Halifax’s versatile, multi-talented quintet Hillsburn have set the example of what a band can accomplish in a year in 2018. One they will close by releasing a deluxe version of their record The Wilder Beyond, which they announced alongside an acoustic version of their song “Everywhere”.
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New Music: Steven Lambke and Construction & Destruction Split ‘Revolution C’ for Three-Song EP
Constantines’ Steven Lambke and Construction & Destruction‘s Colleen Collins and David Trenaman are what Lambke describes as long time friends, sometimes tour buddies, and “sporadic collaborators.” They recently met up during a trip to Toronto, and the result was Revolution C, a three-song EP recorded at the studio of the same name. Continue reading New Music: Steven Lambke and Construction & Destruction Split ‘Revolution C’ for Three-Song EP
New Music: Cry, Bouzouki, Dance – Jenina MacGillivray Debuts with ‘Marion’
It you were to take a look at the Top 40 these days, you might come to the conclusion that storytelling has fallen out of fashion. Songs of profound meaning have been replaced with profound hooks. It’s more efficient to bring in a dozen producers and songwriters to work out which two words to chant for a song-long chorus, than it is to burn out your soul on life. The Jens Lekmans, Joni Mitchells and Leonard Cohens of the world are few and far between. Fortunately Newfoundland has Jenina MacGillivray. Marion, MacGillivray’s debut album, mastered and arranged by Jose Contraras of By Divine Right, is storytelling at its finest, handily wrapped in melodies that were made for falling in love with.
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Music PEI Sees Prolific Year – Announce 2019 Award Nominees
Music PEI is seeing a surge in productivity this year, with twice as many submissions being made for their annual awards. The music organization will be coming together in late January, 2019, for their Credit Union Music PEI Week, including the Awards Party on January 27th, to celebrate their best and brightest.
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Arts Nova Scotia Announce Their 2018 Award Winners
Each year, Arts Nova Scotia brings together a committee of professional Nova Scotian artists and arts professionals to recognize some of the exceptional art of their province with their Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala in Halifax. Based on professional recognition and ranging from local to as far as international accreditation, these awards come highly esteemed and see over $90,000 put towards arts funding. Here are the 2018 Arts Nova Scotia award recipients.
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