Peter Jacobs – Lessons Learned
Latest album from Newfoundland singer and songwriter.
Latest album from Newfoundland singer and songwriter.
An intelligent rock ‘n’ roll group from St. John’s, Newfoundland. They sing about things that matter and play chords that have meaning.
They include: Doug Rowe (vocals, guitar), Mark Thorne (guitar, vocals), Sean Power (drums), and Bob Dicks (bass, vocals).
Debut EP from local folk songstress, Carissa Abbott!
‘West Wind Blow’ is an album of traditional Newfoundland tunes, original pieces, and well-known folk songs, played on acoustic guitar, with an accompaniment of accordion, mandolin, and violin. The album also includes 2 songs sung by Elaine Clarke of Little Rapids, and one sung by Bob Muggridge of St. John’s.
Written between 1998 and 2016, Preludes to Canada is a 13 – movement journey across Canada for solo piano. Originating as a musical journal of impressions and feelings from cross-Canada travels hand in hand with Donna, each Prelude evokes one special place in a vast country bursting with special places.
Socially conscious punk rock…the words of a folk singer with the attitude of a punk rocker…
After almost twenty years of writing, recording, producing music and fronting such bands as The Punters and The 8 Track Favourites Larry Foley has emerged to put his stamp on a body of work which is quickly establishing him as a solo performer. “Come Along With Me Bys” a new compilation is a reflection of his roots and his love of a good song. The album features a new song “Boats To Build” as well as many Newfoundland standards. Included on this CD are 3 songs from the pen of Ron Hynes “Sonny’s Dream”, “St. John’s Waltz” & “Back Home On The Island” Ron was a good friend of Larry, and his rendition of these songs would make Ron proud. The vast majority of these songs are very well known in Newfoundland, such as “Signal Hill”, “Newfoundland Blessing”, “Fisherman’s Boy”, “Fiddler’s Green” & “A Couple More Years”. “Gulf Of Mexico” a Steve Earle song describes the perils of drilling in the ocean for oil, as we saw in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and is poignant to Newfoundland as we have oil drilling in the ocean off Newfoundland. “Ramblin’ Boy” is a tribute to Larry’s friend Dermot O’Reilly of the band “Ryan’s Fancy” who unfortunately passed away way too early.
“Home in My Harbour” is Shanneyganock’s follow-up to 2014’s “Rockin’ on the Water,” which earned them exceptional success. The band’s sound remains unchanged even if their membership hasn’t: Billy Sutton and Bob Pike are no longer in Shanneyganock, replaced by Ian Chipman and Chris Donnelly. Bassist Chipman, known as a member of The Fables and The Navigators, has been playing on and off with the band for a couple of years, while drummer Donnelly is relatively new. It’s a mixed bag of everything Shanneyganock is known for: ballads, shanties, originals and more traditional tunes. “Once More We’ll Stand” is a song Andrews wrote last year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Beaumont-Hamel; “Music and Friends” is a well-known Simani tune given new life as a collaboration between Shanneyganock and Simani’s Bud Davidge (Sim Savory died in 2010).