Liam Corcoran, former vocalist of Charlottetown’s disbanded Two Hours Traffic, is giving listeners a taste of the many sides of his creativity with Giving Tree and Other Songs. As his third full-length solo album, this release has a duality of energies. While the first half of the album is fully acoustic and mellow, the second half kicks the volume up a notch and jumps across genres. Continue reading New Music: ‘Giving Tree and Other Songs’ Showcases the Many Sides of Liam Corcoran
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The 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Cancel Over COVID-19 Concerns
The 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards, which were scheduled to happen in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, next month, have just announced the event has been cancelled this year. The festival is the latest to join a growing list of events, including SXSW, Coachella and the JUNO Awards, to either cancel or postpone due to concerns for the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading The 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Cancel Over COVID-19 Concerns
Single: The Noisy Crows Agonize Over Romantic Fallout on ‘Do You Ever?’
Charlottetown’s The Noisy Crows hit hard and fast with an angst-filled new single, “Do You Ever?” It’s a high-energy crowd-pleaser, designed to ask, “Oh, no. What have I done?” in the wake of a relationship that was taken out back and shot, resulting in life-altering consequences, long nights of regret, and the unwitting abandonment of any hope of ever finding real happiness. Continue reading Single: The Noisy Crows Agonize Over Romantic Fallout on ‘Do You Ever?’
Single: Lawrence Maxwell Points Out We Should Have Listened to the ‘Whiskey Songs’ of Old Country
You can’t solve everything with drinking. Particularly if the problem you need to solve is the drinking. There’s enough country music out there to attest to that, and “Whiskey Songs,” the latest single from Prince Edward Island’s Lawrence Maxwell, offers the final word on that. Continue reading Single: Lawrence Maxwell Points Out We Should Have Listened to the ‘Whiskey Songs’ of Old Country
Brandon Howard Roy Addresses the Abuses Found in the Theatre Industry on ‘Proud’
Prior to finding his place in the indie-pop scene, Brandon Howard Roy spent years working as a professional stage actor in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. It was not the glamorous career it had been talked up to be; on the contrary, it proved to be demanding, cut-throat, exclusionary and abusive.
In early 2020, when the theatre industry was pushed to its limits due to the pandemic, like many other industries, it provided an opportunity for light to shine through its cracks. Roy’s new single, “Proud,” is an arpeggiated address to these shortcomings. Continue reading Brandon Howard Roy Addresses the Abuses Found in the Theatre Industry on ‘Proud’