Sudbury is growing every year. The connected digital age has brought more modern and alternative businesses and individuals. With the ability to reach people with new information, Sudbury is creating unique people in every walk of life. I sat down with local author and friend Connor LaRocque to discuss his successes, failures and what he learned authoring two inspiring books. The genre he is passionate about would classify as self help, though it’s covers much more than that. Connor is a young entrepreneur making the moves to elevate his small business off the ground. He recently released his second......
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Up Here is more than just a music festival – it’s also an urban arts festival on a mission to slowly but surely make Sudbury the most photogenic city in the North! Last year’s festival was a smash hit with murals from all around coming to collaborate and decorate our walls over the weeks leading up to the festival. This year is no exception with 8 muralist currently hard at work beautifying our skyline. To celebrate the second year of the fest we got in touch with local artist, Johanna Westby the muralist behind the stellar cement mixer mural......
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July 21, 2016
NLFB Artist Profile: Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster
What did it mean to you to return to the Northern Lights Festival Boreal? Donnell: I love the north, I remember my father loving the north and it’s always a pleasure to visit Sudbury. I have played here with my family previously and it’s a beautiful festival. I was very excited to bring my new family to the fest. Natalie: It was a beautiful day and it was a great festival, the production and stage were fantastic. Everybody seemed so excited and happy to be there! Tell us about your musical influences? Where did it all start for you?......
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July 19, 2016
NLFB Recap | Sudbury Music Spotlight: Josh Turnbull
Local musician Josh Turnbull was one of our highlight performances at the Northern Lights Festival Boreal this year. Not only is he a solo artist, but he is also a part of the musical duo Field Test, and he developed Sudbury’s awfully fantastic book, the Awful Alphabet alongside local designer and artist Tracy Baker! Check out more from our interview with Josh here! Photo: Warren McGoey Header Photo: Lee Burton Tell us a little about yourself and your music? I grew up in a little part of the Greater City of Sudbury called Garson, and I moved to downtown......
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You may have seen musician Justin James performing around town this year, but did you know that he has also played in Nashville, Tennessee, and has had original music included in the soundtracks of films shot in Sudbury? We asked Justin about how he started singing, his experiences in Nashville, and where we can catch him performing this summer! Let’s start from the beginning: when did you first begin singing, playing guitar and piano, and writing music? I began singing and playing guitar when I was 22 years old and going to Laurentian University. I moved in with a......
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When: Sunday July 10, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Toronto, ON Genres: Pop, rock, singer-songwriter Discography: Heal Thyself Pt.1: Instinct (2016) A Different Sort of Solitude (2012) Page One (2010) A Singer Must Die (2010) The Vanity Project (2005) Steven Page, arguably one of the most notable voices in Canadian pop music makes his triumphant return to Sudbury! As the front man for the Barenaked Ladies, Page has already been a familiar voice for decades with hits such as If I Had A Million Dollars and One Week maintaining radio play even today. Since leaving the group Page has gone on......
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When: Saturday July 9th, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Troy, Nova Scotia Genres: Celtic, Dance, East-Coast, Fiddle, Folk, Traditional Discography: One (2015) MacMaster, an acclaimed Canadian fiddle legend and Leahy the leader of the award winning family band aptly named Leahy both NLFB veterans return to the stage for the festivals 45th anniversary! Joined together by marriage now their debut collaborative album One brings the ‘first couple of contemporary Celtic music’ on stage together! Electrifying audiences with passion and exuberance, this mesmerizing fiddling duo bring the tradition of their Cape Breton Island roots to life! Performing not only new material from......
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When: Friday July 9, 2016 – 10:30 p.m. – Tickets Origin: Toronto, ON Genres: Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock Discography: Pink Strat (2009) Barchords (2012) Bahamas Is Afie (2014) Afie Jurvanen aka Bahamas is a Barrie, ON native and Juno award winning singer-songwriter. His latest album Bahamas Is Afie released in 2014 was featured on Q’s Top 20 Albums of 2014 list, won a Juno for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Jurvanen himself won a Juno for Songwriter of the Year. His soft minimalist tones will make you feel like you’re floating on a raft made of clouds on Ramsey Lake rather than......
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