November 25, 2014—We’re very proud to be a part of the team that organizes the annual winter Shivering Songs festival in rural New Brunswick and extremely pleased to announce an impressive initial line-up for the 2015 edition – master multi-instrumentalist Owen Pallett, DJ/MC extraordinaire Buck 65, Newfoundland songstress Amelia Curran, American singer and frequent collaborator Peter Broderick,…
September 22, 2014—Only six months after her last trip overseas, Gianna Lauren is packing her bags for another tour. She’s been announced as part of Reeperbahn, Germany’s largest club festival. Held in Hamburg on the cusp of fall, the annual event is one of the premiere destinations for emerging bands from around the world. She’s also named…
July 24, 2014—Tim Crabtree is heading overseas on another European tour as Paper Beat Scissors. Two months of shows will take him through England, Germany, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Austria, Iceland and includes performances at both Wilderness and Ramsbottom festivals. Tim is currently finishing the long-awaited sophomore Paper Beat Scissors album, due out in 2015 on Forward…
July 24, 2014—Only four months after her first European tour, Gianna Lauren will be returning to the UK in September. She’ll be playing four shows in England, including a performance at London’s Hoxton Square Bar opening for Sweden’s Jennie Abrahamson. Showcases at The Great Escape festival in Brighton back in May introduced Gianna’s music to English audiences…
July 24, 2014—The Olympic Symphonium’s title track from their fourth album, Chance To Fate, was recently featured in MTV’s ‘Teen Mom 2’. The program follows the lives of four girls as they navigate their first years of motherhood. It’s a strange world. Watch in Canada (second segment, 2:25 mark) http://www.mtv.ca/shows/teen-mom-2/video/season-5/teen-mom-2-s5-ep15/1729487/0/0 Watch in USA (11:35 mark) http://www.mtv.com/shows/teen_mom_2/teen-mom-2-season-5-ep-15-when-everything-seems-wrong/1729441/playlist/#id=1729441 –…
April 29, 2014—Michael Feuerstack’s 2014 masterpiece ‘Singer Songer’ is out in all forms today. If you were lucky enough to pick one up on Record Store Day (April 19th) then you already know what a great album this is. Timeless songs for a new generation. Here’s what the pros are saying: “Singer Songer is full of his…
April 29, 2014—With the release of Chance To Fate in March, The Olympic Symphonium have been busy touring the album and are hitting home turf this weekend. They’ll be joined by PEI’s Catherine MacLellan and NS’s Jennah Barry in New Brunswick and will perform a special show at The Sonic Temple recording studio in downtown Halifax with…
April 29, 2014—Gianna Lauren’s hypnotizing video of archival footage for the haunting song ‘Ghosts’ is now available for streaming. Watch on YouTube – http://youtu.be/ykLvx9VlGi4 Watch on Vimeo – https://vimeo.com/89615373 Heavy Weather, a production company from Newfoundland, caught up with Alan Jeffries to tape the murder-ballad ‘Little Sadie’ while in Charlottetown for ECMW. Check it out – https://vimeo.com/91814471
April 12, 2014—We’ll be releasing Gianna Lauren’s lovely ‘On Personhood’ EP in the UK on May 05th around a tour through England that will take her to both Liverpool Sound City and The Great Escape festivals. Afterwards, she’ll be travelling through France, Belgium, and Germany performing for the first time in Europe. “Stylishly quirky Lauren makes dreamy…
April 12, 2014—Fresh off his ECMA win, Alan Jeffries will be performing throughout the Maritimes in the coming months with his band, 50 Shades of Blue. May 17: St.Andrews, NB – Paddlefest July 26: Truro, NS – Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival July 27: Sackville, NB – Sackville Music Barn July 29: Fredericton, NB –…
April 12, 2014—The East Coast Music Week in Charlottetown last weekend was a major success. We played a lot of great shows and saw a lot of new music. Special thanks to everyone who performed, attended, and helped organize our annual revue at Back Alley Music, that was fun. Pleased to report that Alan Jeffries picked up…
March 31, 2014—Singer and songwriter, gentleman and liar, gadfly and fall guy, indispensable, Michael Feuerstack is a man who lives and makes music in Montreal. Long one of the Canadian scene’s most revered songwriters, Feuerstack has turned his craft inside-out for his first collaborative release: Singer Songer. The album gathers nine of Feuerstack’s friends and admirers –…
March 30, 2014—On their fourth album, The Olympic Symphonium further establish themselves as a unique voice in Canada’s contemporary music landscape. Putting aside themes of love in favour of heavier topics, the band ruminates on life, loss, religion, and self-doubt with this new material. “There’s something so mellow, so smooth about this Fredericton, New Brunswick-based indie folk…
February 3, 2014—The Olympic Symphonium’s fourth studio album, Chance To Fate, will be released in March 2014. The band has released a teaser video with some audio and the album cover. Watch – http://youtu.be/rD21iIqkfNI They’ve also released the first single, Predictor, which you can listen to here – http://youtu.be/rD21iIqkfNI Pre-order the LP (180g clear vinyl) & CD…
February 3, 2014—While touring the UK last December, Paper Beat Scissors taped a BBC2 session with “Whispering” Bob Harris at the BBC studios in London. The performance/interview aired last week but you can now listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q9k9f.mp Don’t wait though, this is only available for the next couple weeks! – paperbeatscissors.com –
January 31, 2014—Gianna Lauren will head to England this spring to perform overseas for the first time. The prestigious Great Escape festival held in seaside Brighton, UK every May will host Gianna & her band for the weekend. We’re working on more UK shows around this date so if you don’t live in Brighton (I’m looking at…
January 31, 2014—Canada’s best dressed band will perform select shows in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this winter. Tickets are on sale now and will be gone quickly so don’t miss the boat! Check the shows page for more information. February 04: Halifax, NS – The Carleton March 07: Wolfville, NS – The Barn March 20: Moncton,…
December 23, 2013—The seven albums, including our first Record Store Day releases, we put out in 2013 were our best selling records to date. We’ve seen orders from all over the world and as a result have started releasing our physical products in the UK this year. Every time Forward grows, we move towards putting out better…
December 23, 2013—Here’s a list of the albums some of us enjoyed over the course of the year. Hopefully you discover some new music as a result. Happy listening. Michael Feuerstack: Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill – Colours Sometimes you put two things you love together and it sucks, like chocolate catsup. Other times it rules –…
December 23, 2013—From the mouth of Tim Crabtree: “The 7-piece band tour was an absolute blast – we had amazing receptions and were treated so well everywhere we went. I never knew how much fun it was possible to have in a van. And the bits in between the drives were pretty fun, too: Sold-out festival shows…