Paige Morgan, River Valley Sun, Local Journalism Initiative The Martin Boys took home their first East Coast Music Award for Country Release of the Year during the music celebration week in Sydney, Nova Scotia, from May 20 to 24. “We were super stoked when we found out. We were actually driving from Winnipeg to Thunder […]
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Paddlefest Music and Nature Festival has ushered in the warmer weather for its third decade, creating a point of reflection on the annual event’s history. Throughout the last thirty years, Jamie Steel, a co-founder of Paddlefest, has seen it evolve from a yearly paddle with friends into a town-wide celebration. “It was [originally] just a […]
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Paige Morgan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, River Valley Sun The Woodstock brothers continue their climb, earn EMCA nomination and record in Nashville Nashville is looking at a lot more Carleton County these days, thanks to the Woodstock country duo, The Martin Boys. Since winning second place on season five of Canada’s Got Talent in May […]
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The Dandy Warhols were that band with an indie heart that got swept up into the cogs of the major label record industry. Formed in Portland, Oregon, with no greater aspirations than to play parties with their friends they caught the ears of executives at legendary Capitol Records and the push was on. The indie […]
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Campobello Island’s Fog Festival is coming back this year for another season of art, music, and island culture. The festival started 13 years ago, when residents of the island decided they needed extra support for the local economy, according to Fanina Alexander, a volunteer with Fog Fest. “We have many performing artists who are coming […]
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Steve Earle is standing in the shadows by the side of the club stage enraptured as he watches the young artist win over a crowd of rowdy young men here to see the headliner. Every once in a while, he casts his gaze towards the Moncton club floor giving the evil eye to any audience […]
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A craftsman, a songwriter’s songwriter, an everyman for the ages. John Hiatt is all that and more. One of my greatest concert memories is Hiatt at the Club Flamingo in Halifax test driving these songs. He wound up playing pretty much every track from this masterpiece as I sat front row two feet from him. […]
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Joan Osborne has become known in recent years as an interpreter of other classic songwriters. Her recordings of Dylan standards, Stax/Motown soul and cheesy 80s and 90’s fare have earned many accolades, but she started in the business as a songwriter of depth and raw emotion. Helped along by the songwriting chops and musicianship of […]
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After conquering the commercial sales universe with Fleetwood Mac and the bazillion-selling album “Rumours”, Buckingham found that he wanted to extend his creativity and find a measure of artistic success. The oft-criticized follow-up record, the risk-taking “Tusk” and then the playful, gleeful solo debut “Law & Order” offered a glimpse into the artist in which […]
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In an alternate universe British band Japan would have had the pop star success of Duran Duran, and teenagers would have had Mick Karn and Richard Barbieri posters on their bedroom walls. Alas, it was not to be. Several hits and moody videos gave us the niggling suspicion that this band was less concerned with […]
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