When it comes to lyrics, musicians tend to paint broad, abstract notions that often can only be puzzled out by a crack squad of their keenest fans using handwritten liner notes and access to the musician’s childhood diary. Sometimes half the fun is leaving those lyrics open to individual interpretation. But sometimes, like with Ryan MacGrath‘s single, “Scorpion,” those lyrics are far more literal than you’d expect. Continue reading Single: The Hilarious Truth Behind Ryan MacGrath’s ‘Scorpion’
New Music: Bend The River Stand on the Shoulders of Giants for ‘Through the Long Night’
Working with Juno-Award winning producer and musician Joel Plaskett, Bend The River knew they wanted to push their sound with their new EP, Through the Long Night, but it wasn’t until they got into the studio that they discovered they’d be hitting the 70s in a big way. Over the course of four tracks, the band blaze through classic Americana, folk, pop and soul. Continue reading New Music: Bend The River Stand on the Shoulders of Giants for ‘Through the Long Night’
New Music: Matt Mays Strips Back Last Year’s Tracks with ‘Twice Upon a Hell of a Time’
As a change of pace from his last year’s album, Once Upon a Hell of a Time, Halifax’s Matt Mays has slowed things down with his latest release. Twice Upon a Hell of a Time revisits the sounds of its predecessor, but in full acoustic. Continue reading New Music: Matt Mays Strips Back Last Year’s Tracks with ‘Twice Upon a Hell of a Time’
New Album: DenMother’s ‘Past Life’ A Lucid Dream Machine
Fredericton electronica guru DenMother (aka Sabarah Pilon) has returned with a brand new mystical adventure in the form of Past Life, an 8-track album that blurs the lines between nature, machines, and mankind itself. Pilon pulls all the stops as she experiments with bells, whistles, and computers to evolve her sound into what can only be our best hope of communicating with the Martians. Continue reading New Album: DenMother’s ‘Past Life’ A Lucid Dream Machine
New Music: Patrick Boyle Celebrates Third Album ‘After Forgetting’
Newfoundland native composer, improviser, and educator Patrick Boyle presents After Forgetting, his latest jazz recording. Boyle has an extensive career, which includes appearing on over 50 commercial releases, performing in premiere jazz stages across Canada, and scoring for stage and film. CBC radio has called him “one of Canada’s top jazz musicians.”
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