Concert Reviews

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  Motherhood

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 26

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2019

  Motherhood and the sounds from their latest, greatest work, Dear Bongo, bounced between the refinished wood floors and tall ceilings of the...

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  ​Jerry Faye

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 26

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2019

  Long the anchor of Fredericton's musical community, the Capital Complex played host to just over half of Flourish Festival's 2019 schedule....

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  No It's Fine

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 26

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2019

  Self-describing as a band with "sad songs played loudly," Halifax's No It's Fine braved highway detours and high water levels to make their...

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  Property

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 25

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2019

  Flourish Festival launched its 2019 edition Thursday (April 25) at the third floor of Shiftwork studio, looking out on one of the worst flo...

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  Bleum

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 25

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2019

  After filling the room with smoke, locals Bleum seemed to burst from Shiftwork Studio with their set of pulsing, swelling pop music that's...

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  Young Satan in Love

  Flourish Festival, Fredericton NB, April 25

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2019

  Young Satan in Love's performance arguably began when singer Marc Bragdon — clad in Day-Glo western garb — crooned along to a timely spin o...

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  Sasami / Sen Morimoto

  Baby G, Toronto ON, April 25

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2019

  After years of recording and playing music with a host of other bands — Wild Nothing, Hand Habits, Vagabon and, most notably, as the keyboa...

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  A Special Evening with the National

  Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto ON, April 24

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2019

  The National's days of writing sweaty rock tunes are over, and so are their days of putting on sweaty rock shows. To baptize their upcoming...