In just four songs, North Preston’s Keonté Beals covers a lot of ground, and doesn’t pull any punches from the jump: The kick-off, “Man Down,” may feature the claps and laser synths of Top 40 pop, but the subject matter is much more serious. “How can I go through the motions once again?” Beals asks […]
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Review: Blue Spirits, Liquid Courage
Liquid Courage is the debut recording from Blue Spirits, the Halifax quartet led by trumpeter Paul St-Amand and self-described (accurately) as “a colourful collision of classic and contemporary.” It starts strong just on the titles of the first two songs, “Magnifico” and “How to Be Unthoughtful” (and what’s the over/under on “One Page to Another” […]
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Review: MAJE, Insert Flame Emojis Here
“What’s the topic of conversation/if I ain’t the topic of conversation?” asks MAJE in the opening minute of the 12-track Insert Flame Emojis Here, and it’s a fair question. In an album that begins with the refrain is “My whole team had hoop dreams,” it’s worth nothing he’s assembled a major collection of collaborators here, […]