Serena Ryder has already left an indelible impression in Canada and is ready to turn heads worldwide with her latest release is it o.k. As her reflections on life broadened, Serena was able to create an album that connects with people in a deeper, more complex level. Serena paints a self-portrait with this album that is rich with emotions, embracing and connecting with each feeling in a comfortable and unrestrained way.
Beast
Montreal-based Beast came together as something of an experiment, but what was created is a sound unlike anything else. On their self-titled debut, they combine soul, rap, electro, rock and jazz, uncovering their own distinct sound which has captured fans, while creating quite the buzz with their gripping live shows. Order the CD now, and you will receive a copy autographed by Beast!
The Grad Club in Kingston, Ontario already has shows lined up for 2009! You can catch Born Ruffians, Land of Talk, and more! Buy your tickets here!
NEW TO MAPLEMUSIC
In the creation of their sophomore album, Tales from the City, Mobile aimed to achieve a new, true, unified sound. The band redoubled their resolve to stay true to their own musical instincts, even if it meant moving away from the relative safety of known formulas and into uncharted territory. More than ever before, they let their heart be their compass. You can order your copy now from MapleMusic.com!
Carly Rae Jepsen is a singer-songwriter from Mission, B.C. Having already made an impression with her third place finish on Canadian Idol last year, she is now preparing to blast off into the upper echelons of the Canadian music scene with her debut album, Tug Of War. The album features nine self-penned songs that prove, without a doubt, that Carly Rae was destined for a career in music.
54-40's lastest album, Northern Soul, is everything that a great 54-40 album represents: Great guitar riffs, crafty melodic hooks, big bass, memorable choruses and a driving beat that paves the wave for the band's explorations of atmospheric mid-tempos and gentle ballads that ebb and flow with grit, self-awareness and social consciousness.
Taking a giant step forward from the typical confines of the singer-songwriter, Jill Barber delivers an album of ten original, fully orchestrated songs on her new album, Chances, that strongly evoke - and could themselves become - classics.
Hayley Sales' major label debut Sunseed is entirely her vision, recorded primarily in her family's Glass Wing Studios. Sales wrote the songs, chose the musicians, contributes acoustic guitar, piano and vocals and is the record's sole producer. As a result, Sunseed is no happy accident. In fact, according to Hayley, it was a lifetime in the making. Order your copy now from MapleMusic.com, and you will receive a copy autographed by Hayley!
A fiddle/violin virtuoso who blows through every style of playing from Celtic and bluegrass to jazz and world beat with stunning ease, Sierra Noble is now bringing her musical talent to bear as a vocalist and songwriter. She has just completed her debut EP, Possibilities, and you can buy it now on MapleMusic.com.
MAPLEMUSIC SPECIALS
The Dears have not gone away and come back, but they have been transformed: by experience, by necessity, by life and its manifold curveballs. And with their new album, Missiles, they have emerged as elder statesmen of the Canadian indie rock renaissance. The album is a feast of stripped-down arrangements and raw emotion served up like a rustic meal, its songs polished but still containing traces of the rough soil from which they were born.
In the trailer for Tara Oram's CMT television show The Tara Diaries she humbly tells viewers "I finished sixth on Canadian Idol and then… nothing happened." She may have to go back and change that soon because something very definitely is happening for the Hare Bay, Newfoundland native. Her efforts on Idol and The Tara Diaries have led to the exciting next chapter in her adventure, the release of her free, fun and uplifting debut album Chasing The Sun. Order your copy now from MapleMusic.com, and you will receive a copy autographed by Tara Oram!
We must all be leading our lives right since we have been rewarded by the return of one of Canada's best and best-loved bands. Now known as The New Odds the Vancouver quartet's brand new Cheerleader album is 14 blazing power pop gems, each chock full of hooks, great playing and super smart lyrics. Play loud!
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