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Raw modern Newfoundland folk songwriting by Kyle Gryphon.

#newfoundland #folk #folkmusic #accordion #banjo #celticmusic #celtic #irishfolk #canada

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One of the earliest pieces of Newfoundland hardcore punk: Tough Justice - 3 Seconds of Silence (1985). This cassette is so damn rare that no members of the band own a copy. http://secreteast.ca/2016/09/toughjustice/

#punk #punk rock #hardcore #hardcore punk #thrash #canadian punk #canadian #canada #rare #cassette #tape #newfoundland and labrador #newfoundland #st. john's

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“I Like What I Like” was an underground dance club hit written by Nova Scotia songwriter Bruce Wheaton, performed by his funk rock ensemble Everyday People, and later covered by Mama Cass.

#halifax #nova scotia #funk #rock #mama cass #canada #canadiana #soul #r&b #r&b/soul

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Tough Justice - hardcore punk from St. John’s, Newfoundland circa 1985 As one of the few in the earliest days of hardcore punk in St. John’s, Tough Justice are a great archetype of the second wave of Newfoundland punk. A few years after bands like Da Slyme first took the brunt beneath showers of beer bottles for daring to challenge a Newfoundland audience to anything but cover songs and crowd favourites in the late 1970’s, a new tide was washing through the busted down doors and into 1980’s. Soon some kids began to play harder and faster along the sidelines of the bar circuit, and within this community spawned such bands as Tough Justice.

#newfoundland and labrador #newfoundland #punk #punk rock #hardcore #canadiana #newfoundlandia #st. john's #canadian punk #allages

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What does Sly & The Family Stone, Mama Cass, Kenny Rogers, Rick James, and The Viletones have in common? No, not a drug problem: this 1970′s funk rock ensemble spearheaded by Nova Scotia songwriter Bruce Wheaton. The band was called Everyday People, and when your name is a reference to a song by Sly & The Family Stone, you’re setting yourself up to a high standard of musical expectations for sensational vibes and electrifying grooves. Needless to say, those are some huge platform shoes to fill. “I Like What I Like” from the eponymous 1971 Everyday People album was an underground hit which gained steady rotation at dance clubs across North America. Ultimately, this 1971 house rocker single might have shook just enough asses to deem Everyday People worthy of their Family Stone namesake. http://secreteast.ca/2016/10/secret-selector-i-like-what-i-like-by-everyday-people/

#halifax funk rock slyandthefamilystone rickjames canadiana canadianmusic thevlletones mamacass ilikewhatilike

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An unreleased 1965 rendition of the R&B classic “Fever” by Newfoundland’s rock n’ roll earlybirds The Ravens. It is near impossible to find where this session even came from, but kudos to whoever upped this lost recording to YouTube.... And an even bigger kudos to whoever produced this sucker for that sexy slapback on the vocals.

#newfoundland #rocknroll #r&b #blues #canada #unreleased #rockabilly