Maria Dunn Music
@mariadunnmusic.bsky.social
#Junos2022 Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! Storyteller through folk song; 2017 Juno-nominated Gathering. she/her #folkmusic #socialjustice
amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton www.mariadunn.com
amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton www.mariadunn.com
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My new album Hardscrabble Hope will be released on Bandcamp (digital download) this Friday, Nov 7: mariadunn.bandcamp.com
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...
Tix: www.beneaththearch.ca/upcomingconc...
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…
www.beneaththearch.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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...
Tix: www.beneaththearch.ca/upcomingconc...
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
February 5, 2026, 7:30 PM
Joel Plaskett
at Festival Place on Feb. 5, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
festivalplace.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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
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!
Good interview. @robbreakenridge.bsky.social does a nice job of introducing citizen initiatives & Corb an equally good job of explaining why we need clear legislation to prohibit coal mining activities in the eastern slopes.
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
#ableg #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGm...
PODCAST: Corb Lund on why Albertans deserve as say over coal mining along the Eastern Slopes
YouTube video by Rob Breakenridge Show
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 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...
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...
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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...
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...
My new album Hardscrabble Hope is now available for download from @bandcamp.com: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/album/hardsc...
#MusicSky #folkmusic #traditionalfolk
#MusicSky #folkmusic #traditionalfolk
Hardscrabble Hope, by Maria Dunn
11 track album
mariadunn.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My new album Hardscrabble Hope is now available for download from @bandcamp.com: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/album/hardsc...
#MusicSky #folkmusic #traditionalfolk
#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!
Our @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social is on top of @cjsrfm.bsky.social' s airplay chart this week: www.cjsr.com/2025/11/char... Woo-hoo!
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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!
#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:
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.
soundcloud.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#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-...
mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/leave-...
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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-...
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
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
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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
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! Thx Connie and Jan Vanderhorst for this piece in @rootsmusiccanada.bsky.social :
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
www.rootsmusic.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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
Blackbyrd Myoozik
10442 - 82 Ave (Whyte Ave)
www.blackbyrd.ca
#yegmusic #MusicSky
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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
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
#MusicSky #folkmusic #singersongwriter #musiciansky
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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
#MusicSky #folkmusic #singersongwriter #musiciansky
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:
Work Emails | Baroness von Sketch Show
"🌮 💁" 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…
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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:
November is Edmonton Housing Month
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
Rally at Alberta Legislature at Noon, Nov 22
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
Rally at Alberta Legislature at Noon, Nov 22
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Edmonton Housing Month
It Starts With Home
www.housingmonth.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
November is Edmonton Housing Month
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
Rally at Alberta Legislature at Noon, Nov 22
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
Rally at Alberta Legislature at Noon, Nov 22
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
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@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. 😉
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. 😉
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@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. 😉
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. 😉
Save the date! our next CARE Circle Talk~Stories of #Resilience
Dec 10, 2025, 4 pm PT (5pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guest Raven Reid.
To receive more info + link to register, please join our mailing list:
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
Dec 10, 2025, 4 pm PT (5pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guest Raven Reid.
To receive more info + link to register, please join our mailing list:
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Save the date! our next CARE Circle Talk~Stories of #Resilience
Dec 10, 2025, 4 pm PT (5pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guest Raven Reid.
To receive more info + link to register, please join our mailing list:
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
Dec 10, 2025, 4 pm PT (5pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guest Raven Reid.
To receive more info + link to register, please join our mailing list:
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
Reposted by Maria Dunn Music
Looking back on the month in folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.
The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, November 2025
Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looking back on the month in folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.
Reposted by Maria Dunn Music
The sound of The Empathist is influenced by the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and Nashville studio musician, Jim Hoke, who brought his joy and musicality to play on so many instruments and was an essential part of the sessions. If it ain't Hoke, fix it!
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The sound of The Empathist is influenced by the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and Nashville studio musician, Jim Hoke, who brought his joy and musicality to play on so many instruments and was an essential part of the sessions. If it ain't Hoke, fix it!
#ICYMI Nov 7/25 SOCAN celebrated the 1st annual #MusicCreatorDay to acknowledge the talented songwriters/composers who dedicate their lives to creating music & to coincide with the birthday of iconic Canadian singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell.
November 7 declared Music Creator Day in Canada, honouring Joni Mitchell - SOCAN Words and Music
New national day celebrates music creators shaping Canada’s creative landscape
www.socanmagazine.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#ICYMI Nov 7/25 SOCAN celebrated the 1st annual #MusicCreatorDay to acknowledge the talented songwriters/composers who dedicate their lives to creating music & to coincide with the birthday of iconic Canadian singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell.
Thank you @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for re-posting this (and for writing it in the first place). A very important read, given #Alberta govt's recent use of the #notwithstandingclause to remove rights from our youth who are trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ableg #abpoli
I wrote this two years ago. Felt inspired to post it again today. Tomorrow, it may be more relevant than ever. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #cdnpoli #Alberta @albertaviews.bsky.social
albertaviews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Thank you @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for re-posting this (and for writing it in the first place). A very important read, given #Alberta govt's recent use of the #notwithstandingclause to remove rights from our youth who are trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ableg #abpoli
Congrats to our Edmonton Folk Music Festival for receiving the Clearwater Festival Award at the 2026 International Folk Music Awards, presented to a fest that prioritizes environmental stewardship, demonstrates public leadership in #sustainable event production.
Edmonton Folk Fest to receive Folk Alliance International Clearwater Award
Folk Alliance International has announced that the Edmonton Folk Music Festival will be next year's recipient of its Clearwater Award. The Clearwater Award i
www.rootsmusic.ca
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Congrats to our Edmonton Folk Music Festival for receiving the Clearwater Festival Award at the 2026 International Folk Music Awards, presented to a fest that prioritizes environmental stewardship, demonstrates public leadership in #sustainable event production.
Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness invites all to join us:
Alberta Legislature (N Plaza)
Sat Nov 22, 2025 at Noon
Mark #NationalHousingDay and demand immediate government action to end the social disaster of #homelessness.
More details www.ecohh.ca/post/nationa...
Alberta Legislature (N Plaza)
Sat Nov 22, 2025 at Noon
Mark #NationalHousingDay and demand immediate government action to end the social disaster of #homelessness.
More details www.ecohh.ca/post/nationa...
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness invites all to join us:
Alberta Legislature (N Plaza)
Sat Nov 22, 2025 at Noon
Mark #NationalHousingDay and demand immediate government action to end the social disaster of #homelessness.
More details www.ecohh.ca/post/nationa...
Alberta Legislature (N Plaza)
Sat Nov 22, 2025 at Noon
Mark #NationalHousingDay and demand immediate government action to end the social disaster of #homelessness.
More details www.ecohh.ca/post/nationa...
Great chat by phone w/Jim Marino, Sat Nov 15 on CFMU's Freewheeling #Folk Show! Looking forward to my next jaunt to Ontario to stop by Freewheelin' Folk in person! Huge gratitude, Jim, for great questions/generous airtime!
#ICYMI #folkmusic Our chat is 1hr into the show at
#ICYMI #folkmusic Our chat is 1hr into the show at
CFMU
cfmu.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Great chat by phone w/Jim Marino, Sat Nov 15 on CFMU's Freewheeling #Folk Show! Looking forward to my next jaunt to Ontario to stop by Freewheelin' Folk in person! Huge gratitude, Jim, for great questions/generous airtime!
#ICYMI #folkmusic Our chat is 1hr into the show at
#ICYMI #folkmusic Our chat is 1hr into the show at
thank you so much Christine @bodaciouscopy.bsky.social for taking the time to listen and post such positive feedback on our conversation!
I listened to the entire interview, Maria, and it was excellent to learn about some of the backstories for the songs on Hardscrabble Hope. You’re such an eloquent speaker, and Rhea is a terrific interviewer, so together you presented an engaging conversation!
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
thank you so much Christine @bodaciouscopy.bsky.social for taking the time to listen and post such positive feedback on our conversation!