Home-grown blues wonder Keith Hallett’s howlin’, growlin’ vocals and soulful, impressive guitar licks and slides have made him a staple of the East Coast blues community. After winning the 2007 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award at Harvest, Keith released debut album Bear With Me, before setting out for Memphis and the International Blues Challenge the following year. He and his band hit the road running and never looked back, sharing stages and bills with blues greats such as Junior Watson, Buddy Guy and Sonny Landreth. Sophomore record Hell West & Crooked, released in 2015, showcases Keith’s growth as an artist who’s carved out his own remarkably unique old timey blues style.
She Said Feck 1 Yr Anniversary w CHIPS + Jerry Faye & Band + Some Dads at The Capital Complex (Fredericton) - Sat Mar 2 2019 at 10:00 pm
Fredericton based Record Label She Said Feck Records celebrates it's first anniversary with a huge party featuring a mix of label artists and their favourite local bands. "We've always been a big fan of putting artists on bills together who don't necessarily fit together musically. Not only does it draw a diverse crowd but it moves outside of the norm of having 3 similar artists on one bill together and opens people up to bands they may not have gone out to see live before. We're excited to have our labelmates CHIPS and 2 of my favourite local bands Jerry Faye with her new band and local legends Some Dads."
Cathartic and anthemic, CHIPS deliver honest, in-your-face punk rock that recalls the emotional hooks of Taking Back Sunday, the experimentation and honesty of Thrice, and the jovial camaraderie of Blink 182. The band released their debut EP Dingers in 2016, an exercise in heartbreak, confusion, longing, and coming to grips with how life can sometimes start to slip away from you. Now, following the release of the single Modern Days in 2018, the band is gearing up to finish their debut LP this year, and bring their anthemic and saccharine singalongs to crowds all across Canada, one howling chorus of heartache at a time.
Jerry-Faye is a singer-songwriter from Saint John, N.B. She has been playing music festivals all around the Maritimes since she was a young teen. She writes fun, sad and sappy songs that tell stories about her life. In September, she released a live album titled In Sum. It is a "heartfelt collection guided by her distinct voice and subtle acoustic guitar work" (Grid City Magazine).
If you’re at all familiar with the past decade of New Brunswick music there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard the name Nick Cobham now front-man of Some Dads. Known to many as one of the distinct voices behind the folk inspired music of The Olympic Symphonium, Cobham’s musical lineage follows a curious path through folk, funk, rock and roll and all points in between, with his distinct vocal harmonies and passionate guitar playing crossing boundaries and blending genres. “I’m always interested in music that throws a wrench into predictability,” said Cobham. “I like things that sound normal but when you pick them apart there’s something bigger going on. Whether it’s just adding an extra beat or having a guitar part that’s longer than expected, I really like that stuff. You can still bob your head to it almost on a four-beat, but everything else around it is dancing through different time signatures. I love music that does it.”
Après s'être taillé une place parmi la frange la plus novatrice du rap canadien au sein des formations Jacobus et Maleco et Radio Radio, Jacques Jacobus claironne fièrement en 2017 “Le retour de Jacobus”, titre d'une première parution en solo. En renouant avec le nom sous lequel il a pour la première fois pris la scène, Jacques Jacobus remonte le temps et mesure le chemin parcouru entre la naissance d'un rappeur abordant insolemment chaînes et casquette, et l'avènement du dandy immanquablement bien mis s'étant forgé une place dans l'imaginaire québécois et acadien. Laquelle de ces deux incarnations correspond le mieux à sa vérité ? se demande-t-il tout au long du “Retour de Jacobus”, sans donner de réponse de manière à rappeler que l'identité réelle de celui qui accepte de se remettre en question ne peut qu'être en constante mutation. En 2018, il évolue à nouveau pour redevenir Jacobus et laisser place à la fête, l’humour et à la démesure avec la sortie prochaine d’un nouvel album. Quelque part entre introspection et hédonisme, entre questionnements et déhanchements, entre rap et électro, le voici qui tente de réconcilier la candeur de sa jeunesse et le raffinement d’un trentenaire.
After winning a spot among the most innovative fringe of Canadian rap in Radio Radio and the duo Jacobus and Maleco, the musician proudly boasts The Return of Jacobus, the title of his first solo release.
When Jacques Jacobus reconnects with the name under which he first took the stage, he goes back in time and walks the path traveled between the birth of a rapper, haughtily donning chains and a cap, and the arrival of the sharply dressed dandy, who forged a place in the Quebecois and Acadian imagination. The question he asks throughout The Return of Jacobus is: which of these two incarnations corresponds best to his true identity? Without giving an answer, he reminds us that the true identity of one who questions himself is constantly changing.
In 2018, he evolves anew to become Jacobus again and leaves room for festivities, humor and overindulgence with the release of his upcoming new album. Somewhere between introspection and hedonism, between questioning and swaying, between rap and electro, he attempts to reconcile the innocence of his youth and the refinement of his thirties.
BLEUM with LEVI ROWAN & DENMOTHER at The Capital Complex (Fredericton) - Fri Mar 15 2019 at 10:00 pm
Bleum is an electronic music project created by producer Daniel James and singer/songwriter Brittany McQuinn. They began making music in 2016, and in the two years since won a Toronto Independent Music Award and released an EP for Brittany's solo project which she was awarded an Music NB for Solo Recording of the Year in 2018. Daniel and Brittany then joined forces as Bleum which blends elements of electronic music and a stunning live light show.
Born on the shores of the mighty Miramichi River, James L. MacKinley relocated to Fredericton in 2002 to pursue his true passion in life and began studying biology at the University of New Brunswick. Four years later (actually, five) he graduated and came to the realization that a biology degree doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this modern world. And thus, a standup comedian was born.
THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS - ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE at The Capital Complex (Fredericton) - Sat Mar 16 2019 at 10:00 pm
Midnight Ramblers pay tribute to an iconic era between ‘68-‘72 of the Stones' career that captures the spirit & rebellion that inspired the original music.
JENNIFER CASTLE at Wilser's Room (Fredericton) - Thu Apr 18 2019 at 8:00 pm
"Angels of Death" is the fifth full-length album by Ontario songwriter Jennifer Castle - her second for Idee Fixe (Canada) and first for Paradise of Bachelors (USA and the rest of the world).
A sublime mediation on morality and memory, ghosts and grief, "Angels of Death" casts a series of spells, time travel, and spectral visitations. Castle wrote and recorded this breathtaking follow-up to the acclaimed "Pink City" (2014) in a 19th century church near the shores of Lake Erie, where her family also lived and experienced a constellation of losses that inhabit these bruised meanings.
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