Fredericton’s circus-rock trio Motherhood are currently on tour, but their presence is continually felt on the internet. Today they’ve released a video for their single “Pick of the Pugs,” which pays homage to a couple of the band’s spiritual predecessors . Continue reading Music Video: Motherhood Blend Queen and Captain Beefheart on ‘Pick of the Pugs’
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Music Video: Fortunate Ones and a Lesson About Discarding Your Belongings in the Wilderness with ‘Hold Fast’
There are two types of people in this world: those who are entirely content to embark on adventures without their hats, money, walking sticks, and handkerchiefs with all manner of washing left undone, and those who are inevitably left to care for the former. Newfoundland folk duo The Fortunate Ones apparently manage to strike that balance as seen on their new video for “Hold Fast,” the title track from their 2018 release. Continue reading Music Video: Fortunate Ones and a Lesson About Discarding Your Belongings in the Wilderness with ‘Hold Fast’
Music Video: Was Erin Costelo Visited by Extra-Terrestrials for ‘All in Your Head’?
Erin Costelo is a powerhouse. She’s won the East Coast Music Award for R&B/Soul Album Of The Year, been longer-listed for Polaris Prize, nominated for seven 2016 Music Nova Scotia Awards, was runner-up for the Folk Music Ontario – ACTRA RACS Recording of the Year Award, and made history by being the first woman to take home the 2017 Nova Scotia Music Award for the 2017 Producer Of The Year. So when she says that she was visited during aliens during the recording of her upcoming album, Sweet Marie, we’re inclined to believe her.
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Deep Roots 2018 Boasts Strong Folk Lineup For Wolfville Music Festival
Deep Roots Music Festival are returning for their 15th year with an impressive lineup of folk rock. The Wolfville, Nova Scotia based festival boasts headliners that include Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, Canada’s dapper troubadours The Sadies, and song-writing legend Valdy.
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Music Video: Christina Martin Echoes The Carpenters on ‘Impossible To Hold’
Somewhere between the sensuous crooning of Chris Isaak‘s “Wicked Games” and The Tragically Hip‘s “It’s a Good Life if you Don’t Weaken” is Christina Martin‘s “Impossible to Hold.” Taken from Martin‘s album by the same name, the new video features the Nova Scotian artist blurring the worlds between singer-songwriter and aggressive real-estate agent determined to sell you this to-die-for property, even if it means breaking out William Shatner’s power moves. Continue reading Music Video: Christina Martin Echoes The Carpenters on ‘Impossible To Hold’