Artist: Basia Bulat: Tiny Desk Concert Performance Date: September 2010 I guess I must be feeling a little homesick … was pleased to see Polish-Canadian Basia Bulat featured at this Tiny Desk Concert http://www.npr.org/2011/01/21/133113463/basia-bulat-tiny-desk-concert?live=1 at NPR. I had recently cataloged her 2010 CD Heart of My Own for my library back home and I remember her being [...]
Archive for the ‘Folk’ Category
Basia Bulat: Tiny Desk Concert
Posted in Canadian, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, tagged Basia Bulat, Canada, National Public Radio, NPR Music, Polish-Canadian on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Something Beautiful
Posted in Alternative Rock, Canadian, Celtic, Celtic Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Pop, tagged Alternative Rock, Celtic Rock, Indie rock, Labrador, Newfoundland on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Title: Something Beautiful Artist: Great Big Sea Date: 2004 Style? Alternative Rock, Indie, Celtic Rock, Folk Rock Mood? Upbeat, happy, hopeful, fun, at times irreverent What I learned? GBS is known for their interpretations of traditional Newfoundland sea shanties kicked up a notch with their own indie/rock twist. This album, however, is supposedly a departure [...]
The Blind Paintings of a Coloured Eye
Posted in Acoustic Guitar, Canadian, Folk, tagged Acoustic, Add new tag, Guitar, Songwriter on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Title: The Blind Paintings of a Coloured Eye Artist: Pete and Dave Date: 2004 If I can, I like to support local artists, and Pete Lowas & Dave Kupferschmidt hail from the beautiful town of Deep River, Ontario. The strengths of this duo? Excellent songwriting and incredible guitar work. All songs on this album are [...]