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New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing

Just Breakin’ Even, the latest album from Pictou County, Nova Scotia’s StoneHouse, is a disappointment. Which isn’t to say the album is a bad one, Just Breakin’ Even might be one of the best hard rock albums to come out of Nova Scotia this year, but it’s a hard shift down from StoneHouse’s raw and energetic live performances, if you can imagine that. There’s just this sensorial dissatisfaction that comes from hearing what is undoubtedly a respectable effort to contain the full might of their live experience forced through an inherently feeble and flawed medium.  Continue reading New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing

New Music: Charke-Cormier Duo Debut Album ‘Ex Tempore’

Flautist Derek Charke and guitarist Eugene Cormier have played together for years, much to the delight of audiences all over the Maritimes. This past month has been an especially exciting one for the Nova Scotia-based Charke-Cormier Duo, however, as they have just released their debut album, Ex Tempore. Continue reading New Music: Charke-Cormier Duo Debut Album ‘Ex Tempore’

Music Video: Arsoniste Kicks Off New Series With Radiohead Cover

To begin her Wooden Piano Live Sessions series of acoustic music videos, Halifax-based musician Rachel Sunter, also known as Arsoniste, recently released a cover of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.” Produced in collaboration with videographer Jenni Welsh of Sonic Temple Studio, the video features Sunter tackling the piece solo on piano. Continue reading Music Video: Arsoniste Kicks Off New Series With Radiohead Cover