The 41st annual Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival takes place August 19-21, in Kelso Park, on the shores of Georgian Bay, in Owen Sound. The festival features more than 40 musical acts representing genres from folk, country and bluegrass, to blues, to hip-hop and funk. We caught up with James Keelaghan, Artistic Director at Summerfolk to chat about this year’s line-up. For more information and to buy tickets visit http://summerfolk.org.

The 41st annual Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival takes place August 19-21, in Kelso Park, on the shores of Georgian Bay, in Owen Sound. The festival features more than 40 musical acts representing genres from folk, country and bluegrass, to blues, to hip-hop and funk. We caught up with James Keelaghan, Artistic Director at Summerfolk to chat about this year’s line-up. For more information and to buy tickets visit http://summerfolk.org.

Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery has just released his sophomore long-player “Let Bad In”, the follow-up to 2013’s critically-acclaimed “Not Nearly Dark”. Ciaran will be making his Canadian debut at Silence in Guelph on Monday August 15. Tickets for the solo show at Silence are $20 in advance/ $25 at the door and $12 for students and unwaged and available at Royal Cat Records in Guelph, Forch’s Record Store in Cambridge and online at http://dollartone.com. We caught up with Ciaran at home in Northern Ireland to chat about his music.

Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery has just released his sophomore long-player “Let Bad In”, the follow-up to 2013’s critically-acclaimed “Not Nearly Dark”. Ciaran will be making his Canadian debut at Silence in Guelph on Monday August 15. Tickets for the solo show at Silence are $20 in advance/ $25 at the door and $12 for students and unwaged and available at Royal Cat Records in Guelph, Forch’s Record Store in Cambridge and online at http://dollartone.com. We caught up with Ciaran at home in Northern Ireland to chat about his music.

Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Lavery has just released his sophomore long-player “Let Bad In”, the follow-up to 2013’s critically-acclaimed “Not Nearly Dark”. Ciaran will be making his Canadian debut at Silence in Guelph on Monday August 15. Tickets for the solo show at Silence are $20 in advance/ $25 at the door and $12 for students and unwaged and available at Royal Cat Records in Guelph, Forch’s Record Store in Cambridge and online at http://dollartone.com. We caught up with Ciaran at home in Northern Ireland to chat about his music.

Leamington-based singer-songwriter Francine Leclair joins us on this episode to chat about her music and upcoming appearance at this year’s Kingsville Folk Music Festival taking place the weekend of August 12-14. Francine also plays a couple of songs live for us. We also include music from some of the other artists heading to Kingsville this summer - only in it’s third year but already developing a great reputation. Check out the full playlist online: http://folkrootsradio.com.

Leamington-based singer-songwriter Francine Leclair joins us on this episode to chat about her music and upcoming appearance at this year’s Kingsville Folk Music Festival taking place the weekend of August 12-14. Francine also plays a couple of songs live for us. We also include music from some of the other artists heading to Kingsville this summer - only in it’s third year but already developing a great reputation. Check out the full playlist online: http://folkrootsradio.com.

Leamington-based singer-songwriter Francine Leclair joins us on this episode to chat about her music and upcoming appearance at this year’s Kingsville Folk Music Festival taking place the weekend of August 12-14. Francine also plays a couple of songs live for us. We also include music from some of the other artists heading to Kingsville this summer - only in it’s third year but already developing a great reputation. Check out the full playlist online: http://folkrootsradio.com.

Summerfolk is a fabulous folk festival. James Keelaghan, Artistic Director at Summerfolk, joins us on this episode to chat about the line-up for this year's festival, taking place the weekend of August 19-21 in Kelso Park on the shores of Georgian Bay in Owen Sound ON. We also include music from some of the artists who'll be at Summerfolk alongside a selection of the latest new releases. Check out the full playlist at http://folkrootsradio.com.

Summerfolk is a fabulous folk festival. James Keelaghan, Artistic Director at Summerfolk, joins us on this episode to chat about the line-up for this year's festival, taking place the weekend of August 19-21 in Kelso Park on the shores of Georgian Bay in Owen Sound ON. We also include music from some of the artists who'll be at Summerfolk alongside a selection of the latest new releases. Check out the full playlist at http://folkrootsradio.com.