by JamesM | Jul 17, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
The Irish Descendants are a folk group from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. All the members, born of Irish emigrants, were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990 out of the remnants of two former Newfoundland bands –...
by | Jul 17, 2023 | Festivals & Events
All Photo Credit: Ryan Stacey Toronto’s Grae kicked off the 2nd to last day of Bluesfest. Grae brought out dancers that swung on a pole and she even had a full band playing with her. With her powerful performance, she made a statement on how the rest of the...
by | Jul 17, 2023 | Festivals & Events
All Photo Credit: Shayla Obrigewitsch TD Halifax Jazz FestivalDay 1: July 11, 2023Featuring Feist & Jenn Grant The 2023 TD Halifax Jazz Festival started off with a bang on July 11th! The crowd eagerly gathered at the TD Main Stage along the Halifax Waterfront to...
by | Jul 16, 2023 | Shows
All Photo Credit: Virginia Meeks Arkells & Ben KunderCampfire NightsJuly 15, 2023Base31, Picton, Ontario The first of its kind. During the pandemic, the Arkells saving grace was working on a stripped-down album called Campfire Chords. Last night, they took that...
by | Jul 16, 2023 | Shows
All Photo Credit: Matt Campbell CounterpartsJuly 13, 2023Commonwealth, Calgary AB Counterparts are a Canadian melodic hardcore band formed in 2007 in Hamilton, Ontario which currently consists of vocalist Brendan Murphy, guitarists Tyler Williams and Jesse Doreen, and...
by JamesM | Jul 16, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Photo Credit: Chris Devlin The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane,...
by | Jul 16, 2023 | Festivals & Events
Photos by Marie Demeire / @mariegoestoshows Festival d’été de QuébecDay 10: July 15th, 2023with Streetlight Manifesto, The War on Drugs, Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Allan Rayman We are nearing the end of Festival d’été de Québec! For day 10, we started at...
by JamesM | Jul 15, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Photo Credit: Meghan Tansey Whitton Canadian singer-songwriter Carleton Stone released his third solo album Papercut in September of last year. Carleton is set to play StanFest in Canso, Nova Scotia in various showcases on July 22-23. Listen...
by | Jul 15, 2023 | Festivals & Events
All Photo Credit: Norma Young Returning for another day of Jazz Fest, I hit the waterfront stage for “The Last Waltz” a free concert featuring some of the best performers in the Maritimes. Backed by King Harvest (The Band tribute group) the night featured two sets...
by JamesM | Jul 15, 2023 | 5qs, Interviews
Award-winning Canadian country star, Andrew Hyatt has recently unveiled his single, “Still Somethin’.” Produced by Scott Cooke (Chase Rice, Dallas Smith), “Still Somethin’” is about the nostalgia of music and how it connects to those moments in life...
