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
Lovely new song from musical pal Dave Gunning from his upcoming album Field Notes:
Going Nowhere Tonight, by Dave Gunning
track by Dave Gunning
davegunning.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Lovely new song from musical pal Dave Gunning from his upcoming album Field Notes:
Had a great chat by phone with Jim Marino this morning on Freewheelin' Folk CFMU! I'm looking forward to my next jaunt to Ontario, when I can stop by Freewheelin' Folk in person! Huge gratitude Jim for the great questions and generous airtime!!
Rescheduled to Sat Nov 15, 9amMT (11amET)
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
CFMU
cfmu.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Had a great chat by phone with Jim Marino this morning on Freewheelin' Folk CFMU! I'm looking forward to my next jaunt to Ontario, when I can stop by Freewheelin' Folk in person! Huge gratitude Jim for the great questions and generous airtime!!
Thank you Donalde @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for featuring my music! Much gratitude for your support!!
Final day
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 15
In light of @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social's new release, we've spent these two weeks looking at the singer-songwriter. Today, the new album "Hardscrabble Hope"
"Pill for a Broken Heart"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wye...
Thanks for joining me!
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 15
In light of @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social's new release, we've spent these two weeks looking at the singer-songwriter. Today, the new album "Hardscrabble Hope"
"Pill for a Broken Heart"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wye...
Thanks for joining me!
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thank you Donalde @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for featuring my music! Much gratitude for your support!!
Nov 15/25 8pm
Northern Lights Folk Club
#Songs of #War and #Peace with good musical pals
Bill Werthmann and Tim Chesterton
Parkview Community League, 9135 146 St NW
Edmonton, AB T5R 4L5
Canada
northernlightsfc.ca/show/songs-o...
Northern Lights Folk Club
#Songs of #War and #Peace with good musical pals
Bill Werthmann and Tim Chesterton
Parkview Community League, 9135 146 St NW
Edmonton, AB T5R 4L5
Canada
northernlightsfc.ca/show/songs-o...
Songs of War and Peace featuring Tim Chesterton & Bill Werthmann – Northern Lights Folk Club
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northernlightsfc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Nov 15/25 8pm
Northern Lights Folk Club
#Songs of #War and #Peace with good musical pals
Bill Werthmann and Tim Chesterton
Parkview Community League, 9135 146 St NW
Edmonton, AB T5R 4L5
Canada
northernlightsfc.ca/show/songs-o...
Northern Lights Folk Club
#Songs of #War and #Peace with good musical pals
Bill Werthmann and Tim Chesterton
Parkview Community League, 9135 146 St NW
Edmonton, AB T5R 4L5
Canada
northernlightsfc.ca/show/songs-o...
Rescheduled to Sat Nov 15, 9amMT (11amET)
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
CFMU
cfmu.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Rescheduled to Sat Nov 15, 9amMT (11amET)
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Talking new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Listen from anywhere: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Thank you, Bob Jensen, for this beautiful piece on the legendary Archie Fisher:
Poets I Have Known – Archie Fisher
With Archie in Bonaire Most of my favourite poets play guitar Archie Fisher is one of the most remarkable men I have ever had the privilege to know. He was shipwrecked in South America at the age…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank you, Bob Jensen, for this beautiful piece on the legendary Archie Fisher:
My new album Hardscrabble Hope is now available for download from @bandcamp.com :
Hardscrabble Hope, by Maria Dunn
11 track album
mariadunn.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My new album Hardscrabble Hope is now available for download from @bandcamp.com :
Thank You to Doug Lang for the feature on Nov 8/25 Better Days Co-op Radio Vancouver - they've just had their fund drive, so feel free to listen on demand and donate to support this wonderful weekly roots programming!
Better Days – Vancouver Co-op Radio
Current show Viewpoints 07:00 07:30
coopradio.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thank You to Doug Lang for the feature on Nov 8/25 Better Days Co-op Radio Vancouver - they've just had their fund drive, so feel free to listen on demand and donate to support this wonderful weekly roots programming!
thank you so much for sharing Meagan!
Sharing this beautiful song by Maria Dunn. I was goosebumps and tears through it.
#RemembranceDay #VimyRidge #WWI
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
thank you so much for sharing Meagan!
This week! our CARE Circle Talk~Stories of Resilience
Nov 12, 2025, 4 pm PT (5 pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Nov 12, 2025, 4 pm PT (5 pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Canadian Artists for Reconciliation & Education | CARE
Canadian Artists for Reconciliation & Education (CARE) is a non-profit society registered in B.C. that came together after the revelation of unmarked graves at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc in May of…
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This week! our CARE Circle Talk~Stories of Resilience
Nov 12, 2025, 4 pm PT (5 pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Nov 12, 2025, 4 pm PT (5 pm MT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
#RemembranceDay #VimyRidge #WWI
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
Don’t Think You Are Forgotten, by Maria Dunn
from the album Joyful Banner Blazing
mariadunn.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#RemembranceDay #VimyRidge #WWI
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
A song I wrote inspired by a letter that Martha Lockyer of Picton, Ontario sent to her sons on the frontline. Don't Think You Are Forgotten:
Reposted by Maria Dunn Music
#CanadaRemembers 🇨🇦
“Detachment” honours the lives lost during WW1 and reinforces the enduring importance of collective memory.
It’s made from thousands of brass fasteners from the military records of Canadian soldiers.
#sciart #canadianart #archives #CanadianForces #CanadianHistory #CanadaSky #art
“Detachment” honours the lives lost during WW1 and reinforces the enduring importance of collective memory.
It’s made from thousands of brass fasteners from the military records of Canadian soldiers.
#sciart #canadianart #archives #CanadianForces #CanadianHistory #CanadaSky #art
SARAH HATTON: DETACHMENT
YouTube video by Sarah Hatton
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#CanadaRemembers 🇨🇦
“Detachment” honours the lives lost during WW1 and reinforces the enduring importance of collective memory.
It’s made from thousands of brass fasteners from the military records of Canadian soldiers.
#sciart #canadianart #archives #CanadianForces #CanadianHistory #CanadaSky #art
“Detachment” honours the lives lost during WW1 and reinforces the enduring importance of collective memory.
It’s made from thousands of brass fasteners from the military records of Canadian soldiers.
#sciart #canadianart #archives #CanadianForces #CanadianHistory #CanadaSky #art
#RemembranceDay #IndigenousVeteransDay
Excerpts from Andrew Balfour's "Notinikew" (as performed Nov 2022 #yeg)
Andrew Balfour, Narrator
Ryan Arcand, Singer and Drummer
Leanne Zacharias, Cello
Nolan Kehler, Tenor
Chronos Vocal Ensemble
Jordan Van Biert, conductor
Excerpts from Andrew Balfour's "Notinikew" (as performed Nov 2022 #yeg)
Andrew Balfour, Narrator
Ryan Arcand, Singer and Drummer
Leanne Zacharias, Cello
Nolan Kehler, Tenor
Chronos Vocal Ensemble
Jordan Van Biert, conductor
Andrew Balfour's Notinikew - excerpts
Excerpts from Chronos Vocal Ensemble's production of Andrew Balfour's "Notinikew", as presented in Edmonton, Alberta on November 13, 2022.
Andrew Balfour, Narrator
Ryan Arcand, Singer and…
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#RemembranceDay #IndigenousVeteransDay
Excerpts from Andrew Balfour's "Notinikew" (as performed Nov 2022 #yeg)
Andrew Balfour, Narrator
Ryan Arcand, Singer and Drummer
Leanne Zacharias, Cello
Nolan Kehler, Tenor
Chronos Vocal Ensemble
Jordan Van Biert, conductor
Excerpts from Andrew Balfour's "Notinikew" (as performed Nov 2022 #yeg)
Andrew Balfour, Narrator
Ryan Arcand, Singer and Drummer
Leanne Zacharias, Cello
Nolan Kehler, Tenor
Chronos Vocal Ensemble
Jordan Van Biert, conductor
thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for your support!
#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
This is how the radio show was supposed to start today...
@mariadunnmusic.bsky.social "Walking the Miles"
Next weekend, I promise 🤞
mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/walkin...
This is how the radio show was supposed to start today...
@mariadunnmusic.bsky.social "Walking the Miles"
Next weekend, I promise 🤞
mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/walkin...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social for your support!
Delighted to have my pal and longtime music journalist Roddy Campbell write a new bio for my website. What a lovely trip down memory lane! Thank you, Roddy:
Biography – maria dunn
(Note: For short bios, please see: Press Kit - EPK page)
www.mariadunn.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to have my pal and longtime music journalist Roddy Campbell write a new bio for my website. What a lovely trip down memory lane! Thank you, Roddy:
We've had to reschedule this phone interview for next weekend: Nov 15, same time!
Excited to talk about new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We've had to reschedule this phone interview for next weekend: Nov 15, same time!
Next week! our next CARE Circle Talk~Stories of Resilience
Nov 12, 2025, 4pmPT (5pmMT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Nov 12, 2025, 4pmPT (5pmMT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Canadian Artists for Reconciliation & Education | CARE
Canadian Artists for Reconciliation & Education (CARE) is a non-profit society registered in B.C. that came together after the revelation of unmarked graves at Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc in May of…
www.careartistsforreconcilation.ca
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Next week! our next CARE Circle Talk~Stories of Resilience
Nov 12, 2025, 4pmPT (5pmMT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Nov 12, 2025, 4pmPT (5pmMT) online Zoom.
We're honoured to have special guests
Murray Porter and Elaine Bomberry
To receive more info + link to register, pls join our mailing list:
Excited to talk about new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Excited to talk about new album Hardscrabble Hope with long-time radio pal Jim Marino, Freewheelin' Folk CFMU
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Sat Nov 8, 9 am MT (11 am ET). Listen in from anywhere at: cfmu.ca or catch the podcast after the fact: cfmu.ca/show/freewhe...
Had a lovely chat with fellow musician and music writer Tim Readman last week about my new album Hardscrabble Hope. His article will be available soon at rootsmusic.ca. In the meantime, you can read some of their other excellent articles on our Canadian roots music!
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November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Had a lovely chat with fellow musician and music writer Tim Readman last week about my new album Hardscrabble Hope. His article will be available soon at rootsmusic.ca. In the meantime, you can read some of their other excellent articles on our Canadian roots music!
I am very sad to learn that legendary Scottish folk singer, guitarist and songwriter Archie Fisher has passed on. My heartfelt condolences to his loved ones, and countless folk musicians/folk music lovers around the world who cherished his music and his radio programs.
Folk musician and BBC presenter Archie Fisher dies aged 86
The singer, songwriter and guitarist had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk from 1983 to 2010.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am very sad to learn that legendary Scottish folk singer, guitarist and songwriter Archie Fisher has passed on. My heartfelt condolences to his loved ones, and countless folk musicians/folk music lovers around the world who cherished his music and his radio programs.
My new album Hardscrabble Hope will be released on Bandcamp (digital download) this Friday, Nov 7: mariadunn.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My new album Hardscrabble Hope will be released on Bandcamp (digital download) this Friday, Nov 7: mariadunn.bandcamp.com
November is Edmonton Housing Month
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Edmonton Housing Month
It Starts With Home
www.housingmonth.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
November is Edmonton Housing Month
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Nov. 22 is National Housing Day
#YegHousingMonth #TogetherWeCanEndHomelessness
www.housingmonth.ca
Thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social Great to think about these older songs! and yes, I wish it weren't so, but Troublemaker is still sadly very relevant!
wish I had a few more hours for the concert to fit all these songs in on stage :-)
wish I had a few more hours for the concert to fit all these songs in on stage :-)
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 5
In light of Maria Dunn's new release in November, let's look at the Alberta singer-songwriter's back catalogue, 2 songs per album. Third album, "We Were Good People"
Will this song ever not be relevant?
"Troublemaker"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsr...
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Day 5
In light of Maria Dunn's new release in November, let's look at the Alberta singer-songwriter's back catalogue, 2 songs per album. Third album, "We Were Good People"
Will this song ever not be relevant?
"Troublemaker"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsr...
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thank you Donald @fervorcoulee.bsky.social Great to think about these older songs! and yes, I wish it weren't so, but Troublemaker is still sadly very relevant!
wish I had a few more hours for the concert to fit all these songs in on stage :-)
wish I had a few more hours for the concert to fit all these songs in on stage :-)
The "vintage technology" is here!
in time for our Hardscrabble Hope concert celebration tomorrow night!
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 730pm
Festival Place Theatre
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5T2
Tix www.showpass.com/maria-dunn-2/
OR Box office 780-449-3378
#folkmusic #RootsMusic #countrymusic #celticmusic #concerts
in time for our Hardscrabble Hope concert celebration tomorrow night!
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 730pm
Festival Place Theatre
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5T2
Tix www.showpass.com/maria-dunn-2/
OR Box office 780-449-3378
#folkmusic #RootsMusic #countrymusic #celticmusic #concerts
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The "vintage technology" is here!
in time for our Hardscrabble Hope concert celebration tomorrow night!
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 730pm
Festival Place Theatre
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5T2
Tix www.showpass.com/maria-dunn-2/
OR Box office 780-449-3378
#folkmusic #RootsMusic #countrymusic #celticmusic #concerts
in time for our Hardscrabble Hope concert celebration tomorrow night!
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 730pm
Festival Place Theatre
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 5T2
Tix www.showpass.com/maria-dunn-2/
OR Box office 780-449-3378
#folkmusic #RootsMusic #countrymusic #celticmusic #concerts
Reposted by Maria Dunn Music
Gift your roots music lover a music memoir like no other. I’m the co-author of this labor of love, for a nearly forgotten bluegrass giant who needed the love. #writers #booksky #bluegrass #rootsmusic #writingcommunity #parnassusbooks #musicmemoir #NewGrassRevival #bookskybooks #writers #Americana
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Gift your roots music lover a music memoir like no other. I’m the co-author of this labor of love, for a nearly forgotten bluegrass giant who needed the love. #writers #booksky #bluegrass #rootsmusic #writingcommunity #parnassusbooks #musicmemoir #NewGrassRevival #bookskybooks #writers #Americana