Multi-genre Fredericton outfit The Stratified have released their debut EP, Crashing the Night Sky. Though they describe their genre as both Maritime folk and indie-rock, audiences are sure to lean more towards the former and feel right at home in the fiddle fest that is Crashing the Night Sky. Continue reading New Music: The Stratified Embrace The East Coast With ‘Crashing The Night Sky’
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New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing
Just Breakin’ Even, the latest album from Pictou County, Nova Scotia’s StoneHouse, is a disappointment. Which isn’t to say the album is a bad one, Just Breakin’ Even might be one of the best hard rock albums to come out of Nova Scotia this year, but it’s a hard shift down from StoneHouse’s raw and energetic live performances, if you can imagine that. There’s just this sensorial dissatisfaction that comes from hearing what is undoubtedly a respectable effort to contain the full might of their live experience forced through an inherently feeble and flawed medium. Continue reading New Music: StoneHouse’s ‘Just Breakin’ Even’ Is Almost As Good As The Real Thing
New Music: Charke-Cormier Duo Debut Album ‘Ex Tempore’
Flautist Derek Charke and guitarist Eugene Cormier have played together for years, much to the delight of audiences all over the Maritimes. This past month has been an especially exciting one for the Nova Scotia-based Charke-Cormier Duo, however, as they have just released their debut album, Ex Tempore. Continue reading New Music: Charke-Cormier Duo Debut Album ‘Ex Tempore’
New Music: Free To Grow Deliver On Multiple Fronts With ‘Time To Rise’
Fredericton outfit Free to Grow released their third album, Time to Rise, earlier this month. With countless creative minds and even more instruments credited in the release, Time to Rise is a grabbag album with something for everyone. Free to Grow certainly live up to their name; what better way to grow your musical interests than by listening to the melodic moshpit this album offers us? Continue reading New Music: Free To Grow Deliver On Multiple Fronts With ‘Time To Rise’
New Music: The Ennis Sisters Honour Loss, Time And Tradition With ‘Keeping Time’
There’s something special about the bond shared between sisters. The creative results can be truly magical when that bond is tapped into, and The Ennis Sisters are living proof of that. The trio craft songs with the sort of harmony that can only be achieved through a lifetime of practice together. Continue reading New Music: The Ennis Sisters Honour Loss, Time And Tradition With ‘Keeping Time’