Andrew Sisk (photo by Scott Munn)
Share and Coco et Co. frontman Andrew Sisk will release his debut solo LP, Treelines, on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Treelines was completed in Sisk’s apartment in Montreal with his son Elliott sleeping on his lap during vocal takes and quietly watching him record classical guitar parts. While self-engineered and produced, the album features contributions from members of Wintersleep, Snailhouse and The Two Minute Miracles.
Shivering Songs gears up + free stuff!
The second annual Fredericton-based Shivering Songs Festival is set for Feb. 3-5. Included in the lineup this year are Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters, Micah Blue Smaldone (SubPop) Postdata, Hot Toddy, Catherine MacLellan and many others.
Several shows are planned for throughout the weekend, including the Songwriters and Storytellers Matinee show at the Wilmot Church, with David Myles hosting for a second year. Myles will moderate the Saturday Matinee, which also features David Adams Richards, Catherine Maclellan, Mike O’Neill and Andrew Sisk.
The festival will take place at Wilmot United Church, the Cedar Tree Café, the Capital Bar and the Boyce Farmer’s Market. Passes and tickets are now on sales at Backstreet Records, Picaroon’s Brewtique and online at www.shiveringsongs.com Physical tickets are on sale now in Fredericton at Backstreet Records (384 Queen St.) and Read’s Newsstand (435 King St.).
The fine folks at Shivering Songs have shared a sampler album featuring festival artists, which you can download here. (Click on the blue button part way down the page for quickest download …)
The Just Barelys release album
Halifax’s The Just Barelys are ready to launch their latest record, Mad Bits, on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Stephen Kelly and Eleanor King are The Just Barelys. A two-piece art/pop project, the band has independently recorded and released three albums and a variety of singles since 2001. JB’s home recordings feature King on drums and Kelly on guitar, and incorporate a wide variety of instruments, computer manipulations and home-made noise devices.
Lovestorm releases new video
Moncton-area two-piece Lovestorm, Nina Khosla and Tim Isaac, have released a new video for the title track from their album Overripe. The video was shot last winter in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
Check out the video here:
Moncton bar launches Soirées Cabaret
Moncton bar The Igloo, located at 300 Elmwood Dr., has launched a new French-language concert series.
Called Soirées Cabaret franco de l’Igloo, the series hosts a different Acadian or French act every Wednesday for only $5. For more information on the Soirée cabaret franco de l’Igloo, call the Igloo at (506) 858-9397.
Following is the programming from now until the end of March:
January 25 – Caracol
February 1 – Loup Noir
February 8 – Daniel Goguen
February 15 – Kevin McIntyre
February 22 – Luc Tardif
February 29 – Gabriel Robichaud
March 7 – Mario Lebreton
March 14 – Danny Boudreau
March 21 – Le Bo Band
March 28 – Caroline Savoie et Philippe Desjardins
