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The Olympic Symphonium
The Olympic Symphonium is a Canadian indie folk trio from Fredericton, New Brunswick. The band consists of Nick Cobham (guitar), Kyle Cunjak (bass, guitar), and Graeme Walker (guitar, bass). All three musicians swap instruments and take turns singing and songwriting, and are often joined by Dennis Goodwin (lap steel, guitar, banjo) and Bob Deveau (drums). History The band was formed in 2005 when Walker who had written songs that didn't fit the style of his primary band, Grand Theft Bus, invited Cunjak and Cobham, two friends who had also written a number of songs that didn't fit their other bands, to join a new side project.. chartattack.com, August 23, 2007. They released their debut album, ''Chapter One'', in 2007, and sold out of the limited pressings while playing various shows around Atlantic Canada and Quebec. They followed it up with 2008's ''More in Sorrow Than In Anger'', an album that included collaboration with a number of Canadian artists including Catherine MacLell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River, also known by its Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous name of Wolastoq, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, As of the 2024 Statistics Canada estimates, the city had a population of 72,700, with the metropolitan population in 2024 estimated at 122,500 .It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John. On 1 January 2023, Fredericton annexed parts of five Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coast (newspaper)
''The Coast'' is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper distributes 24,000 copies per week throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. The paper is owned by ''Overstory Media Group''. Founded in 1993, ''The Coast'' has a generally left wing editorial policy. It focuses on local issues, especially "people working for change" within the community. ''The Coast'' is available in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Bedford, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Lower Sackville, Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Tantallon, and the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Stanfield International Airport, but 75 percent of its readership lives in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Dartmouth. The paper claims a readership of 61,263. According to a January 2007 Corporate Research Associates metro quarterly survey, 55 percent of ''The Coast''s readers are between 18 and 34 years of age (34.701 readers). See also *List of newspapers in Canada References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music -al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse (band), Crazy Horse, he released critically acclaimed albums such as ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'' (1969), ''After the Gold Rush'' (1970), ''Harvest (Neil Young album), Harvest'' (1972), ''On the Beach (Neil Young album), On the Beach'' (1974), and ''Rust Never Sleeps'' (1979). He was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album ''Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album), Déjà Vu''. Young's guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk music, folk, rock music, rock, count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverport, Nova Scotia
Riverport is a village in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The harbour of Ritcey Cove is free from shoals and safe from every wind, considered one of the finest in North America. Riverport is a five-minute drive to several public beaches including Hirtle's Beach, Kingsburg Beach, Oxner Beach, Rose Bay Beach and Spindler Beach. Geography Riverport is located approximately 120 kilometers from Halifax Regional Municipality, 20 kilometers from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Bridgewater and 15 kilometers from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg and across the river from LaHave, Nova Scotia, LaHave. History One of the first European explorers to discover the area was Samuel De Champlain in 1604 as part of the LaHave settlement. Between 1632 and 1636, Commander Isaac de Razilly created the First Capital of New France on the western river shore, later Riverport would form on the eastern side. During this time Fort Ste. Marie de Grace housed the colony an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stompin' Tom Connors
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, Order of Canada, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country music, country and folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies. Connors' songs have become part of the Canadian cultural landscape. Among his best-known songs are "Sudbury Saturday Night", "Bud the Spud" and "The Hockey Song"; the last is played at various games throughout the National Hockey League, including at every Toronto Maple Leafs home game. In 2018, the song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony at a Leafs game. Early life Charles Thomas Connors was born on February 9, 1936, at the Saint John Regional Hospital, General Hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick, to Isabel Connors and Thomas Joseph Sullivan. Isabel's family were Irish Protestants, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlin Arts & Music Festival
The Atlin Arts & Music Festival (AAMF) is an annual arts and music festival located in Atlin, British Columbia. The festival has hosted such notable acts as Gord Downie, The Sadies, Michelle Wright, Sloan, Delhi 2 Dublin, Iskwé, Hawksley Workman, Rock Plaza Central, Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, David Lindley, Bruce Cockburn, The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Dan Mangan, Said The Whale, Ian Tyson, David Grisman, Holly McNarland, Dave Bidini, Danny Michel, Alex Cuba, Emm Gryner, and David Francey. It also features an array of visual artists, independent films, artisan vendors, and a range of art and music workshops. At its peak size, AAMF drew over 3,000 festival goers, including roughly 300 volunteers, to Atlin. This led considerable strain on the community, which has less than 500 permanent residents, so in recent years, the number of available tickets has been reduced. The Yukon Ski Patrol provides First Aid services at the festival. Most years, the festival is commenced by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Music Award
The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a non-profit association purposed towards supporting the Music of Canada's Maritimes, music industry in the Canada, Canadian east coast, i.e., Atlantic Canada. The ECMA hosts the annual East Coast Music Awards (formerly the Maritime Music Awards) festival. The East Coast Music Awards have been a springboard for many Atlantic Canadians, including Sarah McLachlan, Ashley MacIsaac, Rawlins Cross, Lennie Gallant, Natalie MacMaster, Gordie Sampson, Joel Plaskett, The Rankin Family, Rita MacNeil, Bruce Guthro, J.P. Cormier and Great Big Sea. Each year, the ECMA also awards one person with the Dr. Helen Creighton Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize an artist or band that has had a profound and lasting effect on the Atlantic Canadian music industry. Association history and mission In 1989, Halifax music industry promoter Rob Cohn launched the Maritime Music Awards to celebrate Music of the Maritimes, music in the Canadian maritime region. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Lawrence
Grant Lawrence (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian broadcaster, musician and bestselling author based in Vancouver, primarily associated with CBC Music and CBC Radio 3. Lawrence was also the vocalist for the indie rock group The Smugglers.Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, '' Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. . Work In addition to his regular shifts on Radio 3 itself, Lawrence was the host of Radio 3's Saturday night program on the CBC Radio 2 network until March 17, 2007, when that program was discontinued, and was also regular host of the service's weekly podcast. ''Spin'' magazine dubbed it the best podcast in Canada. The podcast made history as the first original podcast to emerge from the CBC and continued for over ten years with Lawrence as host. In 2012, he also hosted the summer series ''The Wild Side'' on CBC Radio One, and became the host of the '' CBC Music Top 20'' in 2020. Lawrence began his association with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olenka And The Autumn Lovers
Olenka and the Autumn Lovers are a Canadian indie folk band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Fronted by Polish-born singer-songwriter Olenka Krakus, the band's sound is a mix of orchestral folk-pop with elements reminiscent of classic country and folk music, and Eastern European folk. The band uses diverse instruments (including cello, violin, accordion, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, lap steel, pedal steel, and mandolin) to showcase Krakus' songwriting. History Olenka and the Autumn Lovers was formed by Krakus in early 2008 in London, Ontario, and named after her favourite season. Krakus collected a long list of musicians based in the London Ontario and Vancouver BC scenes. The band released a self-titled album in 2008, which was named Local Album of the Year by the University of Western Ontario's campus radio station CHRW-FM. That year they also released two EPs, the country-influenced ''Papillonette'' and the sombre ''Warsaw Girl''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Myles (singer-songwriter)
David Patrick Thomas Myles (born May 12, 1981) is a Canadian politician, songwriter, and musician born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Fredericton—Oromocto in the 2025 Canadian federal election. Myles lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, as of September 2020, moving from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His music has often been labeled folk jazz, although he prefers simply to call it "roots" music.Flinn, Sean"Myles Above" '' The Coast'', Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2013-06-04. An independent artist who self-releases his albums, Myles has been able to gain an increasingly large audience, in part because of his active touring schedule and in part because of his cross-genre musical collaborations, including the Canadian hit single “ Inner Ninja” with the rapper Classified.Keene, Rick"David Myles; Dreams Come True""Rick Keene Music Scene" blog, 2013-05-21. Retrieved on 2013-06-04. Myles is married to CBC radio produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
