Maria Dunn Music

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 melodic songs about ordinary people. On 2016 Gathering & 2021 Joyful Banner Blazing, she celebrates the love of family, community, humanity that fires our actions to make the world a better place.

#BandcampFriday Mar 6/26! Continuing their support for musicians @bandcamp.com again waives revenue share on sales this Fri Mar 6 midnight to midnight PT. You can download my new album Hardscrabble Hope or my #Junos2022 winning Joyful Banner Blazing thru Bandcamp here mariadunn.bandcamp.com

March 11, 2026, Excited and honoured to have Juno award-winning songwriter and musician G.R. Gritt as CARE: Canadian Artists For Reconciliation And Education's special guest for our Circle Talk ~ Stories of Resilience! www.facebook.com/share/1CREXc...

#ICYMI on his Mar 1/26 Folk Routes show, CKUA's Tom Coxworth celebrated his (& our) dear friend Andy Donnelly's 30 yrs of The #Celtic Show on #CKUA #Radio (not to mention his years w CJSR, The Southside Folk Club, EFMF). Andy, you're a treasure! Listen on-demand this week: ondemand.ckua.com/search/

Maria Dunn - We Were Good People (Live) - Copyright Maria Dunn & William Dolinsky, 2003 Recorded Live in Edmonton, Nov 2008. Maria Dunn (vocal, guitar), Shannon Johnson (vocal, violin), Dawn Cross (vocal); Video by Don Bouzek (Ground Zero Productions); Live recording and mixing by Colin…

We Were Good People #Alberta #history with all my newer #folksongs I haven't had the chance to play this song in concert in a while, so I was delighted that it was a special request at a recent private retirement celebration. This live version was captured back in 2008:

Thanks so much to Jan Vanderhorst for including my song Pill for a Broken Heart on his Feb 26/26 radio show! You can listen online at www.justusfolk.com. (Jan is a Folk Radio Hall of Fame inductee 2024 😊) justusfolk.com/single/12604...

#ICYMI #RIP Billboard Canada tribute to dearly departed Randi Fratkin—such a beautiful person and much-loved member of our Canadian #folkmusic community. Gone way too soon. We will miss her tremendously. My heartfelt condolences to her loved ones. ca.billboard.com/fyi/obituari...

Reading Ireland: Four Stories Set in Irish History Irish history forms the setting and backdrop for 4 novels: from St Bridgid's time to WWI, from Galway to Kildare to County Down

World Book Day 4 March in the UK, National Reading Month in March in the US, Saint Patrick's Day coming up worldwide: seems a good time to remind you of these 4 books 📖 ☘️ set in the history of Ireland. perceptivetravel.com/blog/2014/02...

Working this song of mine up for our sold-out Women of Folkways concert on March 7/26 at Northern Lights Folk Club. Looking forward to sharing the evening with wonderful artists Dana Wylie, Darla Daniels and Pamela Mae: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/waltzi...

honoured to be mentioned! thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social

#Junos2026 listening! I get overwhelmed by all the music out there, so working through recent nominees for Trad Roots (the category I won in 2022) is a fun way to focus & celebrate these artists!

This week: I Lost My Heart On Friday - Aerialists aerialists.bandcamp.com/album/i-lost...

Fortress Mountain Resort: An Amusement Park in our Wilderness - CPAWS Southern Alberta Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd. has officially released its proposal for a new All-Seasons Resort.

More action on protecting wilderness in Alberta:

Coal is a Thirsty Business, by Maria Dunn from the album Hardscrabble Hope

This song was inspired by folks working hard to protect our Eastern Slopes #Rockies from #coalmining. In advocating to protect our water, Alberta rancher Laura Laing said, "Coal is a thirsty business," so of course, I had to write this song! #WaterNotCoal

I signed the #WaterNotCoal #CorbLund petition at my local Northern Lights Folk Club the other night. If you missed the #yeg launch event on Sun, Feb 22, you can find out where to sign in your community here: #Alberta

30 years already?!?! Congrats to our wondrous wee wireless The Celtic Show, hosted by Andy Donnelly, launched in Feb 1996. Tune in through the day on Fri, Feb 27, for special programming celebrating Andy Donnelly and The Celtic Show. You’ll hear music, good wishes, and maybe a few surprises.

Was trying to sing Happy Birthday recently for a family video collage when a pitch-sensitive magpie intervened!

Irish Music Session Etiquette for Beginners (and Bodhran players) A look at the inner workings of an Irish trad music session and what to do and not to do 🥁 (I promise I really do appreciate a good bodhrán player) Bring back seisiún sandwiches 💪 🫙Tip Jar:…

#StPatricksDay coming up! Here's a wee bit of #Irishmusic session #etiquette. #melody instruments playing the tunes are the main thing, accompaniment is like good carpeting: doesn't overwhelm the melody instruments. 😊

lol - that would have been fun to know how you might have phrased things the second time :-) Thank you so much for your support and thoughtful, eloquent review -- and sorry about the guilt!!

Thank you so much Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for writing this beautiful review of my new album Hardscrabble Hope! With the volume of tasks going in & out of my own constantly juggled independent #folk #roots #musician schedule, I myself sometimes forget when I have already done something :)

Just announced - Maria Dunn Trio in Concert #yegmusic
Fri Apr 24, 2026 at 8 pm
Yardbird Suite
Edmonton, AB
Tix/info:
yardbirdsuite.com/shows/maria-...

#CNOY Feb 28 My sis Elaine leads our team, The Mighty Leprechauns (her tallness teasing the "vertically efficient" team members!)

Supports #BissellCentre #yeg Grateful for their work & compassion for our community members who are #unhoused #homelessness

Donate:
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I have always loved Mary Jane Lamond's singing and Wendy MacIsaac's fiddling, so thank you for this @kerrydexter.bsky.social

Last weekend in Alberta:
My drive from Nanton to Edmonton under glorious clear skies in minus 20.
Backstage at Northern Lights Folk Club for nails out show Saturday night.
Thanks to everyone who came out!

#ICYMI Commotion on CBC Radio Feb 10, 2026
Great discussion on #protestsongs and their immediacy, purpose from guest host Radheyan Simonpillai, podcaster Vish Khanna #yeg and Carl Wilson, Toronto.

#today til 4pm #yeg #WaterNotCoal #petition launch
They've moved to a larger venue across the alleyway, so here's the latest info on today's petition launch with petition founder Corb Lund and guests.
www.waternotcoal.ca/sign-the-pet...

Aragon Mill Best rendition of a timeless song. As meaningful now as it ever was. "Aragon Mill lyrics and music by Si Kahn. Copyright Joe Hill Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission."

This year is the 50th anniversary edition of legendary US songwriter & #socialjustice activist Si Kahn's first album ever, New Wood. Si himself recommends David Eustace's video of the Original Red Clay Ramblers doing Si's song from New Wood, “Aragon Mill”:

Listening to some Hazel & Alice for our upcoming Women of Folkways concert, and decided to check out Alice Gerrard's website. She released a memoir recently in Dec 2025 called "Custom Made Woman Blues". Here's Alice Gerrard - "Bear Me Away" // The Bluegrass Situation [BGS]
youtu.be/7sn-5fTxXJc?...

Stephen Fearing @sfearingmusic.bsky.social
Songwriting Masterclass
Feb 22
1-3 PM
The Carrot (9351-118 Ave) #yegmusic #songwriting
www.thecarrot.ca/events-at-th...

An Urgent Conversation: Public Health Care in Edmonton No matter where you live, or who you are, you and your family deserve timely access to quality public health care — when and where you need it.

Feb 22 #yeg @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
Friends of Medicare & well-known public health care advocate & emergency physician Dr. Paul Parks
Town Hall - Urgent Conversation on #PublicHealthCare
Sun Feb 22 at 2 pm
Edmonton Expo Centre
Doors 1:30
Free, public

Stephen Fearing: An Evening of Song - Benefit Concert — The Carrot: Edmonton Community Art Gallery and Coffee Shop Date: February 22 | 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse (9351 - 118 Ave) Stephen Fearing performs at the Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse on February 22 at 8:00…

Stephen Fearing @sfearingmusic.bsky.social show at NLFC is sold out on Feb 21!!
However, he will be performing a special fundraising concert on Feb 22, 8-9 PM
The Carrot (9351-118 Ave) #yegmusic

Looks like the #yeg event is sold out, but you can still check out where to sign the #WaterNotCoal petition in Edmonton here: www.waternotcoal.ca/sign-the-pet...