This time of year means so many things to so many people but one thing is seemingly inevitable, and that’s tradition. The safety and security that serves as a seasonal certainty can create a warm and welcoming culmination of the year. And right on schedule is ECMA award-winner Christina Martin with what is hopefully becoming her own Christmas tradition. Continue reading Christina Martin Takes Us on a Wholesome Trip Down Memory Lane on ‘Kisses for Christmas’
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New Music: Keats Conlon Cranks the Cuteness Out on ‘Pastel Portraits’
Ontario-born Keats Conlon has called Halifax home for the past five years and brings forth what she calls “a mature, full, and current representation of the artist I’ve become in my travels across Canada.” For those familiar with Conlon, Pastel Portraits presents as a pleasant progression, while new listeners will no doubt become enamoured with the singer’s delightful and delicate vocals and witty wordplay. Continue reading New Music: Keats Conlon Cranks the Cuteness Out on ‘Pastel Portraits’
New Music: Indie Dream Pop Gets a Night Out While Sorrey’s ‘In Full Bloom’ Gets Remixed
Left isolated from one another in their respective confines this past spring due to worldwide circumstances with no regard for people’s health, let alone musical endeavours, PEI’s Sorrey found a way to scratch their creative itch. Continue reading New Music: Indie Dream Pop Gets a Night Out While Sorrey’s ‘In Full Bloom’ Gets Remixed
New Music: Keonté Beals’ ‘King’ is Powerful, Complex and Honest
Few would expect an album entitled King coming out of North Preston, Nova Scotia to be as heartfelt, vulnerable, and sensitive as Keonté Beals’ debut is. The R’n’B star in waiting does not reinvent the wheel but mixes a much more modern mentality in with his influences to provide us with an album encapsulating his experiences thus far. Continue reading New Music: Keonté Beals’ ‘King’ is Powerful, Complex and Honest
New Music: Rube & Rake Embrace New Ideas on ‘Leave With Nothing’
Josh Sandu and Andrew Laite, better known as Rube & Rake, are back and ready to push themselves beyond their comfort zone with an album that can uplift, remind of loves lost and make you yearn for home–wherever that “Somewhere” in particular is for you. Continue reading New Music: Rube & Rake Embrace New Ideas on ‘Leave With Nothing’