Profile of Justin Brake

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• From silence to deliverance
  “We’ve kind of accepted at this point that it just takes us a long time to make records, for whatever reason.”Chad Peck’s comment and the ensuing ...
• Never far from home
  Imagine the excitement shared by two newly acquainted songwriters, poets in their own right, as they hit the open road to bring their music and ...
• It’s about the volume and energy
  They may not have a full-length record out yet, and most have probably never heard their name, but deafening Toronto hard rock band METZ has ...
• The late bloomer in us all
  It happened that day in December when rain and windstorms swept across the isle, knocking out power lines and turning the Trans-Canada Highway ...
• The art of the cinematic experience
  Films that explore the age-old question of what it means to be human and to be alive are exciting things to experience. They are mirrors for ...
• MusicNL-nominated band East of Empire are climbing...
  When they assembled a homemade record for last February’s RPM Challenge in an admittedly half-haphazard fashion, Reuben Finkel, Annie Warner, ...
• Light at the end of the tunnel
  The problem was on my mind the whole way there: are the mind and the brain one thing or two? So when I arrive, kick the slush off my ...
• Toronto rock trio Elliott BROOD returns in support...
  When they turn it on, they turn it up. Toronto alt-country and roots-rock trio Elliott BROOD have made St. John's a regular tour stop since ...
• An island's songwriting treasure revived
  Every now and again I'd see a man with long greying hair walking the streets of downtown St. John's, toting a guitar case everywhere he went. ...
• Plants and Animals to play final show as trio in St....
  It’s an inspiring time for Montreal rock band Plants and Animals. The show tonight at The Rock House in St. John’s will mark the end of an era ...
• Bright forecast for Heavy Weather
  Neither of them knew a thing about making videos. So if anyone was listening in on the conversation when, late one night at a downtown bar, ...
• Timber Timbre creepin’ on the island for local debut
  Mika Posen wonders what life might have been like had she moved to St. John’s to do a master’s degree in ethnomusicology at Memorial ...