Dispatches from the Mariposa Folk Festival night time stages (Friday)
As usual at Mariposa, Friday late night at the Pub Stage is all about the dance party. Tanika Charles was first to get the packed-venue crowd up on their feet. She and her band performed what timeless soul music sounds ...
Bob Mersereau reminisces about East Coast Music Book of Fame: ...
Noted New Brunswick music journalist Bob Mersereau tells unheard origin stories of east coast artists who made it big in his book The East Coast Music Book of Fame: Top 50. The timing worked perfectly for Bob as he started ...
Mike Bern Pays Tribute to “Ancestors” with his new release
Multi-award nominee and Indigenous singer-songwriter, Mike Bern pays tribute to those who came before him with his new single, “Ancestors.” “Ancestors” is a song inspired by a visit Mike made to an Angel Reader — a person who can communicate ...
How Matt Andersen accidentally wrote a song with David Francey
Singer-songwriter Matt Andersen’s new album, House To House, is something of a return to his roots in its approach. The New Brunswick native’s first albums, 2004’s One Size Never Fits, and 2005’s Solo At Sessions, were live recordings featuring just Matt’s ...
Jaclyn Reinhart shares video for ‘Rearview’ and fall tour dates
Saint John, NB-based Americana artist Jaclyn Reinhart is gearing up to release her new EP Sleep With Ghosts on Oct. 15, and as the date approaches, we’re pleased to give you a first look at the video for the standout ...
New Brunswick’s Jaclyn Reinhart shares single ‘Rearview’ from upcoming Sleep ...
On her new EP, Sleep With Ghosts, Jaclyn Reinhart chronicles a chaotic period in her life in the direct, unflinching style that’s made her one of Canada’s most promising new roots rock artists. For the New Brunswick-based singer-songwriter, the five ...
David Picco releases new single ‘If You Wanna Change My ...
St. John’s, NL singer-songwriter David Picco has returned with “If You Wanna Change My Mind,” a hypnotizing new single that sets the stage for his sixth full-length album, Live It Down, due in February 2021. The single is available today ...
Check out these gorgeous new songs from Rose Cousins’ forthcoming ...
Rose Cousins releases her new album, Bravado, Feb. 21 on Outside Music, and if the string of singles she’s been releasing in advance is any indication, it’s going to be a monster. She’s just put out another new one: “The ...
Here are your 2020 Canadian Folk Music Award nominees
The board of the Canadian Folk Music Awards has just announced the nominees for the 2020 awards, which will be handed out in Charlottetown, PEI April 3 and 4. Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees! Traditional Album of the ...
Arise & Go – Meeting Place
This lovely CD is yet another example of the cross-border pollination that happens among the fantastically good musicians from Canada and the United States. That arbitrary political line we call a border does not exist when musicians get together. Fiddler ...