Q&A With The Dandelion Few

New music talk with Wendy Rose The Dandelion Few are two people whose many musical talents complement each other in a wonderfully organic way. You can feel the magic in their rich harmonies, which speaks to the band’s magical origin story (explained later in our Q&A). Since moving to the province, Ireland’s Séan Bradley and…

Getting Kids Outdoors

By Gord Follett As devastating as the pandemic has been on a global level, it has managed to introduce (push) more people to the safety of the wonderful outdoors – particularly in Newfoundland and Labrador – than ever before. Surely over the past 16 months or so you’ve noticed many of the thousands of social…

An Embarrassment of Critch’s

By Denise Flint After the success of Son of a Critch, Mark Critch’s initial foray into autobiography, it’s no surprise that the popular entertainer has written a sequel. Picking up where the first book left off, the comedian and author has continued his story with An Embarrassment of Critch’s: Immature Stories from My Grown-Up Life. Told in a…

The Shantyman Returns: A Chat With Sean McCann

Wendy Rose chats with the musician about his new album Shantyman – A Servant to the Song “My life in music has taught me that a song has the power to change the world… one mind at a time.” Séan McCann delivered this impressive line to an interview with Memorial University in 2014, and in…

Check Out These Unusual Libraries

Societies have always benefitted from having libraries. More than just row upon row of novels, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, textbooks and the like, libraries level our playing fields. Regardless of station, income or education, all have equal access to higher learning, entertainment and even escape inside their local library. In recent years, the word library has…

From Grounded to Glorious

By Curt Budden The day started off prosperous with blue skies and sun. On the 11th day of September in 2001. There were school classes, day shifts and children at play. Nobody was ready for what would happen that day. The great state of New York would soon change forever. The whole world watched it…