Overcoming life-changing hurdles, MusicNL nominee Shanda Hopkins continues to chase down a dream on the heels of her debut album Rewind.
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To say that Shanda Hopkins’ road to radio-play, awards nominations and critical and fan acclaim has been bumpy would be an epic undersell.
Reality Shock
A gifted songwriter
The east coast rocker talks cathartic songwriting, freedom of the stage and Newfoundland love in a candid interview.
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No stranger to long serving music fans here in Newfoundland and Labrador, Dartmouth’s Juno winner Matt Mays makes it a priority to treat his dedicated island fan base to generous helpings
Newfoundland and Labrador has picked up six nominations at the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Leading the way is Matthew Byrne and his album Horizon Lines. Byrne earned a pair of nominations for Traditional Album of the Year and Traditional Singer of the Year.
Former winners The Swinging Belles received yet
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
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
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