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Hurricane Music Team Earns 28 Nominations In Company's Inaugural Year MusicNL has announced the nominations for its 2023 awards for artists and industry with Hurricane Music team and clients earning a total of 28 nominations in 19 categories. Hurricane Music was nominated for Outstanding Company of the Year, with co-owners Matt Dines and David Shears each earning their first nominations for Industry Professional of the Year. Matt followed up his 2022 Nomination for Producer of the Year with another nomination in the same category for his recent work with artists like Baraka, TXS RED, Summer Bennett, With Violet, Nerve Shack, among others. Both Rosemary Lawton and Hunter Madden were nominated for Side Musician of the Year, along with photographer Katelyn Forward for Volunteers of the Year and Kenny Purchase for Graphic Designer of the Year. 2023 has been a breakout year for Tanzanian-born singer songwriter Baraka Abayo, having released his debut EP Voicemail and earning placements o

Hurricane Music is proud to announce that rock trio,  Nerve Shack ,  are joining our management roster.  The last year has been super busy for the young group, having already released 3 singles with the support of  MusicNL . This summer they secured funding from  Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council  to record with  Brian Moncarz: Producer/Mixer  (Alice Cooper/Our Lady Peace/Trews) who will be coming to NL to produce their upcoming single with the Hurricane Music team.

Fresh off the successful release of her first single of 2023 titled "Good Love", Aphrose has just released a brand new, sensational up-tempo track titled "YaYa" on Friday, July 7 2023. With its glittery, Roller-Soul groove, Aphrose's latest single "YaYa" glowingly personifies the feeling of being in love. The feel-good, uptempo song features an inescapable rhythm that envelopes listeners in exuberant harmonies, celebratory lyrics, and a flourishing melody. Given the classic Aphrose treatment, "YaYa" is notably infused with styles from different music eras, uniting 70's Soul, 80's Roller-Disco, and 90's House vocal harmonies. A love song that steers clear of the negatives in relationships, "YaYa" focuses on joyful infatuation, using universal elements that include the sun, moon, stars, and gravity to paint the picture of a feeling as brilliant as the night sky. Featuring instrumentation by production trio SafeSpaceship, &

“I Ain’t Me” is a powerful, moving song about overcoming bullying and finding your voice “I Ain’t Me” is the second-of-two singles that Mackenzie has recorded as part of the 2022 MusicNL NewFound Talent prize package. The heavy themes and darker arrangements balance and contrast her debut single “03”, which is a light-hearted upbeat song about going to bars while underage. Both songs were recorded at Citadel House Music in Lewisporte with producer Dean Stairs (Ana & Eric, Nick Earle, Rosemary Lawton) and mixed and mastered in Mount Pearl by Matt Dines of Hurricane Music (Summer Bennett, Baraka, Nerve Shack). Mackenzie enlisted former NewFound Talent winner Darcy Scott on guitar, Madeline Carter of the Carter Girls on fiddle, and Hunter Madden of With Violet/Cabot Power on drums and bass. Mackenzie Critch invites you to listen to “”Ain’t Me” on local radio and all major streaming platforms starting June 23nd, 2023 “I Ain’t Me” CREDITS • Written by Mackenzie Critch • Vocals & Ke

"Creating in a way that truly felt limitless, album number nine is another collection of songs for the soul from my musical universe. It was a fun learning experience for me - exploring how to mix my organic sound with electronic elements, slapping my bass on the title track, and reimagining the sound of a legendary Cuban song. Exploring music in a new way was simply, fun."  - Alex Cuba  From his newly built recording studio in Smithers, BC, Cuba's ninth studio album, "El Swing Que Yo Tengo" (The Swing That I Have), delivers an astonishingly creative and remarkably fresh project that sees the artist defy genre more than ever before. Taking his incessant creativity steps further, the singer, songwriter, musician, and producer demonstrates his unending ability to deliver music that moves sonically and stylistically between genre, era, borders, and preconceptions. For the first time, Cuba incorporates electronic elements that amplify his sound and commercial appea

A song about reclaiming your power, Meryem Saci's "Danger Zone" is a haunting, powerful anthem that acknowledges both the moment of realization, and action of taking your power back when you have been taken advantage of. Combining Meryem's soaring, soulful vocals with her expertly delivered, rhythmic flow, "Danger Zone" tackles the painful road of recognizing you have been played, to the liberating decision to never allow it to happen from that person again. With an almost eerie sound of a slowed-down toy box behind an unconventional drill beat, "Danger Zone" reminds listeners that the best revenge is moving on. Globally recognized as a soaring R&B-Soul vocalist, remarkable Hip-Hop artist and skilled lyricist, Meryem Saci’s dazzling range of artistic talents have captivated audiences around the world. Saci’s stunning and highly creative artistic proficiency merges a wide range of genres into her unique sound, seamlessly weaving elements of R&am

With music that moves between the golden age of 70's Soul and its modern iterations, Canadian R&B, Soul, and Neo-Soul artist, Aphrose, (Joanna Mohammed) is a stunningly expansive vocalist and creative lyricist who honours the origins of the genres through her expertly created, and historically informed sound. With vocal dexterity that would impress her musical heroines, Aphrose's dazzling, 1970's hued sound transports listeners to a time when Soul music went beyond a musical category and into a feeling, while incorporating the Soulful sounds of today. Raised in Scarborough in a Trinidadian household by parents who owned a record store in Toronto's West end, Aphrose gravitated to the music of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson, eventually wrapping their influences into a sound all her own. Her truly explosive vocal talent has led the artist to performing background vocals for Daniel

  Check Out the interview between Hurricane Music's own, BARAKA, and CBC's host of Weekend AM, Heather Barrett, as they discuss the inspiration and process behind Baraka's latest songs, "Island Queen", "Thru and Thru" and "I'll Be There".  Stay tuned for Baraka's debut EP, "Voicemail", expected to drop just in time for summer! 

"A Mothers Love is a Blessing". Evelyn Jess was born Jessica Evelyn Bemister. She was named after her Grandmother Evelyn, who passed when Jess was just 7 years old. Years later when thinking of a stage name, Jess chose to take her Grandmother's name first as a tribute to her legacy. Now each time the name appears in lights it will be a shining reminder of her loving memory and joyous spirit. Grandmother Evelyn appreciated Mother's Day. It was always her favorite time of year mainly because her birthday fell in the same week. Therefore no other day seemed more fitting for a celebration than that of the wonderful woman's birthday - May 13th. This passed Mother's Day Weekend - Evelyn Jess certainly did her grandmother proud and lived up to her name with her debut album release concert. She was joined by excellent opening acts Spectrum Queer Choir and Members of Strong Harbour strings, with proceeds from the vent going towards each groups future programming. Audio