“Hashtag BLM,” the latest single from Nova Scotian rapper Tachichi, was recorded in July of 2020. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by on-duty Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, not to mention a few centuries of systemic racism and oppression, tensions had reached a snapping point. Now, with the release of this single nearly a year later, Tachichi reminds all of us that little has changed, least of all the message: Black Lives Matter. Continue reading A Year Later, Tachichi’s ‘Hashtag BLM ft. Skratchbastid and Jah’Mila’ Reminds Us That the Message Hasn’t Changed
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Adam Young Serves Up Two Styles of ‘Corned Beef and Garbage’
2018 was set up to be a slow year for Adam Young. On what he describes as a “lazy New Years Day,” with nothing else that looked terribly pressing on his schedule, he committed himself to a year-long songwriting challenge, ambitiously taking on the self-imposed project of turning out one song a day. The first single from that endeavour, “Corned Beef and Garbage” provides a taste of what to expect from Young in two flavours: a traditional version pairing Young’s Cape Breton style of piano playing against Chrissy Crowley and Colin Grant’s fiddles, and a second more modern New Orleans style with a jaunty beat from Brian Talbot propping up a whole section of woodwinds from Brad Reid. Continue reading Adam Young Serves Up Two Styles of ‘Corned Beef and Garbage’
Barn Bhreagh – How Keith Mullins Turned from Touring Musician to Producer for Three Cape Breton Musicians
East Coast Music Award-winning artist Keith Mullins has shown us a classic example of what to do when life gives you lemons; you hunker down in your backyard and construct a barn for your fledgling recording studio. Today we’re seeing the fruits of his labour, with the release of not just one, but three albums under the umbrella of Barn Bhreagh. Continue reading Barn Bhreagh – How Keith Mullins Turned from Touring Musician to Producer for Three Cape Breton Musicians
Century Egg’s New Album ‘Little Piece of Hair’ Just Wants Us to Come Out of Our Shells
Think of an egg—an archetypal, wonderfully oval chicken egg. We see this as a singular object, but it’s composed of such vastly different and symbiotic parts. The firm yet fragile shell, holding its iconic shape or transforming into something jagged. The aether-like albumen that swirls within the space. And the core of it all, the yolk, is a glorious dot of radiance ready to emerge. It is hard not to think of this fantastically unique entity in listening to Century Egg’s vibrant new EP Little Piece of Hair, where the Halifax rockers are shining with the same juxtaposition and cohesion as their namesake. Continue reading Century Egg’s New Album ‘Little Piece of Hair’ Just Wants Us to Come Out of Our Shells
Baby God Get Lost In Their Memories on ‘Another Suffer’
Memories are fleeting. It can be hard to pin down a moment worth remembering, and it can be even harder to push sadder memories aside. Prince Edward Island folk duo Baby God spend their latest release, Another Suffer, adrift in time and sifting through some memories of their own. Continue reading Baby God Get Lost In Their Memories on ‘Another Suffer’