Music of New Brunswick
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New Brunswick
offers a wide range of musical entertainment at many different venues and diverse locations. In this place, you can enjoy everything from a Pow Wow at Bouctouche and Elsipogtog First Nations to Acadian Traditional or Contemporary Style Music around Moncton and the northern regions of the province to Irish Fiddles on the Miramichi or the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton.
With the birth of non-profit organizations such as Music New Brunswick getting involved with other professional music associations such as Factor and Socan, and University New Brunswick on the scene to help provide educational opportunities for children and assistance from Tourism New Brunswick, the local New Brunswick music scene has really blossomed over the few past decades.
The New Brunswick Country Hall of Fame attracts many visitors and promotes local country music history and musicians such as Don Messer and Wilf Carter
.
, which is home to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
, an annual event attracting some of the most respected jazz
, blues
and world music
artists from across North America and beyond.
The Moncton music scene local Acadian and Celtic musicians and songwriters as well as massive concert festivals held at Magnetic Hill by well known music industry giants such as The Rolling Stones
, Bon Jovi
, Eagles, AC/DC
and U2
.
Saint John
is home to one of the longest-running music news websites in the province, Giraffecycle.com, which provides information about the local art scene and promotes discussion of events and musical acts in Saint John and Fredericton.
The city of Miramichi
is best known for its country and bluegrass music, featuring a blend of Acadian, Irish and Scot's traditional style of music. The Miramichi Folksong Festival
preserves the history and rich musical traditions of northeastern New Brunswick.
to the province in the 1920s gave local country artists exposure to a wide audience, and several musicians parlayed this exposure into successful musical careers. Radio/television pioneer Don Messer debuted on Saint John station CFBO in 1929, later gaining fame as the host of the popular CBC program Don Messer's Jubilee
. Fiddler Ned Landry made his first CFBO appearance in 1934, and would eventually record eight albums with RCA Victor in the 1950s.
New Brunswick has also produced several popular contemporary country artists, including Julian Austin
and Chris Cummings
.
is currently the breeding ground for a new style of punk rock
called Poorcore that began with the group The Tasty Wangs, and has now transmitted over to a sister group, called The Welfare Boys. Poorcore is as quoted by Welfare Boys guitarist Sean Boyer: "The sounds of the silent suffering lower class of our dying industrial town mixed with the sound of things like, you know, cooking Kraft Dinner and yelling at your kids to put shoes on when they go outside".
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
offers a wide range of musical entertainment at many different venues and diverse locations. In this place, you can enjoy everything from a Pow Wow at Bouctouche and Elsipogtog First Nations to Acadian Traditional or Contemporary Style Music around Moncton and the northern regions of the province to Irish Fiddles on the Miramichi or the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton.
With the birth of non-profit organizations such as Music New Brunswick getting involved with other professional music associations such as Factor and Socan, and University New Brunswick on the scene to help provide educational opportunities for children and assistance from Tourism New Brunswick, the local New Brunswick music scene has really blossomed over the few past decades.
The New Brunswick Country Hall of Fame attracts many visitors and promotes local country music history and musicians such as Don Messer and Wilf Carter
Wilf Carter
Wilf Carter , also known as Montana Slim, was a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller...
.
Festivals
New Brunswick's capital city is FrederictonFredericton, New Brunswick
Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...
, which is home to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
The Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival is an annual music festival held in downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick that features blues, jazz and world music....
, an annual event attracting some of the most respected jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and world music
World music
World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...
artists from across North America and beyond.
The Moncton music scene local Acadian and Celtic musicians and songwriters as well as massive concert festivals held at Magnetic Hill by well known music industry giants such as The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
, Eagles, AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
and U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
.
Saint John
Saint John, New Brunswick
City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...
is home to one of the longest-running music news websites in the province, Giraffecycle.com, which provides information about the local art scene and promotes discussion of events and musical acts in Saint John and Fredericton.
The city of Miramichi
Miramichi, New Brunswick
Miramichi is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It is situated at the mouth of the Miramichi River where it enters Miramichi Bay...
is best known for its country and bluegrass music, featuring a blend of Acadian, Irish and Scot's traditional style of music. The Miramichi Folksong Festival
Miramichi Folksong Festival
The Miramichi Folksong Festival, the oldest folk music festival in Canada, is held annually in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.It was established by Louise Manny in response to a request from Lord Beaverbrook that she document the traditional songs of his boyhood home. It is the longest continuous...
preserves the history and rich musical traditions of northeastern New Brunswick.
Country Music
The introduction of radioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
to the province in the 1920s gave local country artists exposure to a wide audience, and several musicians parlayed this exposure into successful musical careers. Radio/television pioneer Don Messer debuted on Saint John station CFBO in 1929, later gaining fame as the host of the popular CBC program Don Messer's Jubilee
Don Messer's Jubilee
Don Messer's Jubilee was a television folk musical variety show produced at station CBHT in Halifax, Nova Scotia and broadcast by CBC Television nationwide from 1957 until 1969....
. Fiddler Ned Landry made his first CFBO appearance in 1934, and would eventually record eight albums with RCA Victor in the 1950s.
New Brunswick has also produced several popular contemporary country artists, including Julian Austin
Julian Austin (musician)
Julian Austin, born August 24, 1963 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, is a country music singer. He has released more than fifteen singles in his native Canada, including the Number One hit "Little Ol' Kisses"...
and Chris Cummings
Chris Cummings
Christopher Allen Thomas "Chris" Cummings born August 11, 1975 in Norton, New Brunswick, Canada, is a country music artist. In his career, he has released five studio albums, an EP and two compilations...
.
Mutant Rock
Fredericton, New Brunswick is also the birthplace of a form of music known as Mutant Rock. The foremost purveyors of Mutant Rock were the Atomic Machetes. A short lived band that existed from October 31, 2002 until August 13, 2005, the Atomic Machetes revolutionized the music of New Brunswick, crushing all those that dare opposed their liquor fueled rock and roll debauchery. In recent years rumors have begun to emerge about a possible reunion, but given that lead guitarist Bruce 'Buzzsaw' Parks is currently serving two consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary, this seems unlikely.Poorcore
Saint John, New BrunswickSaint John, New Brunswick
City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...
is currently the breeding ground for a new style of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
called Poorcore that began with the group The Tasty Wangs, and has now transmitted over to a sister group, called The Welfare Boys. Poorcore is as quoted by Welfare Boys guitarist Sean Boyer: "The sounds of the silent suffering lower class of our dying industrial town mixed with the sound of things like, you know, cooking Kraft Dinner and yelling at your kids to put shoes on when they go outside".