by JamesM | Jul 20, 2023 | Interviews
Rum Ragged is a Canadian folk music group from Newfoundland and Labrador. They are most noted for their 2020 album The Thing About Fish, which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021. They released their...
by JamesM | Jul 19, 2023 | Interviews
Meghaan LeBlanc Unleashes Faun Stella Blending Roots and Chamber Pop With “The Isle & The Sea” Meghaan LeBlanc lights up the misty shore with a new roots-infused chamber pop project as Faun Stella and its first single, “The Isle & The...
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...