Maria Dunn Music

Kaz Curtis: 2025/26 Boyle Street Community Services… Read the latest arts news in Edmonton - features, interviews, moving stories and more

I'm excited to read about Kaz Curtis' artist residency with Boyle Street Community Services

Nova Scotians are holding the line on the boycott. But they are also good neighbours. Meidas Canada contributor Lisa Blackburn tells us about Halifax's longstanding tradition of sending a Christmas… THE BOSTON CHRISTMAS TREE - A HALIFAX TRADITION

Dec 6 also the anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion 1917. A (+) story fr @charlieangus104.bsky.social & Lisa Blackburn of the help that people in #Boston gave people in #Halifax & a reminder of all our positive connections across the border. #BostonChristmasTree #Christmas

Dec 6
#Rememberthe14
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#16days #EndGBV

#ICYMI Woohoo! Honoured to have my new album Hardscrabble Hope top @cjsrfm.bsky.social FM88.5's last week! Huge gratitude to all #radio #DJs, especially Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social (Sun 2pm - Rootsicana & Bluegrass) and Rhea March (Tue 1pm - It Takes a Village) for all the spins!

Running the Miles 😊 on a snowy night in Alberta.
Full song at: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/walkin...
#mariadunnmusic #HardscrabbleHope #walking #running #Hope #snow #yegmusic #folkmusic #pedalsteel #fiddle

Maria Dunn 2022 Juno Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, 3x Juno-nominated Maria Dunn is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness & unvarnished…

#BandcampFriday Dec 5/25! Continuing their support for musicians, @bandcamp.com again waives revenue share on sales this Fri, Dec 5, midnight to midnight PT. You can download my new Hardscrabble Hope album, or my previous #Junos2022 winning Joyful Banner Blazing, here:

The Freedom Singers perform "(Ain't Gonna let Nobody) Turn me Around" at the White House Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Singers Perform at the White House: 8 of 11

Lucinda Williams' new song draws beautifully from the folk tradition and brings back into my mind this powerful African American civil rights song Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round. Freedom Singers:

Performance video for "We've Come Too Far To Turn Around (feat. Norah Jones)," from the new Lucinda Williams album 'World's Gone Wrong,' out January 23, 2026. Pre-order / pre-save here:… Lucinda Williams "We've Come Too Far To Turn Around" (feat. Norah Jones)

Powerful song from Lucinda Williams "We've Come Too Far To Turn Around" (feat. Norah Jones):

#ICYMI Nov 30 #StAndrewsDay, patron saint of #Scotland, so how delighted was I to receive this braw "pictorial review" of my new album from Scottish musical pal Allan McMillan!

Thank you Allison @theradiobrock.bsky.social for spinning my new album Hardscrabble Hope, along with all these fine artists :-) !!

Revered Calgary folk and blues musician Tim Williams dies at 77 Legendary folk and blues musician Tim Williams, remembered as a master guitarist, gifted storyteller and a pillar of Calgary’s music community, has died at age 77.

My heartfelt condolences to all of Tim William's loved ones. I'm very sorry to hear of this. A very fine artist:

Christmas Songs Listen to Christmas Songs by Tim Chesterton #np on #SoundCloud

I also have 23 Christmas songs up on Soundcloud; these ones are for streaming only.

soundcloud.com/tim-chestert...

Alberta's dismantling of its 20-year-old flaring limit after companies blew through the limit two years in a row, with no objections from the federal government, is an example of the challenges Canada faces in reconciling its environmental commitments with a renewed focus on economic growth.

Spark Newsletter November 2025 Amnesty's Spark newsletter is your guide to activism in Canada. Read for updates on our campaigns and find out how you can take action.

Spark is Amnesty International Canada’s monthly guide to activism and human rights in Canada.

From online petitions to events and important days of action, Spark is your resource for igniting change in your classroom or community, across Canada and around the world.

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(Reid/Reid - Sentric Music) Live at Leith Links Big Top Saturday 17th June 2023 In the midst of 96 shows on the Dentures Out 2022/23 tour, The Proclaimers took a 6,000 capacity Big Top Tent to… The Proclaimers Dentures Out (Live in Leith)

Proclaimers - Dentures Out (Live)
youtu.be/Jcwy5TRlfSo?...

#MusicSky #TheProclaimers

Maria Dunn Trio — BENEATH THE ARCH Famous for telling stories through song, Maria’s rich vocals meld with Shannon Johnson and Jeremiah McDade for an unforgettable performance. Web Page: https://www.mariadunn.com Doors open at 7:00…

Excited to perform this upcoming season on Jan 10, 2026, at Beneath the Arch, #DiamondValleyAB. In good company with their season of fab Canadian musicians! The Maria Dunn Trio will be featuring lots of songs from the new album Hardscrabble Hope.
Tix: www.beneaththearch.ca/upcomingconc...

Joel Plaskett at Festival Place on Feb. 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Great to see that Nova Scotia songwriter Joel Plaskett will be performing in the greater Edmonton region in the new year:

February 5, 2026, 7:30 PM

Definitely worth a listen for what's currently going on with the #GrassyMountain #EasternSlopes #coal mining issue. Thank you @robbreakenridge.bsky.social and esp to Corb Lund for all his (and other advocates') unpaid labour in educating us all and speaking out to protect the Eastern Slopes!

Thx @cpawssab.bsky.social for all your advocacy #MountainsNotMines! Call to action below to contact our MLAs.

Thx for using my song in your video, sparked by rancher Laura Laing's phrase to media a few yrs ago: "coal is a thirsty business"! Full song/lyrics: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/coal-i...

Hardscrabble Hope, by Maria Dunn 11 track album

My new album Hardscrabble Hope is now available for download from @bandcamp.com: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/album/hardsc...

#MusicSky #folkmusic #traditionalfolk

Woohoo! honoured to have my new album Hardscrabble Hope top @cjsrfm.bsky.social FM88.5's chart this week! Huge gratitude to all #radio #DJs especially Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social (Sun 2pm - Rootsicana & Bluegrass) and Rhea March (Tue 1pm - It Takes a Village) for all the spins!

Maria Dunn Nov 18 Maria Dunn shares the stories behind the songs on her 8th full length album, 'Hardscrabble Hope' on the Nov 18th edition of It Takes A Village.

#ICYMI Had a great time visiting the radio station I volunteer DJ'd at for 13 yrs ('87-2000)! Huge gratitude to Rhea March (It Takes a Village, CJSR) for taking her whole show on Nov 18 to talk with me in depth about my new album Hardscrabble Hope! listen here:

Nov 22 marked #NationalHousingDay. Here's a song that I sang at last year's Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness rally inspired by the outreach teams who show such compassion and practical help to people experiencing #homelessness
mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/leave-...

Save the date! our next CARE Circle Talk~Stories of #Resilience
Dec 10, 2025, 4 pm PT (5 pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guest Raven Reid.
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca

Connie Kaldor finally fits 'casserole' into a song lyric - and other stories from her new country album Throughout her five-decade-long career in music, Connie Kaldor has always shone a light on everyday life in Western Canada, and specifically her home province o

Connie Kaldor! Thx Connie and Jan Vanderhorst for this piece in @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social :

For those of you in Edmonton, or planning to visit anytime soon, starting Nov. 26/2025, CD copies of my new album Hardscrabble Hope will be available at the local independent record store:

Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca

#yegmusic #MusicSky

If you still use the "vintage technology," you can order my brand new album Hardscrabble Hope on physical CD here: www.mariadunn.com/purchase/

#MusicSky #folkmusic #singersongwriter #musiciansky

"🌮 💁" That's you. Baroness von Sketch Show: Tuesdays at 9/9:30NT on CBC! In Canada? Watch full episodes: http://bit.ly/bvsseps Starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen and… Work Emails | Baroness von Sketch Show

The recent news that women spend more time and energy than men thinking about the appropriate use of #exclamation marks (!) and how that might reflect on them in online communication (!) reminded me of this excellent #BaronessVonSketch #comedy episode:

Edmonton Housing Month It Starts With Home

November is Edmonton Housing Month
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
Rally at Alberta Legislature at Noon, Nov 22
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca

a little free library in snow in Edmonton, Canada

@mariadunnmusic.bsky.social thx for follow ❣️ Love to hear new music, I don´t know, and by the way Edmonton
today in "No day without a #littlefreelibrary 📚" a little library in snow from #Edmonton pic made by (Ex)-daughter in law Annika, while workin in Canada. 😉