Master jazz musician and professor Patrick Boyle talks improvisation, musical exploration and coming home ahead of the release of his new album After Forgetting
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Jazz is a music of passion, of conflict and compromise, of restraint and improvisation. Few know this as well as Patrick Boyle, a master trumpet
The divine Mary Walsh talks passion and ‘Fury’ and never giving up on one’s dreams in this lively Herald sit down
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Mary Walsh has an energy to match the saucy, fiery red accents that spice up her kitchen in her heart-of-the-city home. “Welcome! We meet again!” Walsh greets warmly,
Allan Hawco talks home, pot, Christmas, gratitude (oh yeah) and Frontier in this sometimes touching, but often silly and playful, one-on-one
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With Christmas close, and weed legalized, Allan Hawco is in a playful mood.
“Ask me whatever,” he jokes on the phone from Montreal. With the ‘Pot’ cover of
While his book may be titled, Final Report, NL’s proudest rantaholic declares it ain’t over yet; at least as long as the cheques keep clearing
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Rick Mercer starts the conversation off like any good Newfoundlander would; by talking about the weather. “It’s up, it’s down, it’s windy, it’s not,
By: Jason Sheppard
The singer songwriter lend his talents to O Holy Night
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Cory Tetford is certainly no stranger to Newfoundland music lovers. Tetford, who hails from Goulds, has been entertaining local audiences since the release of his first album back in October, 1999. This month, Tetford will be
There’s lots to be proud of as a Newfoundlander and Labradorian. Things like cultivating a worldwide reputation for hospitality and friendliness should be enough to get those good feelings of NL pride flowing. If that doesn’t do the trick, one only need look at what some of our very own
Nearing the 25th anniversary of Shanneyganock, Mark Hiscock flexes his solo muscles on his long-awaited album The Old Fishing Schooner
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Fans of Newfoundland and Labrador traditional music are uniquely acquainted with Mark Hiscock. His welcoming tone, pleasant demeanor and mastery of the accordion through his work with island staple
By: Jason Sheppard
The St. John’s Players present a humorous holiday play unlike any local audiences have seen before with their adaptation of The Christmas Spirit
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One can expect the usual people to drop by over the holidays – family, friends and of course, Santa. But what if somebody very
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Herald’s Cookbook cover stars Danielle Butt and Sharon Snow recall cherished holiday memories in our cover story
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lmost every sense we have is acutely modified to embrace another Christmas miracle. There are the sentimental sounds of the season, the smell
27 years is a hell of a run in a business that eats up and spits out so many young, naive and talented folks. To hit the near three decade mark with the same guys you started with – that’s near unheard of.
Yet Sloan remain one of the consistently