100 Canadian Indie Artists of 2016
By Darlene Barss I struggled with what to call this list. It isn't exactly top 100 because I limited it to one song per artist. It isn't my favourites though it is strongly biased to [...]
A Canadian Indie Christmas Story
By Darlene Barss We Three Kings were Comin' Home For Christmas which was 2000 Miles away. "Carry Me Home!" I cried. "I swear I'll Be Home For Christmas." I really want to Sing O'Holy Night [...]
Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness: December 2016 extension
By Darlene Barss This playlist stream started with one Canadian Indie song and then a word in the title of that song led to another Canadian Indie song and that led to another Canadian Indie [...]
Qualité Québec Playlist
By Darlene Barss We have done a French Canadian playlist previously that you may have thought was for the province of Quebec but no it was not. That playlist focused on songs in French and [...]
Ode To Ontario Playlist
by Darlene Barss Our playlist today is an ode to all those Ontario musicians we know and love. There is no shortage of talent coming out of that province that is for sure. Broken Social [...]
Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness Pt 2
By Darlene Barss Our Canadian Indie Stream of Consciousness continues. It began with a Canadian Indie song and that led to another and another until I had 20 songs that I brought to you. We [...]
A Canadian Indie Halloween Playlist Story
By Darlene Barss Happy Hallowe’en to all. On this Halloween day, I am going to tell you a frightful tale. It may or may not make sense and it may or may not be scary, [...]
Ottawa’s National Arts Centre adds 30 Canadian artists to its 2017 schedule
The NAC in Ottawa has local music fans covered after artists such as Joel Plaskett (Mar 18) and sibling duo of Matthew and Jill Barber (May 6) along with many other artists are set to [...]
The Scenics
By Garry Benfold The Scenics were an art-punk/new wave band that formed in July 1976 after Ken Badger answered Andrew Meyers' ad in search of musical collaborators. They released one single "Karen" b/w "See Me [...]
Playlist Friday : French Canadian
By Darlene Barss Themed playlists can be fun to make and great to listen to. Think of something that connects the songs together. It could be in the title, in the lyrics or the name [...]