Genticorum
Roots Music Canada called Genticorum‘s 2023 Au Coeur de l’Aube an “amazing and evocative album,” while Folk Alley, after praising the band’s musicianship, wrote “Each band member has a unique and beautiful singing voice… (and) has worked harder than ever on perfecting the powerfully complex contrapuntal harmonies that mark French-Canadian song.”
Laura Risk
Acclaimed Montreal-based fiddler Laura Risk‘s 2023 Traverse, is a musical journey into the heart of traditional fiddle music that resonates with nuance and vitality. Its 10 tracks draw from deep immersion into traditional musical communities, as well as a curiosity towards innovation and exploration. Laura’s distinctive sound and compelling interpretations of traditional tunes are intensely personal yet grounded in meticulous archival and ethnographic research.
Sami Braman
Known from her work with longtime Pacific Northwest string band, The Onlies, and as touring/session player for Willie Watson (David Rawlings Machine, Old Crow Medicine Show), on 2023’s Riveter, Sami Braman celebrates the fiddle with a playful journey that, over the course of 10 tracks, draws upon traditions from Appalachia to Ireland, Cape Breton to Norway, and beyond.