“Hailing from the nether reaches of Canada, St. John’s Thom Coombes crafts songs that land somewhere between Pavement and Octoberman. His leading track, ‘Everything Is Temporary / One Year’, grabs a listener by the coat tails and drags them back into the meandering realm of the cute-reflective perfected by the likes of Jeffrey Lewis. The female vocals don’t hurt either. The balance struck is simply the best. Enjoy!”

– arguejob.com

“Every song on the album gives the impression that it’s about to explode from the shear amount of brazen ideas and sudden shifts the band is more than eager to throw in there and it probably would fall apart if it wasn’t all wrapped up in such a cohesive and disciplined aesthetic.

I hear a lot of early Talking Heads and Television influence in the songs but Thee Internet isn’t a nostalgia act in any sense of the word.  Thee Internet got the future locked down.”

– Patrick Canning from thescope.ca

Jazzy, bluesy and soulful with sure pop sensibilities, Janet Cull Band fill a slot until now unfilled on the St. John’s music circuit. Shades of Rita Collidge, Yvonne Elliman and Carole King echo on this finely produced debut. The combined vocals of Cull and Crystal McCarthy works nicely and the overall down tempo, easy beat playing is cohesive and solid. All of these original songs are very well crafted.

“A double CD mix which includes tracks from James Brown, Beatconductor, A Tribe Called Quest, People Under the Stairs, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Curtis Mayfield, Slave, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Roy Ayers, Fred Wesley, Aloe Blacc, Greyboy, Erykah Badu, Kool & the Gang… and many more!”

– Liner Notes

“When he first started playing guitar in 1997, it was mostly the classic country, but over the years he has moved into rock, and folk styles, such as Cash, Prine, Dylan, Waits, Willie Nelson, and popular music from the 40’s through to the 80’s.  In June of 2011, Wade released his first professional CD entitled Damned Old Rodeo, and the reception has been overwhelmingly positive, with his original composition Cupids getting regular airplay on Kixx Country 103.9FM, Radio Newfoundland 930AM, and VOWR 800AM.  On September 2, 2011, Wade was featured in St. John’s local paper The Telegram in their music series “Fresh Tracks”.  On January 16th, and again on December 10th 2012, he performed on the Rogers TV show, Out of the Fog (click “Video” from list on left side of screen to view performance).  During the summer of 2012, Wade acted in two plays with the Torbay Theatre Festival.  He played “Nixie” in Ben Pittman’s production of the musical, “Solomon Gosse’s Birthday”, and “Rich Codner” in Ben Pittman’s production of “1762: The Taking of Torbay”

– www.wadedawe.ca/bio.htm

“Jim’s thirty-five year career with the railroad began in Halifax, NS. He then transferred to Newfoundland and Labrador where he spent the remainder of his career until the railroad’s closure in 1988. Jim’s love and passion for the railroad were obvious to anyone close to him.

In later years Jim expressed his love and passion in the many songs that he wrote and sang (although he would tell you very quickly that singing was not his calling).   Some of Jim’s songs were recorded on two CDs.   In these songs Jim sang enthusiastically about his experiences on the railroad.  Jim’s first song titled, “I Love Working on the Railroad” speaks passionately about how he fell in love with the railroad: “Listening to the humming of the wheels-clicking of the joins rocking in the curbs.”   In other songs Jim provides vivid memories and pictures of the train: “Moving with a full head of steam, around the mountain side, climbing big hill, easing down the grade, crossing the bog,
going through deep snow cuts and around blind rock cuts.”

– www.railwaycoastalmuseum.ca/Files/tributeJD.pdf

Their sound is a little more progressive than some of the mainstay traditional groups but this, accompanied by their energetic live show, has given Fine Crowd distinction amongst a sea of live performers. All in all Fine Crowd offers an eclectic mix of old and new with enough edge to distinguish it from the pack.

This is our first venture of writing and recording together.  We hope that the stories and songs will help, in some way, to brighten your day.  We have included additional songs on this CD to give you approx. and hour of music for your listening pleasure.  Thanks.

Mel, whom I met through RVing, recently tried his hand at songwriting.  It was pleasantly surprising to both of us, how easily the thoughts and words took shape.  He has written four songs for this CD: (Let Our Hearts Do The Talking, No Other Love Like You, The Winner, and Rock n’ Rollin’ Granny).  He did all the music for his songs, and also played bass on all the songs.  “Good job ol’ Buddy.”

– Wince (taken from liner notes)