by JamesM | Jul 18, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Interviews
Dartmouth, NS-based band, The Public Service came to be after George Woodhouse challenged himself to write “a-song-a-week” for one year. He failed, statistically at least. After posting the 47th song online, he said “good enough” and struck up the band. The Public...
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: 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 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 JamesM | Jul 13, 2023 | Festivals & Events, Zoomies
Nova Scotia-based folk musician Dave Gunning is no stranger to the music scene, with fourteen albums to his credit, and he’s just getting started. Dave unveiled his latest album, The Same Storm in October 2022. Written and recorded mostly at home during the...