After a quick cover of “Mind Over Matter”, the titular single of Young The Giant’s re-defining 2014 album, Antigonish-based duo Moira & Claire rocketed to TikTok fame (is that a thing now?). The pair took the single from alt-rock to folk-pop, earning praise from the performer, along with a new audience. Continue reading Single: Moira & Claire Cover Young The Giant’s ‘Mind Over Matter’
New Music: Capital 6 and the Unlikely Event of Designing an Airplane Mid-Air, ‘On the One’
Making a Jazz record is much like designing and building an airplane mid-air. While you may have intimate understandings of how an airplane is built and excellent blueprints, the rush of the air as you catapult through the sky can make for a weighty distraction. Capital 6 has built a functional flying machine with On the One. It has many of the hallmark features of contemporary jazz recordings (for better, or worse) and is certainly a fun listen. Continue reading New Music: Capital 6 and the Unlikely Event of Designing an Airplane Mid-Air, ‘On the One’
Area 506 Go Digital with New Brunswick Day Celebration
For everyone who was looking forward to celebrating the New Brunswick Day weekend at Area 506 in Saint John, you now have the opportunity to enjoy the festival from anywhere. The festival’s organizers announced today that they’ll be going online this year. Continue reading Area 506 Go Digital with New Brunswick Day Celebration
Music Video: Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth Head to Saint John’s Imperial Theatre for ‘Wide Open’
Anyone familiar with Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth knows that the band don’t rush. The band may have sky-rocketed to fame in their home province of New Brunswick, but it still took them two years of burning up festival after festival to properly get their debut album released. It’s only taken the longest year in history for them to release their latest single, “Wide Open”, with a special live performance at Saint John’s Imperial Theatre. Continue reading Music Video: Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth Head to Saint John’s Imperial Theatre for ‘Wide Open’
Music Video: Andrew Waite Takes on Curtis Mayfield With a Live Performance of ‘People Get Ready’ at The Mack
On February 29th, 2020, just two weeks before the nationwide quarantine lockdown, Andrew Waite performed to a sold-out room at the Mackenzie Theatre. Without knowing what was to come, the band planned to have the show recorded, and part of what was captured includes this beautiful cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” featuring Joce Reyome, effectively commemorating some of the last properly live music that many people would see for months to come. Continue reading Music Video: Andrew Waite Takes on Curtis Mayfield With a Live Performance of ‘People Get Ready’ at The Mack