Category: Folk
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Song Of The Day – Bahamas – “Already Yours”
Bahamas, which is the stage name for Alfie Jurvanen, is a Toronto based musician who has played with people like Feist, Zeus and Jason Collett. He has a couple of records to his credit as well as three Juno nominations. The song I have posted is a nice folk ballad, performed live and acoustic. A…
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Song Of The day – Corb Lund – “Dig Gravedigger Dig”
Alberta native Corb Lund is featured today (a few days late) as my Halloween choice for Song Of The Day. Corb has been an Alberta favourite for many years. Originally a punk rocker in the 1990’s, he moved to country/folk and has ridden success since. I love the name of his band, The Hurtin’…
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Song Of The Day – The Milk Carton Kids – “Heaven”
A bit of a switch from our regular programming. Today we go heavy Folk (Bluegrass??) with California indie-folk duo, The Milk Carton Kids. A very interesting group on today’s media stage. They have released 3 albums since forming in 2011. Heaven is off their most recent release, “The Ash and Clay”. Good song, a…
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Song Of The Day – The Wilderness of Manitoba – A Year In Its Passing
Break is over, and boy, do I have a lot of tunes to share. Shazam has been really busy with me lately, and there is one h e double hockey sticks worth of good stuff out now. Today’s tune is by a band (whose name is almost impossible to figure out if it is the…
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Song Of The Day – Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – “Got You Covered”
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian alt-country group. I enjoy them as the country is more of a country blues sound. The group has been going strong since the early 1990’s and, in addition to the groups many record, has spawned many solo albums by its members, Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing…
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