Music•Musique NB (MNB) has announced the list of contenders for the 2021 Prix MNB Awards today with some surprising but much-deserving nominees emerging as front-runners. Topping the list of nominees is the 230-member Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie taking five nominations. Continue reading Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie Leads Music•Musique NB’s List of 2021 Prix MNB Award Nominees
The Town Heroes Nail ’90s Nostalgia of a Bittersweet Cape Breton Summer on ‘Home’
For a couple of increasingly middling in age men, Michael S Ryan and Bruce Gillis sure seem in tune with their inner teen. Following their last release, Again, where they showcased the more expansive acoustic sound on past favourites; the Town Heroes return home in more ways than one. Continue reading The Town Heroes Nail ’90s Nostalgia of a Bittersweet Cape Breton Summer on ‘Home’
What’s in a Name? The New Scotland Yard Emporium and Recording Studio Rebrands
Joel Plaskett has almost single-handedly educated me and many others on some of the locales of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Names like Clayton Park and the Mic Mac Mall might have remained completely foreign to me, had they not first been introduced by Plaskett through his lyrics.
Now, the only other Dartmouth landmark I can name, again thanks to Plaskett, is about to forever be known as “the former New Scotland Yard Emporium and Recording Studio.” Continue reading What’s in a Name? The New Scotland Yard Emporium and Recording Studio Rebrands
Music·Musique NB Announces Immunisation Requirement Ahead of Festival (506)
With the sudden spike in COVID cases across New Brunswick and the province’s decision to implement—and, in many cases, re-implement—several safety protocols, Music•Musique NB has moved to ensure attendees and participants of their annual Festival (506) music festival and conference remain as safe as can be. Continue reading Music·Musique NB Announces Immunisation Requirement Ahead of Festival (506)
Rozalind MacPhail’s ‘Never Let Go’ Inspired by Twillingate and Award-Winning Short Film, ‘Waiting Outside’
“Never Let Go,” the new song from Newfoundland’s award-winning looping-flutologist Rozalind MacPhail, captures an uncomfortable sense of the inevitable, with just a thread of perseverance. Inspired by Joshua Jamieson’s LGBTQ short film, Waiting Outside, “Never Let Go” explores the grim possibilities of letting go of a world that you yourself are no longer at the center of, except as a steward, and the hope that it’s capable of carrying on without you—with the aid of an atmospheric omnichord, and percussive flute loops. Continue reading Rozalind MacPhail’s ‘Never Let Go’ Inspired by Twillingate and Award-Winning Short Film, ‘Waiting Outside’