Music PEI Week 2018 is coming to a close today after five days of performances and events celebrating Prince Edward Island’s musical talent. Today’s activities included the much anticipated Music PEI Award show at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, along with performances from many of the award winners and nominees at the Festival Finale at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall. Of course, as was foretold in the great announcing of the Music PEI Award nominees, The East Pointers collected a haul of hardware at today’s award show. Continue reading Music PEI Announces 2018 Award Winners — The East Pointers Leads With Four
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Music PEI Announces Winner Of The 2018 SOCAN Songwriter Award
The 2018 Music PEI Week is currently in full swing. Last night, the first of the Music PEI Awards was handed out with the awarding of the SOCAN Songwriter of the Year Award during a concert at St. Paul’s Church. The night featured very special performances and interviews from all of this year’s nominees, including Ashley Condon, Alicia Toner, Dennis Ellsworth and Kinley Dowling, Liam Corcoran, and Nick Doneff. Naturally, only one of them got to take the award home. Continue reading Music PEI Announces Winner Of The 2018 SOCAN Songwriter Award
Marshall Studios: Fredericton Musicians Team Up For New Recording Studio
Two musicians announced today that they’ll be launching a new recording studio in Fredericton. East coast music fans should have no trouble recognizing the partnership behind Marshall Studios: Jay Merrill of Earthbound/Gordon Gets Lost and Stephen Lewis of The Big Band of Fun. Continue reading Marshall Studios: Fredericton Musicians Team Up For New Recording Studio
Rose Cousins Releases Live Video & Announces Tour Dates
Rose Cousins has announced a winter homecoming tour today beginning February 3rd, and it might be one hell of a celebration if things go well on Sunday. Cousins‘ album Natural Conclusion is currently up for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. While it’s Grammy Award-winning Ryan Freeland (Engineer) and Joao Carvalho (Mastering Engineer) that are getting the spotlight here, it’s just the tip of the iceberg of the massive amount of talent performing on this album.
Check out the newly released live video of Rose Cousins performing ‘Lock & Key’ at The Great Hall in Toronto to see what we mean. Continue reading Rose Cousins Releases Live Video & Announces Tour Dates
Film Review: James Mullinger’s ‘Anything Is Possible’ Harps On Life In New Brunswick
James Mullinger is no stranger to Saint John, and thanks to his comedy special, Anything Is Possible, he’s been seen across Canada. The show was broadcast nationwide on CBC as part of City On Fire, a documentary about Saint John: a city that has struggled with self-image and reinvention. It depicts Mullinger’s perception of the city’s potential and the lead-up to his arena-packing show at Harbour Station.
The full comedy show was released on January 22nd in Canada, both digitally on Amazon and Hulu, and at Sunrise Records on Blu-Ray. But it still raises the question: who in Canada hasn’t already seen this, and is it worth it seeing again?