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2022 marks 25 years that The Ennis Sisters have been connecting to audiences across the world. From church halls in outport Newfoundland to performing for International leaders and delegates at the 75th anniversary of D-Day on Juno Beach, their harmonies resonate with us all.
For years, Maureen, Karen and Teresa have been captivating audiences with their highly woven sibling harmonies and endearing humour. With a mix of original songs, holiday classics, humorous recitations and a little Irish step-dancing, the evening is sure to ignite your holiday spirit. Don’t miss the chance to delight in a Christmas tradition, cherished by so many!
In thirty years of activity, the Debussy String Quartet has been acclaimed throughout the world, continually sharing the same passion in its musical interpretations on the world’s most prestigious stages: Japan, China, United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, Europe, gaining renown through regular tours on all the continents.
Thirty years of evolution which have made the Quartet a key player on the international music scene, with numerous awards, including a First Prize in the Evian International String Quartet Competition in 1993 and a Victoire de la musique 1996 (« Best Chamber Music Group”). Today, the professional recognition of the Debussy String Quartet is indisputable
At 56, Canada’s foremost well-heeled troubadour has made a most unlikely discovery: domestic bliss. All it took, it turns out, was leaving the city he loved.
Following 30 years as an emblem of Toronto’s west end, Ron Sexsmith reluctantly uprooted to the serene hamlet of Stratford, Ontario, and the melodic, playful, theatrically vivacious Hermitage came gushing out.
“Almost immediately after arriving here I just felt this kind of enormous stress cloud evaporate and all these songs started coming,” recalls Sexsmith. “I’d walk along the river every day into town and feel like Huckleberry Finn or something. It had a really great effect on my overall state of being.”
This new zen can be heard from the first moments of Kinks-esque album opener, Spring of the Following Year, as the serene sound of birds situate the listener into Sexsmith’s state of grace.
It’s not like he was planning to write his 16th long player as soon as he arrived, he adds. After all, Sexsmith was already quite busy turning his first novel, Deer Life, into a prospective musical. But when melodies as infectious as the Chi-Lights-inspired You Don’t Want to Hear It or the ear-worm inducing Lo and Behold entered his mind, he had to get them on record. Adding his signature mischievously astute worldplay (in Dig Nation, for example) to ground the album firmly in the Sexsmith oeuvre. Even the album’s title is a coy subversion of the 15-time Juno nominee’s own expectations upon arriving in Justin Bieber’s hometown. “I felt I’d reached the age where I could be a hermit finally, but it didn’t really work out that way,” he laughs.
Further reflecting Sexsmith’s new confidence, Hermitage is the first album on which he played nearly all the instruments, an idea he credits to producer and longtime drummer Don Kerr. “Don said ‘Why don’t you make one of those sort of Paul McCartney-type records?’ and it’s like a light bulb went on over my head,” he says. “That had never occurred to me.”
The result is the songwriter’s most self-assured collection, still charmingly subtle yet increasingly full of musical vigor, as on Chateau Mermaid, an ode to his own Stratford Graceland, or the surprisingly hopeful Small Minded World, (originally penned for the Adams Family film), in which Sexsmith croons, ‘Oh now don’t feel blue ‘cos they don’t get you, you’ll win this small minded world.’
FEST FORWARD is an annual music festival for emerging New Brunswick musicians. Taking place between October 14-16, 2022, FEST FORWARD acts get a crash course in the music industry, including professional development training on grants/funding streams, how to pitch and market themselves, a professional video and photos for their press kits along with a showcasing opportunity AND booked festival slot at an upcoming NB music festival. Past emerging artists who have participated in FEST FORWARD include M3D14, Motherhood, and Run The River.
Have questions? Contact programs@charlottestreetarts.ca
Applications are now closed. Stay tuned for the line-up announcement!
With a splash of Nilsson eccentricity – Marla & David Celia are back on tour with their second album “Indistinct Chatter”.
With duet vocal harmonies in the foreground, they dive through progressive chord changes, elaborate arrangements and round it all off with well-crafted ballads. The lyrics circle around our lives in the present, during times of overproduction, corporate greed and today’s disposable culture, capitalism and the desire to see change. The album title is a reminder that often the whisper is far more effective than the scream.
Music brought Marla & David Celia together when they met at a festival in 2015. They later shared the stage for other shows in Germany and naturally started accompanying each other. Their chemistry was magnetic and soon David was producing Marla’s first record at his studio in Canada. He also released his latest solo album during that time which lead to their continued performances all over Europe.
Not only did their vocal harmonies blend warmly, but so did their love for one another and they began writing and recording music as a duo. Their debut Daydreamers (2018) has taken them from L.A. to Russia and England’s famous Glastonbury Festival. In the last 6 years they have played over 800 shows together.
The Village of New Maryland and Frantically Atlantic proudly present the Wetmore-Street Duel and Trial. September 22, 2022. 7pm (rain or shine).
FREE! New Maryland Centre, 754 New Maryland Highway. There will be a reception to follow with light refreshments and a Q & A with a research historian.
The Wetmore Street Pub and Eatery (530 New Maryland Highway) will remain open September 22 until 10pm. Meet the actors and raise a pint.
Special thanks to our sponsors New Brunswick, Town of New Maryland, Wetmore Street Pub and Eatery, and Covey Digital Print.
Harmer’s sixth album and first in a decade, Are You Gone is a deeply personal and political collection of songs motivated by the beauty of life, the urgency of the climate crisis, and the question of loss. She calls it a spiritual successor of sorts to her acclaimed 2000 debut, You Were Here, which TIME called the year’s best debut album. Nearly 20 years after that release, Are You Gone brought a close to Harmer’s period of musical quietude with a rousing artistic statement, rich in detail and emotion, from the heart and for the spirit.
Harmer has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, garnered two JUNO Awards, and been widely praised for her “razor-sharp songwriting chops” (NPR Music) and “plainly hooky” melodic sensibility (Rolling Stone).Day of show tickets will be $44.70
