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Singer-songwriters Amy Campbell & Tiiu Tour East
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Doubling up for the Road Singer-songwriters Amy Campbell And Tiiu Tour The East Coast Who: Amy Campbell and Tiiu (pronounced Tea-You) What: A double-bill of roots singer-songwrit ...
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Doubling up for the Road
Singer-songwriters Amy Campbell And Tiiu Tour The East Coast
Who: Amy Campbell and Tiiu (pronounced Tea-You)
What: A double-bill of roots singer-songwriters
Details:
Thursday, July 9th. The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield, PQ.
Friday, July 10th. The Yellow Door, Montreal, PQ
Saturday, July 11th. Crumbs Café, Fredericton, NB.
Sunday, July 12th. The Dunk, Breadalbane, PEI.
Tuesday, July 21st. The Grapevine, St. John’s, NFLD.
Wednesday, July 22nd. Distortion, St. John’s, NFLD.
Thursday, July 23rd. The Bull and Barrell, St. John’s, NFLD.
Friday, July 24th. The Rose and Thistle, St. John’s, NFLD.
Monday, July 27th. The Carleton, Halifax, NS.
Wednesday, July 29th. Café Cambio, Chicoutimi, PQ.
Toronto-based singer-songwriters, Amy Campbell and Tiiu are heading east this July for an extensive tour of Eastern Canada. Over the course of the evening, the performers will share the stage to perform finely crafted folk songs - some their own, and some classics you may recognize too.
This tour is somewhat of a homecoming for Amy Campbell, a talented songwriter who was born and raised in Mt. Pearl, Newfoundland, and began her career during her fifteen years Halifax. Amy has steadily been developing a cult following over the years with her defiant and vulnerable love songs, and her relentless touring schedule. A compelling live performer, she has shared stages throughout Canada and the States with many friends, including Veda Hille, Emm Gryner and Penny Lang. Her new album - Oh Heart, Oh Highway - recently reached #1 on CBC's Galaxie Folk/Roots chart.
On Ontario native, Tiiu is bringing her whiskey-twisted vocals for their second tour of the East Coast. An endearing performer, Tiiu has worked her way across Canada multiple times over the past couple of years, sharing the stage with the likes of Old Man Luedecke, Ian Tamblyn and Serena Ryder. Her latest recording “Shooting Stars, Blazing Hearts”, produced by Don Kerr (Ron Sexmith) has garnered national acclaim with CBC Radio, and won the hearts of fans across the country.
For media information, photographs, interviews, etc. please contact:
Amy Campbell
amy@amycampbell.ca
Websites:
www.tiiuland.com
www.amycampbell.ca
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Owen Steel Et Al Eastern Canadian Tour
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Fredericton / St. Andrews based Owen Steel Et Al (Scott Culligan & Mike Humble) are kicking off their tour tonight in Fredericton at Wilsurs Room. The tour will see them through Quebec and Ontario ove ...
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Fredericton / St. Andrews based Owen Steel Et Al (Scott Culligan & Mike Humble) are kicking off their tour tonight in Fredericton at Wilsurs Room. The tour will see them through Quebec and Ontario over the next week. When returning home they will be playing shows all over the Maritimes to keep the good times rolling. The trio have recently been added to this years Evolve and Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival as well.
All of the up coming shows can be found here:
http://www.myspace.com/owensteel
Photo by Marc Xavier LeBlanc
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Music/Musique NB Annual General Meeting (AGM)
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On Sunday May 31st, Music / Musique NB will be having it's 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Moncton at their office at 108 High street. **Please RSVP and let us know if you'll be attend ...
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On Sunday May 31st, Music / Musique NB will be having it's 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Moncton at their office at 108 High street.
**Please RSVP and let us know if you'll be attending**
Here are some of the things we will be addressing at the AGM:
*New board members: we are currently looking for new board members and volunteers. Please contact us if you are interested!
*There are a couple of bi-law changes we'll be voting on. You can download them on our web site
*New membership renewal date: As of 2009, membership renewal will be due on June 1st. Any members having paid their membership after June 1st 2008 are automatically members until June 2010.
*Strategic planning for 2009-2012
MNB and the RE:FLUX festival
MNB, in partnership with the RE:FLUX festival, is proud to present an evening of community based music with a contemporary edge. To close the Annual General Meeting, Music New Brunswick presents an evening of great local new music:
Paranerd
myspace.com/paranerd
The TBA collective
tbacollective.com/wordpress
IN C
(Terry Riley,1964)
WIKI in C
We invite members of the association to join us in the performance of Terry Riley's IN C. For those interested, please contact us by phone (506) 383-462 or by e-mail.
Where: Moncton, Club 700, 700 Main st.
Date: Sunday, May 31st 2009
Time: 8PM
Cost: 6$
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Motorleague Makes Straight-up Forward Music
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If one cannot get enough of the balls-to-the-wall, thumping rock and roll to practice one’s air-guitar to, Moncton’s Motorleague has it covered. Motorleague has this sound that harkens to the Que ...
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If one cannot get enough of the balls-to-the-wall, thumping rock and roll to practice one’s air-guitar to, Moncton’s Motorleague has it covered. Motorleague has this sound that harkens to the Queens of the Stone Age and Wolfmother. But for a more appropriate Canadian comparison look to rockers Pride Tiger and Spreadeagle. To find the source of these comparisons, check out tracks like You Wear Me Down and Face Time With The Boss. This is where the sometimes dueling and often harmonizing guitars come out with the drums and bass to give one’s ear drums a pleasant and unfettered what for. Certainly a gem of the Maritime music milieu, Moncton’s Motorleague makes music fit for cyclists and rampant runners to give’r on the straightaway like there is no tomorrow.
Unfortunately, this need to keep pushing for heavy, distorted and fast phrasing begets Motorleague’s sonic strengths a wee bit. Sometimes it seems as though the musical ideas were rehashed and reordered to slap something together that was already heard a few tracks prior. Sometimes the drums, although very solid, is haphazardly juggling the polyrhythms to the point where the seams are about to rip apart. An example would be during the bridge in the track Fossils. It must be noted that these are but minor infractions in the path to putting out something that gives New Brunswick something else to be proud of.
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Christina Martin; Weird Weather; & Cameron MacLean
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On a wet Thursday night in Fredericton, maritime musician Christina Martin and openers Cameron MacLean and Weird Weather were on the bill at Wilser’s Room. In a set-up much like the Forward Music G ...
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On a wet Thursday night in Fredericton, maritime musician Christina Martin and openers Cameron MacLean and Weird Weather were on the bill at Wilser’s Room. In a set-up much like the Forward Music Group’s Sunday Night Songwriter’s Series, the show was already underway as I made my way up the familiar steel staircase in back of Tannery where the Capital Bar Complex is located. Point to note for those not familiar with Fredericton, the Tannery is the entertainment district where multiple watering holes and food places can be found. Other than Dolan’s “Irish Pub” which was jammed with drunks dancing and whooping to cover bands playing the hits, this was a tame weekday night in the Tannery.
Anyway, Wilser’s Room was the place to find genuine acts like Cameron MacLean who was already on stage by the time I arrived. Another accomplished acoustic guitarist of Fredericton, the full finger style plucking was complimented by some very full vocals that hinted at a life of voice training. Not that MacLean’s music needed ballast to maintain musical balance; Maclean had a backup singer who awkwardly sat beside him. She would occasionally inject some more energy into the set while fidgeting with her coffee cup. The thing that stuck out about MacLean’s music was at the end of most musical phrases. MacLean would sustain a hauntingly full note with a little sprinkling of vibrato spice. I bet MacLean’s sustained and haunting voice could even send chills down Stephen Harper’s soulless spine as he and his merry band of neo-cons make more cuts to the arts.
Next up were Peterborough’s Weird Weather, who is a trio consisting of two guitarists and a drummer. They feature members of the many in The Burning Hell and sort of follow a similar tack. Opening with “A River Runs Through Her,” the lads seem to have some twang and a slow steady beat that gently picks up the pace ever so slightly before working itself in a mini-wall of sound. At most times, the fellows were mild mannered on stage until the mini-wall came out and the lads delicately demonstrated they have a little rock star hiding in each of them.
At times though, Nick Ferrio was at danger of over-singing his songs with his Neil Young-esque voice. It sort of disturbed the sound, but he was generally good to go in the realm of the deliberate and heartfelt genre. The drummer Mike Duguay pulled some double duty and had a little synth next to his drum set which added a different dimension to the music at times. What was mildly humorous was the general style demeanour of Jay Swinnerton because it reminded me of Joshua Jackson’s character in the CanCon film One Week. Though looking intensely thoughtful and distant like Jackson’s character, Swinnerton displayed some great guitarist skill and made the music come out of the closet.
Last up was Christina Martin who picked up an East Coast Music Award in St John’s last February for the NewCap Radio Pop Recording of 2008. Martin was also nominated for three Nova Scotia Music week nominations and won two of them. These were for the Female Artist Recording of 2008 and the Pop/Rock Artist/Group Recording of 2008. Martin kicked things off with a great cover of Share’s “Subject to Change” and soon demonstrated how she is a true and natural showperson. Martin is full of witty and outright hilarious anecdotes that range from how Anne Murray’s son hit her car on tour and the story behind some of her songs. For example, the song “Daisy” is named after her father’s dead cat she did not like, is about two friends who would both confide in her about their dislike for each other, and how she took the side of one of her friends.
A great singer-songwriter, it is no wonder that Christina Martin is cleaning house in maritime music awards with her twangy tunage and wispy vocals about love, heartbreak and all things associated. Not overly emotional or full of angst, Martin deals with the matters of the heart well and makes me appreciate being in love. Martin spoke of her past year being a full circle, which started in the same place, Wilser’s Room, nearly a year ago. Martin was still shakily finding her stage presence in one of her first shows as she opened for Share and Old Man Luedecke. Now look at her go! What made the Martin circle more complete was an impromptu addition of drummer Zach Atkinson of Share to the mix. Remember that she played her first show with Share and started this show with a Share cover.
The most terrible things about the show were these loud party persons priming up with pints and the steep prices for a CD. Both Christina Martin and Weird Weather charged $15 for their albums which was five more than my student ways were budgeting. I begrudgingly coughed it up because I knew the money went straight into their pockets and would subsequently support their respective tours. What’s two pints of beer anyway? Christina Martin is still on the road with multiple dates in the USA; a show in Sussex 22 May; a show in Saint John 23 May; and many more. Weird Weather is going to be capping off their tour soon in their hometown of Peterborough by playing a show with Shotgun Jimmie and Attack in Black 13 May. Cameron MacLean will not performing anytime soon according to website sources, but look for him chilling out in the coffee shops on King Street.
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Logan’s Run with Jon and Roy – Wilser’s Room
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All was quiet on another spring evening in New Brunswick until the fabulously Frederictonian Forward Music Group put on their Sunday Night Songwriters Series at Wilser’s Room. The series is not mea ...
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All was quiet on another spring evening in New Brunswick until the fabulously Frederictonian Forward Music Group put on their Sunday Night Songwriters Series at Wilser’s Room. The series is not meant to be a rock and/or roll racket; rather a serene event in which visiting and local talent are matched to play something conducive to Sunday evenings. Wilser’s Room, an intimate venue with great pints on tap, was just right for the lads on the bill that featured Victoria’s own Jon & Roy. Originally the Haligonian group Quiet Parade was supposed to start the event off, but unfortunately they were no shows. So Logan, vocalist for the Slate Pacific of the Forward Music Group label, did a solo set to kick off this particular Songwriter’s Series.
Just after arriving and getting a pint, Logan Hawkes started things off and a drunken elderly fellow wearing a CN hat politely proclaimed to me, “I don’t like his voice. What do you think? Do you like his voice?” I politely told him it was not bad and he seemed upset he had no back-up on this one. Hawke’s voice was on hauntingly on key and sincerely soulful as he delicately dished out heartfelt lyrics much to the chagrin of that elderly fellow. The elderly fellow left mid-way through the set and the only other ruckus during the set was an air compressor in the back that threatened to overpower the sound situation.
Thankfully, Hawkes is a very accomplished guitar player who can strum to simple chords before breaking out complicated finger style. As Hawkes is able to fuse guitar and voice so well, the minor interruptions were slight blemishes on a well put together opening set for the Sunday Night Songwriter’s Series. Not bad for a guy who came into the show bill at the last minute. While I was looking forward to seeing Quiet Parade, which features members of the Sleepless Nights who are also on the Forward Music Group label, Hawkes was a very welcome shift before Jon & Roy took to the stage.
Victoria’s Jon & Roy sat in the front supporting Logan but as soon as he was done, they quickly got set up to serenade the Fredericton venue with a dynamic and delightful set. On the radar for some time in Victoria and Vancouver, Jon & Roy were on a short wham-bam tour through the maritimes and this was their last show before heading westward. Jon & Roy are able to shape and control their sound very well with a great balance between bass, guitar, drum and vocals. Their bassist, Ryan Tonelli, seems like he would be at home in a funky groove band while the drummer, Roy Vizer seems like he would be at home playing in jazz ensembles and Jon Middleton seems right at home in this group.
The music of Jon & Roy is a great mix between folksy fun, reclusive reggae roots, and this certain something that hints at Victoria vigour. Especially when Vizer breezily bangs on his bongos while not overstepping his place in Jon & Roy space. Maybe offering the benefit of doubt should be extended since this was a lazy Sunday evening, but towards the end the show was dragging on a bit. The songs ideas sometimes came around to the same tack as before so it sometimes seemed like one had heard the song before. Anyway, this is nothing that another pint and a more careful study of great musicianship could not solve.
Stay tuned for more Sunday Songwriter Series put on by the Forward Music Group throughout the summer at Wilser’s Room which is a part of the wonderful Capital Bar Complex. Also, Logan Hawkes’ group the Slate Pacific will be playing multiple dates throughout the maritimes starting with Fredericton June 5th at the Capital and Halifax June 6th at the Seahorse Tavern. This will all be in support of the recently released E.P. by the Slate Pacific. Sadly, despite a name that hints of a certain western ocean, for my British Columbian friends, there are no dates out there yet. The same goes for Jon & Roy who are probably taking a well deserved break.
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The Stanfields EP Release @ Dolans April 30-May 2
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"Best Band To Get Trashed To" - The Coast Magazine (Halifax, NS) "The Clash meets Steve Earle" - Sean McCann (Great Big Sea) “The enthusiastic, outstanding dynamics of their thunderin ...
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"Best Band To Get Trashed To" - The Coast Magazine (Halifax, NS)
"The Clash meets Steve Earle" - Sean McCann (Great Big Sea)
“The enthusiastic, outstanding dynamics of their
thundering rock rhythms, bang on Celtic melodies and bringing it back home harmonies and lyrics brought on an energy from
the crowd not to be outdone or forgotten”. - (SNAPHalifax)
NO COVER on Thursday
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GRADY HITS FREDERICTON MAY 1st!
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Grady (featuring Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar) will be playing in Fredericton at Nicky Zee's on Friday May 1st! The Spades will be joining Grady that night. Here is the show information:&nbs ...
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Grady (featuring Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar) will be playing in Fredericton at Nicky Zee's on Friday May 1st! The Spades will be joining Grady that night.
Here is the show information:
Friday May 1st @ NickyZees
Grady - http://www.myspace.com/gradyaustin
The Spades - http://www.thespades.ca
Others TBA
$17 Adv / $20 Door / Doors @ 10PM
Tickets On Sale Now:
Reads Newsstand (King Street)
Online: http://www.ticketpro.ca
Direct Link: https://ww4.ticketpro.ca/achat_NZE01ES09.html?lang=en
Phone: 1-888-311-9090
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Support Local Music Week (Day 7)
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 6)
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 5)
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 4)
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Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1, 2 & 3 below! The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about . Check out t ...
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Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1, 2 & 3 below!
The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about .
Check out the bands - then leave a comment on their myspace, add them as friends - or talk about them on the board - the idea is to positively affect band this week.
So here are your third run of 5 myspaces for the third day of SLM2009.
Data Camp
First Words
Holophonic Porno
Sascrotch
The Daisy Anthesis
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 3)
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Day 3!! Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1 & 2 below! The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about . ...
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Day 3!!
Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1 & 2 below!
The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about .
Check out the bands - then leave a comment on their myspace, add them as friends - or talk about them on the board - the idea is to positively affect band this week.
So here are your third run of 5 myspaces for the third day of SLM2009.
Celeta
Force Fields aka The Fussy Part
Sleepy Driver
The Nancies
Virgo A
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 2)
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Day 2!! Here it is - welcome back to Support Local Music Week 2009! Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1 below! The idea is to get new people to check o ...
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Day 2!!
Here it is - welcome back to Support Local Music Week 2009!
Please make sure to check the band links in Day 1 below!
The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about .
Check out the bands - then leave a comment on their myspace, add them as friends - or talk about them on the board - the idea is to positively affect band this week.
So here are your second 5 myspaces for the second day of SLM2009.
Ambiin The Rust
Hard Charger
Share
The Olympic Symphonium
The Slate Pacific
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Support Local Music Week 2009 (Day 1)
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Hey!! Here it is - welcome to Support Local Music Week 2009. Fredericton is the first city to join the initiative which was started in Moncton last year - so congrats for being more kick ass than oth ...
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Hey!! Here it is - welcome to Support Local Music Week 2009. Fredericton is the first city to join the initiative which was started in Moncton last year - so congrats for being more kick ass than other cities!
The idea is to get new people to check out new bands - they haven't yet heard - or know little about .
Check out the bands - then leave a comment on their myspace, add them as friends - or talk about them on the board - the idea is to positively affect band this week.
So here are your first 5 myspaces for the first day of SLM2009.
All Of Green
Chillin' Room
Ross Neilson
Them The Rag Tag
We The Undersigned
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