Tag Archives: Halifax

Single: Michael S. Ryan’s Decade Old Song About His Last Career Setback, ‘This Way’

The music industry may have taken a proverbial arrow to the knee this year, causing everyone involved to rethink their career paths. Some musicians are eager to pivot and capitalize on our new reality, others are prepared to pack it in, and Michael S. Ryan is preparing to weather the storm. The latest in his series of monthly singles, “This Way” is an ode to “believing in the path you’re on, inspiration, and the thing inside us all that motivates us to do what we do.” Continue reading Single: Michael S. Ryan’s Decade Old Song About His Last Career Setback, ‘This Way’

New Music: Halifax’s Quiet Parade Skew Pop-Rock With ‘The Will to Weather the Storm’

Halifax’s pop-rockers Quiet Parade have not been staying quiet with the release of their new album The Will to Weather The Storm. Some changes have come along with this record which have shifted the band from their former folk-rocker portrayal to what we now hear as their new pop-rock identity – and it’s good! Continue reading New Music: Halifax’s Quiet Parade Skew Pop-Rock With ‘The Will to Weather the Storm’

New Music: Jon McKiel’s ‘Bobby Joe Hope’ Provides Hope for East Coast Art-Pop

Jon McKiel has given us greater cause to revoke his status as Atlantic Canada’s best-kept secret with his latest album, Bobby Joe Hope. An ambitious psychedelic record, Bobby Joe Hope, steps well beyond hand-holding, or even aligning itself all that closely to genre or style, instead, McKiel masterfully manipulates wild elements into producing a projection of mode and mood. Continue reading New Music: Jon McKiel’s ‘Bobby Joe Hope’ Provides Hope for East Coast Art-Pop