After many years of waiting, the city of Fredericton is hoping to finally receive a new performing arts centre to replace its existing Playhouse. Now working with a renowned Canadian architecture firm, the Board of Directors of Fredericton Playhouse Inc. is eager to begin the design process. Continue reading Fredericton Names Designers for New Performing Arts Centre
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Jenn Grant Takes on the Christmas Canon with ‘Forever on Christmas Eve’
The holidays are a time to spend with family and fortunately for fans of Nova Scotian songstress Jenn Grant, hers is seemingly predisposed to sharing their seasonal spirit. Right about this time last year, Jenn and partner Daniel Ledwell teamed up to record what would become Forever on Christmas Eve. An album steeped in nostalgia that sweeps us back to a simpler time. Continue reading Jenn Grant Takes on the Christmas Canon with ‘Forever on Christmas Eve’
Music Video: Kiwi Jr. Work Through the Existential Dread of 2020 and Then Some on ‘Cooler Returns’
This might be a good time to check in with Kiwi Jr., just to see if they’re okay. This year they’ve launched their own sub-Sub Pop imprint, the band’s own Kiwi Club, and announced their upcoming sophomore album alongside the release of a video for the album’s titular track, “Cooler Returns,” but 2020 has been a year for wearing on the gears. For anyone who is used to being on stage — crowds, dirt bikes, pyrotechnics and all — there’s an unnerving absence of everything, and it welcomes dust to collect among the gathering cobwebs. Continue reading Music Video: Kiwi Jr. Work Through the Existential Dread of 2020 and Then Some on ‘Cooler Returns’
Music Video: Thomas Stajcer Rises Up Against Our Robot Overlords on ‘Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?’
Thomas Stajcer, Nova Scotia’s great country troubadour, is keeping up the good fight on behalf of analog folks everywhere. His tongue-in-cheek protest song, “Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?” champions the need for ear-having peoples to hold their place behind the wheel. It calls for bartenders to remain tender. It insists that John Deere lawn tractors are maintained at their current IQ levels. Continue reading Music Video: Thomas Stajcer Rises Up Against Our Robot Overlords on ‘Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?’
Single: TV Wife Surprises With a Psych-Rock Tune We Thought We Had Sworn Off, ‘Social Distancing’
The mere mention of the much-maligned “quaran-tune” has become a nigh-on unforgivable sin. Eleven months into the year, eight of which have been spent under varying stages of lockdown, the ubiquitous concept of composing under quarantine, universal though it might be, has become the most tiresome subject matter to ever be put to song. Every now and then, however, a surprise comes along.
Fredericton’s TV Wife has tip-toed over our standards to bring us “Social Distancing,” and we swear this song is it for the genre. There’s nowhere left to go that hasn’t already been done, never mind crafting something enjoyable. Continue reading Single: TV Wife Surprises With a Psych-Rock Tune We Thought We Had Sworn Off, ‘Social Distancing’