The best way to experience Skydiggers is live. Their shows are energetic and engaging, the band always puts forth their best effort and their unique brand of roots-rock, country-rock, or folk-rock is dynamite. Recommended for fans of the Decemberists, Lumineers, or Mumford and Sons. No need to bore you with technical details, suffice it to say that you can’t tell just by listening that this was recorded in a venue and not a studio. Most importantly, as any fan will attest, this is what a Skydiggers show sounds like. The ‘diggers are celebrating their 25th anniversary with four seasonal releases in 2013. The first season, spring, brings the two-disc + DVD live set, All Of Our Dreaming, three concerts spanning 24 years. The first disc is a 1988 live set from the beverage room at the Spadina Hotel. Fans will love songs pre-dating their albums by two and five years (“Monday Morning” and “Just Over This Mountain”). The second disc, “There And Back” is comprised of ten tracks from the original 2000 release recorded at the Horseshoe Tavern and three recorded in Edmonton. It’s a selection of their more popular songs. The DVD is a live 2012 performance from the Glenn Gould Studio Theatre featuring a typical set list from recent shows. The only downside is lack of liner notes save credits. (Latent Recordings, skydiggers.com) Broose Tulloch