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    The second ever Shivering Songs Festival took place from February 3 to 5th. It was a delight and demonstrated the warmth of the music community in snowy New Brunswick. Some of my personal highlights (there were many) included Hot Toddy Trio’s first performance in several years, which saw the veterans grinning and blazing through an excellent set, performing their well-loved album Shoe Factory, supposedly without any prior rehearsals. The songwriters and storytellers circle on Saturday afternoon included gracious and charming host David Myles, who shared a few new songs inspired by his new home base of Halifax. Mike O’Neill was showered with praise by his fellow participants and lived up to them with his unabashedly catchy pop tunes. Catherine Maclellan’s set can only be described as immaculate, although she was packing heat with an extra guitar player. That evening, Wintersleep side project Postdata paired incisive lyricism with swelling guitars and synths. “You kiss her lightly so she can forget that you’re gone.” Ouch. Paul Murphy, warm and self-effacing, filled every corner of the church with his resonant and distinct voice and beamed with each round of applause. Over in a packed bar, Halifax’s Gypsophilia got all feet moving with “a little Jamaican music for warmth, and a bit of Jewish music for flavour.” Flowing gypsy skirts and colourful leisure suits alike would have looked right at home. Managing to tear myself away, musicians’ musician Snailhouse closed the night off with the competent help of festival hosts The Olympic Symphonium. For live videos of Shivering Songs performances by Paper Beat Scissors and Mark Kozelek (and I assume more to come), head over to Southern Souls.

    The second ever Shivering Songs Festival took place from February 3 to 5th. It was a delight and demonstrated the warmth of the music community in snowy New Brunswick. Some of my personal highlights (there were many) included Hot Toddy Trio’s first performance in several years, which saw the veterans grinning and blazing through an excellent set, performing their well-loved album Shoe Factory, supposedly without any prior rehearsals.

    The songwriters and storytellers circle on Saturday afternoon included gracious and charming host David Myles, who shared a few new songs inspired by his new home base of Halifax. Mike O’Neill was showered with praise by his fellow participants and lived up to them with his unabashedly catchy pop tunes. Catherine Maclellan’s set can only be described as immaculate, although she was packing heat with an extra guitar player.

    That evening, Wintersleep side project Postdata paired incisive lyricism with swelling guitars and synths. “You kiss her lightly so she can forget that you’re gone.” Ouch. Paul Murphy, warm and self-effacing, filled every corner of the church with his resonant and distinct voice and beamed with each round of applause.

    Over in a packed bar, Halifax’s Gypsophilia got all feet moving with “a little Jamaican music for warmth, and a bit of Jewish music for flavour.” Flowing gypsy skirts and colourful leisure suits alike would have looked right at home. Managing to tear myself away, musicians’ musician Snailhouse closed the night off with the competent help of festival hosts The Olympic Symphonium.

    For live videos of Shivering Songs performances by Paper Beat Scissors and Mark Kozelek (and I assume more to come), head over to Southern Souls.

    02.13.12
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    I had a great time at the second ever Shivering Songs Festival this past weekend in subzero Fredericton. A more thorough post on that will come after exam week. For now, to tide you over, enjoy a gorgeous song that has flirted with me all weekend and happens to be by the local heroes and festival hosts The Olympic Symphonium.

    Download “Flame” over on Soundcloud.

    02.06.12
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    One-half of now-defunct but much loved The Inbreds, Mike O’Neill has his third solo album Wild Lines ready for release on February 28. You can check out first single “Henry,” an shuffling piano and guitar tune with plenty of lovely backing vocals for the pop lover in all of us.

    Download Henry here (right click save as).

    Mike O’Neill will be playing as part of the songwriters circle at Fredericton’s Shivering Songs Festival this Saturday.

    1 ♥ 02.03.12
    In anticipation of the second annual Shivering Songs Festival in Fredericton, NB, we spoke with organizer Kyle Cunjak, who also plays in trio The Olympic Symphonium. The festival boasts a stellar line-up which includes Postdata (Wintersleep’s Paul Murphy), Catherine Maclellan, Snailhouse and more. Local favourite David Myles will host the songwriters and storytellers’ matinee. And if all of thatdoesn’t tempt you, perhaps the Bluegrass Brunch at the market on Sunday morning will! Click through the logo above for ticket information. E&TS: What was the response like for the inaugural edition of Shivering Songs? KC: Response for the first year was completely overwhelming. It was a rewarding feeling to see the community come out in droves and support us and our event. We decided that it needed to be an annual festival. That energy was put into planning right away and it has continued to exceed our expectations. E&TS: “Shivering Songs” evokes such a sensory image… KC: We called it ‘Shivering Songs’ because it’s a festival in the middle of Winter. There are literally shivering songs happening. E&TS: What role do you hope Shivering Songs can play in the city and the region? KC: We are committed to bringing beautiful music to New Brunswick and putting on intimate shows to best experience these artists. We want people to trust us. Although you may not have heard their names before, we know you’ll enjoy the shows. If the public supports us, we’ll keep stepping up our game and bringing in great stuff. One of the unique aspects of the festival is our ‘Songwriters and Storytellers’ event where we bring in an author to read thus switching up the format of your typical songwriters circle. This worked really well last year with Grant Lawrence and we’re incredibly honoured to have David Adams Richards reading in 2012. Another one of our initiatives this year is to begin a partnership with the state of Maine. Being neighbours, we’re constantly talking about how it’s a shame there isn’t more music crossing the borders. We’re bringing in an artist from Fort Kent, Micah Blue Smaldone, and have invited some folks in the ME music community to attend. Hopefully this will spark some cross-cultural growth. Shivering Songs Festival will run from February 3-5. Weekend passes, $60 although valued at over $100, are available online, at Read’s and Backstreet Records.

    In anticipation of the second annual Shivering Songs Festival in Fredericton, NB, we spoke with organizer Kyle Cunjak, who also plays in trio The Olympic Symphonium.

    The festival boasts a stellar line-up which includes Postdata (Wintersleep’s Paul Murphy), Catherine Maclellan, Snailhouse and more. Local favourite David Myles will host the songwriters and storytellers’ matinee. And if all of thatdoesn’t tempt you, perhaps the Bluegrass Brunch at the market on Sunday morning will! Click through the logo above for ticket information.

    E&TS: What was the response like for the inaugural edition of Shivering Songs?

    KC: Response for the first year was completely overwhelming. It was a rewarding feeling to see the community come out in droves and support us and our event. We decided that it needed to be an annual festival. That energy was put into planning right away and it has continued to exceed our expectations.

    E&TS: “Shivering Songs” evokes such a sensory image…

    KC: We called it ‘Shivering Songs’ because it’s a festival in the middle of Winter. There are literally shivering songs happening.

    E&TS: What role do you hope Shivering Songs can play in the city and the region?

    KC: We are committed to bringing beautiful music to New Brunswick and putting on intimate shows to best experience these artists. We want people to trust us. Although you may not have heard their names before, we know you’ll enjoy the shows. If the public supports us, we’ll keep stepping up our game and bringing in great stuff.

    One of the unique aspects of the festival is our ‘Songwriters and Storytellers’ event where we bring in an author to read thus switching up the format of your typical songwriters circle. This worked really well last year with Grant Lawrence and we’re incredibly honoured to have David Adams Richards reading in 2012.

    Another one of our initiatives this year is to begin a partnership with the state of Maine. Being neighbours, we’re constantly talking about how it’s a shame there isn’t more music crossing the borders. We’re bringing in an artist from Fort Kent, Micah Blue Smaldone, and have invited some folks in the ME music community to attend. Hopefully this will spark some cross-cultural growth.

    Shivering Songs Festival will run from February 3-5. Weekend passes, $60 although valued at over $100, are available online, at Read’s and Backstreet Records.

    2 ♥ 01.27.12

    Shivering Songs Festival: Olympic Symphonium, Postdata, Snailhouse and more (The Daily Gleaner)

    Shivering Songs Music Festival is a folk-roots festival in Fredericton which will run from Feb. 3 to 5. Other artists include Snailhouse, Catherine MacLellan, Mike O’Neill, and Gypsophilia. Passes are $60 and are available at Reads, Backstreet Records and the link above. Single show tickets are also available.

    12.16.11