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Jay Pilzer and Rachel Yellin started Maritimes Music in 2018 to honour the music of Canada's East Coast. These four provinces are hotbeds of musical talent. We hope to play a role in exposing that to a wider world.
Spotlight Series
These artists are all touring musicians from many genres intimately connected to the music of the Atlantic provinces. Catahoula Brown, Robyn Carrigan, Frantically Atlantic, Carolyn Curry, and Manitoba Hal will be recording with Maritimes Music.
Heritage Series
These three recordings are curated to reflect some of the varied traditions of the region. The Cormiers: Newfoundland Kitchen Party , Killick, and The Town's Piper feature music where you can feel the past and smell the se
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Just released: 1977 Newfoundland Songbook Reprint
From the early 1950s through the early 1980s Beer Companies in Newfoundland published songbooks that were given away as promotional items. In 1977 the Canada Games were held in St. John's and the Bennett Brewing Company issued this songbook to commemorate the event. It has many of Newfoundland's most popular songs of he era and very nice line drawings illustrating life in Newfoundland, or, perhaps, mainlanders' conception of life in the province. 48pp
An inside page.