With each album released Nicoll has explored a different facet of music, and the music making process, analytically taking it apart, holding it up to the light, and putting it back together to create something distinctly his.
Sandy reviews the latest from the Juno Award-winning Kid’s trio, The Swinging Belles, and has her children weigh in.
George Morgan is a dynamic and diverse composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from St. John’s, who if you’re unfamiliar with, is something akin to this city’s own David Byrne.
It’s this overwhelming sense of place that actually puts them closer to folk revival artists Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Rather than capitulate to this idea of Newfoundland as impossibly stuck in the mud, let’s instead recognize and support forward-facing community initiatives such as these.
Mark your calendars: Sherry Ryan will be releasing her newest album, Wreckhouse, at The Ship Pub on April 27th.
Mark Bragg doesn’t need much of an introduction in this town, where he’s as much a music establishment himself as say, Fred’s Records, or The Ship Inn Pub.
Kelly Loder released her long-awaited third album, Benefit of the Doubt, in early December at The Ship, following a 7-year interval between albums.
They’re one of the city’s preeminent party bands for a reason: they’ve always been about movement. You’d have to be tied to your chair to successfully resist dancing at one of their live shows.
When EMI Records offered Kate Bush a complete creative control record deal at age 16, she’d already written some 200 songs. Such record deals…
Sook Yin Lee is probably best known for her work as a CBC broadcaster (DNTO, Sleepover), and as the offbeat VJ on MuchMusic during the 90s. She’s also a prolific filmmaker, actor, musician, artist, and dance-maker.
Under Joshua Van Tassel’s guidance, Steve Maloney has unequivocally announced his arrival, and I fully expect the rest of Canada (and beyond), to sit up and take note of this hometown talent.