Rob Lutes Rob Lutes has spent more than two decades quietly building one of the most distinctive bodies of work in Canadian folk and roots music. Montreal-based but shaped by his New Brunswick upbringing as one of six kids in Rothesay, Lutes inhabits the fertile intersection of blues, folk, and Americana with the ease of…
Meredith Moon Meredith Moon arrived at folk music the way few artists do – by living it from the very beginning. Daughter of legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, she grew up immersed in the language of song, and spent her teenage years busking coast to coast, from Halifax to Vancouver, developing the singular voice and restless artistic…
Ken Whiteley Ken Whiteley is a Canadian folk legend whose remarkable career spans six decades of performing and touring across North America. He has won many awards including the Canadian Folk Music Award, a Genie Award for Best Original Song in a Canadian feature film, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Maple Blues Awards, Mariposa…
Daniel James McFadyen Daniel James McFadyen is an award-winning indie-folk artist whose expressive lyricism, charismatic stage presence, and road-worn storytelling have made him one of Canada’s most compelling contemporary voices. His 2025 sophomore album, Back To The Country (LHM Records), marks a defining moment in his artistic evolution—an intimate, organic, and boldly confident full-length that leans into the Americana/Canadiana textures he…
Cassie and Maggie Born into a family steeped in Nova Scotia’s richest musical traditions, sisters Cassie and Maggie have grown into one of the most compelling forces in contemporary Celtic folk music. Rooted in their deep Gaelic heritage and raised on melodies passed down through generations, they have spent years honing a sound that is…
Alysha Brilla Alysha Brilla is a 3× JUNO Award nominated songwriter, producer and electrifying live performer, as well as the 2025 Women in Music International Leadership Honouree and a 2024 Canadian Screen Award nominee. Sounds of earth, songs of stars. Rooted in her Indo-Tanzanian heritage and shaped by the Great Lakes in Canada, Brilla’s sound…
Adrian Sutherland From the remote fly-in village of Attawapiskat in Ontario’s Far North, Adrian Sutherland brings a voice that is genuinely unlike anything else on the folk and roots circuit — and Deep Roots is proud to welcome it. Drawing from his life on the land, his Cree language and culture, and a lifelong love…
Raise the Roof! with Matt Andersen, Lloyd Spiegel and Joce Reyome Thursday 7:00pm, Convocation Hall, Acadia U Lloyd Spiegel is a bluesman at his core, a guitarist by trade, a comedian by nature and a showman at heart. He blends powerful vocals and jaw-dropping guitar prowess with a knack for humour and storytelling to deliver…
Raise the Roof! with Matt Andersen, Lloyd Spiegel and Joce Reyome Thursday 7:00pm, Convocation Hall, Acadia U With a voice that radiates power and vulnerability in equal measure, Joce Reyome has carved out a sound that blends classic blues grit, raw emotion, and the wild spirit of rock’s early days. Inspired by greats like Etta…
Raise the Roof! with Matt Andersen, Lloyd Spiegel and Joce Reyome Thursday 7:00pm, Convocation Hall, Acadia U When Matt Andersen steps on stage, he brings a lifetime of music to every note he plays. His latest album, The Hammer & The Rose, is a veritable garden of heart; a (mostly) delicate collection of tender folk…
