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Sarah Hansen – Gather Up Your Days

Many of us know that St. John’s, NL, is the place to go if you want to spend every night of the week in a pub, listening to live music. I’ve done that with friends, but we found a dearth ...
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Villages – Dark Island

Photo by Mel Stone. Cape Breton Island-based Celtic folk-rock quartet Villages released a new full-length album on Feb. 17, their second release, called Dark Island. The 11 tracks are meant to give one a flavour of what it would mean ...
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Why Dave McEathron says you should listen to the new ...

Dave McEathron is a singer-songwriter and musician known for his work with the Warped 45s and, most recently, his solo material. But today he takes a break from creating his own music to heap praise on a fellow artist: Selina ...
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Taylor Simpson moves forward with ‘Lies Beneath’ ft. Eden Sterling

Indie folk-rock singer Taylor Simpson is on a roll. Shortly after releasing his well-received full-length debut album, Learning to Live with Precious Time, he returned to the studio to record six new tracks for New Sights in A Familiar Place. ...
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Julian Taylor – Beyond the Reservoir

Julian Taylor released Beyond the Reservoir through his label Howling Turtle on Oct. 14, 2022. “Moonlight” is a sweeping opener in the style of Leonard Cohen, referencing Canadian places in baritone while telling a story that’s all Julian’s. It sets ...
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Elise Boeur and Adam Iredale-Gray – Fiddle Tunes

Elise Boeur and Adam Iredale-Gray have been playing fiddle tunes of one sort or another for over 20 years. In that time, their musical journeys have taken them off, separately and together, in all sorts of directions. Stops along the ...
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Dâvi Simard – Violoneux

Multi-instrumentalist Dâvi Simard is one of the most magnetic musicians I have ever seen. I simply cannot keep my eyes off him when he performs, he has such virtuosity, energy and vivacity, and every bit of that charisma is heard ...
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Madison Violet – Eleven

What do you do when you see an advertisement for an old Airstream trailer that comes complete with a recording studio? You immediately jump into your car, cheque in hand, to follow your dream. This is the story that Brenley ...
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Sultans of String – Sanctuary

There are places in the world where for reasons that are beyond logic, you cannot visit or even contemplate living a life of safety and calm. War, politics, terrorism, poverty, crime, environmental degradation and persecution are just some of the ...
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iskwe and Tom Wilson – Mother Love

iskwe and Tom Wilson release their first album together, Mother Love, tomorrow. They sing brilliantly throughout the album as it ranges from the blues to sweet indie folk to crushing Americana ballads. Tom is the main singer-songwriter on Mother Love. ...