By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday has some notable laments of Newfoundland and Labrador along with some happier tunes as well. The traditional music of Newfoundland and Labrador is rooted in Irish, Scottish, English, and French [...]
By Darlene Barss For Good Friday we have a Canadian Indie Easter/Spring playlist for your listening pleasure. It might not be typical Easter music and some songs may even have you wondering why it is [...]
By Darlene Barss Our Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness playlist continues on for Playlist Friday today. It began in September 2016 with 20 songs that I started it with and we added to it. We [...]
By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday is all about dance to celebrate Dance Marathon Day. I found out that there was such a thing as National Dance Marathon Day and I stole it as my inspiration [...]
By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday is about The Pitch of Prince Edward Island. It may be the smallest province but it is full of talent. PEI is known as a home for traditional Celtic music. [...]
By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday this week has not just one but two playlists. A Canadian St Patrick's Day playlist to celebrate the day and an update on Searchlight playlist. CBC Searchlight is on Round [...]
By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday this week is all about Round 2 of Searchlight. All the artists on the playlist successfully made it past Round 1 and are region finalists. The voting for round 2 [...]
By Darlene Barss The Polaris Music Prize is a not-for-profit organization that annually honours and rewards artists who produce Canadian music albums of distinction. A select panel of music critics judge and award the Prize [...]
By Darlene Barss CBC Searchlight, CBC Music's nationwide search for the best up-and-coming musicians across Canada returns for its fifth year. As in 2016, the top 4 finalists will vie for the grand prize on [...]
By Darlene Barss Playlist Friday brings us the Nuances of Nova Scotia playlist. It seems to be another province with a hotbed of talent in it. For a small province I sure ended up with [...]