Supposedly most of the great art in the world is about longing and loving and heartache; intense sensations that are universally rampant and almost synonymous with the human experience. Don Brownrigg‘s latest revisits that relatable tug at the old heartstrings, as he tries to recover from an emotional and physical upheaval on “Room For Me.” Continue reading Music Video: Don Brownrigg Searches for a Place with ‘Room For Me’
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New Music: Keith Mullins Releases A Double Threat With ‘Onward’ And ‘Upward’
Award-winning songwriter Keith Mullins has dropped a double release with his two latest albums, Onward and Upward. With two East Coast Music awards and six awards from Music Nova Scotia since his musical debut at 15 years old, the Cape Breton singer-songwriter is no stranger to good tunes, and proves it once, or maybe twice, again. Continue reading New Music: Keith Mullins Releases A Double Threat With ‘Onward’ And ‘Upward’
Music Video: Pretty Archie Weigh Small Town Living and FOMO on ‘This Whole Town’
They say most Canadians live in cities these days. We didn’t always. Many of us were born into small towns and rural communities. Much of the Maritimes still haven’t changed all that drastically. A lot of us grew up wondering what the hell to do on Friday night, and more than a few of us no doubt came to the conclusion that there are worse places (but not many) to take a date than karaoke at the local bingo hall. Cape Breton’s Pretty Archie have managed to see it in a more romantic light for their new video “This Whole Town.” Continue reading Music Video: Pretty Archie Weigh Small Town Living and FOMO on ‘This Whole Town’
Single: Shadow Teases New Double EP With ‘Moon’
Releasing a full album is an ambitious project for anyone, but a double concept EP complete with horn arrangements is going above and beyond. That’s what Halifax’s Shadow is doing, with a stark contrast between night and day on her upcoming releases The Dark and The Dawn, and she’s bridged the two by a mighty sense of funk. Though having quietly trickled out a couple of tunes, our first real listen is this single for “Moon,” a horn-powered track that asks all the big questions. Continue reading Single: Shadow Teases New Double EP With ‘Moon’
Music Video: Shreem’s ‘One World, One Dance’ Features A Tribe Called Red and The Fretless for a Universal Dance Party
East coast export Shreem is finding ways of bringing people and music together. His latest celtic remix combines Ottawa’s A Tribe Called Red with Victoria’s The Fretless in an effort to show that, ultimately, we all belong to the human race and there might be no stronger unifying factor to all of us than our desire to mindlessly jump up and down to a good beat. His video for “One World, One Dance” features a collection of found footage that acts as sound historical documentation that the hokey-pokey is truly a universal phenomenon. Continue reading Music Video: Shreem’s ‘One World, One Dance’ Features A Tribe Called Red and The Fretless for a Universal Dance Party