Nicole Ariana is finding silver linings in peculiar circumstances. Hot on the tail of releasing a sleek new music video for her single, “Costs A Lot,” comes a live performance video for the same song and she says it’s already opening doors for her. Continue reading Nicole Ariana Debuts Live Performance Video from Nova Scotia Music Week Sessions
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Symphony New Brunswick Celebrates Beethoven’s Birthday with ‘My Dear Ludwig’
Ludwig van Beethoven is celebrating a rather special birthday this Friday, or rather the musically-enriched world that he left behind will be celebrating on his behalf. On December 17, 2021, LVB will be turning a very distinguished 250 years old. To mark the occasion, Symphony New Brunswick presents Camerata NB in concert with “My Dear Ludwig”, an evening (or three) of all-Beethoven programming. Continue reading Symphony New Brunswick Celebrates Beethoven’s Birthday with ‘My Dear Ludwig’
Peer Review: The Best Music of 2021
Each year, our staff spend hours and hours going through the absolutely massive number of songs that hit our inbox. While we do our best to thoroughly digest each and every one of them, sometimes you need to experience them out in the wild. That’s why we like to ask some experts from the community what’s tickled their fancy; musicians who have their own educated opinions on the matter, or perhaps listened to these songs performed again and again while on the road, or even watch them develop in the studio.
Here is our annual Peer Review of the Best Music from 2021. Continue reading Peer Review: The Best Music of 2021
Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’
Mitch Currie. Twenty-six years old. Ageing rock star.
It’s a precarious position to find oneself in; the tail-end of a burgeoning music career as the window of possibilities grows increasingly narrow. Whether that holds true or not is an entirely different matter—with countless examples to the contrary—and what truly matters is that the near-side of thirty has lit a fire under Currie’s butt.
Good Enough For Now, Currie’s debut solo EP, is the result: a lesson that something is almost always better than nothing. Good Enough For Now even skews a bit humble in that regard. Continue reading Mitch Currie Plays the Hand He’s Been Dealt on ‘Good Enough for Now’
Jon Mullane Puts a New Edge on the Holidays with ‘Feels Like Christmas’
Snow flutters about, strings of lights illuminate the night sky and one mitten stretches forth in search of another. The music then swells and Jon Mullane encapsulates the moment as his rasping vocals expel the joys of this season for one and all. The soundtrack to the season is cliché but has never been more fitting. Continue reading Jon Mullane Puts a New Edge on the Holidays with ‘Feels Like Christmas’