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Insomnia and music go together. Love discovering new music to get lost in - country, singer-songwriters, Americana, folk, rock, punk.... Currently enjoying Courtney Marie Andrews, Elles Bailey, Nils Lofgren, Ferris & Sylvester, Chris Murphy, Jarrod Dickenson, Jerry Joseph, Frank Turner, David Ford, Patterson Hood, Glitterfox, Chuck Prophet, The Lottery Winners, Our Man in the Field...
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Black Deer Video: William Prince “The Spark”

June 15, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Each day this week, we’re featuring a video from one of the great performers at this year’s Black Deer Festival.  Today, it’s the turn of Canadian singer-songwriter William Prince.  This stunning song is taken from his […]
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Black Deer Video: The Orange Circus Band “Flame in Your Heart”

June 14, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s day two of our Black Deer week and if ever there was a band made for the British festival summer, it’s The Orange Circus Band.  As if to reinforce those festival credentials, the video for […]
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Black Deer Video: Wilco “Falling Apart (Right Now)”

June 13, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
At the end of this week, the Black Deer Festival returns for the the first time since 2019 (those ‘early bird’ tickets now feel very early).  It is surely the truest sign that life is returning […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Joshua Hyslop

June 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve been bringing you occasional ‘mini-gigs’ as a way of continuing to connect talented musicians with audiences of music lovers.  This time we have two gorgeous songs from Vancouver-based singer-songwriter […]
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Video Premiere: Katie Knipp “The Gospel of Good Intentions”

June 10, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the premiere of this engaging live video of ‘The Gospel of Good Intentions’ from the multi-instrumentalist Katie Knipp.  With Chris Martinez’s fuzzy guitar, Zachary Proteau’s powerful bass and soaring brass and woodwind from Otis […]

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Pick of the bunch from Canadian troubadour in late career full bloom. Lynn Miles may not yet be among your ‘top ten Canadian songwriters’, but A Bouquet of Black Flowers may be about to change that. […]

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