Let me tell you all about The Princess Show.
It was the evening of August 8th, 2019. I was trudging through the rain, notebook to my chest, as I approached the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Continue reading In Review: Flashy, Interactive Extravagance from HEIST’s Production of The Princess Show
Fredericton’s blues funk trio The Tortoise, The Hare & The Millionaire have been a mainstay of New Brunswick’s music scene since 2016. They’ve been a constant presence at shows and festivals, making Matthew Carr (Vox/Guitar), Ted Nicholson (Drums), and Eric Allard (Bass) some of the busiest, and most readily identifiable musicians in the province. While the trio are used to appearing alongside guest performers, the band are making a permanent change to their lineup. Today they announced that The Tortoise, The Hare & The Millionaire will no long be a trio, but a quintet, with the additions of Adam Johnson (Trumpet) and Jenn Russell (Sax).
Continue reading The Tortoise, The Hare & The Millionaire Grow from Trio to Quintet
Emerging and established playwrights from across New Brunswick will have their work showcased at The NotaBle Acts Theatre Company’s 18th annual festival. Featuring sixteen original plays in venues across Fredericton, the festival will have performances ranging from one-acts, site-specifics, readings, and ten-minute plays, there will be no shortage of creative lenses for comedy, drama, or tragedy.
Here’s what you can look forward to seeing. Continue reading NotaBle Acts Theatre Company Launch 18th Annual Summer Festival
Fredericton rock ensemble Free To Grow have dropped a brand new EP, Miracle. The independently-released album is dedicated to Bruce Hughes, a musician and active supporter of the East Coast music scene who survived a series of strokes in May 2017, dubbed by his nurses as a “miracle man.” Continue reading New Music: Fredericton’s Free To Grow Details the Medical Marvel of Bruce Hughes with ‘Miracle’
Dream pop rockers Kral Majales have just teased us with the four-track EP, “Belief In Beauty.” The EP is the first of three such releases that the band have planned to put out this year, so they aren’t leaving the studio (AKA “Zach Mazurkiewicz’ place by Cam Corey & Marshall’s house”) anytime soon. Continue reading New Music: Kral Majales Dreamily Reflect on Youth with ‘Belief in Beauty’
