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Kelly McMichael Gets Into the Sacrifices of Success in the Music Industry on ‘Stepping Stone’

A healthy work-life balance is a sweet spot that’s as sought-after as it is alien. For every promotion and relocation, there’s a compromise to be made with a partner or a different closeness on the horizon with friends. In our capitalist economic system especially, the personal clashes with the professional time and time again.

Kelly McMichael took it upon herself to explore the impact that professional artistic fidelity has on relationships in her brand new single “Stepping Stone.” The St. John’s multi-instrumentalist adopts a suave mix of classic rock and R&B for a release that’s chock-full of nuance and artistic fidelity itself. Continue reading Kelly McMichael Gets Into the Sacrifices of Success in the Music Industry on ‘Stepping Stone’ →

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Chamber Pop Duo Pallmer Go for Big Moods Through Minimalism on ‘Quiet Clapping’

Quiet Clapping, the latest EP from Fredericton-based chamber pop duo Pallmer, is a great slumbering beast. You can hear the organic rhythm of its heartbeat, the slow rise and fall of its breathing and even its thoughts flittering about. It’s a spectacular example of what Pallmer do best: well-appointed minimalism with classical roots and modern applications. Continue reading Chamber Pop Duo Pallmer Go for Big Moods Through Minimalism on ‘Quiet Clapping’ →

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Williston Irvine Creates a Self-Titled Album That is Deeply Personal From Top to Bottom

Williston Irvine sets out in earnest to capture his most directly personal work to date. The Halifax-based musician works through some seriously low-key Americana on his new self-titled full-length. By controlling every detail with self-production on this short and sweet release, the album is purely Irving, allowing him to emphasize poignancy, style, and story-telling as he opens up about this most recent chapter in his life. Continue reading Williston Irvine Creates a Self-Titled Album That is Deeply Personal From Top to Bottom →

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April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn Releases First-Ever Spiritual Song, ‘Will the Last Voice I Hear be an Angel’

For five decades, Myles Goodwyn has been known as the frontman of award-winning, platinum-selling, Canadian Music Hall of Fame hard rockers April Wine and, more recently, as a collaborative bluesman. With his second solo album, Myles Goodwyn & Friends of the Blues, released in 2008, Goodwyn announced a shift into the blues category that came was a slew of legendary guest performers, and doubled down on it a decade later for the release of the Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues 2. Both albums won the East Coast Music Award for Blues Album of the Year.

Now, at the age of 72, years and year into a career of rocking and rolling, he has just gotten around to laying out his first-ever spiritual song, “Will the Last Voice I Hear Be an Angel.” Continue reading April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn Releases First-Ever Spiritual Song, ‘Will the Last Voice I Hear be an Angel’ →

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Beòlach Bring Home Two Wins From 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards – Full List of Winners Announced

During a bilingual broadcast hosted by Jean Hewson and Benoit Bourque over the weekend of April 10-11, the Canadian Folk Music Awards announced the winners of their 2021 Awards. Nineteen awards, along with the presentation of the Slaight Unsung Hero Award to Winnipeg’s Ava Kobrinsky, were handed out. While the top winners were Pharis & Jason Romero with their three wins, not far behind are Beòlach who brought two awards home to Nova Scotia this year. Continue reading Beòlach Bring Home Two Wins From 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards – Full List of Winners Announced →