Just because everyone is self-isolating, it doesn’t me you’re cut off from everything you love. Maintaining some semblance of normalcy is the only way most of you (not me, I’m fine) are going to get through the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also the only way most small businesses are going to survive. DrinkNB.ca has been launched by Adam Clawson, owner of Fredericton’s Red Rover Craft Cider, to bridge that gap between many of the provinces craft breweries and their customers. The web service will allow zero-contact craft alcohol delivery in and effort to maintain social distancing while supporting local businesses. Continue reading DrinkNB.ca to Connect Customers and Craft Brewers During COVID-19 Pandemic
Imperial Theatre Extends Closure in Response to COVID-19
Less than a week since Saint John’s Imperial Theatre first announced that, in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, they will be postponing or cancelling performances throughout the month of March, comes a second announcement: that the Imperial Theatre will be extending their closure until April 30, 2020. Continue reading Imperial Theatre Extends Closure in Response to COVID-19
Music Video: Strangelands’ ‘Fictional Lover’ Explores Loneliness from Multiple Angles
After three years in the making, David Shears has launched his brand new solo project Strangelands, making his mark with the single “Fictional Lover,” complete with a music video. Continue reading Music Video: Strangelands’ ‘Fictional Lover’ Explores Loneliness from Multiple Angles
Music Video: The Social Distants Had to Get Creative to Create ‘Can’t Quarantine My Love’
It seems prudent to preface this piece with a pair of public service announcements: particularly, please polish your palms and pointers, and posit your person permanently on your property, preferably independently to prevent the perpetuation of this pandemic. That being said, feel free to let your freak flag fly. COVID-19 might he redirected the courses of many artists, but its failed to stop them entirely. Tom Rich, like many other musicians, is using his spare quarantine time to get creative. He’s new COVID-19-themed band, The Social Distants, just released an apropos video titled, “Can’t Quarantine My Love.” Continue reading Music Video: The Social Distants Had to Get Creative to Create ‘Can’t Quarantine My Love’
New Music: Amanda Jackson Band’s ‘OCEAN’ a Blues Gem and Production Masterclass
The Amanda Jackson Band have dropped their second studio album, OCEAN, and we’re not sure whether we should be more impressed by Jackson’s musical versatility, or the fact that its production took place in a woodland cabin and still came out sounding like a million bucks. Either way, the blues outfit are something to behold when they stick to one of their many guns. Continue reading New Music: Amanda Jackson Band’s ‘OCEAN’ a Blues Gem and Production Masterclass