The details of the 2013 edition of the Wolfe Island Festival have been released. This year's show takes place Aug 9 & 10, just outside Kingston. The line-up of performers includes: Joel Plaskett Emergency Born Ruffians Buck 65 Hannah Georgas Bahamas The Wooden Sky Wildlife [...]
Toronto's Meredith Shaw will be releasing a trio of EPs this year on which she collaborates with renowned Canadian musicians. The first installment, Trouble , features Joel Plaskett and comes out on May 28th. Watch the making of video here: Meredith Shaw plays the Dakota Tavern in Toronto on May 30th.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , R.I.P. Kayla MacLellan Yesterday's day-long tribute concert in Halifax for Jay Smith , the late guitarist best known for his work with Matt Mays , raised over $100,000 for his family. "$100,000 raised, 10,000 live stream viewers, 1,200 people attending and rock royalty performing for #jaysmith and his family," Halifax Pop Explosion organizers tweeted this morning regarding the event at [...]
The first time that Joel Plaskett played in Philadelphia was 1995 when the barely out of his teens Plaskett opened up for the Toadies at the Trocadero along with his former band Thrush Hermit. The band went their separate ways in 1999 and the years since has seen Plaskett seen a good amount of success as a solo artist. However, his star has burned brighter in his native Canada than it has in the United States. So on his most recent swing through the City of Brotherly Love, the Nova Scotia born and based singer-songwriter played to a crowd in [...]
Reuben Cox The Toronto Urban Roots Festival has existed under a shroud of mystery since its existence emerged late last month , and even with its grand unveiling last week, it still only had two acts on its opening night - She & Him and Camera Obscura - to its roster. A promising start, but still eliciting more questions than excitement. That balance has arguably skewed in the other direction considerably with yesterday's announcement of Belle & Sebastian as the headlining act on the festival's closing night, July 7. That they're [...]
There were so many good albums this year that I couldn't make the decision to rank them, and I know that's not the most important decision anyway, so this year's best-of list is in groups with no internal order. This is the art I spent my cherished/wasted time consuming this year. Hope everybody's upcoming year is full of growth. Albums, Best of the Best: Franz Nicolay - Do the Struggle - tentative cynic-folk, sincere show-rock ( 9B review ) [...]
Filed under: News , Awards , Music Appreciation Joel Plaskett Facebook Joel Plaskett won't be calling himself Sir Joel Plaskett anytime soon, however he does have some royal clout after receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. According to a Facebook post on Friday, Plaskett announced he received the "new commemorative medal" marking the 60th anniversary of the Queen's "accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada." [...]
Pavla Kopecna In mentioning yesterday that winning the Mercury Prize allowed Alt-J to graduate from playing Wrongbar in September to playing The Phoenix in March, we can also scientifically see what only getting nominated to the shortlist gets you. Django Django , who were shortlisted on the strength of their self-titled debut , also played Wrongbar in late September and have also just scheduled a Spring tour that brings them back to town in March - March 12, specifically, and at The Opera House. So based on the capacities of [...]
Let's face it, everyone Canadian music fan loves Joel Plaskett . The Nova Scotian rocker just has some sort of undeniable appeal that resonates with all people from Bonavista to Vancouver Island. It also helps that he has written some extremely catchy and memorable songs in his twenty or so years as a musician in the spotlight. Luckily for the folks in Toronto, Joel has decided on a five day residency at the Horseshoe Tavern. I am sure during the five days you will hear tracks from his entire back catalog, including songs off his most [...]
Frank Yang That whole, "Halifax is the new Seattle" thing that went down in the early '90s is better known these days for simply having happened than for much of the music that came out of it. Sloan precipitated it and continue to endure, and the likes of Thrush Hermit and Eric's Trip are still remembered fondly by many and their principals continue to make music, but most Maritime acts who were tipped as the next big, fuzzy, plaid-clad thing some 15 to 20 years ago simply called it a day after a release or two, to be [...]
Ingram Barss There's been a series of articles The Grid for the past year called Then & Now that has been diligently recording the history of Toronto's musical history by way of its clubs and venues, many of which have been consigned to history regardless of what legendary acts have sweat upon their stages. It's truly fascinating reading - especially if you take the time to look up what sort of pedestrian businesses reside at those addresses today - but it's comforting to know that the [...]
Joel Plaskett on the Mojo Stage [Photo: Scott Greer] This year’s Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival was incredible. I’m so glad to have had the chance to check out so many fantastic performances and to have the chance to write about my experience. To wrap up my coverage, I’d like to share 10 highlights from my Harvest . Opening night shows . It’s a shame that the ultimate pass holders didn’t necessarily get out on Wednesday night – the combination of [...]
by ellefeeney Halifax's Joel Plaskett and the Emergency Band was one of my most anticipated acts at this year's Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival. His enthusiastic Wednesday night performance surpassed all of my expectations. The night’s folk-rock line-up in the Mojo Tent made it clear that the Harvest isn't all jazz and blues. Andy Brown [Photo: Scott Greer] Fredericton's own Andy Brown , the winner of the 20102s Galaxie Rising Star award, started off with his [...]
by ellefeeney The end of the in Fredericton summer is sweetened by the anticipation of one of the finest Music Festivals on the East Coast - the Harvest Jazz and Blues. This is the largest annual music festival in Atlantic Canada, featuring an impressive 150 performances (35% of which feature New Brunswick's own musicians) on 26 stages (including 4 completely free venues). I'll be covering the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival as only a Maritimer can - starting with this list of 1 0 [...]
Frank Yang We've certainly come a long way since late Summer, 2009 when Diamond Rings was that curious synth-pop side-project from the guy who fronted local garage-rock fixtures The D'Urbervilles (now Matters ). That infectious Summer song turned into a breakout debut album in Special Affections that would take John O'Regan, his guitar and laptop and unicorn tapestry, on a glitter-and-eyeshadow-fuelled journey around the world. Quite a tale, and one that had many anxious for the sequel. That part the second officially arrives with the [...]
Last year I reviewed Plaskett 's odds-n-ends collection Emergencys and said you'd like him if you were ever moved by Paul McCartney, Paul Westerberg, or Tom Petty. Scrappy Happiness (released as one single per week this past winter) casts that net wider in all directions, into Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, and Jon Snodgrass waters. I knew as this album was coming out in January/February that it would stay in the top-10 all year. " Lightning Bolt ," the Street Hassle - esque album-opener is the song of the year so [...]
Frank Yang Saturday night was pretty flush with options for Toronto music fans - Edgefest for the kids up at Downsview, the Sarah Harmer-led free War Of 1812 celebrations at Fort York for the CBC Radio 3 crowd - but for those of a certain generation, there was nowhere else to be but Lee's Palace. Because for one night only, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet were back. Thanks to being the house band for the Kids In The Hall comedy troupe in the late '80s and early '90s, Shadowy Men were arguably [...]
I have it on good advice that Joel Plaskett Emergency is a staple of Canadian sub-genre of rock known as dock rock (is having a song titled "Harbour Boys" an acknowledgement of this fact, I wonder??). At various points Scrappy Happiness reminded me of J. Geils Band , Tom Petty , a mellow version of Everclear and (I'm being extremely charitable here) Nick Lowe . It had it's moments and was well-produced but overall, this wasn't really my bag. Stream every track from the album on Joel's site [...]
Filed under: News , Awards , Music Appreciation Upper Class | A&C | Secret City The fight to determine the best Canadian album of 2012 based on artistic merit has officially begun. With most of the Canadian music industry setting their sights on Toronto's NXNE , organizers of the now seventh annual Polaris Music Prize instead announced its 40 Long List nominees today at the Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver, BC. And [...]
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