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.

Festivals

New Brunswick's capital city is Fredericton, 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.

Country Music

The introduction of radio 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^[1].

New Brunswick has also produced several popular contemporary country artists, including Julian Austin and Chris Cummings.

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 Brunswick 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^[2][3]. 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".

References

1. ^ "Ned Landry". Encyclopedia Of Music in Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001945. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 
2. ^ "Tasty Wangs raw interview". Rando Blog. http://blog.boyercentral.net/read.php?eid=82. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
3. ^ "Tasty Wangs interview". Here Magazine. http://herenb.canadaeast.com/music/article/1077862. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 

External links

• Music New Brunswick
• New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame
• UNB College of Extended Learning
• Harvest Jazz & Blues website
• Francofete Festival website
• Giraffecycle.com
• Miramichi Folksong Festival
• Atomic Machetes
• Welfare Boys on Facebook