Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots Albums of 2022

I have no idea how many roots albums I bought, received for review, actually wrote about, listened to through a brief flirtation with a streaming service, and sampled via Polaris Music Prize jury membership, as well as other industry-provided downloads during 2022. But when I review other lists, I see a lot I am familiar…

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Suzie Vinnick- Fall Back Home review

Suzi Vinnick Fall Back Home SuzieVinnick.com Over the last decade, Suzie Vinnick has become one of Canada’s favourite blues artists. Albums including 2018’s Shake That Love Around and 2011’s Me ‘n’ Mabel placed her on my roots radar, and Fall Back Home continues this string of impressive development. Given pandemic time to reflect, Vinnick has…

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Harrison Kennedy- Thanks for Tomorrow review

Harrison Kennedy Thanks for Tomorrow Electro-Fi Records I don’t receive as many high-quality blues albums for review as I perhaps once did, but often enough something sneaks through to impress. This week that album comes from Ontario and Juno Award winner Harrison Kennedy. Oowee! This is my kind of blues, a mix of soul and…

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Mary Lane- Travelin’ Woman review

Mary Lane Travelin’ Woman Women of the Blues Records Mary Lane. Does the name mean anything to you? If it does, you already know what the rest of us have been missing. But for the rest of us… Now 83, Mary Lane is one of the last of the northern-bound blues singers who moved from…

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Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson- Amour review

Pleased to now be writing for Exclaim!, one of Canada’s leading entertainment and lifestyle publications. My first review has been published: Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson’s Amour. Give it a read if it is of interest. [Review based on supplied download.]

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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings- Kings and Kings review

A while back, Country Standard Time asked me to review Blackie and the Rodeo Kings’ latest, Kings and Kings. I had previously bought the download of the album for my own enjoyment, so I was more familiar with it than I normally am with an album by the time came to write about it. It…

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