Moncton-based alternative hard rockers Melonvine recently headed back into the studio – but not for new material. Instead they’ve gone back to polish up some tracks, and this week they’ve re-released the first of those with ‘Stuck In Place’. Continue reading Single: Melonvine Re-Releases ‘Stuck In Place’
Summer’s End Folk Festival: Grand Theft Bus, Keith Hallett, And David R. Elliott Join 2017 Line-Up
Grand Manan is a curious place. It’s the kind of spot you’d live in if you enjoy organizing your day around the tides and/or ferry schedule, have ever considered opening a care home for retired pirates, are completely indifferent to the ripeness of avocados, and don’t mind the occasional bit of vigilante justice. So logically it’s the perfect place for a music festival (except for that bit about the avocados).
Now in it’s 8th year, Summer’s End Folk Festival is the appropriately curious music festival designed to bolster the arts community in just such an equally curious place.
Quality Block Party v1.2: Saint John Gets Permanent Music Festival
Quality Block Party – the festival that aimed to bring the independent music of New Brunswick to the forefront, as well as hold its own, during the chaos that was the East Coast Music Awards – is rolling back onto the streets of Uptown Saint John with version 1.2 from August 10th to 13th ! This iteration of Quality Block will have the city to itself, the ECMA’s having come and gone, allowing for the festival to have a bit of room to breathe and further develop its character. Continue reading Quality Block Party v1.2: Saint John Gets Permanent Music Festival
The Best Music Of 2017 (So Far)
They say that troubled times breeds great art. So instead let’s just say that the times have gotten weird. 2017 has been the year we’ve all been expecting the inevitable Great Collapse – waiting for either one bad tweet to end civilization, or the slow acceptance that we’ve already arrived intact. Has it made a discernible difference in musical trends? Take a listen to what we feel is the best music of 2017 (so far) and you tell us. Continue reading The Best Music Of 2017 (So Far)
CövenHöven: Distillery Secretly Ages Rum At Kings Landing
Kings Landing is an interesting place. As New Brunswick’s chief live action museum and heritage preserve it’s a great space for the casual tourist to spend a day wandering about soaking up some old timeyness. For those willing to dig though, there’s plenty of stories, peculiar connections ,and apparently some closely guarded secrets.
For the last year CövenHöven Distillery have secretly been aging their rum on site for the last year. Now, before the product is officially available anywhere else, the distillery are offering tastings at Kings Landing all season long. Continue reading CövenHöven: Distillery Secretly Ages Rum At Kings Landing