12 Videos of Christmas: 9-12

Links: Sarah Harmer, More Sarah Harmer Stories, Arkells, Video courtesy of GordsGal73



Links: Ginger St. James, More Ginger St. James Stories, Video courtesy of djmimage



Links: Andre Bisson, More Andre Bisson stories, Video courtesy of Andre and the J-Tones, Buy His Christmas CD 



Links: Mike Trebilcock, More Mike Trebilcock Stories, Video courtesy of Mike Trebilcock

Click here for videos 1-4
Click here for videos 5-8

12 Videos of Christmas: 5-8

Links: Dave Rave, More Dave Rave Stories, More Rick Andrew Stories, Download album on iTunes



Links: James Anthony, More James Anthony Stories, Download Album from iTunes



Links: Dan Medakovic, More Dan Medakovic Stories, Video courtesy of Dan Medakovic



Links: Famous Framus, More Famous Framus Stories, Video courtesy of Spankndakota

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Click here for videos 9-12

12 Videos of Christmas: 1-4

Links: Melissa Bel, More Melissa Bel Stories, Video courtesy of Melissa Bel



Links: More video from this show, Shawn Brush, More Shawn Brush Stories



Links: More Videos from this show, Wendell Ferguson, More Wendell Ferguson Stories



Links: More Video From This Show, Kelly Jay, More Crowbar Stories, Trickbag, More Trickbag Stories, Sonny Del Rio, More Sonny Del Rio Stories

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Click here for videos 9-12

Smoke Wagon Blues Band@Plough and Harrow (December 10, 2011) Part 2

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Bonus videos from their CD, Low Down Righteous Blues





Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories

Smoke Wagon Blues Band@Plough and Harrow (December 10, 2011) Part 1

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Bonus video of singer Corey Lueck with the James Anthony Band courtesy of TV Cogeco Ontario



Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories

Shawn Brush and Friends@Nines Brick Bar (December 7, 2011) Part 2

Shawn Brush (guitar, vocals) Eric Bower (Jericho)(bass) and Bongo Bob









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Shawn Brush@Nines Brick Bar (December 7, 2011) Part 1

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Bonus Videos



Above video courtesy of Ronny Wiskin



Above video courtesy of The Krooked Cowboy

Links: Shawn Brush, More Shawn Brush Stories

Ginger St. James YouTube Videos

Above video courtesy of the Tone Bear



Above video courtesy of TV Cogeco Ontario







Above videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music 50

Links: Ginger St. James - More Ginger St. James Stories

Matthew de Zoete and Friends@Artword Artbar (December 3, 2011)

First three videos courtesy of Quadrillium






Bonus videos below courtesy of zmtieman





Click here for Matthew de Zoete's site.

Canadian Folk Music Awards Winners

The Canadian Folk Music Awards were handed out on Sunday, December 4, 2011. Below is a list of the winners. Congratulations everyone!

Traditional Album of the Year

• Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs

Contemporary Album of the Year

• Bruce Cockburn - Small Source of Comfort

Children’s Album of the Year

• Benoît Archambault - Les pourquoi

Traditional Singer of the Year

• Dave Gunning

Contemporary Singer of the Year

• Suzie Vinnick

Instrumental Solo Artist of the Year

• Jayme Stone

Instrumental Group of the Year

• The Creaking Tree String Quartet

English Songwriter of the Year

• Lynn Miles

French Songwriter of the Year

• Alexandre Poulin

Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year

• Vince Fontaine

Vocal Group of the Year

• Good Lovelies

Ensemble of the Year

• Genticorum

Solo Artist of the Year

• Bruce Cockburn

World Solo Artist of the Year

• Kiran Ahluwalia

World Group of the Year

• Minor Empire

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

• Dave Gunning

Producer of the Year

• Mark Howard & David Travers-Smith (The Wailin' Jennys)

Pushing the Boundaries

• Geoff Berner

Young Performer of the Year

• Molly Thomason

New Ariana Gillis CD

One thing that stands out on local singer/songwriter Ariana Gillis's latest CD, Forget Me Not, is the power in her vocals. It's a voice that deserves to be heard and almost screams out, "just because I'm young and can play infectious music doesn't mean I'm a pop star".

As always, Ariana shows great talent with incredible catchy melodies but on this offering, both her lyrics and vocals seem to have more of an extra edge to them. It's a very welcome change. There's more of a roots element here as well.

Her softer vocal side is also on display on songs such as John and the Monster and Oh the World.

The CD is available at her live shows, on Maple Music, and as a download on iTunes and cdbaby.

Below are live performances of songs from the album.





Videos courtesy of Ariana Gillis.

Links: Ariana Gillis, More Ariana Gillis Stories