We are pleased to announce that we now have Rob Benvie’s Holy Fuck-esque new album, How To Write A Romance Novel on the roster!
You may remember Benvie from Thrush Hermit or Camouflage Nights, but he’s moved on, and is making some hella good noise. Go Tigre, go.
Track 1 is below. The rest can be found at http://tigrebenvie.bandcamp.com
Some pleasant news from our friends at Revolve Branding today. It seems that the Music Mogul iOS / Android game that they developed with Cape Breton University won an ICE Award* in the gaming category. Music supervision services were provided by Rocking Horse Road, which means… this is RHR’s first award win! Go team!!! The project features music by Canadian aboriginal artists including Elisapie, Madeskimo, A Tribe Called Red, and more.
*The ICE Awards are organized by a diverse group of advertising and marketing professionals to celebrate Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise in Atlantic Canada.
Speaking of marketing awards, I’d also like to congratulate the marketing team for Elite: Dangerous, the space sim video game produced and released by Frontier Developments, on their Marketing New Thinking award nomination in the UK. RHR president and sync agent Janesta Boudreau is music supervisor for Frontier’s marketing trailers, so we’re super happy to see them nominated for a marketing award!
Take a look below at the 2014 Elite: Dangerous launch trailer featuring Royal Blood. Now, go and play!
TIFF has now come and gone, and the reviews are in. In this review for The Girl in the Photographs, The Hollywood Reporter weighed in about the horror film, executive produced by Wes Craven before his passing. Read the review here or see an excerpt below.
The film, while I’ve not seen it YET is already a favourite here at RHR headquarters, as we placed FIVE RHR artists in the picture. Hey – Contrived, John Jerome & The Congregation, Heather Green, NO BODIES and Michael Feuerstack – let’s get some beers, eh?
Wes Craven executive produced this second feature from horror guru Nick Simon.
Rain Over St. Ambrose has just released a new video for my jam on the record, “Broken Love”.
See that singer man, there? I have known him since he was 14 years old or so. His name is Cory (but not what we called him), and he’s grown in to a hilarious, lovely young man. He’s a dad now. And, methinks, a pretty cool lookin’ front man. 🙂
It’s got to be fall now, because Nova Scotia Music Week / Music Nova Scotia is announcing its award nominees and performers for the November event! ALL nominees and voting information is posted HERE. See below for a list of our artists and their nominations. Congratulations to all of our peeps!!
Company of The Year – Rocking Horse Road Productions – that’s us!
Industry Professional of the Year – Janesta Boudreau (Rocking Horse Road Productions) – that’s me!
Entertainer of the Year – Christina Martin
Solo Recording of the Year
-Christina Martin
-Gabrielle Papillon
Group Recording of the Year
– Rain Over St. Ambrose
– Mardeen
Recording of the Year – Gabrielle Papillon
SOCAN Songwriter of the Year
-Christina Martin
-Gabrielle Papillon
Digital Artist of the Year – Christina Martin
Electronic Artist of the Year – Bit Funk
Folk Recording of the Year – Gabrielle Papillon
Hip Hop Recording of the Year – Quake Matthews
Pop Recording of the Year – Christina Martin
Rock Recording of the Year
– Mardeen
– Rain Over St. Ambrose
– The Stogies
Oh, yeah. It’s a good day when we can announce a new album. Today is a great day to announce that Heather Green’s new record, Clementine, will be released on Sept. 11th. Not only that, there will be a CD release show in Halifax on September 12th. Not only that, but the first single, “Wild Ones” is available NOW for streaming and for download on iTunes. Yeup – a great day, indeed.
Bio:
With two albums under her belt, (2008’s One Year Happy and 2012’s ECMA nominated Your Last War), Heather Green returned to the studio last year with music producer/genius Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Don Brownrigg, The Forunate Ones) to record her third album, Clementine.
Clementine is an album about relationships: both romantic and platonic. Inspired by these relationships and influenced by bands First Aid Kit, Boy, and Ingrid Michaelson, Clementine is Heather’s most eclectic album. First single “Wild Ones” reminds the listener of Heather’s previous tracks, painted with a broader, more sophisticated musical pallet. “Last Leg” intertwines intelligent melody and baselines to create a perfect driving song, and soulful “Time” brings one back to an era of classic doo-wop ballads. While the songs are varied, the album stitches together that gravitational theme of relationships, and of course, Heather’s expert songwriting, which is what she is known and admired for among her fans. Along with the fans’ accolades, Your Last War was honoured with two top ECMA nominations (Pop Recording of the Year, Rising Star Recording of the Year) and SIX Nova Scotia Music & Industry Award nominations. With this new collection, the Industry is sure to recognize Heather’s work once again.
Like all Heather Green albums, Clementine features some of the best musicians that the East Coast has to offer. Heather’s friends Stewart Legere, Kim Harris, and Margot Durling add signature harmonies, while the rock band Young River (Zach MacLean, Brodie Peterson and Matt Thauvette) crafted the guitars, bass and drums. Clementine is undoubtedly Heather Green’s most mature and daring album. One that, Heather adds, is “my favourite group of songs yet.”
Since moving to Nova Scotia from California in 2009, Heather has carefully woven her way into the fabric of both the music community and the local LGBTQ+ community. When not playing music or working for community services, Heather spends her time volunteering as the Vice Chair and Entertainment Director for Halifax Pride and training her cat to sit on his hind legs.
Learn more at www.heathergreen.ca
He’s baaaack!
A little story for you. When I started at Sonic Entertainment Group in 2004 (where I lived for 8 great years!), my first task was to help the label, Sonic Records with a mail out for Nathan Wiley’s second album, High Low. Fast forward to a decade later, and I check my mailbox to find an envelope addressed to me from Nathan Wiley containing a copy of his new EP, Bandits! it’s with great pleasure that I can now announce our newest RHR Artist – NATHAN WILEY!
Now for a taste – Nathan’s petty-esque “Queen of the Road” video is below. Supes – look for this in your in-box early next week, along with a copy of Heather Green‘s upcoming release, Clementine!
Hi readers! Happy summer! How are we? Great, I hope.
Some news to share with you. We are in the initial planning stages of expansion here at RHR – will share more information as things progress. It’s likely a year long project, but we can’t wait to launch it! OK – enough of being cryptic. I have some videos to share:
1) Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF) has announced its lineup for this year. If you’ve not heard of HUFF – you have to check it out. Intimate, fun nights with some stellar musicians. Last year, Dave Pirner (yep – Soul Asylum guy) came and made lots of Haligonian friends.
My first HUFF experience was in its inaugural year – the day of a hurricane – with an after party in the dark. It remains one of my most memorable nights in the city. Also – I met Steve Anthony, which was kinda fun.
Anyway – dive in to the scene and the city. See some of our artists and friends. Experience HUFF this year:
2) Paper Beat Scissors has a new album coming out on Aug 14th called Go On. It’s lush and sounds like a new Tim Crabtree. Exclaim! says it “masterfully maneuvers between grandiose chamber pop, aching experimentation and cinematic sonic landscapes.” – Supes, you’ll find it in your inbox soon. Until then – the debut video for “Lawless”, which premiered on Rolling Stone Germany’s website a few weeks ago.
Happy suntanning (but wear that sunscreen)!
xo – jb
It’s been a while since the last post. Apologies to any of our readers! Rocking Horse Road has been attending conferences in London, Los Angeles, Toronto and PEI – growing the business and making new friends. It’s been a great year so far, made even better by being able to finally reveal a lovely project that we helped with earlier this year.
Planet Coaster, the newest game created and published by Frontier Developments (Elite: Dangerous, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, Zoo Tycoon, etc.) was just announced at E3 in LA on June 16th. This adorable trailer features the track “Compass” by Lady Antebellum. It was one of our biggest clearances to date, and it was a pleasure working with everyone involved – thanks to Universal, Kobalt, Sony ATV, BMG, Warner Chappell and Lady Antebellum! The results of everyone’s work is below. Let me know what you think! @RockingHorseJB
