With festival season fast approaching and vaccination roll-outs getting underway, organizers and audiences alike are asking the big question: do we or don’t we?
This week, a handful of festivals have made announcements about their intentions for their summer events (some with all the optimism of mice and men) but, given the variety of those announcements, it is obvious that festival season in Atlantic Canada has organizers divided. Continue reading Lineups in a Dangerous Time – Atlantic Canadian Music Festivals Divided→
The annual celebration of Atlantic Canada’s authors, scholars and poets, the Atlantic Book Awards, is coming together for a digital event, with virtual author readings and more taking place from May 6 to 12 and concluding with a virtual awards gala on May 13. This year, Nova Scotian author Tyler LeBlanc leads the way with four nominations for a compelling tale of family history, Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, published by Goose Lane Editions. Continue reading Tyler LeBlanc Leads Nominees for 2021 Atlantic Book Awards→
In the year since the world shut down, there have been two anthems that have been hammered home again and again with vehement ferocity: that we all need to be wearing masks and that musicians will trade a kidney to get back in front of a live audience. While we generally no longer condone any songs pertaining to the latter, there have been a few standout exceptions.
