We now certainly know who would be King at the 2021 Music Nova Scotia Awards. Keonté Beals, who released his album KING almost a year ago, stands out among those announced today with eight nominations. Music Nova Scotia also announced today that their annual Industry and Music Awards show November 7 in Truro, Nova Scotia. Continue reading Music Nova Scotia Award Nominees Announced – Keonté Beals Leads With Eight
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Jaclyn Reinhart Talks About ‘Rearview’ and How It Nearly Meant Leaving the Music Industry Behind
Since Jaclyn Reinhart last released any music, her life and her sound have both undergone some drastic changes. Trading in her pop-rock style from the Americana of her heroes Tom Petty and Sheryl Crowe, “Rearview” is about recognizing when the time has come to put your past behind you and move on with something new in your life.
For Reinhart, however, it proved to be a close call as to what she was putting behind her and it was very nearly her music career that got left behind. Continue reading Jaclyn Reinhart Talks About ‘Rearview’ and How It Nearly Meant Leaving the Music Industry Behind
Ursa Bright’s Isaac Marr Goes Dark on Solo Efforts ‘Funeral’ and ‘Inheritance’
Isaac Marr adds his name to the list of musicians who, over the course of the last two years, having found themselves at the receiving end of a global, industry-shifting curveball, took matters into his own hands. He has released a pair of singles—”Funeral” and “Inheritance”—that have been crafted in the depths of a lockdown, both produced and mixed by bandmate AJ Boutilier (Ursa Bright, Designosaur, Book Buddies).
Unsurprisingly, as can be guessed from their titles, these depths are pretty dark. Continue reading Ursa Bright’s Isaac Marr Goes Dark on Solo Efforts ‘Funeral’ and ‘Inheritance’
Rachel Cousins Needs You to Get On Her Level if You’re Going to Speak Her ‘Love Language’
Rachel Cousins, MusicNL’s 2020 Pop Artist Of the Year, has just released her own version of “No Scrubs.” Cousins’ new single might not be a verbatim rendition of TLC’s 1999 hit but, at its heart, “Love Language” makes it pretty clear that a scrub is a guy that can get no love from Cousins. Continue reading Rachel Cousins Needs You to Get On Her Level if You’re Going to Speak Her ‘Love Language’
June Body’s New Single ‘Ashes’ Shows That Sunshine and Rainbows Just Aren’t in Their Nature
Hope isn’t the only thing to spring eternal. “Ashes,” the second single from June Body’s upcoming album, Never Here Long, plumbs the depths of frontman Connor James’ sense of pessimism. Written in the relatively cheery before times of 2019, the song sounds like the bright silver lining in the otherwise dark cloud springing forth from Connor’s ever-present sense of dread. Continue reading June Body’s New Single ‘Ashes’ Shows That Sunshine and Rainbows Just Aren’t in Their Nature