It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Atlantic Canada has been punching well above its weight in the category of folk music. We’ve been topping nomination lists at the Canadian Folk Music Awards and now representing a whole ten percent of the performing artists at Folk Alliance International. Folk musicians fill an essential niche as documentarians to an entire subsection of our culture, but they’re also a curious lot. Colourful and naturally nomadic, they’re hard to pin down. Sometimes it takes a certain amount of wrangling to commit those songs to posterity, and like a modern-day Lomax, Dylan Jewers set out on a mission with Big Turnips: Vol 1, to capture Atlantic Canada’s folkscape. Continue reading Big Turnips: Dartmouth Compilation Aims To Preserve Local Folksongs
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Fredericton’s Living Roots Music Festival Adds Performers to 2019 Lineup
Not all festival announcements are big surprises. Some, like today’s announcement of a rather unsurprising addition to Living Roots Music Festival’s 2019 lineup, are pleasant returns and gentle reminders that some things are still right with the world… or at least this part of New Brunswick’s music festival scene. Continue reading Fredericton’s Living Roots Music Festival Adds Performers to 2019 Lineup
Messtival: Not Just Morally Bankrupt
Messtival, one of New Brunswick’s least appreciated and yet disturbingly popular music festivals, have announced that they are bankrupt. Amidst a perfect storm of scandals, mismanagement and corruption, the moral deviants behind Messtival are making a desperate last-minute effort to save both the festival and their kneecaps. Continue reading Messtival: Not Just Morally Bankrupt
Single: Alicia Toner Releases ‘Dangerous Home’ Single Along With Photo Series
As part of Music PEI’s Golden Ticket Program — which develops the work of emerging artists by partnering them with musicians, studios, producers and publicity from the team at SpinCount — Alicia Toner has released “Dangerous Home,” a song about the challenges of maintaining a life while being somewhat unsettled. Continue reading Single: Alicia Toner Releases ‘Dangerous Home’ Single Along With Photo Series
Cavendish: Members of Halifax Comedy Troupe Picnicface Launch New CBC Television Series
Prince Edward Island is a magical, mysterious place. As Canada’s smallest province, and (perhaps, uncoincidentally) an island, they have developed their own curious culture that’s only been reinforced by rising bridge tolls. For comedians Andrew Bush and Mark Little, the island has provided a treasure trove of material for their new CBC television series, Cavendish.
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