According to his website, Tomáš Kubínek is a “certified lunatic and master of the impossible.” And after an hour-and-a-half experience of zany recollections and quirky interactions with the Prague-born Canadian-bred phenomenon, you believe it. Last night’s performance at the Fredericton Playhouse was a solid dose of laughter therapy. Continue reading In Review: Tomáš Kubínek Brings Some Much Needed Laughter to New Brunswick
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Shivering Songs Announce First Five Headliners of 2019
October is upon us and, along with the frost and falling leaves. inevitably comes the early festival announcements of 2019. First among them, naturally enough is Shivering Songs, who will be hosting their ninth edition between January 22nd and 27th in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Continue reading Shivering Songs Announce First Five Headliners of 2019
Herman Monster Returns For Third Book, ‘Cornelius’s Conundrum: The Sewer Central Star’
The adventures of Herman the Monster continue. After waiting a full year since the release of A New Song for Herman, Fredericton’s favourite little monster is returning for a third book in the series from Monster House Publishing, Cornelius’s Conundrum: The Sewer Central Star. Continue reading Herman Monster Returns For Third Book, ‘Cornelius’s Conundrum: The Sewer Central Star’
Lost & Found: Kurtis Eugene Revisits ‘November’
Kurtis Eugene is a hard artist to pin down. His “debut” album Old Rooms, New Light straddles a line between traditional folk and modern esoteric waltzes. Simultaneously intimate and grand, it feels like chamber music that’s been written for your grandfather’s guitar. It hovers just this side of magic, but to get there it was seemingly necessary that Eugene explore something even more otherworldly. Before Old Rooms, New Light could be manifested there was November, Eugene’s 2013 six-song EP that, for five years, dwelt in musical purgatory. Continue reading Lost & Found: Kurtis Eugene Revisits ‘November’
New Music: Moncton Bluesman Andrew Moore Pulls no Punches on ‘Moth’
New Brunswick blues artist Andrew Moore has released his new album dubbed Moth off the back of his stint in China, where his work with music director Tan Yi Zhe opened the door to working alongside prominent artists in the region. Moore pulls no punches as he flaunts keys, strings, and poetry on this spectacular album. Continue reading New Music: Moncton Bluesman Andrew Moore Pulls no Punches on ‘Moth’