
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 12
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss eloquently update mid-20th century American song-writing on Raising the Roof

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss eloquently update mid-20th century American song-writing on Raising the Roof

The focus is on folk, roots,blues and country featuring Pete Seeger as well as Ontario duo Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino

Featuring Lusaphone music – a fusion of Afro-Portuguese sounds

A loving and personal tribute to Blues Goddess Ellen McIlwaine by writer Connie Kuhns

East Coast singer-songwriter Kim Harris’ album Heirloom has listener’s saying: “That voice!”.

Read about the Linda Lindas plus a loving and insightful review of Canadian Indigenous folk star William Prince’s concert in far flung Churchill, Manitoba late in 2021

North Vancouver’s John Mabbott does a brief survey of ambient music’s history and presents three of his own nascent compositions

Is Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk their best album? Is Northern Ireland’s Joshua Burnside an up and comer? Two Kurated contributors share.

Contributor picks include Levon Helm (pictured), Tom Waits, Courtney Marie Andrews, Beth Hart, Gillian Welch, Maggie Bell and more

The theme is rock and roll. Hear a one-off Springsteen and Etheridge duet. Plus New Orleans’ band the Revivalists, Nova Scotia’s Matt Mays and US-based Grace Potter