This year’s digital four-day celebration of Music•Musique NB’s Festival (506) kicked off tonight with a live-streaming of the Prix 2020 MNB Awards Show. Nineteen different awards were presented, celebrating the artists and industry professionals who have made an impact on New Brunswick’s music scene. Continue reading Les Hay Babies and Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth Top List of 2020 Prix MNB Award Winners
New Music: Keonté Beals’ ‘King’ is Powerful, Complex and Honest
Few would expect an album entitled King coming out of North Preston, Nova Scotia to be as heartfelt, vulnerable, and sensitive as Keonté Beals’ debut is. The R’n’B star in waiting does not reinvent the wheel but mixes a much more modern mentality in with his influences to provide us with an album encapsulating his experiences thus far. Continue reading New Music: Keonté Beals’ ‘King’ is Powerful, Complex and Honest
Music Video: Short for Arthur Get a Little Surreal on ‘Hanging Paintings’
Short For Arthur have been dabbling in surrealism. The Moncton-based four-piece are spelling out their namesakes with a nod to the heavyweights of art with “Hanging Painting” as they take a deeper look at the world around us – showing that art is in everything we see and do. Continue reading Music Video: Short for Arthur Get a Little Surreal on ‘Hanging Paintings’
Music Video: We Are Not Worthy of Partner’s Sweet Shredding on the Wayne’s World-Inspired ‘Honey’
Partner is back with their final single- “Honey” – ahead of the release of Never Give Up, their new album out November 20th through You’ve Changed Records. It rocks. It rolls. It schwings. And it comes with the Wayne’s World-inspired video you didn’t know you needed. Continue reading Music Video: We Are Not Worthy of Partner’s Sweet Shredding on the Wayne’s World-Inspired ‘Honey’
Isolated Connection is Explored in Millefiore Clarkes’ ‘Love in Quarantine’
With large scale productions and adventurous undertakings being off the table this year, the time is ripe for intimate new films. Filmmaker Millefiore Clarkes took the strange time of reflection this year gave us and put together Love in Quarantine, a documentary exploring various aspects of human connection and love within our isolated context. Released last month through the NFB, the film may reflect feelings you’ve dwelled in over these long months. Continue reading Isolated Connection is Explored in Millefiore Clarkes’ ‘Love in Quarantine’