Pineo & Loeb weren’t exactly lowering the bar with ELEVATION. As easy as it would be to dismiss their latest album for being a collection of covers, they’ve picked some amazing songs and collaborators to work with. These covers feel like genuine upgrades, breathing fresh life into songs that long held positions at the top of the game. Today the duo released their first video from the album: a cover, featuring After Funk and Liinks, of Michael Jackson’s Grammy-nominated hit from 1995, “Earth Song.” Honestly, we might like it better than the original. Continue reading Music Video: Pineo & Loeb (ft. After Funk & Liinks) cover Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’
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Seachange Music: Stan Rogers Folk Festival’s Artistic Director turns Festival Consultant
For up-and-coming (or even well-known) musicians and artists, finding the time it takes to properly sell your art and make a living off it can be daunting. With little circulating knowledge on how to manage your business circulating in the local music community, important tasks like applying for grants often get put on the back burner. Chris Greencorn, artistic director of the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, sees this problem and has created Seachange Music: a program designed to help musicians and music festivals with these important but tedious tasks. Continue reading Seachange Music: Stan Rogers Folk Festival’s Artistic Director turns Festival Consultant
New Music: Tachichi is in His Element, Namely Halifax, on ‘Top Ten’
Do not let the title fool you. Tachichi’s newest album Top Ten has eleven — that’s right, eleven — head-bopping tracks. Under Hand’Solo Records, this makes album number 12 for the Halifax local and includes beats from multiple producers, such as Sean-One, Uncle Fester, Pineo & Loeb, ChanHays, Petey Punch, DJ Moves, Gordki, DJ Cosmo and Fresh Kills. Continue reading New Music: Tachichi is in His Element, Namely Halifax, on ‘Top Ten’
Single: Willow St. Station’s ‘Across the World’ is a Heartbroken Duet
When George Harrison penned “Something,” his love song for his then-wife Pattie Boyd, he didn’t have to endure her being all the way “Across the Universe.” It sounds like the folks of Willow St. Station having taken that idea one step further, and a few more steps this side of melancholy, as they sing about someone with that special something who got away on “Across the World.” Continue reading Single: Willow St. Station’s ‘Across the World’ is a Heartbroken Duet
Single: Dave Gunning Laments Life on the Road with ‘In the Time I was Away’ While Announcing Tour
Dave Gunning has earned himself multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards, a JUNO nomination, and eight East Coast Music Awards, but that has all come at a cost. Over the course of his two-decade-spanning career the veteran songwriter and storyteller has done the leg work by touring extensively and his newest single, “In The Time I Was Away,” is a lament for the moments missed while on the road.
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