Rita MacNeil’s “Flying On Your Own” has been treated to a cover by Jenn Grant–the third in Grant collection of self-producer covers of Canadian classics–marking both the anniversary of MacNeil’s passing and the announcement that MacNeil is being celebrated as the latest inductee to the Canadian Songwriters Hall. Continue reading Jenn Grant Covers Rita MacNeil’s ‘Flying on your Own’ as Artist Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
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Language Arts Reassesses the Millennial Subconscious as a Product of Television on ‘Blood Flow’
The latest single from Nova Scotia-based Language Arts hits heavy on the nostalgia, dipping heavily into a treasure trove of ’80s and ’90s commercials for a Britton Proulx-created video to subtly remind us that if there were ever a time we needed to hear the immortal words “don’t you put it in your mouth,” this is it. Continue reading Language Arts Reassesses the Millennial Subconscious as a Product of Television on ‘Blood Flow’
The Trews Take to the Ice to Rock Out Without Us on ‘I Wanna Play’
In the year since the world shut down, there have been two anthems that have been hammered home again and again with vehement ferocity: that we all need to be wearing masks and that musicians will trade a kidney to get back in front of a live audience. While we generally no longer condone any songs pertaining to the latter, there have been a few standout exceptions.
The new pandemic anthem from The Trews, “I Wanna Play” is one of those exceptions. The song is pure indulgence but we can hardly blame them for it. The lads are here to let loose and flex those muscles, lest they atrophy. We’re here for it. Continue reading The Trews Take to the Ice to Rock Out Without Us on ‘I Wanna Play’
Williston Irvine Creates a Self-Titled Album That is Deeply Personal From Top to Bottom
Williston Irvine sets out in earnest to capture his most directly personal work to date. The Halifax-based musician works through some seriously low-key Americana on his new self-titled full-length. By controlling every detail with self-production on this short and sweet release, the album is purely Irving, allowing him to emphasize poignancy, style, and story-telling as he opens up about this most recent chapter in his life. Continue reading Williston Irvine Creates a Self-Titled Album That is Deeply Personal From Top to Bottom
April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn Releases First-Ever Spiritual Song, ‘Will the Last Voice I Hear be an Angel’
For five decades, Myles Goodwyn has been known as the frontman of award-winning, platinum-selling, Canadian Music Hall of Fame hard rockers April Wine and, more recently, as a collaborative bluesman. With his second solo album, Myles Goodwyn & Friends of the Blues, released in 2008, Goodwyn announced a shift into the blues category that came was a slew of legendary guest performers, and doubled down on it a decade later for the release of the Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues 2. Both albums won the East Coast Music Award for Blues Album of the Year.
Now, at the age of 72, years and year into a career of rocking and rolling, he has just gotten around to laying out his first-ever spiritual song, “Will the Last Voice I Hear Be an Angel.” Continue reading April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn Releases First-Ever Spiritual Song, ‘Will the Last Voice I Hear be an Angel’