It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for music festivals thanks to COVID-19. Many, with lockdown in place, have chosen to simply postpone for a year, while others have found creative new ways to connect with their audiences and support musicians. Now, with the Atlantic Bubble presenting new options, the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society have dipped their toes back in the water – not with a full festival, with a series of summer concerts. Continue reading Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival Shifts to Summer Concert Series
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Music Video: Keonté Beals Challenges Toxic Masculinity on ‘KING’
Keonté Beals is back with a new video that hammers home the idea that if you’re not going into 2021 as a more empathetic person you have wasted your year. “KING” frames stoicism as toxic masculinity, the weight of which can negatively impact anyone’s mental well-being, but as Beals explains, under societal pressures and rigid scrutiny as a black man it can become a lifelong prison. Continue reading Music Video: Keonté Beals Challenges Toxic Masculinity on ‘KING’
Single: A.D.A.M. Drop Into the Scene Spectacularly With ‘Don’t Say It’
Grief has been defined as “love that has nowhere to go,” and the heaviest part of it may be within its first stage: denial.
If that’s the theme of your debut single, it’s a heavy first step. The cross-city duo of Saint John’s Adam Dincorn and Moncton’s Aryelle Morrison, collectively known as A.D.A.M., felt up to the task in their debut single “Don’t Say It.” Continue reading Single: A.D.A.M. Drop Into the Scene Spectacularly With ‘Don’t Say It’
East Coast Music Awards Announce Final Nine 2020 Award Winners
The East Coast Music Association rounded out a weekend of socially-distanced festivities with a broadcast awards show and a slew of performances. Having already announced the bulk of the 2020 award winners, the final night set aside some of the ECMA’s biggest categories. Among the biggest winners this year were Wintersleep and Tim Baker.
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Music Video: Mear Encapsulate the Overlong Rollercoaster of 2020 with ‘Perfect Mess’
In September of 1988, Bobby McFerrin released his hit single, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Ronald Reagan was president. The United States was experiencing one of the hottest heatwaves on record. The Soviet Union was marching steadily towards its collapse. Donald Trump was a real estate mogul and wrestling promoter. Somehow knit fedoras were a thing.
Fast-forward to July of 2020. Mear have released “Perfect Mess”, their debut single as a duo. The song’s mantra-like chorus of “Don’t worry, don’t worry, don’t worry” speaks a world of difference with the omission of just two words.