Surfacing after an extensive bath in the uncleaned grease traps that lie in Fredericton hardcore act Deep Fryer is their new EP Rockin’ Right Hard. A product that leaves you with the same feeling of overindulgence as the Dixie Lee chicken on the cover, only with less regret, and you sweat out the calories instead on consuming them. Continue reading New Music: Deep Fryer’s ‘Rockin’ Right Hard’ Is Greasier Than A Bucket of Dixie Lee
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In Review: Theatre UNB Presents ‘Cats, Cockatoos, and Caca: Two Plays by Eugene Ionesco’
Theatre UNB is concluding the semester for their Drama 2173 class with ‘Cats, Cockatoos, and Caca,’ a double-feature of plays by Eugene Ionesco, the Romanian-French playwright best known for his pioneering work in the genre of the Theatre of the Absurd. Focusing on the surreal, the inexplicable, and the outrageous, director Len Falkenstein selected two of Ionesco’s early works, ‘Jack, or the Submission‘ and ‘The Bald Soprano,’ with the stated intent of challenging the actors’ skills and encouraging growth. Continue reading In Review: Theatre UNB Presents ‘Cats, Cockatoos, and Caca: Two Plays by Eugene Ionesco’
New Brunswick Musicians Rally To Support Living Roots Fundraiser
Fredericton-based festival Living Roots has spent the last three years promoting local bands, often putting on shows at Grimross Brewing Co. and, of course, throwing their annual festival in late May. Nobody ever said making a living from music was easy, though, and now musicians from around Fredericton and across the province are turning out to support the festival with a fundraiser. Continue reading New Brunswick Musicians Rally To Support Living Roots Fundraiser
Music Video: Stephen Lewis & The Big Band Of Fun Annual Birthday Funkup Breaks Out ‘Everybody Dance’
New Brunswick’s Commander-In-Funk, Stephen Lewis, is celebrating another birthday. As it is written in the Gospel of Funk, he has born unto us a child this day—a child of light and sound. And Stephen, in his funkiness, raised the child up on high and sayeth unto thee ‘Everybody Dance’. Continue reading Music Video: Stephen Lewis & The Big Band Of Fun Annual Birthday Funkup Breaks Out ‘Everybody Dance’
Shivering Songs Announce 2018 Line-Up
Shivering Songs, Fredericton’s midwinter festival of songwriting and storytelling are gearing up for this year’s edition and have announced the 2018 lineup. Now in their eighth year, Shivering Songs have earned their reputation as connoisseurs of fine song and songcraft, bringing in acts that tend to the poetic side of things. Held during one of the coldest months of the year, the festival brings a bit of sunshine—or at least a good story—to brighten those dark winter days. Continue reading Shivering Songs Announce 2018 Line-Up