Toronto’s lords of hardcore punk Cancer Bats make their long-awaited return to St. John’s, and are ready to annihilate with reckless abandon on September 22nd
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It’s been five long years since Toronto’s Cancer Bats have blitzkrieged St. John’s with their trademarked blend of crushing hardcore punk with sludgy undertones.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2018, Sons of Erin’s Ralph O’Brien reflects on the history of a band who redefined music culture in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Much has changed in Newfoundland and Labrador over the course of half a century. Cod stocks have soared and fallen, political parties have shaped
The prodigal son of Newfoundland’s basketball culture, Carl English talks family, patriotism and unfinished business in a candid Herald interview
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How do you cope with pressure? Do you crack, shut yourself in an introverted hole, or do you rise above and become your best self. Be the you and
The start of the school year – fresh book-bags and pencils, back to school commercials and fresh cuts – has had me a bit perplexed in recent years. It’s a bit like a recurring deja vu, that I should wake at the start of September in a cold sweat and
Ahead of his Newfoundland return, music icon Steve Earle talks keeping up with Newfoundlanders, the state of country music and the do’s and don’ts of being a singer-songwriter.
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Few artists have pushed the boundaries of genre, rendering them irrelevant and moot quite the way Steve Earle has over the
NOVEMBER MAYHEM is upon us once again! Make It So Productions have announced a crushing two day lineup for the second instalment of their metal and hard rock festival, to be held on November 9th and 10th at the Rock House in St. John’s.
The lineup includes thrash shredders Warsenal
Having spent her formative high-school years in Newfoundland and Labrador, Sofia Banzhaf is well acquainted with the beauty and damn near impossible to replicate charm of Atlantic Canada.
It is a reality that the rising actress and author has spent much of her recent career promoting through the award-winning drama
Ken Tizzard is paying homage to his musical hero, and doing so with an 11-song collection of songs dedicated to The Man of A Thousand Songs himself, Ron Hynes.
Tizzard is set to release the collection with a special performance at The Ship Pub in St. John’s on October 13th,
Ahead of his performance at the second annual Iceberg Alley Performance Tent on September 15th with Shanneyganock and Celtic Connection, Alan Doyle sits down with The Herald, first detailing his immediate impressions of the impressive circus-inspired venue that has taken Quidi Vidi by storm
“I could not
Throwing fans back to the 1990s, The Herald catches up with one-half of Canadian pop megastars of the day, Prozzäk
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No one force in Canadian pop music defined an era quite like Prozzäk.
Made up of friends and respected singer-songwriters and music scene vets Jay Levine and James Bryan