Less than a week away to Halifax, and the annual East Coast Music Awards. The panels, showcases and events begin Wednesday March 7, and the awards themselves are handing out that Sunday night. There's been quite a bit of grumbling... more »

A highly-anticipated, and long-planned album has finally been released this week. It's a project that's been in the works since the mid-70's, one that matches two of the top country artists of the modern era in a series of duets.... more »

Hey, it's not even March yet, and we're already getting announcements for this year's spate of summer music festivals. Hardly a weekend goes by from June to September without a festival somewhere in the province. And the lineup for on... more »

PEI's Two Hours Traffic has become one of the premiere bands in the region, and across the country, in the decade they've been together. Ya, ten years now since they formed at university, all around 19 years old, and then... more »

Popular Acadian singer Lisa LeBlanc, from Rosaireville, N.B., has been nominated for a Juno Award. The nominations were announced today (Tuesday), for the 2013 awards by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. LeBlanc is nominated for Francophone Album... more »

Popular Acadian singer Lisa LeBlanc, from Rosaireville, N.B., has been nominated for a Juno Award. The nominations were announced today (Tuesday), for the 2013 awards by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. LeBlanc is nominated for Francophone Album... more »

A Fredericton band has won a big slot on a Toronto stage, and a big chance at scoring in an international contest. The Jaclyn Reinhart Band gathered the most votes in Canada in an on-line poll conducted by the famous... more »

New Brunswickers, most Maritimers in fact, have a strong loyalty to home and place. Even in a time when more and more young people are moving west for work, you'll find they want to come home as much as possible.... more »

Bearly's House Of Blues is one of the top blues clubs in the country, and certainly one of the Maritime's true hot spots. Catch a Sunday afternoon jam some time, it has the tavern spirit of the blues heyday in... more »

I first reviewed Gabriel Minnikin's new album back in December, when he was making some rare appearances in the province. The disc was done, and in limited release at the shows and such, but now it's getting a proper release.... more »

It's been several years now since Jill Barber left Halifax for Vancouver, but hey, we still think of her as a Maritimer, an honarary one at least. Hence her inclusion today in our East Coast music run-down. After all, Barber's... more »

Manitoba-based singer Ingrid Gatin launches a new album this week with an East Coast swing, starting off tonight (Thursday, Feb. 7) at Moncton's Plan B. Called 1000 Lives, it features Gatin's haunting piano work, stirring vocals, and an eerie soundscape... more »

If you've ever come across the Halifax band Stone Mary, you'll know they are a heavy, loud rock band, in your face, and award-winners too. They grabbed the Music Nova Scotia loud album of the year for 2011. And if... more »

Singer-songwriters and Maritime favourites David Myles and Rose Cousins have been selected as the co-hosts of this year's East Coast Music Awards gala. The special honour comes as the ECMA's celebrate their 25th anniversary. Myles and Cousins will take to... more »

Based in Toronto, but with Fredericton roots and a label based there as well, Falcon Punch is a three-piece of cutting edge players, skilled and progressive. This is jazz based in electronic music, instrumental tracks that cruise through seemingly every... more »