Korona Brophy, well known for forming and artistically directing The Celtic Fiddlers strikes out on her own with an instrumental collection of her favourite songs learned from her parents, songs during her teaching days and special tunes that inspired her and her family over the years. Korona felt a true emotional urge to record these pieces to pass onto the hearts of her children and grandchildren. Vaughn Sutton and Erin O’Brien assist on this lovely album.

Keyboardist Don Boland serves up a tasty contemporary jazz album featuring an all-star cast of players including Mike Herriott and Scott Mansfield and of course Rick Hollett’s signature polished studio wisdom is all over it. You’ll also be presented with superb vocal contributions from Renee Marquis and Jamiee Paul. This cool jazz gem will brighten up your Winter days and nights.

Matthew Byrne & Sherman Downey live in concert, recorded in 2018.

From the first soft folk slide in “Goodnight” all the way to the last pluck of the Nashville guitar, SONGS FOR THEO entices it’s listener, hugging and calming the whole soul. The first full studio album from East Coast musician, PETE, is a listening treasure that gingerly tucks you in at night.   The lullabies feel familiar, like your mom’s classic hit list – circa bedtime 1987. The melodies push and pull, massaging the musical mind in a journey you can either get lost in, or lose yourself to. The rich bass (Spencer FitsGerald) vibrates the toes and pats you on the back. Amplified in songs like “Quite the Creation” when the thick double bass wraps itself around you. A swirling saxophone (Sarah Newell) slumber weigh’s heavy on the eye lids in songs like “Bright Eyes,” and “Ga Ga Goo Goo.” The album also boasts a professional mom, and recently promoted Granny, (Ronalda Hutton MacDonald) on the breath taking “Dear Little Baby.” Her beautiful classical Irish sound “lingering at your nursery door now that you’re asleep.”   Inspired by his newest niece, Macie Mac, and influenced by all the wonderful cuddle monsters that blessed the writer’s lives this isolating year: Harrison, Theodore, Mcaleigh. Lyrically, the album brings you to the comfy cloud world that all babies exude, within the “Neverlands” and sweet cupboards of “Mamma Martha.” Pete chases the sunrise with you, while teaching you about that “immature and pure” love. Grab a chair and your favourite cup. “Lemonade is nice on ice sunny day” as long as you’re listening to SONGS FOR THEO.

10 choral arrangements (SA,SSA,SSAA,SATB,SSATB,TB) and 12 arrangemets for fiddle or C instuments from the CD Passage, compiled by Korona Brophy.

14 instrumental pieces for fiddle or C instruments from the CD The Sea In Our Eyes, compiled by Korona Brophy.

8 Vocal and Instrumental Pieces for fiddle or C instruments from the CD Ready for the Storm, compiled by Korona Brophy.

New recordings of woods songs and recitations from NL. Features performances from Aaron Colliss, Mark Manning, Fergus O’Byrne, Jim Payne, The Swinging Belles, Chris Andrews, Ladylike, Crooked Stovepipe, Kevin Hamilton, Flower Hill, Dave Paddon, Shirley Montague, Dave Penny, Gary Collins, Sherry Ryan, Selby Mesher, Sherman Downey, Rube & Rake, The Cormiers and more.

Dark Metal from members of local metal outfit Sheavy.

Hymns of the Heart contains Cianciulli’s stirring, expressive interpretations of timeless classics such as “Amazing Grace”, “How Great Thou Art”, “Nearer My God to Thee”, “Jesus Loves Me”, and “It Is Well With My Soul.” With her new hymn accompanied by a stunning video filmed at Toronto’s Grace Church on the Hill by videographer Arunas Remeza, Cianculli hopes that “My Voice Belongs to Him” will also take a special place in hearts everywhere, much like the others on the release long-have.

“As you take this all into your heart, I hope It will be a healing and blessed experience that washes over you in waves of hope, faith and comfort.”

Toronto journalist Kimberly Hughes says Cianciulli has “the ability to invest any song with authentic emotion no matter the genre or subject matter.”

As for Cianciulli, she calls herself “an unabashed fan-girl of the creative spirit,” and that spirit is truly multi-faceted. She’s a performer, public speaker, award-winning author, mentor, opera company foundress, songwriter and recording artist. The latter being what she is currently focused on with a second album planned for release in 2022 that will be completely composed of original songs highlighting her heart’s true home of Newfoundland, matters of the heart and personal experiences.

A performance tour of Newfoundland and Ontario is also in the works for Cianciulli for 2022.