The NFB consistently fosters and showcases film projects from all across the country, and is no stranger to experimental cinema. One of their latest pieces to be released sounds like a bit of a strange melange on paper- Far Away From Far Away, a story centred around Canadian entrepreneur Zita Cobb’s life on Fogo Island, Newfoundland in the ’60s and ’70s, and designed as an interactive mobile experience. But something about this collision of worlds makes for a truly captivating piece. Continue reading NFB Project ‘Far Away From Far Away’ Brings Fogo Island a Little Closer
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Premiere – Kelly McMichael Says to Ditch the Crappy Jobs and Boyfriends on ‘Out the Window’
It’s a scenario as old as time; you’re sitting in the driver’s seat of an idling car in the driveway of an all-too-familiar home. The clock reads a little after 8:30, and the coffee is just hitting you as the car begins to warm up. You think to yourself, “What if I just drove away? What if I just skipped work today, drove off, and began a new life?”
In the creative mind of St. John’s’ Kelly McMichael, the multi-talented artist not only dares to imagine such a feat but does so with a friend by her side. Indeed, in McMichael’s brand new, music video-accompanied single “Out The Window,” life-sucking jobs and mediocre boyfriends are given the boot for a fun, poppy, girls-vacation tune. Continue reading Premiere – Kelly McMichael Says to Ditch the Crappy Jobs and Boyfriends on ‘Out the Window’
MusicNL Announce 2020 Award Winners During 2020-2021 MusicNL Week
Amid a weekend of digitally broadcast showcases, MusicNL announced their 2020 winners during their 28th annual awards show hosted by Petrina Bromley and The Once’s Phil Churchill.
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Adam Baxter’s ‘As Long As Nothing Gets Hurt’ is an Anthem for Common Courtesy
Adam Baxter’s fourth single from his upcoming socially distanced album, Connections, offers a solid bit of advice, especially considering the year we’ve endured. “As Long as Nothing Gets Hurt” may sound like something an exhausted parent might tell their sucrose-fueled children, eager to run amok (to be fair, it seems that most everyone falls onto one side of that divide or the other right now, depending on their level of coping skills), but it’s a great reminder that everything is fun and games until someone loses an eye, regardless of your age.
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Yelverton Undertow Release ‘Lakes’ After a Nineteen-Year Wait
April 2020 was a month of unprecedented shifts across Canada. Coming off the back of COVID-19’s arrival in the country, individuals and organizations from coast to coast were coming up with their own responses to this now-familiar way of life.
CBC Newfoundland saw an opportunity and took it, framing that month’s RPM (Record Production Month) Challenge as “Stay Home, Make Music.”
Rob Rodgers and Matthew Thompson, two old friends from St. John’s, took it a few steps further and emerged with one of the most impressive two-person jobs on the East Coast. Thus was the birth of Yelverton Undertow’s Lakes EP. Continue reading Yelverton Undertow Release ‘Lakes’ After a Nineteen-Year Wait