Editor’s Picks: Top 25 (not local) Albums of 2018
Bahamas – Earthtones Alfi breaks his mould and creates a whole new musical territory that...
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Category: Music
Album Review: Kira Sheppard’s The Hollow Earth
There’s something otherworldly about a slightly psyched out folk album centered around a harp.
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Album Review: The Superstar Sibling Detective Agency by The Swinging Belles
Sandy reviews the latest from the Juno Award-winning Kid’s trio, The Swinging Belles, and has her children weigh in.
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Album Review: George Morgan’s Not Set In Stone
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.
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Album Review: Songs from the Stars, by Single Tear
What seems to be a slightly more cautious and intentional approach brings Single Tear’s Sounds From the Stars out from underneath J King’s previous body of work with the critical darling Family Video.
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Never Seen The Likes: 1 Event Not to Miss at Sound Symposium 2018
Billed as “Ten Days That Will Change How Your Hear the World,” the Sound Symposium really is the most unique festival in the province, and maybe the country’s most original festival of music.
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A Fun Time By The C-FAs: Lawnya Vawnya Underdogs
Once again the clock strikes Lawnya Vawyna. A long weekend of artful merriment that’s become not only a tradition for St. John’s musicians, artists, and fans, but also a growing staple that puts a tight-knit scene under the lens of the whole country.
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Be The Change: Props to Lawnya Vawnya, Girls Rock NL
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.
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Bebop, Horns, and Groove: Jazz East Celebrates a Swingin’ 20 years
Bebop, groove, horns, and swing probably aren’t what you think of when you hear “Newfoundland music.” Jazz East is hoping to diminish that perception. The group will be celebrating their entry into their roaring 20s this Saturday, May 5 at the Holy Heart Theatre.
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Album Review: Roundelay’s There Just Might Be Enough Time
This is no addendum to a published book; no PS on a letter. This is a full-bodied sequel to one of the best, most innovative rock bands St. John’s has ever seen. It only took 8 years.
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On the Record: Joel Thomas Hynes, Dead Man’s Melodies
Joel Thomas Hynes spent the winter racking up literary accolades, and staring in a new TV show he wrote, called Little Dog. Instead of taking break, he’s touring and promoting a new album, Dead Man’s Melodies.
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