Hailing from the towering metropolis of Grand Manan, New Brunswick, post-rock ambient band Floristry has sprung onto the scene with their debut album The Longing, Long After. Sometimes, you really just need an instrumental, widely interpretive backdrop to get you through the day, and this group will deliver. Continue reading New Music: Floristry’s Music Becomes Yours in ‘The Longing, Long After’
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Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce Winners of 2020 Awards with Online Awards Show
Today the 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards announced the winners, with their awards show conducted entirely online. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic the Awards show was scheduled to be held in Charlottetown, PE, and with 21 nominations going to Atlantic Canadian artists there was a certain amount of excitement spread around. Continue reading Canadian Folk Music Awards Announce Winners of 2020 Awards with Online Awards Show
Single: Nick Earle & The Reckless Hearts Want You to Giv’r for Whatev’r with ‘Make a Change’
Nick Earle is a rebel without a cause. “Make a Change,” the second single to come from Earle and his band & The Reckless Hearts, is a rallying cry, a call to arms, a fire under your ass, for whatever…. It’s the Choose Your Own Adventure of anthems. Pick a cause and get at ‘er. Continue reading Single: Nick Earle & The Reckless Hearts Want You to Giv’r for Whatev’r with ‘Make a Change’
Music Video: The Trews Release an Isolation Video for ‘God Speed Rebel’
The Trews might be in isolation like the rest of us, but that’s not enough to keep them from releasing new music. Well ahead of the curve for live-streaming, with the bandmates each having performed their own solo streams, the next step was obviously an isolation-collaboration on their new single “God Speed Rebel.” Continue reading Music Video: The Trews Release an Isolation Video for ‘God Speed Rebel’
The Nova Scotia Kitchen Party That Took Over Facebook
The world is a very different place from what it was just a month ago. COVID-19 has run amok with our social calendars, and the first casualty of the virus was just about every concert and festival planned for the foreseeable future. Not everyone was prepared to take to their isolation in silence. A group of Nova Scotians were determined to have their party, kitchen or no kitchen, and the result has turned into one of the largest celebrations of East Coast music to be found anywhere. Continue reading The Nova Scotia Kitchen Party That Took Over Facebook