JJ Roots are known for Jocelyn Parlee’s soulful voice, Jeff Gray’s expertise on the guitar, and their dymanic performances. The duo exploded onto the East Coast Muisc scene in 2018 with the launch of their debut album Here Goes Something. Their success reached new heights this past September as they won the Duo/Group of the … Continue reading
CD Review: Jont – Gentle Warrior
Sometimes an artist comes along and changes your life. Jont is one of those artists. Between 1998 and 2017, Jont released 8 studio albums; had music featured on the television shows Grey’s Anatomy, Parenthood and Without A Trace and in the closing credits of the movie Wedding Crashers; met Princess Diana; dined with Allen Ginsberg and … Continue reading
Carmel Mikol Releases New Single”When It’s Time To Go”
Nova Scotia’s Carmel Mikol just released the debut single from her upcoming EP The Ice. On the new single, “When It’s Time To Go” , Mikol laments “The ice she knows when it’s time to go, but I don’t,” . The song, produced by Mikol and Jon Landry, is made to sound and feel like … Continue reading
Mike Thomas, KIXX Country (St. John’s) amongst nominees for the 2019 Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards
Canadian Music Week has just announced the nominees for the 2019 Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards. The Halifax Musicphile is pleased to report that some of our favourties have been nominated this year. KIXX Country (St. John’s, NL) and Mike Thomas have been nominated for Broadcast Industry Awards, while Sonic Concerts, Sonic … Continue reading
Nova Scotia Musicians nominated for International Singer Songwriter Awards
The International Singer Songwriter Association (ISSA) has just released its list of nominees for the 2019 ISSA awards and several Nova Scotia musiciasion have been nominated this year. Click here to vote Campbell and Green Campbell and Green (Robert Campbell and Cailin Gtreen) have been nominated for 8 awards: Album of the Year – … Continue reading
Top 60 Albums of 2018
2018 was another great year for music in Atlantic Canada. Over 90% of the music I listen to come from East Coast artists, so every year I do a year-end “Top East Coast Albums” of the year countdown. No commentary. Just albums I enjoy on a regular basis. A few caveats before you disagree with … Continue reading
Top 60 Albums of 2017
2017 was a great year for music in Atlantic Canada. Here are my Top 60 albums of the year. I’ll count them down on East Coast Rising on December 30 (#60 – #31) and January 6 (#30 – #1). The show airs on CIOE 97.5FM on Saturday mornings. If you are in the Halifax … Continue reading
Start the Holiday Season with “Tales of A Charlie Brown Christmas” & “Swing Into The Holidays”
The Halifax Jazz Festival is back with perennial family favorite, “Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas,” featuring Jerry Granelli on the afternoon of December 10th. And this year, they have added a new show “Swing Into The Holidays,” for the evening entertainment. Both shows are all ages and part of the Jazz Festival‘s 15th annual fundraiser for music education. The shows take place December 10, … Continue reading
CD Review: Rachel Cousins – This Fire
Every once in a while, you hear an artist and you know they are going places. You know that there are big things ahead if they decide to continue on their current path. Newfoundland teenager Rachel Cousins is one of those artists. Following the release of her debut single “July” (which landed at … Continue reading
Mo Kenney – New Album September 29th & Concert in Halifax November 2nd
First there was Mo Kenney, with the great tunes “Eden” and “Sucker” and “The Great Escape” and “Deja Vu” and so on and so on. Then there was In My Dreams, with the great tunes “Telephones” and “I Faked It” and “Take Me Outside” and “Pretty Things” and so on and so on. … Continue reading
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