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Watch The First Time Nirvana Was Interviewed For A TV Show Back In 1990

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Watch The First Time Nirvana Was Interviewed For A TV Show Back In 1990

The early members of Nirvana – Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Chad Channing – sat down in the Husky Union Building at the University of Washington Seattle with Matt Emery of Air Waves in 1990, and although the interview was filmed for KIRO-7, it never made it to air.

Emery asked each member to define what Nirvana meant to them.

Matt Emery: What and who is Nirvana

Krist Novoselic: Nirvana’s three guys from Puget Sound area Olympia, Bainbridge Island, and Tacoma. Nirvana is a seven letter word and Nirvana is a as a concept.

Kurt Cobain: Nirvana is a three piece underground alternative grunge rock band from Seattle Washington or the outskirts of Seattle Washington and that’s about it.

Chad Channing: Nirvana are three people, Me and my two friends Kurt and Krist. Nirvana, well like, even the meaning, it’s kind of like the freedom from all pain and desire. You know, just a perfect place between peace and your mind I guess.

The Head And The Heart Release New Track “Virginia (Wind In The Night)” Off Forthcoming Album ‘Every Shade Of Blue’

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The Head And The Heart Release New Track “Virginia (Wind In The Night)” Off Forthcoming Album ‘Every Shade Of Blue’

The Head And The Heart have revealed “Virginia (Wind In The Night)”, the second released track from their forthcoming fifth studio album Every Shade of Blue out April 29th.

Jonathan Russell spoke about the inspiration behind the song, saying ​​”Being from Virginia, for me this song represents a long and winding relationship to place – a place that is grounding. I’m often drawing on my life through symbolism as a way into someone else’s psyche. It’s part of my search for a deeper connection without having to compare our experiences directly. There is a reason this song has two titles. One is literal and one is symbolic. Not everyone is from Virginia, I know that. But I bet you have walked home and heard the wind in the night.”

The band previously released the album’s title track and a music video directed by Jacqueline Justice. Rolling Stone described it saying, “the band swim, dive around and tread water as they ride the lyric’s emotional waves of wanting to know all the facets of a significant other.” Listen to “Every Shade Of Blue” HERE and watch the video HERE. Every Shade of Blue was produced by GRAMMY-award winning songwriter, producer and engineer Jesse Shatkin (Sia, Pink, The Shins, Tegan and Sara) except for album tracks “Shadows”, “Don’t Show Your Weakness” and “Love We Make” which were produced by Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Wet), and “Paradigm”, produced by John Hill and Sammy Witte (Florence + The Machine, Portugal The Man, Cage The Elephant), and mastered by Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood at The Lodge, NY.

Last month, The Head And The Heart announced the Every Shade of Blue 2022 North American Tour which kicks off May 20th. Special guests joining the band in select cities include Shakey Graves, Dawes and Jade Bird. Tickets for most shows are on sale now, with the 6/9 Vienna, VA show going on sale on 2/19 and the 8/8 Salt Lake City, UT show going on sale at a later date.

“It’s wild to think that by the time we get back on the road this year, it will have been over 2 and a half years since we last toured,” says the band. “We’re so excited to bring new songs to life on stage every night, traveling alongside artists who inspire us. We can’t wait to get out there, doing what we do with an even greater sense of gratitude.”

Initially self-released in 2011, The Head and The Heart’s self-titled breakout debut produced instant classics including “Rivers and Roads,” “Down In The Valley” and “Lost In My Mind” (#1 at AAA) and is now Certified Gold. 2013’s Let’s Be Still and 2016’s Signs of Light, settled into Billboard’s Top 10 albums chart, with Signs of Light securing the #1 position on Rock Album Charts, securing the band’s first #1 at Alternative position with “All We Ever Knew” and also held the #1 spot at AAA for nine straight weeks. The band’s fourth full-length album, Living Mirage, was released to critical praise in 2019. “Missed Connection” which secured the #1 position on the Alternative Chart and #1 at Mediabase and BDS alternative charts, already having achieved #1 on the AAA chart. The album’s breakout track, “Honeybee”, became a fan favorite with 153M+ total global streams and 1M+ global weekly streams. They have appeared in Cameron Crowe’s Roadies, with music featured in countless other commercials, films and TV, among them Corona, Silver Linings Playbook and more. The band has established their status as a touring powerhouse, having landed prime time mainstage slots at Coachella, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. In total, the band has performed 15 times on national television including appearances on Ellen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Austin City Limits and more. Every Shade of Blue is the band’s fifth studio album.

Every Shade of Blue Tracklist:
Every Shade of Blue
Tiebreaker
Paradigm
Virginia (Wind In The Night)
Same Hurt
Hurts (But It Goes Away)
Don’t Show Your Weakness
Love We Make
Starstruck
Love Me Still
Shut Up
Family Man
Taking My Time (Wrong Woman)
Enemy Lines
Shadows
GTFU

Every Shade Of Blue Tour 2022
Fri 5/20/2022 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Live *
Sun 5/22/2022 Gulf Shores, AL Hangout Music Festival
Tue 5/24/2022 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater *
Wed 5/25/2022 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater *
Fri 5/27/2022 Pittsburgh, PA STAGE AE *
Sat 5/28/2022 Lewiston, NY Artpark Amphitheater *
Sun 5/29/2022 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre *
Tue 5/31/2022 LaFayette, NY Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *
Wed 6/1/2022 Northampton, MA The Pines Theater at Look Park *
Fri 6/3/2022 Shelburne, VT Ben & Jerry’s Concerts on the Green at Shelburne Museum * – SOLD OUT
Sat 6/4/2022 Portland, ME Thompson’s Point *
Mon 6/6/2022 New York, NY Pier 17 – The Rooftop * – SOLD OUT
Tues 6/7/2022 New York, NY Pier 17 – The Rooftop * – Just added!
Thu 6/9/2022 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap *
Fri 6/10/2022 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion *
Mon 8/1/2022 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater ^ – Just added!
Tues 8/2/2022 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater ^ – SOLD OUT
Thu 8/4/2022 Houston, TX Lawn at White Oak ^
Fri 8/5/2022 Dallas, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^
Sat 8/6/2022 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion ^
Mon 8/8/2022 Salt Lake City, UT Venue to be announced at a later date ^
Tue 8/9/2022 Boise, ID Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden ^
Thu 8/11/2022 Missoula, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater ^
Fri 8/12/2022 Seattle, WA Marymoor Park ^ – SOLD OUT
Fri 8/13/2022 Seattle, WA Marymoor Park ^ – just added!
Tue 8/16/2022 Portland, OR McMenamins Edgefield ^
Thu 8/18/2022 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl ^
Fri 8/19/2022 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre ^
Sat 8/20/2022 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre ^
Mon 8/22/2022 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts By The Bay ^ – SOLD OUT
Tues 8/23/2022 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts By The Bay ^ – Just added!
Wed 9/14/2022 Denver, CO Mission Ballroom
Thu 9/15/2022 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre – SOLD OUT
Sat 9/17/2022 Richmond, VA Altria Theater #
Tue 9/20/2022 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre #
Wed 9/21/2022 Wilmington, NC Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park #
Fri 9/23/2022 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! #
Tue 9/27/2022 Toronto, ON RBC Echo Beach
Thu 9/29/2022 Detroit, MI Oakland University – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre #
Fri 9/30/2022 Indianapolis, IN TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park #
Sat 10/1/2022 Chicago, IL Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island #
Mon 10/3/2022 Madison, WI The Sylvee #
Tue 10/4/2022 Madison, WI The Sylvee #
Fri 10/7/2022 Minneapolis, MN Armory #
Sat 10/8/2022 St. Louis, MO Saint Louis Music Park #
Mon 10/10/2022 Birmingham, AL Avondale Brewing Company #
Thu 10/13/2022 St Augustine, FL The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre #
Fri 10/14/2022 Atlanta, GA Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park #
Sat 10/15/2022 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater #
* Jade Bird
^ Dawes
# Shakey Graves

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Electro Post-Punkers AUS!Funkt Get You To Dance Amidst Pandemic-Overload with “Information YEAH!”

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Electro Post-Punkers AUS!Funkt Get You To Dance Amidst Pandemic-Overload with “Information YEAH!”

Parsing through the endless avalanche of head-spinning data and around-the-clock updates, Toronto-based electro post-punkers AUS!Funkt get you up and grooving to pandemic-overload with the release of their new dark, danceable single and video, “Information YEAH!”

Landing alongside the release of their freshly minted EP, Post-Stagnation, “Information YEAH!” begins with distortion and a tinny beat. From there, the bassline comes in, followed by rhythmic guitar, and then pulsing percussion that evokes a heartbeat; it builds and builds, and then come the vocals — spare and spoken and monotone, evoking a feeling of detached isolation and the quiet, repressed desperation of the modern age.

Information YEAH
Regurgitation YEAH
Information YEAH
OVERLOAD
Information YEAH
No inspiration YEAH
Rumination YEAH
NON-STOP

The song conjures the computer-nerd New Wave idiosyncrasies of DEVO or Talking Heads, and brings in some dark, dance-y New Order elements. Then, as soon as the listener has become accustomed to that particular vibe, the song morphs into a driving ’90s techno hypnosis with energetic female vocals. It’s both a journey and a mishmash of all the elements that have led us here, and even though it’s overlapping and trippy, it’s ultimately a ton of fun.

Both the single and the EP were written and recorded prior to the pandemic, spanning from 2017 to 2019. But the band felt that now was the perfect time to release it, especially considering how relevant the message is to the current state of affairs.

“’Information YEAH!’ hits all the keywords that marked this last year and a half: information, regurgitation, constant negation, no inspiration, indoctrination, suffocation and many other ‘-ations’ that we struggled with as a band,” AUS!Funkt says. “But, at the same time, the whole world did as well. It’s not that these things did not exist before the epidemic hit, it’s just that they became much more palpable in the time of crisis.”

As an EP, Post-Stagnation is an exploration of and a journey through many sounds, from the minimalist post-punk of “Signal To Noise” to “She’s Right Behind,” a dark, pulsating psych-rock jam that examines the distrust and fear of our own minds. “Take Your Sense Back” is a call to reclaim a sense of purpose, a sense of moving forward, and a sense of making sense.

AUS!Funkt is a Toronto based art-disco/post-punk quartet comprised of Miroslav Miskovic (aka Jozzef Ladovina), Evan Henderson, Olivia Korwan, and Hugo Frutuoso. The band rejects the lyrical and musical excesses of rock music by combining the groove of electronic music with the subversive aggression of post-punk. The lyrics, spoken and sung, provoke the mind with their realism and repetition. Electronic beats seduce the body into movement, freeing it from its torpor, while the guitar spurts out clouds of noise and the bass supplies the melody. AUS!Funkt assaults the senses and uneases the mind while you dance to its unsettling disco beats.

Their single and video for “Information YEAH!,” and EP, Post Stagnation, are available now.

20th Annual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival: Sue Foley, Julian Taylor, Ori Dagan + More Perform Feb 18-20 FREE Online

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20th Annual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival: Sue Foley, Julian Taylor, Ori Dagan + More Perform Feb 18-20 FREE Online

It’s official: Celebrating its landmark 20th year presenting the finest sounds around, Toronto’s Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival adds award-winning guitarist and singer/songwriter Sue Foley to this year’s event lineup online February 18th – 20th.

Fresh off the release of her latest album, 2021’s Pinky’s Blues, Sue Foley will close-out the three-day event, rounding out the highly acclaimed roster that includes the best and award-winning musicians across blues, rock, jazz, folk, roots, and more.

Registration to watch the expansive list of 18+ concerts is free, and optional donations collected to assist with festival expenses, the main one being remuneration for artists.

Friday, February 18th – all times in EST:
Announcer: Jeanne Beker
7:00pm — Josh Ritchie
7:30pm — Taylor Abrahamse
8:00pm — Lynn Miles
8:30pm — Joey O’Neil
9:00pm — Lucy Kaplansky
9:30pm — Jack de Keyzer

Saturday, February 19th – all times in EST:
Announcer: Brian Gladstone
7:00pm — Ori Dagan
7:30pm — Ken Whiteley and Belua Band
8:00pm — Mean Mary
8:30pm — Julian Taylor
9:00pm — Robert Priest
9:30pm — Shari Ulrich

Sunday, February 20th – all times in EST:
Announcer: Laura Fernandez
7:00pm — Graham Lindsey
7:30pm — David Storey Band
8:00pm — Rob Lutes
8:30pm — Suzie Vinnick
9:00pm — Donne Roberts Band
9:30pm — Sue Foley

Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival was founded by Festival Director Brian Gladstone, and is a division of The Association of Artists for a Better World, a registered non-profit organization.

When a festival has been running for 20 consecutive years — in the middle of Canadian winters, no less — rest assured, organizers have seen it all. Last year, Gladstone and his team added ‘pivoting to online due to a pandemic’ to that list and, in 2022, those conditions have continued…

When they started planning for this year’s fête, venues in Ontario were operating at full capacity; in the wake of Omicron’s rapid spread, that lowered to 50%, before recently dropping off altogether.

“We had to temporarily pause planning until things stabilized, and have since confirmed Winterfolk will not be live in-person for the second year now,” Gladstone shares. “In celebrating our 20th anniversary, we set out to make this the Festival’s biggest and best Winterfolk ever — and still plan to do so with everyone safely tuning in online, locally and beyond.

“This year’s virtual celebration is once again affirming what we in Toronto have long-recognized: this city has an unwavering commitment to musical excellence and, especially in times like these, an equally great commitment to our communities.”

Those planning to tune in will need to register online for free access at http://www.winterfolk.com

Winterfolk acknowledges the support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and of Canada’s private broadcasters. We also thank SOCAN for their support.

Winterfolk XX is February 18th – 20th, 2022 online.

Charmaine Kicks Off Sisterhood Sessions On Instagram Live

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Charmaine invites you to a week-long Instagram Live event that will see her discuss her latest single “FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS,” joined by an all-star cast of fabulous women.

Charmaine’s new release encompasses “the importance of having friends you can count on for anything.” In light of her sisterhood anthem, Charmaine welcomes Sports-Illustrated model Brielle Anyea, Zola actress and LGBTQ+ activist Ts Madison, rising Indonesian hip-hop artist Ramengvrl, Toronto based designer Cee and Charmaine’s day-ones Kayla and Chanl Marshl to open up on self-love, female empowerment and lots of inspiring advice to make your evening.

“Ultimately, my goal with this release is to depict how beautiful it is when you surround yourself with others that bring good vibes and support each other wholeheartedly,” Charmaine adds.

SISTERHOOD SESSIONS SCHEDULE

Monday, February 14th @ 10:30PM EST with Ramengvrl
Tuesday, February 15th @ 5:00PM EST with Brielle Anyea
Wednesday, February 16th @5:00PM EST Kayla & Chanl Marshl
Thursday, February 17th @ 5:00PM EST Cee
Friday, February 18th @ 5:00PM EST Ts Madison

Born in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, Charmaine relocated to the United States at the age of five, bouncing around the Midwest with her family at first before eventually settling in Nashville for a large chunk of her childhood. Living in the states was an eye-opening experience but by the time high school rolled around, Charmaine was already on the way to her next culture shock, this time heading north of the border to Toronto. Throughout her family’s frequent moves and financial struggles, Charmaine had always turned to music as a source of comfort and stability, something she could rely on for emotional support no matter how difficult things got. Collaborating with acclaimed producers/engineers Michael Lantz and David Ariza, Charmaine began work on debut EP Hood Avant Garde in late 2019, pushing her sound in an adventurous new direction that mixed the ’90s hip-hop she grew up listening to with the southern rap she fell in love with while living in Tennessee. The resulting tracks were playful, experimenting with unexpected cadences and cheeky sound effects, and the lyrics brimmed with poise and bravado. “I’d been a singer for most of my life, but the more I rapped, the more I felt like myself,” Charmaine explains. “It was almost like therapy, because it taught me to embrace all these parts of my personality that, as a woman, and particularly as a black woman, society had told me I needed to hide.” Charmaine may have started with nothing but it’s clear that she’s coming for everything.

Sonic Reducers: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige & Kendrick Lamar at The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Sonic Reducers: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige & Kendrick Lamar at The 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Sonic Reducers. 1 topic. 2 music nerds. 5 minutes.

We rewind Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime hip-hop extravaganza, recall some of our favourite halftime shows over the decades, and name some artists we’d like to see on stage next year. Hut!

Chart Topping Crooner MICAH BARNES Gets 2022 Started on a Swinging Note with “Welcome To The Club”

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Chart Topping Crooner MICAH BARNES Gets 2022 Started on a Swinging Note with “Welcome To The Club”

Soft, low candle glow. The tinkle of ice tossed in a highball glass. An empty, beckoning stage. Hushed, excited anticipation of who will stand next to the baby grand to serenade all the lovers and lonely hearts in the room. As 2022 begins under another lockdown, allow acclaimed, JUNO nominated jazz vocalist Micah Barnes to set the scene for a swingin’ Saturday night with “Welcome to the Club.”

If all that sounds like a great escape from our long running pandemic reality, it’s exactly what Barnes wants to provide with the latest single from his iTunes Canada #1 Jazz album Vegas Breeze.

“Since its release, the Vegas Breeze album has become a listener favourite on Jazz stations around the world,” says the Canadian vocal jazz virtuoso. “We thought we would be touring Europe with this album at this time. Since the whole world is grounded (again) for the moment, I felt releasing a new track and video would be the best way to bring more music to our fans around the world!”

The intriguingly shape shifting lead track on Vegas Breeze, “Welcome to the Club” is more than an enticing invitation, it’s an inspired mash-up of two different, little-known songs with the same title. Nat King Cole recorded and released his “Welcome to the Club” in 1959 and Mel Tormé wrote, recorded, and released his in 1961. Discovering and combining the two songs exemplifies the approach Barnes took to create his latest and third full length solo project.

“Our focus on Vegas Breeze was to find unusual songs from the showroom era and choose material from beyond the regular Rat Pack repertoire,” he explains. “That led to a really fun period of research, discovery and exploration for me and the band.”

“You know when you are kids, and you spend time together in each other’s houses a whole bunch? In fact, it was while playing records in the basement of a friend’s house I came across a Nat King Cole song that seared itself into my memory,” recalls Barns. “The melody was bluesy and swaggering. The lyrics are smart and sexy. The arrangement played by Count Basie’s band – so fun and swinging!”

Through more searching, the Tormé song of the same name also revealed itself and Barnes and his band – pianist and arranger Michael Shand, bassist Russ Boswell and drummer Al Cross, experimented with arranging the two tunes together.

“It felt like the most natural thing in the world,” notes Barnes. “The joining of a traditional barstool ballad with a swinging Vegas showstopper seemed to cover all the Vegas traditions at once. But what was incredible is that both lyrics give advice to a fellow “swinger” after being screwed over by a cheating lover. Perfect for our Vegas Breeze album.”

Do I hear you saying you got hurt?
Did you say that she’s a flim-flam flirt?
Are you sayin’ that some double dealin’ doll went and did you dirt?
Well bud, welcome, welcome, welcome to the club.

Following up three consecutive #1 singles on the iTunes Canadian Jazz charts, “Welcome to the Club” conjures up images of a swanky Vegas showroom in the ‘50s or ‘60s with a velvet-voiced vocalist holding court on the stage. Back then, if you couldn’t get to Vegas for the full, live experience, you could often see the singing stars of the era on your TV.

“When I was a kid, the legendary Vegas performers such as Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee and Steve & Eddie were still performing on the TV variety shows,” says Barnes. “Although I was actually never in the audience during the 50’s/60’s heyday of the showrooms I certainly fell in love with the style and the power of those musical personalities.”

For the “Welcome to the Club” video, Barnes wanted to recreate the 1960s TV variety show experience but, how to pull that off? After Barnes was forced to shelve a national tour in 2020, he and his band pivoted to perform a 14-date virtual tour “from the living room”. One of the virtual venues, London Ontario’s historic Aeolian Hall, became a favourite and Barnes and his band were invited back to play a livestream there in the summer of 2021.

“Thanks to the excellent team at The Aeolian, we felt the footage was strong enough to offer to the public as a video,” says Barnes. “Working with my director Carlos Coronado we went about recreating an old fashioned 60’s TV look for the final product!”

Born in Vienna and raised in Canada, Micah Barnes cut his teeth in the cabarets and jazz clubs of the city while still a teenager, before touring the world as a member of the A Cappella vocal group The Nylons. A JUNO Award-nominee, the years since have seen Barnes developing as an International SOLO artist with top-charting hits including the Billboard #1 “Welcome To My Head,” & #1 Jazz Albums New York Stories & Vegas Breeze. Micah is also an internationally respected Vocal, Performance & Career Strategy Coach.

Roots-Folk Duo Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen Release “Make Me Come Alive”

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Roots-Folk Duo Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen Release “Make Me Come Alive”

With love being a fire capable of breathing life into even the coldest and most dismal of circumstances, Canadian-American roots-folk duo Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen channel its vitality in their new single, “Make Me Come Alive.”

Serving as preview to this January 2022’s forthcoming new album, After the Fire, “Make Me Come Alive” begins abruptly with a storm — a gorgeous, noisy crashing together of violin and guitar — before organizing into an easy, rockin’ groove. Pinawa, Manitoba-born Dan sings the lead, and we learn about this exciting woman who’s caught his fancy, while Monterey, California-born Laurel punctuates the song with shimmering vocal harmonies and deft, elegant violin.

I’ve got my hands on my destiny
She’s the one who heats my every chill
I’ve got a feeling deep inside me
She’s always bound to be my thrill

Though some of the songs on After the Fire were written as far back as 1993, it was a 2020 storm — and then a fire — that sparked the making of the long-time collaborator’s new album…

Dan and Laurel had been creating music in Dan’s Bonny Doon-based home studio under California’s Covid-19 stay-at-home order; they were wrapping up the recording process when a heat wave, followed by an unusual lightning storm, caused a rapid forest fire.

“Dan’s little studio burned the morning after he’d rescued the rough tracks, studio equipment, and a range of instruments we play, yet rarely have the space to bring with us on the road,” Laurel shares. “When trauma is over, how does one restore faith and pick up the pieces?”

Having had to evacuate to a friend’s home with nothing they could do, but wait for news, they ultimately decided to continue recording and added new material inspired by their current situation. They decided to highlight the rescued instruments they don’t often use on After the Fire, in addition to their usual violin and acoustic six-string guitar. Each of the 10 original songs deals with a facet of the journey from setback to reclaimed hope: “Make Me Come Alive” tells the story of finding faith in the possibility of love, while the comfort of home is explored in “Beale Street.” “Together Again” and “Money Shouldn’t Talk That Strong” emphasize the importance of community, while the need for personal strength and fortitude are explored in “If A Wave” and “Hey, It’ll Be OK.”

Meeting in 2012 via a chance YouTube sighting and fueled by a once-in-a-lifetime musical chemistry and friendship, Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen are “prodigious players with songwriting that sets them apart.” With soaring violin, diverse guitar styles, compelling storytelling, a dash of harmonica and humor, and unique vocal rapport they deliver a dynamic, engaging, polished performance. Dan and Laurel’s third album, Between the Rain, was Top 10 on Canada’s campus radio Roots charts for 2016. They have toured North America extensively. Besides the US and Canada, they’ve toured a number of European countries, including Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, France, and Germany.

Patrick Stewart’s Soliloquy on B From Sesame Street

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Patrick Stewart’s Soliloquy on B From Sesame Street

Patrick Stewart gives a Shakespearean soliloquy on the letter “B”.

Michael Stipe on a New Velvet Underground Tribute Album and Other Projects, And Yes, R.E.M.

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Michael Stipe on a New Velvet Underground Tribute Album and Other Projects, And Yes, R.E.M.

Michael Stipe’s cover of “Sunday Morning” opens the new album, I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico, out September 24. The record also features Iggy Pop, Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, St Vincent, and more. Stipe joins us to discuss the album and the legacy of the band, as well as his other current projects, including a recently published book of photography and the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of REM’s album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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