Nobody wants to be sad in the summer. Those two things feel inherently at odds. Mat Hannah agrees, but that doesn’t stop him from playing with that dynamic as much as he can on his debut solo EP Back to You. Continue reading Little Cities’ Mat Hannah Strikes Out on His Own for Debut Solo Pop Ep ‘Back to You’
Saint John’s Artifiseer Splits ‘Speak No More Of This’ EP with Hamburg’s I Divorced Life
Speak No More of This is the new intercontinental split from Saint John, New Brunswick-based Artifiseer, and Hamburg, Germany’s I Divorced Life. Despite the distance, the collaboration is a natural one and a testament to the magical connective nature of the internet. While Artifiseer and I Divorced Life have spanned an ocean to find common ground in music, the release is like nothing else around — perhaps in either country. Continue reading Saint John’s Artifiseer Splits ‘Speak No More Of This’ EP with Hamburg’s I Divorced Life
Fredericton Playhouse Theatre Returns After a Missed Season With 2021-2022 Spotlight Series
Fredericton’s Playhouse is eager to properly welcome back audiences after an entire season being missed due to the pandemic. Their 2021-2022 Spotlight Series makes up for a bit of lost time with a full line-up this season, including twenty-eight performances spanning theatre, circus, comedy, dance, and music. Continue reading Fredericton Playhouse Theatre Returns After a Missed Season With 2021-2022 Spotlight Series
Cyrus R.O. Reflects on Mortality and the Inevitability of it All on ‘Defect’
You Are An Island and So Am I, the latest album from Cyrus R.O., spent a lot of time digging into the artist’s catalogue of previously unreleased music. Where included songs that were written years apart, the amount of time spanned on the release gave us a glimpse into his evolution as a musician, and in some cases, lays bare old wounds that give us a better sense of Cyrus’s personal history.
“Defect,” in particular, was inspired by a personal epiphany during a dark moment in high school, when the death of one of Cyrus’s peers brought his own mortality into sharp focus. Continue reading Cyrus R.O. Reflects on Mortality and the Inevitability of it All on ‘Defect’
The Tom Fun Orchestra Release ‘I’m Your Man’ – First Original Recording in Almost a Decade
Some things are worth the wait, and if Cape Breton’s The Tom Fun Orchestra required the last nine years to percolate their first recording of original music in all the time, then that’s exactly how long it took. It all seems to be worth it when hearing the results on “I’m Your Man.” Continue reading The Tom Fun Orchestra Release ‘I’m Your Man’ – First Original Recording in Almost a Decade