For over two decades, singer/songwriter Corb Lund has been a staple of the Canadian alt-country scene —he scored a Juno prize for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year in 2003 and has been recognized at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards and the Western Canadian Music Awards as well. Lund released his ninth studio album Things That Can't Be Undone last fall, and today we're exclusively debuting the video for "Weight Of The Gun." Read More: 10 Of Saul Bass' Greatest Title Sequences Created by motion graphics editor Sarah Sheikh Bridge along with Digital Media Services, Inc., the Saul Bass inspired video playfully brings to life the lyrics of Lund's lovelorn song. It's a nice homage to one of the greatest graphic designers in cinema history: Bass worked with Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Watch "Weight Of The Gun" below. Corb Lund is now on tour,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Corb Lund and his band the Hurtin' Albertans had only two days in Sun Studio, but it's obvious from this new release they made good use of the hours. "Counterfeit Blues" is the result, the country and rockabilly band roaring through songs culled from seven previous albums and more. Playing together with the same guys for more than 10 years probably helped the live-performance recording process. "Partly because we know the songs inside out and have played them live a thousand times and partly because recording at Sun is a very old fashioned, low-tech process that ends up sounding really great if you can pull it off," Lund said in statement about the studio that housed Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and others you could call Lund's forebears. The sharp groove of "Hair In My Eyes Like a Highland Steer" (originally out in 2005 on the album by the same name) pokes out to me most,...
- 6/21/2014
- Hitfix
The 2013 Polaris Prize long list was announced today, June 13, in Montreal, revealing the forty Canadian albums that made it through the first round of the $30,000 critic-voted best Canadian album award.
“This year's Long List is all over the map, but in the best possible way,” said Polaris Music Prize founder Steve Jordan in a press release. “A lot of our jury expressed that this was the most difficult Polaris ballot they’ve ever submitted. The results of this careful and passionate deliberation will make for some truly engaging listening for music."
Indeed the music prize long list is incredibly eclectic, a testament to the diversity of Canadian music, and ranges from the popular electro-rock of Metric and noise-rock of Metz to electric powwow crew A Tribe Called Red and turntablist Kid Koala to the art-pop of The Luyas and the pop-pop of Tegan and Sara. While not entirely unexpected, the...
“This year's Long List is all over the map, but in the best possible way,” said Polaris Music Prize founder Steve Jordan in a press release. “A lot of our jury expressed that this was the most difficult Polaris ballot they’ve ever submitted. The results of this careful and passionate deliberation will make for some truly engaging listening for music."
Indeed the music prize long list is incredibly eclectic, a testament to the diversity of Canadian music, and ranges from the popular electro-rock of Metric and noise-rock of Metz to electric powwow crew A Tribe Called Red and turntablist Kid Koala to the art-pop of The Luyas and the pop-pop of Tegan and Sara. While not entirely unexpected, the...
- 6/13/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
With Osheaga, Nxne, Hillside, the inaugural Toronto Urban Roots Festival and others planned for Canada's music festival season this summer, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is getting ahead of the curve by creating their own simply called the CBCMusic.ca festival in late May.
Sam Roberts Band, Kathleen Edwards, Icelandic group Of Monsters And Men and Sloan are some of the artists confirmed for the one-day event slated for Toronto's Echo Beach on May 25. Other artists slated to perform include Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans, singer-songwriter Jarvis Church, Montreal's Half Moon Run, Nunavik singer Elisapie, Aidan Knight, Kae Sun and blues/jazz singer Shakura S'Aida. Doors open for the day-long festival at 2 p.m.
The festival will also feature a live edition of the CBC program The Debaters hosted by comedian Steve Patterson and special guest appearances throughout the day including Q's Jian Ghomeshi.
Tickets are $59.50 plus service charges and...
Sam Roberts Band, Kathleen Edwards, Icelandic group Of Monsters And Men and Sloan are some of the artists confirmed for the one-day event slated for Toronto's Echo Beach on May 25. Other artists slated to perform include Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans, singer-songwriter Jarvis Church, Montreal's Half Moon Run, Nunavik singer Elisapie, Aidan Knight, Kae Sun and blues/jazz singer Shakura S'Aida. Doors open for the day-long festival at 2 p.m.
The festival will also feature a live edition of the CBC program The Debaters hosted by comedian Steve Patterson and special guest appearances throughout the day including Q's Jian Ghomeshi.
Tickets are $59.50 plus service charges and...
- 3/12/2013
- by Huffington Post Music Canada
- Huffington Post
Prince William and Kate Middleton will arrive in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, in just three weeks—and HollywoodLife.com has the details of how they’ll spend Canada Day, the country’s birthday, on July 1!
They’ll spend the day on the lawn of Parliament Hill—akin to the U.S. Capitol—where there will be all-day festivities, including a roster of more than a dozen Canadian musical acts. Missing from the lineup? Some of the hottest Canadian performers around, such as Justin Bieber, Shania Twain and Drake!
Among the musical acts, is Maria Aragon, the 10-year-old from Winnipeg who gained international notoriety after she performed a Lady Gaga song on YouTube.
The other artists that William and Kate will rock out to are Great Big Sea, Pierre Lapointe, Florence K, Sam Roberts Band, Corb Lund, Dan Mangan, Elisapie Isaac, Jenn Grant, Au tour de la Bolduc, Les 7 doigts de la main and Delhi 2 Dublin.
They’ll spend the day on the lawn of Parliament Hill—akin to the U.S. Capitol—where there will be all-day festivities, including a roster of more than a dozen Canadian musical acts. Missing from the lineup? Some of the hottest Canadian performers around, such as Justin Bieber, Shania Twain and Drake!
Among the musical acts, is Maria Aragon, the 10-year-old from Winnipeg who gained international notoriety after she performed a Lady Gaga song on YouTube.
The other artists that William and Kate will rock out to are Great Big Sea, Pierre Lapointe, Florence K, Sam Roberts Band, Corb Lund, Dan Mangan, Elisapie Isaac, Jenn Grant, Au tour de la Bolduc, Les 7 doigts de la main and Delhi 2 Dublin.
- 6/9/2011
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
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