Crank It
Up! -- Canadian Music East Coast Style at Plan B Moncton
ECMA and Spincount, with Broken Chord Promotions, present CRANK IT UP! Canadian
Music, East Coast Style -- Celebrating new and emerging artists from the
Maritime provinces and getting everyone warmed up for East Coast Music Week,
which takes place in Moncton, New Brunswick, April 11-15.
Mark your calendar
for Crank It Up! showcasing Halifax's Gloryhound fresh off a hot tour with Deep
Purple, Moncton's very own Phil Flowers, PEI's up and coming Indie Rock
band,
Coyote, and from Newfoundland, Chris Kirby.
Show takes place
February 25th
plan B, 212 George
St, Moncton, NB.
Doors open at 9pm,
music starts at 10:30pm
Hosted by CBC NB's Bob Mersereau
For more show
info, please contact Plan B @ 1-506-384-2019
“Gloryhound’s
sound is packed with testosterone, loud guitars, and hard-rock crunch, and
AC/DC-Zeppelin-inflected tunes that unleash some serious speaker-shredding
mojo.” - Exclaim! Black-leather-cool and plenty of swagger, these guys show how
it’s done. The band has rocked its hit single "Electric Dusk" to the top of the
Billboard Canada charts and warmed up the East Coast this winter touring with
the legendary Deep Purple.
Coyote is from
Charlottetown, and is made up of five friends that play uplifting rock together.
They've played extensively over the past year, sharing the stage with acts such
as Rich Aucoin, Library Voices, Paper Lions, and The Junction. They have
finished recording their debut EP entitled Tracks, to be released in early
March.
Armed with
resolution and an acoustic guitar, Phil Flowers makes music that reflects the
anxieties of existence and the integrity of true art. His debut album, People
People, earned him three Music New-Brunswick Awards, including best Anglophone
recording, best Rock recording and Male Solo recording of the year. Under the
heavy influence of North-American folk music, blues, and jazz, Flowers creates a
perfect atmosphere for his fiercely imagist lyrics about social heartache and
deception.
Chris Kirby rocks his unique style of East Coast R&B, drawing
from the sounds of New Orleans, Motown, and from the rich tradition of
Newfoundland storytelling. Uniquely described as a cross between Stevie Wonder’s
soul and Jamiroquai’s funk, Kirby delivers a fun,
high-energy live performance,
and his funky grooves spread throughout crowds like wildfire.
The East Coast
Music Association (ECMA) is a regional collaboration of people in the music
industry of Atlantic Canada. We are a registered non-profit association
dedicated to the music of Atlantic Canada.
Membership is open to all
individuals working in any sector of the music industry or those who support the
music industry. Membership includes musicians, artists, agents, managers, record
companies, studios, media, related corporation and retailers. The ECMA
currently has 1000 members.
The primary
activity of the ECMA is the annual Awards, Festival & Conference. This event
attracts industry professionals, talent buyers, media and record labels from
around the globe.There is no better time to hone your networking skills and
develop new contacts than at this annual event.
Since its
inception in 1989, the ECMA Event has become a national and international event.
The components of this event have evolved to become the most comprehensive and
exciting event in Atlantic Canada.
LINKS:
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/275792605819471/
Gloryhound: http://www.gloryhoundband.com/
Phil Flowers: http://www.reverbnation.com/philflowers
Chris Kirby: http://www.chriskirbyonline.com/music.php
ECMA: http://ecma.com/
SpinCount: http://spincount.ca/
Broken Chord
Promotions: http://www.brokenchord.ca/
