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New Releases
The following are cd releases that have come across our desk recently. click on photo for more info If you have a new release you would like posted, feel free to contact us for details. Morgan Davis: At Home In Nova Scotia Two Hours Traffic: Little Jabs Laura Peek and The Winning Hearts: From The Photographs Hermit Of The Woods: The Woods Are Burning The Sorrys: The Last Clear Thought Before You Fall Backwards Brett Ryan: St. Cecilia Soul Gypsophilia: Minor Hope Dog Day: Night Group Bluegrass Diamonds My New Tattoo: It's Just Another Dayp> Nathan Wiley: The City Destroyed Me Jamie Sparks: It's The Music Jenn Grant: Orchestra For The Moon Jess Clemons: Jess Clemons & The Cooperative Jon Matthews: Don't Leave Ryan Cook: Sunny Acres A Band Of Owls: Of Wood and Water, Stars and Song Kevin Chase: I Won't Fall Chrissy Crowley: Chrissy Crowley Hughes & Curtis: Turn Of The Tide Charlie A'Court: Bring On The Storm John Chiasson - It Never Entered My Mind Ryan MacGrath: Ryan MacGrath and the Woodenhouse Richard Sparks: Christmas Time Leanne Aucoin: All Set Bill Stevenson & Tom Easley: For The Record The Barra MacNeils: Christmas Album II Dave Gunning: Dave Gunning Christmas Kim Stockwood: I Love Santa Flat Fifth: Flat Fifth A. G. Olmstead Vetch: Live At The Tap Room Jon Mullane: The Source Jessica Rhaye: Short Stories Geoff Arsenault: This Ain't No Fiction John Campbelljohn: The Weight Of The World Jill Barber: For All Time Nick Jeffrey: State Of Mind Rebekah Higgs: Rebekah Higgs Rose Cousins: If You Were For Me
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5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on CBC Radio One ![]() SATURDAY JANUARY 19, 2008 - A feature on the CD Turn On Your Radio featuring Sproll
Rising from obscurity to recognition in 2006, Sproll has become one of Atlantic Canada's most popular and critically acclaimed bands. However the genesis of the band has a much more humble beginning. Driven to get the concept off the ground and armed with a handful of new songs, MacLean and Hachey began the search for like minded musicians to round out the ensemble. Finding musicians that provided a proper fit into the group's musical vision proved to be difficult at the start, until being introduced to bassist, Glen Farquhar, through a mutual friend. Drummer, Thom Cooke, who responded to a local music shop bulletin board ad, joined with the group soon after and the nucleus was right. With Farquhar's distinct approach to the bass guitar and Cooke providing the steady back beat, the band began inching closer to their present sound. Sproll's very first studio effort came in the summer of 2003 with the now rare, 8 song demo entitled Kelly's Hill. The record was completely self-produced in Farquhar's basement studio and is a true testament to what can be accomplished with a lot of hard work and a home computer. After playing a handful of small club gigs and selling 500 copies of the demo in two months, the band cornered Producer/Engineer, Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep) to begin working on their next project. The summer of 2005 would find the band in the midst of tracking their second release, an EP named, Soft Science. This second attempt would be produced and recorded at, Idea of East Studios, in Halifax Nova Scotia, with Currie at the helm. The success of Soft Science would enable the band to tour across Canada and into the US alongside such acts as Matt Mays, Pilot Speed, and Mobile, solidifying Sproll as one of Eastern Canada's promising new acts. With the experience of recording, touring, and a music video behind them, the band began work on their first full length recording. The 2008 LP, Turn on your Radio, is Sproll's latest studio recording and is layered from start to finish with a fresh new sound for the band. The album's ripping guitars, electrified rhythm section, and powerful vocals will have even the hardest of hearts singing along. "I think we've done it. A record that, as fans of music - we'd want to hear," suggests a brimming Hachey.
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