ECMA Friday Night time Showcases
Could ninth, 2025
The Rockhouse & The Majestic
Dee Hernandez, With Violet, La Patente, DeeDee Austin, Quote The Raven & Logan Richard
Friday night time was a busy one for ECMA showcases, and it was positively the type of night time the place you wished you possibly can be in a number of locations without delay. I began off by catching the top of Dee Hernandez’s set at The Rockhouse. Her music blends her Cuban roots with R&B, funk, and pop, and it was the right method to get everybody grooving for the night time forward.
Subsequent up was With Violet, a band I’ve seen a handful of instances already. They at all times placed on an entertaining present, connecting with the viewers and with one another in a method that feels real and enjoyable.
Each ECMA week I attend, there’s at all times one artist I’ve by no means heard earlier than who utterly catches my ear and sticks with me for years after. I feel this 12 months, that band will probably be La Patente. What a wild present. They have been completely shredding on the banjo and rocking out on the upright bass. Regardless that I didn’t perceive the lyrics (since they have been in French), they’d my full consideration for his or her complete set.
Then it was time to run up the road to The Majestic, the place a packed home was being captivated by DeeDee Austin. She had simply been eradicated from Canada’s Acquired Expertise the week earlier than, which solely made us a fortunate crowd to catch her in St. John’s as an alternative.
Native favourites, Quote The Raven, hit the stage subsequent. Their stunning harmonies and unbelievable songwriting had the room utterly locked in.
Logan Richard closed out my night time. The PEI-based artist jogged my memory a little bit of Newfoundland’s personal Tim Baker. My favorite second of his set was when he introduced out Quote The Raven so as to add harmonies on his track “Rolodex,” identical to they’d carried out on their earlier tour collectively.
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