David Morrison

Come for a hike through the verdant countryside and along the railroad tracks of Vancouver Island as we share the first single from Roger Dean Young & the Tin Sea. A name that will be semi-familiar to those that recall ‘Roger Dean Young and the Tin Cup’ from 2006. It features on their new album Wrought Iron Will due out in March.

With reinvention can come reinvigoration, and so it seems with the Montreal-based ‘art-folk’ artist, Emily Millard on her new and wondrous album ‘By Heron & By Season’.

Zachary Lucky demonstrates that he has no need to mess with winning and timeless formula on this his fourth album – a collection of (mainly) road songs, but also an explicitly Canadian album.

EAST, is Justin’s seventh and, emotionally, most significant album to date. It is a transitional release born of personal change that permeates the lyrics and overall mood of the record – a calmer, mellower and more organic vibe than any of his previous releases.

Whilst attending to his other creative outlets like a plate spinner, Never More Together is the second solo album proper from Oliver Swain, one of the most respected, hardworking and brilliant roots musicians in Canada.

Over six years after his self-released lost classic debut, My Lovely Son returns with an album documenting a period of both apprehension and hope at a crossroads in the musician’s life. “Despite the pain of its creation, I can assure Minhas that the end result was well, well worth it. “

Gypsy Blues is a firecracker of an album and a testament to Blue Moon Marquee’s damn hard work – who are currently on another (40-date) North American tour, it would seem they have no intention of easing up any time soon.

Quiet Hum is an outstanding release and West My Friend’s most moving material to date, yet only four years since their debut it feels like West My Friend are still gathering speed.

On the eponymous EP introducing the instrumental music of Aerialists to the world, Gaelic and Scandinavian folk traditions interweave with jazz and just a hint of rock in an intoxicating blend.

One of the most rewarding Canadian roots releases of 2016 so far…from a base of indie rock with folk-rock, country, blues and even gospel thrown in the pot Roberts Hall have produced a cohesive full-length debut that’s a compelling listen.

David Francey is one of those rare artists, of any genre, whose writing and performance skills are of such a consistently high standard that he never drops the ball. This fact is once again emphatically borne out with the release of his 11th album, Empty Train.

Much of Jesse Thom’s album is straight from the Sufjan Stevens school of Arcadian acoustic charm. Stevens’ Seven Swans or Carrie & Lowell-style material represents the perfect touchstone for Thom’s gentle, melodious compositions, which in my book can never be a bad thing.