The latest single from Justin Fancy shows off just a couple more hats he’s kept in his collection. The Newfoundland-based musician is, perhaps, best known for his stint in the pop world of Canadian Idol, while his career as an independent artist has taken a sharp turn towards country music. At one point, like many Newfoundland performers, Fancy’s fancy had turned to the traditional. He’s revisited the genre with the very traditional “The Wildwood Flower” along with an old friend and bandmate. Continue reading Justin Fancy Updates a Carter Family Hit from 1928 – ‘The Wildwood Flower feat. Ron Kelly’
Shivering Songs Goes ‘Hyperlocal’ for 2021 – Announces Jeremy Dutcher, Grand Theft Bus and More
Shivering Songs dodged a bullet last year. Held in late-January, the Fredericton-based winter music festival was one of the few to escape the devastating, and often fatal, effects of COVID-19 that has left the rest of the industry reeling. Now, with infection numbers low in New Brunswick, it looks like the festival is going to manage a small miracle again, just in time for the 2021 edition. Continue reading Shivering Songs Goes ‘Hyperlocal’ for 2021 – Announces Jeremy Dutcher, Grand Theft Bus and More
Mile Twenty Five’s ‘Just In Case’ a Superb First Collection
There’s just something about Newfoundland and Labrador that manages to churn out cream-of-the-crop bands, from rising stars Soap Opera to the unforgettable Great Big Sea.
The latest in this long line of high-flying Newfoundland bands, Mile Twenty Five, have dropped their debut album Just in Case with more gusto than you can shake a fish at. Comprised of frontman Peter Welsh, drummer Carter Fancy, guitarist Marcel Reid and bassist Nathan Manuel, the band delivers an eclectic champion of a debut, backed by themes centred around the prices we pay to grow up, such as heartbreak and responsibility. Continue reading Mile Twenty Five’s ‘Just In Case’ a Superb First Collection
The Strange Valentines Sign Off on the Apocalypse With ‘Burning House Waltz’
Nova Scotian folk duo The Strange Valentines ended 2020 with a single that sounds like it could have been a not-so-fond farewell to a year gone wrong, but really just marks the beginning of a lot of work to come. “Burning House Waltz” is an acknowledgement that civilization took a wrong turn somewhere along the way and it’s time to address some of these issues before the whole thing goes up in flames. Continue reading The Strange Valentines Sign Off on the Apocalypse With ‘Burning House Waltz’
Monthly Roundup: December 2020
Welcome to the end of 2020. All we’re going to say is that we’re glad to have survived and if we don’t get struck by a meteor tomorrow, we will call it a win.
Here is everything we covered in December of 2020. Continue reading Monthly Roundup: December 2020