Halifax Hip Hop artist, producer and videographer Mitchell Paquette, aka CHELL, has released a music video for his new song ‘T.M.I’. Set to appear on his impending album, the song expresses CHELL’s frustrations with a problem that’s certainly not a new, but has become far more pervasive in the last half century, namely the saturation of media, dominated by politics, fear-mongering, and the ever-present threat of war. Continue reading Music Video: CHELL Questions the Value of Modern Media With ‘T.M.I’
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Single: The Royal Volts Get Bluesy With ‘Bad Thing’
Halifax’s The Royal Volts return with “Bad Thing,” a blues-inspired track that sees the band throwing a little grit into their particular brand of loud and a little ruminating on the nature of repentance. Continue reading Single: The Royal Volts Get Bluesy With ‘Bad Thing’
New Music: Mark Fewer & Hank Knox Revive Vivaldi’s Lost ‘Manchester Sonatas’
When Cardinal Ottoboni died in Rome in 1740, he was in possession of a huge library of music for which he was the Patron. Part of these works were twelve sonatas that had not seen much play save by a few associates of the composer. The bulk of the music was bought by the English musical scholar Edward Holdsworth.
Over the next nearly two centuries the works passed from owner to owner, until, at a Sotheby’s auction in 1918 they were purchased by the renowned musicologist of the time, Newman Flower. Now, Flower was a Handel scholar and spent most of his illustrious career studying and promoting Handel’s work, so many other arrangements in his possession were left by the way-side to wither in obscurity. Following Flower’s death, much of his collection was passed on to the Manchester Library. It was there in 1973 that another musicologist, Michael Talbot, came across the twelve sonatas in question, and he was struck by the name on the sheets:
Antonio Vivaldi. Continue reading New Music: Mark Fewer & Hank Knox Revive Vivaldi’s Lost ‘Manchester Sonatas’
Atlantic Cinematheque: New Series Focuses on Atlantic Canadian Filmmakers
Working in partnership with the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia will be shining some much needed light on Atlantic Canadian filmmakers. Their new series, Atlantic Cinematheque, will be celebrating the works of these filmmakers once a month with “FIN Fridays” at the gallery. Continue reading Atlantic Cinematheque: New Series Focuses on Atlantic Canadian Filmmakers
New Music: Jeff Hope Makes Up For Lost Time with ‘Fill The Void’
Fill The Void is an apt name for Jeff Hope’s latest release. With almost 20 years between now and his debut album, Hope has plenty of lost time to make up for. The result is eighteen full tracks of pure, fun energy, laced with just a hint of the struggles Hope’s gone through in recent times. Continue reading New Music: Jeff Hope Makes Up For Lost Time with ‘Fill The Void’