Ryan Boldt has traditional folk music running in his veins. Despite its modern stylings, the music he makes with his band the Deep Dark Woods has genuinely old-fashioned foundations. The Saskatoon-based band have a 4th album, titled The Place I Left Behind, filled with more of their sombre balladry and gritty folk rock. But modern folk isn’t quite enough to satisfy Boldt, the band’s vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter. So he has recorded an upcoming solo album filled with traditional folk music. “A rainstorm over the desert of modern music, The Place I Left Behind offers murder ballads alongside scrappy rockers, lovesick hymnals and slow-dance waltzes. The album illuminates folk traditions without stripping the shadows of roots music history.”