Waxahatchee's upcoming spring tour is with the band Hurray for the Riff Raff, but Katie Crutchfield may not share her tourmates' enthusiasm...
Though its scope has expanded a great deal over its 10 years of existence, Halifax's In the Dead of Winter still bills itself as an "acousti...
"Here's a normal song that's not about crazy things," whispered Andy Shauf, following a song he had told the crowd was about the devil. "But...
Sometimes, the heart of a good folk performance is the strain involved, the sense that you can hear the grit and determination it took to wr...
If the alt-folk revival means we're threatening to reach peak "stomp," someone forgot to tell Halifax's Willie Stratton. I spent a g...
After opening her solo Dead of Winter set with a sad, soulful track titled "Adrian," Vermont and NYC-based singer-songwriter Rachel Ries exp...
Considering that he's dabbling in some of classic rock'n'roll's most rollicking, fevered sounds, the first half of the Devin Cuddy Band's De...
Greg MacPherson's weapons began to fail him early in his Dead of Winter set. First, his guitar's high-E string proved temperamental, refusin...
Prior to Owen Pallett's mesmerizing In the Dead of Winter set, Tara Thorne of opening act Dance Movie relayed a relic from their shared past...
When a folk emergency strikes, you can always lean on Hank. Performing as a duo, Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson of Toronto's Skydiggers...
You have to respect Scarlett Jane's immaculate precision. There are no bum notes to be found in Andrea Ramolo and Cindy Doire's ridiculously...
