Weary Ramblers was formed. Their 2024 debut earned spots as Roots Music Report's 22nd best folk and 54th overall album.

In the process, they inspired many to appreciate classical music. Some even picked up their long-forgotten instruments, gathering dust in the corner of a room or stashed high in an attic. Then, ...

Though the quake was felt throughout central Newfoundland, it is believed there is no significant damage. (Earthquakes Canada) While New Year's Day is often home to a couple of rumbles and bangs ...

Newport native Gretchen Lendrum has vivid memories of the concert. “As Native Newporters and folk music aficionados, we had come to hear from the master,” she recalled. “We heard him in ’63 and in ’64 ...

Designating 2024 as The Year of the Arts in Newfoundland and Labrador helped spur investment and activity in the music industry, a welcomed turn of events coming out of the lean years of the pandemic.

The ECMA 2022 Songwriter of the Year and 2020 Music Newfoundland Folk/Roots Artist of the Year award winners, Rube and Rake engage audiences with storytelling, intricate guitar work and rich vocal ...

The band helped to pioneer the traditional Irish music scene in Washington DC. Brendan toured with groups such as The Green Fields of America All-Star Irish Concert Tour, and the Masters of the Folk ...

disco-beat music and hedonistic excess. In the quiet refuges of their sitting rooms, common, douce, plain folk pray for high winds, which have caused proceedings to be cancelled in the past ...

CBC Newfoundland Morning6:04Exploring all the emotions the holiday season stirs up. Geraldine Hollett of The Once spoke about some of their original Christmas music. Some Christmas songs look to ...

MJ Lenderman is a folk-rock songwriter in the tradition of Neil Young or Jason Molina, said Pitchfork. In his "outstanding" fourth album, "Manning Fireworks", he writes with wit and sincerity ...