It’s a scenario as old as time; you’re sitting in the driver’s seat of an idling car in the driveway of an all-too-familiar home. The clock reads a little after 8:30, and the coffee is just hitting you as the car begins to warm up. You think to yourself, “What if I just drove away? What if I just skipped work today, drove off, and began a new life?”
In the creative mind of St. John’s’ Kelly McMichael, the multi-talented artist not only dares to imagine such a feat but does so with a friend by her side. Indeed, in McMichael’s brand new, music video-accompanied single “Out The Window,” life-sucking jobs and mediocre boyfriends are given the boot for a fun, poppy, girls-vacation tune. Continue reading Premiere – Kelly McMichael Says to Ditch the Crappy Jobs and Boyfriends on ‘Out the Window’→
Since a yet-undetermined point in time, music has largely been used as a tool for escapism. Whether one imagines themselves within the comfort of a benevolent forest or flying through the sky on nothing but the clothes on their back and the will of thin air, the many scenes that music can paint for us has drawn us towards it day after day, year after year.
But artists of all sorts always find ways to subvert the expectations of our experiences, arguably by the very nature of the profession. This time, it’s Russell Louder’s “Home” that does just this; subverting the notion of escapism into something much more tactile and powerful; a prime way of establishing the essence of their upcoming debut album, Humour. Continue reading Russell Louder’s ‘Home’ an Impressive Precursor to Debut Album→
April 2020 was a month of unprecedented shifts across Canada. Coming off the back of COVID-19’s arrival in the country, individuals and organizations from coast to coast were coming up with their own responses to this now-familiar way of life.
CBC Newfoundland saw an opportunity and took it, framing that month’s RPM (Record Production Month) Challenge as “Stay Home, Make Music.”
Atlantic Canada’s largest literary event will see the addition of two new faces to its team. The Frye Festival team has welcomed Pierre-André Doucet as the Interim Executive Director, replacing Émilie Turmel until May 2022 when her maternity leave ends. Léonore Bailhache has also joined as the festival’s new Communications, Marketing, and Audience Development Manager. Continue reading The Frye Festival Welcomes Doucet and Bailhache to Their Team→
The evolution of the artist is a subject of pure fascination; in what form is their heart going to unfold among space and time? In what ways are they going to break the rules that they spent so long learning? In what capacity will they redefine their genre or medium, or will they defy one or both of these things?
Halifax producer Michael Coolen, also known by his stage name MichaelMichael, has boldly laid out his artistic journey in the form of a whopping 19-track album that eludes all classification and tells of a mind and heart that is distinctly Coolen’s. This is Gates of Janus (2015-2019).
