New Kate Weekes CD reflects singer-songwriter’s growth as a musician
When Kate Weekes plays in Whitehorse on May 2, the audience will hear something new and maybe...
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Folk music
Yukon musician embarks on exploration of space and silence
The time has come to at least take a shot at disregarding the speaker market entirely and focus on headphone-specific technology.
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The Yukon Balladeer
Al Oster plays in Hougens in 1961 – PHOTOS: courtesy of Rolf Hougen This article uses...
Read MoreReturn to the Yukon
It’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 MoreA Shining Star
This 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 MoreBound for Glory
When 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 MoreWhat is the Aurora Trail?
The 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 MoreA Music Scene Darling
The 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...
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