November 17th, 2020

Alan Doyle, The Once, The Ennis Sisters, Fortunate Ones, Rachel Cousins – Songs From Home

The SONGS FROM HOME EP is a special collaboration featuring Alan Doyle, The Once, The Ennis Sisters, Fortunate Ones, and Rachel Cousins that they created in isolation in the earliest days of the pandemic.

November 9th, 2020

Carl Lundrigan – Silver Linings

If you’re looking for “Silver Linings”, we have it. Fred’s is pleased to present the debut CD from Carl Lundrigan from CBS. This 6 song recording features support from Bob and Wayne Muggeridge on several instruments and endearing lead vocals from Carl. A humble offering of some well known Irish-Country numbers written by giants like Ewan MacColl, Jesse Winchester and Johnny Cash, unpretentious and with a sit by the fire warmth and vibe.

November 2nd, 2020

Patrick Boyle – Swivel w/ Lorne Lofsky & Sean Drabitt

A new, very cool CD from our good friend and jazz musician, Patrick Boyle. Featuring the great guitarist, Lorne Lofsky who was a member of the Oscar Peterson Quartet and Sean Drabitt (Marsalis family, Mike Stern, Betty Carter) on bass. Recorded at the Warehouse in Vancouver in 2019.

November 2nd, 2020

David Pomeroy – Great Tenor Arias

In Great Tenor Arias, his debut album, Canadian tenor David Pomeroy performs music from his most celebrated roles on the operatic stage, from French grand opera through the treasured dramatic German and Italian repertoire.

November 2nd, 2020

Allison Lupton – Words of Love

October 19th, 2020

Rube & Rake – Leaving With Nothing

On sale NOW! Fantastic new CD from Rube & Rake!
Rube & Rake raise the bar considerably on their second full-length offering.
The aptly titled, “Leaving With Nothing” fits snugly in the Canadian folk tradition laid out by Ian tyson and Gordon Lightfoot in the 1960’s and early 70’s and subsequently, Gene MacLellan, Bob Ruzicka and others in the latter decade.
The Lightfoot influence is evident from the opening track with its jaunty melody and drifter’s barroom rant.
“Lonesome Song” follows those steps, lyrically a ‘determined troubadour’s creed’.
By the time we’re introduced to the third number, “What Will”, a more poignant perspective of road and thoughts stretch out ahead, culminating with the whimsical realization that “there’s no use in knowing what’s down the line”.
“Fleeting Moment”, a Jakob Dylan/Wallflowers style track presents our hero struggling with a full gamut of emotions making it one of the highlights and centerpiece of the album. The song is all-consuming, the drum marches and a potent, dense organ pulls us along at a perfect pace.
This is nicely followed by “10-33”, a tune featuring some lovely lap steel accentuated by the singer’s thought process shifting and stirring on a ponderous journey sure to continue.
“Leaves Of Gold” glitters with delicacy and paints one of the album’s most reflective lyrics, also one of the top 2 or 3 songs and unique in its folksy-psychedelic heaviness, tailing off as confusion meets clarity.
A wistfulness carries the final third of this album suggesting the traveller-seeker is growing tired of harsh soul-searching and now yearns for rest but is wise enough to know “there’s still a lot of crying to do”.
There’s plenty of wonderful finger-pickin’ throughout this gem and stellar contributions from Maria Cherwick, who adds flavour and spice with her fiddle playing. Robbie Brett, Adam Hogan, Steve Maloney and a host of guests all make suitably empathetic contributions but close vocal harmony and succinct, well-honed verses are indeed the bold print message on Rube & Rake’s calling card. This is Folk-Rock done right.
(produced by Adam Hogan and engineered by Romesh Thavanathan)
October 15th, 2020

Mike Fisher – Psych-E-Punk LP

PSYCH-E-PUNK, Mike Fisher’s first solo album!

Mike is a founding member and lead vocalist of legendary punk band The Reaction, one of Canada’s earliest punk bands, active in St. John’s from 78-81. Their limited 7″ single “On The Beach / The Kid’s Arrived” is a prized item sought by collectors worldwide.

It is in the prog/punk style of Mike’s writing that molds the sound of Psych-E-Punk. Songs like “Ugly On The Inside”, “Won’t Sleep Again”, and “Black Cat Coming” echo life’s complexities. Not all dark though, humor comes into play with Mike’s own experience with the rockabilly throwback “I Could Have Tripped Richard Simmons”!

Mike plays all instruments and handles vocal duties, with St. John’s musician/artist Bill Rose, and Hammingwell’s Jeff White and Dave Bailey adding their own talent to several songs.

Guaranteed to please rock fans, PSYCH-E-PUNK is available only on vinyl!

October 8th, 2020

Dave Penny – Chip Wagon Ahead

Brand new Dave Penny album! Lot’s of funny stuff featuring some of the province’s finest music icons.

October 2nd, 2020

Matthew Byrne & Lady Cove Women’s Choir – In Concert

One of our province’s premier traditional vocalists joins forces with our leading women’s choir. Ballads, stories presented exquisitely in a manner both folksy, charming.

Featuring arrangements for choir & strings by Duane Andrews.

 

 

September 29th, 2020

Rev. Dave and the Sin Eaters – Dark Water

Channeling the collective sounds and spirits of Cash, Kristofferson, Cohen, and Jerry Jeff, Corner Brook’s Rev. Dave and the Sin Eaters suggest inklings of redemption and forgiveness… or not.