After a long year of hiccups for the music industry, it comes as little surprise that Music PEI should have to make some quick changes to their annual Credit Union Music PEI Week. Due to the recent changes of protocol from Prince Edward Island’s Department of Health, Music PEI has had to postpone their annual conference and awards show. Continue reading Music PEI Reschedules Annual Awards Event After Change in Protocols
Premiere: Andre Pettipas and The Giants Capture the Fun and Energy of Live Music on ‘Sympathy Card’
The message behind Andre Pettipas and The Giants’ single “Sympathy Card” has always been clear: the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley—and over the course of the past year, things have been agley more aft than na—making it all the more necessary to have plans upon plans upon plans. That goes doubly so when it comes to the music industry.
Andre Pettipas & Co. have put some action behind their words by taking advantage of a lull in the storm to create a music video that captures all the energy of a live performance. Continue reading Premiere: Andre Pettipas and The Giants Capture the Fun and Energy of Live Music on ‘Sympathy Card’
Dennis Ellsworth Shares His Gratitude for His Good Fortune on ‘Bound by Love’
The newest release from Dennis Ellsworth is an even split of nostalgia and gratitude. Accompanied by an Easter egg-filled animated video from Aidan Searle, “Bound By Love” finds Ellsworth at his most polished as he reminisces on the simple charms of life. Continue reading Dennis Ellsworth Shares His Gratitude for His Good Fortune on ‘Bound by Love’
Classified and Rose Cousins Top List of 2021 East Coast Music Award Nominees
The East Coast Music Association have announced all 216 nominations for the 2021 East Coast Music Awards, 8 of which have gone to Classified, followed by Rose Cousins with 6, and Beòlach, Catherine MacLellan, David Myles, Neon Dreams, and Rich Aucoin all with four each. Continue reading Classified and Rose Cousins Top List of 2021 East Coast Music Award Nominees
Quote the Raven Sing a Blue-Collar Ode on ‘Home Is Worth the Blues’
Newfoundland’s Quote the Raven have penned a cross-Canadian co-write with Country Music Alberta Roots Artist of the Year-nominee Blake Reid, turning out an ode to blue-collar living. Their new single, “Home is Worth the Blues,” is a song dedicated to those who bear the grind so that their lives at home might be all the more joyful for it. Continue reading Quote the Raven Sing a Blue-Collar Ode on ‘Home Is Worth the Blues’