While I wouldn’t be so quick to put “Nashwaak”, the latest single from Rick Sparkes + The Enablers, into the box of “country music” – a nebulous genre that is often dwarfed by its own industry, eschewing the wild soul and charm that is supposed to be endemic to “country culture” – the song manages to not only capture that spirit but also build off it in a meaningful way.
Continue reading Single: Rick Sparkes + The Enablers Visit New Brunswick On ‘Nashwaak’
Tag Archives: featured
In Review: Solo Chicken Production’s ‘A Record Of Us’ Takes On The Work of David Adams Richards
Solo Chicken Productions begins their provincial remount of A Record of Us, starting at St. Thomas University’s Black Box Theatre in Fredericton. Inspired by the works of accomplished New Brunswick author David Adams Richards, the play is an episodic, non-linear narrative that grasps at the essence of being a New Brunswicker. From the ever-ambiguous atmosphere of Dooly’s to the humdrum of rural gossip, viewers across the province can see a small, typical piece of the New Brunswick lifestyle represented in one way or another. Continue reading In Review: Solo Chicken Production’s ‘A Record Of Us’ Takes On The Work of David Adams Richards
New Music: Waterfront Fire’s ‘Stillwater Lake’ Will Blow You Out Of The Water
Rock wonderkids Waterfront Fire have a new album to add to their resume. Stillwater Lake, their third studio album, is packed to the brim with excellent melodies, a distinct-yet-versatile sound and a tendency to surprise us with something new at every turn. The St. John’s band, who have been compared to The Tragically Hip and Paramore, seem to be well on their way to eventually, as CBC’s Jeff Liberty put it, “be in stadiums.” Continue reading New Music: Waterfront Fire’s ‘Stillwater Lake’ Will Blow You Out Of The Water
Single: Kids Losing Sleep Debuts With ‘In Love No More’
Halifax’s latest pop-rock band Kids Losing Sleep are releasing their debut single, “In Love No More,” today and it’s all of the catchy early summer love vibes you’d expect, except it’s really about quite the opposite. Continue reading Single: Kids Losing Sleep Debuts With ‘In Love No More’
New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing
Just Breakin’ Even, the latest album from Pictou County, Nova Scotia’s StoneHouse, is a disappointment. Which isn’t to say the album is a bad one, Just Breakin’ Even might be one of the best hard rock albums to come out of Nova Scotia this year, but it’s a hard shift down from StoneHouse’s raw and energetic live performances, if you can imagine that. There’s just this sensorial dissatisfaction that comes from hearing what is undoubtedly a respectable effort to contain the full might of their live experience forced through an inherently feeble and flawed medium. Continue reading New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing