Hey all,
I’m going to try to get in the habit of doing more frequent, yet smaller, updates to give everyone a quick read every few days.
Also, I have another interview coming down the pipe soon with a recently reformed east coast band.
Finally, I’ve been asked why the comments section of the site is turned off. Well, the answer is simple. I get anywhere from five to 30 spam messages through the comments feature a week, and I’m not interested in them cluttering up the site.
Please, spread word of the site amongst your musician friends and other music fans. The idea is to be a resource (if a small one) to anyone interested in east coast sounds.
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Alicia Penney & friends head out on tour
Cape Breton singer-songwriter and former member of the Tom Fun Orchestra and Yellow Alicia Penney is heading out on a short solo tour of the Maritimes with fellow songwriters Billie Yvette Rogers and Steve Fifield. The tour is dubbed the “Odd Socks Tour.”
Penney tells East Coast Noise the tour is exciting for her because each artist has their own sound and there’s a lot that can be done with the show formats because its simply three people and their guitars.
The tour dates are as follows:
Dec. 9 – Babas – Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Dec. 10 – Just Us Café – Halifax, N.S.
Dec. 11 – The Grad House – Fredericton , N.B.
Dec. 12 – Sessions – Rothesay, N.B.
Dec. 13 – House Show (7 Allison Ave.) – Sackville, N.B.
The Keats tour Afghanistan
Twin sister country performers Jolene and Sharlene Keats of Newfoundland have been added to the latest tour entertaining Canadian Armed Forces Personnel stationed in Afghanistan.
The tour will visit a variety of bases throughout the country, specific dates and places undisclosed because of normal security procedures. Also appearing are Alfie Zappacosta, Carson Downey and Two Bullet Parade.
“We’re amazingly excited and honoured,” Jolene Keats said in a press release for the tour. “But also nervous, just knowing that the troops have been there for weeks or months and that we’re a connection to back home.”
The Keats’ single ‘Bring On The Next Town’ was originally written about the rigours of being on the road in a country band. “But it sure takes on new meaning and humbles you to know you’re playing for people who literally put their lives on the line to get to that next town.” said sister Sharlene.
This tour is a result of a bid put forth by the Jim Kuehnel, General Manager of the Atlantica Centre for the Arts in Saint John, N.B. Atlantica Live is an artist management and special event booking company that deals with events on a national level.
In the last few years, The Keats have played and toured with The Divorcees, JD Clarke, Mark Cameron and Ryan Cook. They have showcased at the East Coast Music Awards and Canadian Music Week and they continue to tour throughout Canada on a regular basis.
N.B. artist releases new tunes
Owen Gilbride of Quispamsis, N.B. dropped us a line to mention he released his first album, Scary Monster, for download here.
Gilbride, 17, makes music with all kinds of random sounds (fireworks exploding, pieces of metal being banged together, broken electronic toys and more) and using heavy digital modification.
He says he’s been compared to Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk and film soundtracks. To purchase the album on CD format, see here.
