MusicNL has announced the winners for their 2021 music awards, with a few interesting twists along the path. Continue reading MusicNL Announce 2021 Award Winners – Ofra Harnoy, Quote the Raven, Kelly McMichael, Maria Cherwick Each Take Two
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Evelyn Jess Offers a One-Way Trip to Bring One Lucky Fan ‘Home to Newfoundland’
One Newfoundland musician is sharing her love for her home province with more than just a song. Evelyn Jess has released her first video, “Home to Newfoundland,” with a very special offer for one lucky fan to experience firsthand what she’s talking about. Continue reading Evelyn Jess Offers a One-Way Trip to Bring One Lucky Fan ‘Home to Newfoundland’
Wade Tarling Offers an Ode to Sex and the City With His Take on ‘Adah’s Theme’
In the sixth and final season of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw traded up New York for Paris, having recently broken things off with Jack Berger and very seriously considering a permanent relocation to pursue a relationship with artist Aleksandr Petrovsky.
More importantly, any television worth its salt is going to have a soundtrack perfectly tailored for a Parisian excursion. In the case of Sex and the City, Mikhael Baryshnikov crafted “Adah’s Theme” or “La femme avec les yeux lumineux” that romantically interweaves piano and strings and accordion in a way that might even satisfy Yann Tiersen.
Newfoundland pianist and composer Wade Tarling, a self-professed fan of the show, has recently taken an opportunity to put his own spin on the theme. Continue reading Wade Tarling Offers an Ode to Sex and the City With His Take on ‘Adah’s Theme’
When Breakups Become Songs – Clare Follett Releases ‘Now’
Clare Follett didn’t mean to release an album of breakup songs, but when it came time to put together Reclamation she certainly had something on her mind. It’s not quite Rumors, but it’s not far off. The whole album documents the process of breaking down and then finding herself again. You can probably guess where Follett’s very eviscerating single “Now” falls into that process. Continue reading When Breakups Become Songs – Clare Follett Releases ‘Now’
Kelly McMichael Debuts in Fully Evolved Form for Album ‘Waves’
If post-Toronto was a genre, Kelly McMichael would be its poster child, champion, and priestess. Her debut solo album, Waves, is half confessional, half musing, as this musical chameleon ushers us about, through the eddies of her life in the wake of fronting past musical projects like RENDERS, Rouge and Thelma & Louise. This is the evolved form of a musician who has been shaped by experience and learned when to break the rules and when to make them her own. Continue reading Kelly McMichael Debuts in Fully Evolved Form for Album ‘Waves’