When Rich Aucoin headed out across the United States in 2018, via bicycle no-less, he captured a different side of America than we were used to seeing. It wasn’t the land of milk, honey, and liberty they’d paraded around for the last few generations, but the precursor to what has become painfully obvious as the America of 2020. Many saw it coming, but Rich Aucoin committed it to song.
Cape Breton troubadour Danny MacNeil is quickly becoming one of our favourite singer-songwriters. His confessional style of lyricism sung with a vibrato over a contrasting minimalism of banjo and piano that might be compared to legendary blues player Blind Willie Johnson, give or take a century. His newest single, “Trouble That I’m In,” is a quintessential love song and the sudden realization that you’re in deep. Continue reading Single: Cape Breton’s Danny MacNeil Nails Sweet Simplicity on ‘Trouble That I’m In’→
Immediately following a two-week tour, Gianna Lauren entered the studio and, after a mere four days, emerged with her now fourth release, Vanity Metrics. This is the latest release from Lauren since her full-length album Moving Parts in 2017. Recorded live off the floor at the Old Confidence Lodge in Nova Scotia, this is Lauren at her most grounded, pulling influences from groups like Big Thief and Weyes Blood. Continue reading New Music: Gianna Lauren Battles Her Own Perception on Vanity Metrics→
The music industry is fleeting by its very nature. The whole thing is built around capturing an experience, and even those are becoming increasingly intangible. Artists and producers, the whole of the industry, really, often pass like ships in the night. That seems to the case with the new single from Moira & Claire, whose new single, “Better Than This” comes with a sharp twist of self-awareness. Continue reading Single: Moira & Claire Worry About Their Friends on ‘Better Than This’→
