Shivering Songs: Fredericton’s annual winter festival have just announced that they will be expanding their 2016 line-up. Not only will the festival feature several additional bands, but will also be featuring a tribute to Neil Young. Continue reading Shivering Songs Announce Additional Line-Up & Neil Young Tribute
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Shivering Songs Announce 2017 Line-Up
Shivering Songs has been a mainstay of Fredericton winters for the last seven years now. It’s an ember in an otherwise useless month, meant to melt away the midwinter frost that keeps us paralyzed with seasonal affective disorder, and combats January blues with a celebration of song writing and storytelling. The festival is still more than two months away, but today the Fredericton-based Festival have announced their initial 2017 line-up. Continue reading Shivering Songs Announce 2017 Line-Up
Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness
Mid-winter in the downtown core of Fredericton has a capricious disposition: the windchill flickers between pacific and caustic, the sidewalks are littered with icy pitfalls, and and our doses of heavy snowstorm seem wildly irregular. In spite of all this, the weather held at a moderate breeze over the weekend, and the temperature seemed to rise a few degrees for those of us who took in this year’s Shivering Songs festival. Continue reading Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness
The Grand Ole Wilser’s: A Tribute To Classic Country
“Ever heard of cowpunk?” Josh Bravener is a born and bred Frederictonian who plays with a local rockabilly/’cowpunk’ band called The Hypochondriacs. He also, consequently, has a love for country music, the kind your parents grew up with: Hank Williams, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash, but with a punk-y twist. That love of twang has brought him to organizing a tribute show to the Grand Ole Opry called Grand Ole Wilsers. Continue reading The Grand Ole Wilser’s: A Tribute To Classic Country
Everything You’re In For At Shivering Songs
Fredericton, New Brunswick will once again be playing host to the Shivering Songs music festival, taking place between January 21st and 24th. The festival has recently announced the full extent of their 2016 line-up, with the notable additions of Mo Kenny, Marine Dreams, and Les Hay babies. Continue reading Everything You’re In For At Shivering Songs