #FolkMusic #folktraditions #musicheritage #peacesongs #RootsMusic #socialactivism #VancouverFolkSongSociety #VFSS
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 7d

In today’s economic climate, it’s important for touring performers to adapt to changing realities. Last year, Gatineau, QC-based singer-songwriter Mia Kelly played 120 shows. #Canadianfolkmusic #CanadianMusicScene #GardenThroughtheWar #GatineauQC #MiaKelly #newalbum2026
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 8d

COLTER WALL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM MEMORIES AND EMPTIES

Since emerging on the scene in 2015 with his debut EP Imaginary Appalachia, Colter Wall has been at the forefront of the latest wave of Americana singer/songwriters.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 9d

Autumn is the perfect season to ramble over to Stratford for a new series of five concerts featuring stellar all-Canadian artists, including Suzie Ungerleider, Lori Cullen and Zachary Lucky among many more.

Stratford’s String Bone Presents!
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 9d

TORONTO – After 25 years of making music together, JUNO-nominated duo Madison Violet are preparing to say goodbye. Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac recently announced that 2025 will mark both their 25th anniversary and their final year together as a band.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 10d

The Western Canadian Music Awards were handed out this past weekend at a ceremony in Winnipeg during Breakout West.

And it was a good night for roots artists even in non-roots categories.

Notably, Wyatt C.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 11d

Gordy the Moose is back! And he's catching up on the releases he missed out on earlier this year.
Matt
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 12d

Wow! It's quite a month at the Rogue Folk Club.

We've got the legendary Lee Boys, an iconic Irish instrumentalist, and the guy who sings all the anti-MAGA cover tunes on social media.

And that's not even all of the shows.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 14d

Growing up surrounded by music in Newfoundland and Labrador, Matthew Byrne didn’t think his family was unique in any way. His father, Joe, was one half of the folk duo Pat and Joe Byrne while his mother was a song collector. #StJohns #Traditionalfolk
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 15d

BAHAMAS PREVIEWS MY SECOND LAST ALBUM WITH "THE BRIDGE"

Afie Jurvanen (aka Bahamas) has announced My Second Last Album, his seventh studio release and the follow-up to 2023’s CCMA-nominated country-infused Bootcut.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 15d

After establishing himself as a major voice on the Canadian alt-country scene with his 2024 sophomore album Make Way For This Heartache, Ben Arsenault has returned with a hauntingly twangy new single, “Motel In Southern Idaho.”

Produced by Aiden Ayers (who
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 16d

Geneviève Racette releases her latest single “Common Denominator” tomorrow, and we're thrilled to premiere it here on Roots Music Canada.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 16d

With a voice timeless and true, Toronto singer-songwriter Clela Errington releases her second single, “Standing on the Platform."

Following
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 17d

We could all use a little community right now, and nothing says community like watching live music in the intimate setting of your neighbour's living room.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 18d

Three years ago, as we were emerging from the pandemic-related restrictions on our ability to gather and travel, Ottawa artist Kate Weekes led a travelling musical residency down the Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 19d

Country music has a new voice that’s as real and grounded as the gravel roads she grew up on.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 21d

We all have our preferences when it comes to musical genres, and plugged-in blues is generally not one of mine.

But every now and again I hear an artist who cooks so good I want to eat whatever they’re feeding me, and Angelique Francis’ new album is platter for the ages.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 22d

BOB DYLAN'S NEW BOOTLEG SERIES RELEASE GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 on October 31.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 22d

After giving us “First Rains of May,” the stunning initial preview of his forthcoming album Cowboy Cake, rising Canadian alt-country singer/songwriter Joe Ray McDonald makes another powerful statement with his new single “Rodeo Son.”

Like #CowboyCake #JoeRayMcDonald
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 23d

Jeff Michaels has released his brand-new single "Sittin’ Here On This Dock," offering listeners a warm escape into moments of ease, reflection, and celebration, blending Jeff’s country roots with vivid storytelling.

Born in Mississauga.
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Roots Music Canada @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social · 24d

The critical consensus about Denmark’s Tone of Voice Orchestra is that you’ve never heard anything like them, that their music defies categorization, that their highly original arrangements contain complex intercultural interactions between many diverse styles and that
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