There is definitely a short list of artists who can consistently prick our ears up at the very mention of a nearby show, let alone a single, an upcoming tour and an impending album. Adam Baldwin is most certainly one of those artists. Baldwin’s new single, “Salvation,” heralds a whole wave of giddiness and everything else yet to come. Continue reading Single: Adam Baldwin’s Gritty ‘Salvation’ Teases New Album and Tour Dates
Single: Andre Pettipas & The Giants Announce String of Dates with ‘Break’ feat. Natalie Lynn
Andre Pettipas & The Giants are just on the edge of recording their sophomore album. But before they get around to laying down some fresh tracks, they’ve polished us one of their old chestnuts and announced a string of dates. Here’s “Break,” featuring Natalie Lynn. Continue reading Single: Andre Pettipas & The Giants Announce String of Dates with ‘Break’ feat. Natalie Lynn
Big Turnips: Dartmouth Compilation Aims To Preserve Local Folksongs
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
Single: Don Brownrigg Flips the Script on Break Ups with ‘Bad Timing’
Just a month and a half after the release of his single “Room for Me,” Halifax-based but Newfoundland-born artist Don Brownrigg has released “Bad Timing.” Picking up the pace, his new track flips the script of of the last, bringing Brownrigg‘s overarching theme of heartbreak full circle. Continue reading Single: Don Brownrigg Flips the Script on Break Ups with ‘Bad Timing’
Music Video: Doggos and Go-Pros and The Hypochondriacs All Appear on Motherhood’s ‘Bird Chirp’
Fredericton three-piece Motherhood are back with their latest single, “Bird Chirp.” Known for their cheeky deviations from the norm, the unorthodox rockers have brought us an auditory collage of rock ‘n’ roll that could effectively create three different songs if they so chose it to. Continue reading Music Video: Doggos and Go-Pros and The Hypochondriacs All Appear on Motherhood’s ‘Bird Chirp’