After spending the last decade in southeast Asia, renowned Yukon folk artist Matthew Lien has finally returned home to continue his exploration of space.No, not outer space … actually, it’s more like inner...
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Al Oster plays in Hougens in 1961 – PHOTOS: courtesy of Rolf Hougen This article uses...
Read MoreIt’s been 30 years, or thereabouts, since I first ran into the iconic Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet who goes by the simple – but exotic-sounding – name of Ferron.There was no reason she should remember me. I was just a...
Read MoreThis was the second time that I have had the pleasure of doing an interview with Thorin Loeks. The first time, which was in June last year, he had just released his first album, Thirsty Hearts.Since then he has been writing more...
Read MoreWhen I first read these lines by Woodrow Wilson Guthrie I knew my rulebook had been changed:“I hate a song that makes you think that you’re not any good. I hate a song that makes you think you’re just born to lose. Bound to...
Read MoreThe folk/roots duo Twin Peaks, comprised of Naomi Shore and Lindsay Pratt, opened Dawson’s Home Routes season on Sept. 26. The show in Dawson City was their second-last stop on a tour that had seen them perform in Dease Lake,...
Read MoreThe music scene in Whitehorse is really something. Full of fresh, creative musical sounds that come straight from the heart and soul of artists who discovered their own voices inside the warmth of their homes in the dead of...
Read MoreIt’s a gathering where you may sip the tingly bitterness of a pale ale, sample salty snacks from the “bacon booth” and lock eyes magically with your future spouse.No wonder tickets to the Haines Beer Fest have sold out faster...
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