January 2020

PEI Music Week 2020

Award Nominees

Music PEI recently announced the nominees for the 2020 Music PEI Awards. The 2020 Credit Union Music PEI Week will be held in Charlottetown from Febru...

New Releases

Island Artists release new albums

KINLEY | Run With You PEI songwriter-multi-instrumentalist and former Hey Rosetta! member KINLEY shares a new song, “Run With You.” The catchy po...

Cavendish Beach Music Festival announces first headliners

Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay

Cavendish Beach Music Festival presented by Bell has announced 34-time ACM Award, 13-time CMA and 2-time GRAMMY Award-winner and celebrated singer-son...

Ava & Lily Rashed

Two Part Harmony

Ava and Lily Rashed, their parents David and Sue, and I re-watch together the broadcast of their energetic performance of Elle King’s song “Ex’s...

Brandon Howard Roy

Cheerful holiday cliches aside, Brandon Howard Roy is bringing the world an extra dose of joy this season by allowing us to ring in the New Year with ...

Review: PEI Symphony Orchestra

Space & The Rocket

On November 24th, the PEI Symphony Orchestra presented the second concert of their 52nd season, “Space & The Rocket,” under the direction of...

Free (I Remember)

from Subtle Motions by Nikkie Gallant

Summerside resident Nikkie Gallant has been quietly working on a new musical project and says she’s ready to share some of it now. As a singer-songw...

Shadow

Aron Scott Earthquake

Aron Scott Earthquake have released a new single entitled “Shadow.” The track was released independently through CD Baby and can be found on youtu...

Little Reasons

Brandon Howard Roy

Brandon Howard Roy, a singer-songwriter based in Charlottetown, has spent years as an actor on stages around the country but is now back on PEI and ab...

The Benefits Of Being Alone

from Bravado by Rose Cousins

JUNO Award winning songwriter Rose Cousins’ newest offering, Bravado, explores the complication of emotion, its irrational tendencies and its wisdom...

In Full Bloom

Sorrey

Sorrey recently released its debut full-length, In Full Bloom. It was heralded by CBC Music as a cohesively stunning dream pop album” in their Fall ...

Canadian Folk nominees

The Canadian Folk Music Awards announced its 105 nominees recently. The 15th edition of the CFMAs will take place April 3–4, 2020, in Charlottetown,...

Lxvndr

The Chelsey Moisan effect

Chelsey Moisan, otherwise known by her stage name Lxvndr, has been making waves in the PEI rap scene with her spit-fire lyrics, stage presence (The Lx...

New Executive Director for Indian River Festival

Kate Gracey-Stewart appointed

The Indian River Festival Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Kate Gracey-Stewart as their new Executive Director. Kate assumed the ro...

Music for life

Roy MacCaull is still writing love songs

I wish The Buzz was like one of those musical greeting cards. You could open this page and hear the strong voice and guitar pickings of Roy MacCaull. ...

Women of Note

Sarah Hagen

Pianist Sarah Hagen is celebrating the release of her latest CD, Women of Note with a celebration at The Haviland Club on November 9. The album, Hag...

Skull Kid and the Giants

The birth of Skull Kid and the Giants might be one of the most cliche ways a band comes together. It’s the-co-worker-group-of-friends saying “hey,...

A Long, Long Time

The Pine release their second single

New Charlottetown band, The Pine, released their second single, "A Long, Long Time," on October 20. The Pine is a five-member 90s-inspired alt/soft-...

Review: PEI Symphony Orchestra

Tumultuous tunes

On October 20th, the PEI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Mark Shapiro, presented “The Gathering Storm,” a concert featuring J...

Comme un engin

Michel LaLonde

Michel Lalonde will deliver the whole of his new album, Comme un engin, in a album launch performance at Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint-Jean in Charlotte...

Christmas in the Chapel

Laura Farrell

Laura Farrell will launch a new album titled Christmas in the Chapel November 24 from 1 to 4 pm at the Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Road, Ch...

Water in the Draw

Adam Hill

Adam Hill will celebrate the release of his new album, Water in the Draw, on November 15 with a free concert at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Cha...

Flying Colours

Rawlins Cross

Celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, Atlantic Canada’s Celtic-rock group, Rawlins Cross, have released their tenth studio album, Flying Col...

Bob Jensen releases new single

A Heavy Millstone

Spoken word Poet Bob Jensen has released A Heavy Millstone, the third single from Prayer to morning. “A Heavy Millstone is a gut-felt response to ...

Lightworkers

New single release by KINLEY

Canadian songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and former Hey Rosetta! member KINLEY releases “Lightworkers”; a beautiful ‘call to action’ song abo...

Luminos Ensemble season three

Luminos Ensemble, PEI’s professional chamber choir, has announced its 2019-2020 Season, which includes three eclectic concerts. “Following a secon...

The Basement Sessions: What I’ve Learned So Far

Alli Walker

PEI country singer-songwriter Alli Walker has released her debut album, The Basement Sessions: What I’ve Learned So Far. To celebrate the release of...

Then and Now

Gerry Edge

It is the culmination of a lot of work over a long period of time, shared and solitary, that makes an album release always exciting according to music...

The Long And The Short

Dave Woodside

The Long And The Short is David Woodside’s labour of love and debut EP. Calling on influences from folk, rock and blues, Island musician David Woods...

Common Senseless

Dennis Ellsworth

Common Senseless (Pyramid Scheme Records) is the name of Dennis Ellsworth’s new album. The album was recorded at The Hill Sound in Charlottetown by ...

The Bayfield Sessions

Atlantic String Machine

The members of the Atlantic String Machine will celebrate the release of their second album, The Bayfield Sessions, with a concert at The Mack Theatre...

Yours To Break

The East Pointers

JUNO Award-winners The East Pointers will release their new album Yours To Break on October 25 via all streaming services. Catch their performance on ...

Stay Together

Paper Lions

Paper Lions’ new album Stay Together includes nine new semi-autobiographical songs that tap into their story as a band and their own romantic relati...

Coyote

Catherine MacLellan

Catherine MacLellan will release her seventh album, Coyote, on October 11 with a launch concert at College of Piping, Summerside. Coyote contains 1...

My new guitar

Charlotte Lloyd gets a cool gift from Island Rock Camp

“Is this a joke?,” said Charlotte Lloyd. She was on stage at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall and Island Rock Camp founder Andrew Waite had j...

Rose Cousins shares Prince song

JUNO Award-winning PEI songwriter Rose Cousins has shared her version of Prince’s classic, I Would Die 4 U, recorded together with Bear’s Den and ...