• Rock n' Folk

    Required Viewing: Fred Eaglesmith

    I experienced my first Fred Eaglesmith show Wednesday night as Fred’s ‘Traveling Steam Show” rolled through Arizona. How to even begin? The great music, the between-song monologues that are a show unto itself, the kickass backing band (including the talented…

  • Folk

    Fred Eaglesmith – “Betty”

    One thing I’ve quickly found about Canadian singer/songwriter Fred Eaglesmith is that he has a hell of a lot of great songs. As I skip around his catalog on Spotify (sorry Rdio, you ain’t stocked on your Fred), I’m constantly…

  • Rock n' Folk

    Fun with Fred

    So here’s another Canadian treasure that still manages to fly under the radar down here in the States. The name’s Fred Eaglesmith, and he was born into a large family on a southern Ontario farm. His debut album was released…