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In Good Company

The good folks at the Bryony House women and children’s shelter are organizing a fundraising event called In Good Company tonight. The evening will feature Ryan MacGrath, Norma MacDonald, Ria Mae, Heather Green and Lindsay Duncan singing songs, telling stories and collaborating on a song or two. Artist Sharon Hodgson will also be doing live painting and auctioning off the fruits of her labour at the end of the night. Tickets are $15 and the show begins at 8pm at the Company House.

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ECMA 2011 Nominees Announced

Complete list below. Take a look, give high-fives to your favorites, etc.Congrats! ECMA 2011 MUSIC & INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINEES|MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS: Alternative Recording of the Year Pathological Lovers – Calling all FavoursRacoon Bandit — CampcraftRuth Minnikin – Depend on ThisRyan MacGrath – Cooper Hatch ParisSlowcoaster – The Darkest of DiscosWintersleep – New Inheritors Blues Recording of the Year John Campbelljohn – Good to GoMatt Andersen – PiggybackRoss Neilsen & The Sufferin’ Bastards — RedemptionScott Parsons – Live at Mahogany HallThe Dungaree Brothers with The Hupman Brothers Band – The South Mountain Swamp Rock OperaThom Swift – Blue Sky Day Children’s

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Ryan MacGrath’s moment

Ryan MacGrath is sick. You can see it before you’re even close enough to say hi, as he makes his way up the moderate incline of Blowers Street, offering a restrained wave. “My bones hurt,” he says, with a hint of real worry in his voice—that voice—as he settles into a chair overlooking a Grafton […]

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Company calls on Ryan MacGrath

Ryan MacGrath doesn’t do anything half-assed. The night he released his EP, In My Own Company, he transformed the Seahorse into an opera house—heavy curtains hugged the stage, lanterns shone over mini-mirror balls hung like hot-air balloons and little white lights twinkled behind textured backdrops. The magical surroundings were mere accents, as he pulled out […]

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