Fish & Bird
Raised on equal parts roots music and Radiohead, Fish & Bird have received praise on both sides of the Atlantic for their refreshingly unclichéd writing. With their fourth album, Something in the Ether (released on [...]
Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers
Winnipeg’s gypsy-folk-orchestral outfit, Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers was a band fascinated by folk tales, puppet shows, and homemade mythologies. They were a dynamic sextet with unique blend of jazz, folk, and musical theatre [...]
Leonard Cohen 1934-2016
On Friday 21st September 1934 a middle-class Jewish family in Westmount, Quebec, had a new addition in the form of Leonard Norman Cohen and, by extension, the rest of us got a singer, songwriter, poet [...]
Album releases for Friday 11th November 2016
(according to Amazon.ca) Ariadne's Legacy by Various Artists Label: Centrediscs Format: CD ASIN: B01MPWLKWR Bria by Bria Skonberg Label: Sony Music Canada - Distribution Format: CD ASIN: B01J4QL0XQ Canadian Flute Masterpieces by Susan Hoeppner, Lydia [...]
Still Flux – Still Flux
Still Flux, composed of John Castillo, Johnny Syriani, Luke Winer, and David Hernon is a collaborative rock outfit started by singer/songwriter John Castillo in September 2015. Borrowing elements from Pyschedelia, Metal, and Pop, they bring [...]
We Are Wolves – Wrong
Around 2000, Alexander Ortiz and Vincent Levesque along with Antonin Marquis formed a band with synthesizers, bass, vocals and drums. In their own words the band likes to qualify their sound as “a post-punk landscape [...]
Charlotte Cardin – Big Boy
Montreal singer, Charlotte Cardin, began her music career at a young age when she started attending singing lessons while in the first grade before becoming the lead singer of her primary school's rock group. After [...]
Album releases for Friday 4th November 2016
(according to Amazon.ca) Bright & Vivid by Kathryn Calder Written and recorded in a relatively short amount of time, Bright and Vividis a masterfully refined piece of work that illustrates a maturation that can only [...]
Got It Covered: Saskatchewan Musicians Cover Each Other’s Music
91.3FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio, and Sawchyn Guitars Ltd. proudly present Got It Covered: Saskatchewan Musicians Cover Each Other’s Music, a compilation of cover tunes in support of CJTR. The CD will be launched with [...]
The Extroverts
The Extroverts have often been called Saskatchewan's first punk band. Forming in 1979 they toured the Canadian prairies extensively for three years winning fans as they went. By the time it all crashed and burned [...]