FLOURISH, Fredericton’s early season festival of art and music, returns for it’s fifth iteration April 25 – 28, 2019. This year is one of marked growth for the festival as they expand out to more venues and delve into creative new mediums for delivering art. Today the festival have announced their artistic and musical lineups. Continue reading FLOURISH Festival Announce Full 2019 Artistic and Musical Lineups
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Single: Kids Losing Sleep Release Second Single ‘Maybe You’re Right’
It’s been a little more than half a year since Halifax’s Kids Losing Sleep debuted with their first single, “In Love No More,” and while there have been vague allusion to a full album being released, we’re only just seeing the band’s second single now. “Maybe You’re Right” is a high energy emo punk song that jumps both feet first into the most timeless of subject matters: break ups. Continue reading Single: Kids Losing Sleep Release Second Single ‘Maybe You’re Right’
Music Video: Matt Andersen Releases Live Video for ‘Something To Lose’ Featuring Amy Helm
New Brunswick’s bluesman laureate, Matt Andersen, is about to release Halfway Home by Morning, a 13-track album that sounds like it has nothing to do with the absolutely massive four month-long tour that will take him across the US, UK, Europe and Canada before he sees home again. Ahead of that (we’ll see him on the East Coast in June, towards the end of the tour) Andersen has released a live studio video for “Something To Lose” which features a duet with Amy Helm, daughter of the legendary Levon Helm, drummer and vocalist for The Band. Continue reading Music Video: Matt Andersen Releases Live Video for ‘Something To Lose’ Featuring Amy Helm
Music Video: Villages Return with ‘Moonlit’
There are few occasions when we’ll soften our stance on lyric videos but certainly being introduced to the return of Villages on a cold mid-February day might just make the cut. The Cape Breton band have announced their first full-length self-titled album with “Moonlit” and the one thing that might melt our icy hearts just now: a nostalgia-driven late night mid-Summer ballad-backed drive to the edge of nowhere. Continue reading Music Video: Villages Return with ‘Moonlit’
Premiere: Logan Richard Asks Some What-Ifs of a Past Love on ‘Lover Again’
When Logan Richard recently ran into a past lover, he was immediately confronted with a barrage of what-ifs: what would their lives look like if they’d done things differently, or maybe, what if he could just walk across that room and asked her to try it again. That’s the folk pop question of the day with his new song “Lover Again.” Continue reading Premiere: Logan Richard Asks Some What-Ifs of a Past Love on ‘Lover Again’