Next To Me — Stephen Stanley Band featuring Hadley McCall Thackston
“Next to Me” from The Stephen Stanley Band’s new record ‘Jimmy & The Moon’ produced by Hugh Christopher Brown. Featuring Hadley McCall Thackston.
The Stephen Stanley Band “Next to Me” Video (Exclaim)
“From the beginning, I wanted this video to be black and white, it completely was the tone of the song for me. So, set on the beaches and roads of Wolfe Island, featuring Hadley McCall Thackston’s haunting performance, this was exactly as it was meant to be.”
Radio Free Canuckistan: Pacem Review
“This is Brown’s first proper solo recording in years, and to make it he drew extensively from the community he’s cultivated on Wolfe Island, where he moved from New York City in the last decade… It’s the most musically diverse collection Brown has ever put out, and it’s a welcome return from a songwriter who has a lot to give.” …
Huffington Post: Hugh Christopher Brown’s “Pacem”: CD Review
“Pacem is one of those albums that works on the listener from the inside out. The more I listen, the more I am astonished by its depth and intricacy. The album begins with a Chant of St. Ignatius extolling the divinity of all things and ends with a lyrical, plaintive folk song. Between these two pieces are masterfully constructed songs, …
Canadian Beats Reviews Hugh Christopher Brown’s Pacem
“A cathartic, vulnerable piece of work, Pacem brings feelings of serenity and introspection to the listener.”
Review – The Stephen Stanley Band (CanadianBeats)
“Overall the album was well put together and had me hooked from beginning to end.”
Hugh Christopher Brown “Margaret”
Hugh Christopher Brown plays a song from his new album “Pacem”
NOW Magazine: The Stephen Stanley Band head to Wolfe Island to reflect on Toronto
The jangly, hooky roots rock of the Stephen Stanley Band’s first album, Jimmy & The Moon, will sound familiar to fans of Lowest of the Low, who for decades have heard Stanley’s guitar motifs embellishing the band’s classic songs. Stanley left the veteran Toronto indie band nearly five years ago. “It became apparent there wasn’t a place for my songwriting …
Halls Of Folsom – Hugh Christopher Brown with Sarah McDermott and David Gogo at the Duncan Showroom
Halls Of Folsom – Hugh Christopher Brown with Sarah McDermott and David Gogo at the Duncan Showroom
PopMatters: “Keeper of the Flame” Audio Premiere
Ahead of its release, Brown is setting “Keeper of the Flame” loose into the world. The windswept love song features classic, longing Dobro set against rollicking percussion. The folk-pop artist describes the heartstring-tugging tune as “very simply about someone who makes me want to live and taught me how to love in a whole new way.”
Buck Moon — Porch Sessions
Rocky Roberts live on the Wolfe Island Records porch.
Layin’ Out — Porch Sessions
David Corley live on the Wolfe Island Records porch.
Slow Burn — Porch Sessions
Hadley McCall Thackston live on the Wolfe Island Records porch.
Mental health program hits the right notes
Musicalize Your Mental Health meets in a small room with a table, some chairs, a keyboard, a guitar, songbooks, and some people drawn to the benefits of musical therapy. “It’s helped my depression. When I come here I sing high notes, I get my stress out, and I become myself again,” said one participant of the program, who has been …
You Shall Not Pass — Suzanne Jarvie with Chris Brown and BartJan Baartmans
The Blue Room Sessions. Year 6, Session 18 Verkadefabriek. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. 2017-05-16 Camera and editing by Wim Voets, LookDeeper.eu
Before and After – Suzanne Jarvie with Chris Brown and BartJan Baartmans
The Blue Room Sessions. Year 6, Session 18 Verkadefabriek. ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. 2017-05-16 Camera and editing by Wim Voets, LookDeeper https://infofurmanner.de/.eu
CBC Tapestry — How recording an album behind bars helped prisoners give back
Every week, inmates at Kingston, Ontario penitentiary converted the prison chapel into a recording studio. Under the guidance of veteran musician Hugh Christopher Brown, they recorded an album, raised money for charity and redefined themselves. CBC Radio’s Tapestry is a weekly exploration of spirituality, religion and the search for meaning, hosted by Mary Hynes.
Musicalize Your Mental Health at the Skeleton Park Arts Festival
Rich Tyo (JukeBox County) leads music and mental health program sessions for youth — Read more at the Skeleton Park Arts Festival website.
Ira Israel of The Huffington Post calls Brown’s Superior “Best song never heard in America”
“I decided to write Chris an email explaining that I had heard his song “Superior” at Esalen earlier that day and was transfixed by it, would love to hear more about what he is doing and possibly write something about his beautiful music.”
By Her Side – Stephen Stanley Band – Live in Hamilton
Stephen Stanley Band performs “By Her Side” at the Nathaniel Hughson Gallery in Hamilton, 19 November 2016.
