Editor’s Picks: Top 25 (not local) Albums of 2018
byBahamas – Earthtones Alfi breaks his mould and creates a whole new musical territory that didn’t exist until this album. Caroline Rose – Loner…
Bahamas – Earthtones Alfi breaks his mould and creates a whole new musical territory that didn’t exist until this album. Caroline Rose – Loner…
There’s something otherworldly about a slightly psyched out folk album centered around a harp.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.