"Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Musician Ellen McIlwaine" from award-winning producer and director Alfonso Maiorana of Soul Flicker Films will premiere Wednesday, March 12 on CBC Gem.

There is a live album by the late Roy Buchanan titled The World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist. It’s a moniker that could well be applied to Ellen McIwaine, a Tennessee-born guitar-playing ...

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Musician Ellen McIlwaine is a documentary that chronicles the life and career of a groundbreaking artist who defied conventions in the music industry. Directed ...

Singer, songwriter and slide guitarist Ellen McIlwaine should have been a household name. She played with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Taj Mahal. Internationally renowned DJs like Fatboy Slim sampled ...

Director Alfonso Maiorana's new documentary, Goddess of Slide, tells the story of Ellen McIlwaine, a pioneering singer-songwriter and slide guitarist who should have been a household name. Canadian ...

Ellen McIlwaine is the legendary—and largely forgotten—Canadian singer and musician who fought for her right to play the slide guitar, a male-dominated instrument in a male-dominated world. Eight ...