Category Archives: Music

Symphony New Brunswick Celebrates Beethoven’s Birthday with ‘My Dear Ludwig’

Ludwig van Beethoven is celebrating a rather special birthday this Friday, or rather the musically-enriched world that he left behind will be celebrating on his behalf. On December 17, 2021, LVB will be turning a very distinguished 250 years old. To mark the occasion, Symphony New Brunswick presents Camerata NB in concert with “My Dear Ludwig”, an evening (or three) of all-Beethoven programming. Continue reading Symphony New Brunswick Celebrates Beethoven’s Birthday with ‘My Dear Ludwig’

Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’

Mitch Currie. Twenty-six years old. Ageing rock star.

It’s a precarious position to find oneself in; the tail-end of a burgeoning music career as the window of possibilities grows increasingly narrow. Whether that holds true or not is an entirely different matter—with countless examples to the contrary—and what truly matters is that the near-side of thirty has lit a fire under Currie’s butt.

Good Enough For Now, Currie’s debut solo EP, is the result: a lesson that something is almost always better than nothing. Good Enough For Now even skews a bit humble in that regard. Continue reading Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’

Jon Mullane Puts a New Edge on the Holidays with ‘Feels Like Christmas’

Snow flutters about, strings of lights illuminate the night sky and one mitten stretches forth in search of another. The music then swells and Jon Mullane encapsulates the moment as his rasping vocals expel the joys of this season for one and all. The soundtrack to the season is cliché but has never been more fitting. Continue reading Jon Mullane Puts a New Edge on the Holidays with ‘Feels Like Christmas’

FM Berlin Finally Have Their Answer to the Fireplace Channel with a New Holiday EP

Christmas songs aren’t made—they’re earned. Or so we’ve been led to believe from the struggle that Moncton’s FM Berlin has had in bringing one to the light of day. After three years of trying on and off, the band have readied a Holiday EP for this season, complete with their own festive version of the Fireplace Channel. Continue reading FM Berlin Finally Have Their Answer to the Fireplace Channel with a New Holiday EP