Maria Dunn Music
#Junos2022 Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! Storyteller through folk song; 2017 Juno-nominated Gathering. she/her #folkmusic #socialjustice
amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton www.mariadunn.com
- checking out #Junos2026 TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR nominees Cassie & Maggie (MacDonald) Fab recording! Also makes me want to pull out my old Dougie MacDonald cassettes and brush off some of those tunes! #Celtic #folk #CapeBreton #fiddle
- #ICYMI Congratulations to all my colleagues for their recent #Junos2026 nominations in the Roots, Global and Indigenous music categories:
- #BandcampFriday Feb 6/26! Continuing their support for musicians @Bandcamp again waives revenue share on sales this Fri, Feb 6, midnight to midnight PT. You can download my new album Hardscrabble Hope AND my #Junos2022 winning Joyful Banner Blazing thru Bandcamp here
- Reposted by Maria Dunn MusicI’ve written an editorial for @consequence.bsky.social revealing the inspiration behind my song ‘City of Heroes’ and reflecting on the role that music can play in the struggle against oppression consequence.net/2026/02/bill...
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- Congrats to musical pal Sherryl Sewepagaham for her recent #Junos2026 nomination (Classical) for her album with Canadian Chamber Choir (Where Waters Meet) + for her newly commissioned work mitêh (Heart) being a focus of CBC Music Class Challenge.
- This week, Feb 6, marks 3 months since I released Hardscrabble Hope! Gratitude to #Folk #Roots DJs across the country for keeping it spinning at #3 on !earshot The National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart for the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 #music #radio www.earshot-online.com/charts/index...
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- Congratulations, Julian Taylor, on your new album - Anthology 2! Stream “Dedication” here:
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- Wasn't That a Time - The Weavers - Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert & Fred Hellerman Recorded live at their triumphant reunion concert at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 28, 1980.https://youtu.be/k-k0YzG2DFA?si=7Ml_7Jzh7ZT9mrNl #folkmusic
- And #ICYMI, musical pal and Women of Folkways producer Dana Wylie is nominated for Best Female Blues Vocalist at the Canadian Blues Music Awards! Congratulations to all the wonderful nominees! #danawyliemusic #canadianbluesmusicawards #bluesmusic #canadianbluesmusic
- Our Mar 7 Women of Folkways feat. Darla Daniels, Pamela Mae, Dana Wylie, & myself is SOLD OUT! Looking fwd to diving in and making some trad and new music w/these wonderful artists! BTW, here's a beautiful song of Dana's we did some yrs ago - The Earth That You're Made Of:
- Which sent me down the rabbit hole to find this fab album. Roesy singing traditional Irish songs, produced by Donogh Hennessy, who I remember from many tours through Edmonton (Irish Club, Folk Fest), where he played superb guitar with Sharon Shannon and Lunasa.
- Apt song for the times - thank you to the Labor Heritage Foundation for passing it along as their Labor song of the week. Roesy covering Carsie Blanton's 'Little Flame' Gleann Dhúlocha County Mayo
- Congratulations to all 2026 WOMEN IN MUSIC CANADA HONOURS NOMINEES behind the scenes, and for ARTIST OF THE YEAR Begonia Alessia Cara Elisapie Jessie Reyez Allison Russell Tia Wood If you haven't already, pls check out their music!
- This will be a delightful evening of fabulous #fiddle playing! Feb 7 Daniel Gervais Trio Northern Lights #FolkClub Parkview Community Hall 9135 146 St Edmonton Doors 7:15pm, #yegmusic starts at 8:00 pm
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- Jan 27 Stranger Songs with @mikeregenstreif.bsky.social on CKCU commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked annually on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan 27, 1945. Listen:
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- Woohoo! Thank you, Folk / Roots DJs across the country for spinning Hardscrabble Hope to #3 on !earshot The National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart for the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 www.earshot-online.com/charts/index...
- Thank you, CBC Radioactive Jessica Ng and James Hendricksen, longtime friend & Greenwood Singers board member, for this tribute to beloved choir director Bob deFrece. I am 1 of countless people deeply & positively influenced by his tremendous musicality (& sense of humour) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
- A beautiful song for the winter roads!! Boreal - Shepherd of the Road: youtu.be/FUWpBC-8v-Q?... (they'll be at The Nick in Calgary, March 21, 2026)
- Great to hear this! Starting January 10, Calgary musician and producer Trent Agecoutay will launch the latest Residency show on CKUA Radio: Uncle Trent’s Indigenous Roots.
- Aaw, thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social I really enjoyed singing that song in the studio, so glad it comes across :)
- A fun aspect of touring is meeting fellow musicians from different cities. Shaye Zadravec dropped by my Ironwood Stage concert in Calgary. Here's her cover of Windfall (by Jay Farrar, Son Volt). Great road song. (+this video looks a lot like my drive home from S Alberta :)
- Thank you, Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social, for spinning Secondhand Skates (from 2022 Juno-winning Joyful Banner Blazing) as part of your hockey radio reminiscing this past weekend! Here's the video, if anyone would like to hear it again!
- This weekend #yeg #folkmusic Sat Jan 24, 2026 Double Bill: Ryland Moranz and Cara Luft Northern Lights Folk Club Parkview Community Hall 9135 146 St Edmonton Doors 7:15pm, music starts at 8:00pm
- Delighted to have my music on Julian Taylor's Jukebox on CKUA Radio this past weekend. Honoured to be in such good company! ondemand.ckua.com/search/shows...
- And here's the song that Sandra inspired, Pill for a Broken Heart:
- I've been mentioning this important documentary by Eric Rice in my album release concerts, and I mention it in my liner notes on the Hardscrabble Hope album about the inspiration behind my song Pill for a Broken Heart. This is Where We Live:
- Huge gratitude to CKUA Radio and all the DJs, listeners and supporters for elevating my new album Hardscrabble Hope to #3 on the CKUA Top 30 playlist last week!
- What memories this brings back! Always loved Alison Moyet's vocals :-) thank you for reminding me!
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- Starting to think about songs for our March 7, 2026, Women of Folkways concert at Northern Lights Folk Club. Really looking forward to making music with these fine artists: Dana Wylie, Pamela Mae, Darla Daniels.
- Learned the melody of this song from a book recently and can't get it out of my head. De Danann recorded it here - The Flower of Sweet Strabane
- The legendary Peggy Seeger on Ireland's The Late Show. Peggy Seeger: The power of folk and loving Irish music | The Late Late Show Trad Special:
- Lots of live local music going on this weekend at DEEP FREEZE #yegmusic Saturday, Jan 17: Noon – 10:00 pm Sunday, Jan 18: Noon – 6:00 pm Fireworks are on Saturday night at 9pm!
- Huge gratitude to all the FolkDJs who have given my new album Hardscrabble Hope a good spin in December 2025!! Grateful to be #22 on the Folk DJ Top Albums of Dec 2025:
- Comedian Phil Hanley - beautiful interview with host Talia Schlanger on CBC Q Tue Jan 6/26 re his memoir Spellbound about his experiences as a child struggling with dyslexia.
- #ICYMI honoured to be #4 (tie w Angelique Francis) Top 10 @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social #2025criticspoll (esp w Hardscrabble Hope released late in 2025!) Thx to all these fab artists for creating/releasing inspiring #folkmusic #rootsmusic
- Great to hear @themcdades.bsky.social new single Peggy-O, along with my song Walking the Miles from my new album Hardscrabble Hope, on Jan Vanderhorst's online radio program:
- Huge gratitude to all who made my Hardscrabble Hope release in Calgary a memorable night! Marlene D'Aoust (Free Expression), Tom Coxworth CKUA (emcee), all Ironwood staff, esp Nate--fab job on sound! w Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah & Solon McDade (of The McDades) playing beautifully on my songs!
- Playing Tonight Jan 10 Beneath the Arch in Diamond Valley!! Had so much fun last night at The Ironwood in Calgary with Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah McDade & Solon McDade, playing all the new songs from Hardscrabble Hope (and a few other favs). Tix beneaththearch.tickit.ca/events/28932
- Filled with gratitude to all who made the Beneath the Arch concert in Turner Valley an absolute treat! Suzanne, Linda, Rhonda, Kayla, all the volunteers + Steve Loree, Muriel for a beautiful job on sound! w Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah & Solon McDade (of The McDades) playing so fabulously on my songs!
- Huge gratitude to all who made my Hardscrabble Hope release in Calgary a memorable night! Marlene D'Aoust (Free Expression), Tom Coxworth CKUA (emcee), all Ironwood Stage staff, esp Nate--fab job on sound! w Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah & Solon McDade (of The McDades) playing beautifully on my songs!
- Thank you to everyone at Beneath the Arch, Turner Valley/Black Diamond, for a wonderful experience sharing my music this past weekend! So grateful for the Music and the Mountains. 😊 See you again soon! www.mariadunn.com
- Very cool arrangement of 2 1980s hits courtesy of talented Karine Polwart and her band here in Glasgow: Karine Polwart Performs Here Comes The Rain Again / Smalltown Boy Live | Quay Sessions
- Playing Tonight Jan 10 Beneath the Arch in Diamond Valley!! Had so much fun last night at The Ironwood in Calgary with Shannon Johnson, Jeremiah McDade & Solon McDade, playing all the new songs from Hardscrabble Hope (and a few other favs). Tix beneaththearch.tickit.ca/events/28932
- So great to finally meet you Sean! cousin from a few hundred years ago :-) Thank you so much for your support - and for taking a snap of the Ironwood marquee, which I forgot to do :-)
- nâpêhkâsowinowâk ᓇᐯᐦᑲᓱᐃᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ Art Gallery of Alberta now through Jan 25/26, an exhibit that explores what it means to be a warrior in the eyes of Indigenous men.
- #ICYMI Delighted for 2 of my songs (Another Year, Secondhand Skates) to get a spin on Hamilton campus/community radio, Jim Marino's recent 93.3 CFMU Freewheeling Folk Show #WinterMusic Special! Thanks, Jim!
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- Another beautiful remembrance of Tim Williams (among other great musicians) from Stranger Songs with @mikeregenstreif.bsky.social – January 6, 2026 CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa + on-demand streaming
- Compelling new Christy Moore doc: Cartlann (ITMA/TG4) A treat to hear him sing in this intimate setting, hear him talk on the bringing old #songs to new life, bringing new songs into the tradition, & the power of songs to open people's hearts & minds. #Irishmusic
- #ICYMI Thank you, Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social My immense gratitude to you for your care and eloquence in capturing the heart of the songs and arrangements on Hardscrabble Hope!
