We’re down to the crunch for festival season. The big news this month has been the (hopefully well-informed and medically approved) coin toss most festival organizers are facing as they decide whether or not to go ahead with their events. However, if you’ve already determined that you’re staying home this summer, then we recommend checking out our review of the Prince Edward Island-based film, Still the Water.
Here is everything we covered in April of 2021.
Music News
Canadian Folk Music Awards Leans Into the Stream, Announces 2021 Performers
April 1, 2021 – Alex Cook
Beòlach Bring Home Two Wins From 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards – Full List of Winners Announced
April 12, 2021 – Alex Cook
Jenn Grant Covers Rita MacNeil’s ‘Flying on your Own’ as Artist Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
April 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
Lineups in a Dangerous Time – Atlantic Canadian Music Festivals Divided
April 20, 2021 – Alex Cook
Dayna Manning, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean Perform Online Earth Day Show via Home Routes – ‘Grounded’
April 22, 2021 – Alex Cook
East Coast Music Association Pivots 2021 Awards Show & Conference from Sydney to Online Event
April 23, 2021 – The East
East Coast Music Awards Double Down on Pivot, Announces New Dates for Online Festival
April 28, 2021 – Alex Cook
Music Releases
Honeymoon Driver Cut Through the Pop With Layered Song About Mental Health on ‘Better Off’
April 2, 2021 – Alex Cook
Colin Buchanan Debuts as Good Neighbour with ‘Little Know It All’ Featuring Logan Richard
April 3, 2021 – Alex Cook
Century Egg Provide the Answer to Their Own Question on ‘Do You Want to Dance?’
April 7, 2021 – Alex Cook
From Portugal to St. John’s – Nico Paulo Blooms from Fresh Roots On ‘Live at First Light’
April 8, 2021 – Brandon Lorimer
Aaron MacDonald Works Out What He’ll Trade for Happiness Within the Music Industry on ‘My Soul and Me’
April 8, 2021 – Alex Cook
Shaolin Riff Their Way Through Inside Jokes and a Reflection of Youthful Ennui on ‘Aunt Acid’
April 10, 2021 – Alex Cook
April Wine’s Myles Goodwyn Releases First-Ever Spiritual Song, ‘Will the Last Voice I Hear be an Angel’
April 12, 2021 – Alex Cook
Williston Irvine Creates a Self-Titled Album That is Deeply Personal From Top to Bottom
April 13, 2021 – Alex Cook
Chamber Pop Duo Pallmer Go for Big Moods Through Minimalism on ‘Quiet Clapping’
April 15, 2021 – Alex Cook
Kelly McMichael Gets Into the Sacrifices of Success in the Music Industry on ‘Stepping Stone’
April 15, 2021 – Charlotte Simmons
Michelle Morrison Debuts with a Pair of Folky Singles – ‘Quarter After Midnight’ and ‘A Silver Lining’
April 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
Short For Arthur Provide Some Life Lessons To Help Us Get By With ‘Note to Self’
April 22, 2021 – Alex Cook
Apryll Aileen Shares Her Love of Atlantic Canada with Big ’90s Vibes on ‘Home’
April 23, 2021 – Alex Cook
COMPOSIT Find Inspiration in Fresh Romances and Old NES Chiptune Soundtracks for ‘Make It Right’
April 23, 2021 – Alex Cook
Mitch Currie Tackles the Anxiety of Languishing on ‘Knife In My Neck’
April 25, 2021 – Alex Cook
The Basin Brothers Deliver Twice the Fun on Double-Album Release ‘Furthest Out’ and ‘Thinking of You’
April 27, 2021 – Maggie McLean
Kristen Martell Works with Dan Ledwell and Gabrielle Papillon for an Optimistic but Mysterious ‘Photograph of Secrets’
April 29, 2021 – Alex Cook
Lawrence Maxwell Pays Tribute to One of Atlantic Canada’s Most Picturesque Regions with ‘Back to Cape Breton’
April 30, 2021 – Charlotte Simmons
Strangelands Talks Ghost, a Community Revival, and Tapping Rachel Cousins and Presidris to Perform on ‘Sweet Phantom’
April 30, 2021 – Alex Cook
Video Releases
Dali Van Gogh’s ‘Past Crimes’ is the Fourth Piece of the Puzzle to their Testimony Series
April 9, 2021 – Alex Cook
Rich Aucoin Catches the Serpent’s Tail While Seizing the Day with ‘Eulogy of Regret’
April 15, 2021 – Alex Cook
The Trews Take to the Ice to Rock Out Without Us on ‘I Wanna Play’
April 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
Language Arts Reassesses the Millennial Subconscious as a Product of Television on ‘Blood Flow’
April 16, 2021 – Alex Cook
StoneHouse Explore a New Sound as a Trio with ‘Holy Water’
April 21, 2021 – Alex Cook
Skeleton Club Break From Their Fish Expedition for a Tune About the Impending Uprising Of ‘Wormz’
April 22, 2021 – Alex Cook
Pillow Fite Debut with Excitement and Anxieties on ‘Playing The Fool’
April 26, 2021 – Alex Cook
Lime Ricky Goes the Distance To See That Cats Get Fed on ‘Not Cool’
April 27, 2021 – Alex Cook
Halifax Producer/Performer waants Uses ‘Keep Careful (feat. Sorrey)’ to Fully Engage with 99% of Your Ears
April 28, 2021 – Alex Cook
Rachel Beck Demonstrates How Fashions Prove More Dependable Than Flowers with ‘Dizzy’
April 30, 2021 – Alex Cook
Film Reviews
‘Still The Water’ Wades Through Connection, Guilt, and the Sanctity of Hockey
April 22, 2021 – Brandon Lorimer
Literary News
Tyler LeBlanc Leads Nominees for 2021 Atlantic Book Awards
April 17, 2021 – Alex Cook
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