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The Great Wide Somewhere

October 27, 2014 by ebembo

  Two weeks ago I was invited on an after-hours tour of Canada’s Library of Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario. Built between 1859 and 1876, the Library is the only original remaining part of the Centre Block of Parliament – the rest burned down in a fire in 1916. The Library was saved thanks to a fast-thinking clerk and a pair of steel doors. I only visited the Library of Parliament once before, on a Girl Guide field trip to Ottawa […]

Categories: Americana, Folk, singer-songwriter, Soul, Uncategorized • Tags: Americana, Canada, folk, Frazey Ford, Library of Parliament, singer-songwriter, soul, The Be Good Tanyas

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Close up kangaroo top photos from 2013

Top Shots 2013

December 30, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

It’s that time of year again guys and gals, a time to be inundated with the years best this, that and the other. For the second year in a row, Snapshots and Needle Drops is jumping onto this short nostalgia train to countdown our favourite Shots and Drops from 2013. Today the Shots. This year we asked followers of our Facebook page to vote on their favourite pics from the past twelve months. I found the results somewhat surprising. I […]

Categories: Lists • Tags: Australia, best, Canada, countdown, photography, photos, pics, top ten, topten, travel

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Christmas lights palm tree

Carry Me Home… to my Australian Christmas

December 23, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Now excuse me for getting sentimental with you all, but Christmas is a time for family. Whether with your own homegrown kin, or some hand-selected, family-like creatures of your own choosing, it’s always wise to have fellows around to be merry and to save you from eating all the cake. As regular followers know, the past three months have lead my passive wanderlusting-self away from my norm to work on a farm in South Australia. A scenic break and a […]

Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Christmas, Indie, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter, Soul • Tags: alternative, art, Australia, Austrlian Christmas, Canada, Christmas, family, Hey Rosetta, holidays, indie, music, photography, pop, Rock

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A little thunder’s good

December 9, 2013 by ebembo

In movies and TV shows, there is a trope that, if properly executed, can be utterly charming, and if poorly handled, can be the most grating thing in the world, and that is the oft-used character of the Wise Beyond Her Years Child. In the movie 500 Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character seeks life advice from his kid sister, played by a pre-teen Chloë Grace Moretz, as she waxes philosophical from the sidelines of her soccer game. At first, […]

Categories: Canadian, Folk, Indie, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: Canada, Canadian music, indie, indie folk, Indie Rock, Montreal, singer-songwriter

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Writing a Life of the Stars

October 15, 2013 by ebembo

New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room Ah, Spencer Krug. In his latest incarnation as a solo artist, he goes by Moonface. It seems you can’t mention Spencer Krug without touching on his former bands, the most prominent of which was Wolf Parade. Full disclosure: I think their first album, Apologies to the Queen Mary, is a masterpiece and, not to get too High Fidelity here, is one of my top five albums of all time. Needless to say, I […]

Categories: 21st Century Classical, Canadian, Classical, Indie, singer-songwriter • Tags: Canada, Canadian music, classical, concert, indie, Montreal, Moonface, music festival, piano, Pop Montreal, singer-songwriter, Spencer Krug, Wolf Parade

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Under the parachute at Osheaga.

Close to the Cold Coast

September 23, 2013 by ebembo

I’m very excited to be Snapshots & Needle Drops’ first guest blogger! Many thanks to Vappz, who is currently driving somewhere along the Australian coast, about to embark on a springtime fruit-picking adventure. Right now Montreal is experiencing that wonderful brief window when you wake up in the fall, spend your day in the summer, and go to bed in the fall again. It’s beautiful and warm, but there’s a certain crispness in the air. People are going out of […]

Categories: 80s, Alternative, Canadian, Electropop, Indie, Pop • Tags: alternative, Canada, electropop, indie, Montreal, music, music festival, photography, pop, Pop Montreal

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close up sparkler, black and white

Live a Little

July 9, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

Belated birthday celebrations in Ottawa. Thanks, ST. Giving just a little today.  Take it away, Florrie. “Live a Little” by Florrie

Categories: British, Indie, Pop, Rock, singer-songwriter • Tags: blonde, British, Canada, fun, indie, music, Ottawa, photography, pop, Rock, sparkler, travel

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Gold maple leaf on pavement

Canadian Gold

July 1, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! I spent this Canada Day’s eve as a happy little ex-pat: baking maple cookies, wearing red flannel and unabashedly, albeit ironically, belting out Sloan lyrics– “One thing I know about the rest of my life… I KNOW THAT I’LL BE LIVING IT IN CANADA”.  And, while I imagined you all drinking beer on the dock and enjoying your day off, I was toiling away at my desk– not-so-secretly sporting a CANUCK tshirt under my blazer. Classic Canadiana: […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Canadian, Dance, Electronic, Electropop, Experimental, Folk, Hip Hop, Indie, Mashups, New Wave, Playlists, Pop, Rap, Remix, Rock, Sample, singer-songwriter, Soul, Synthpop, Thugstep, Trip Hop, World • Tags: Canada, Canada Day, Canadian music, folk, indie, maestro fresh wes, music, photography, rap, Rock

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Looking out windowsill Ottawa

Mystic Mind

May 13, 2013 by snapshotsandneedledrops

I’m not going to lie to you guys: I’m exhausted, and listening to today’s song on repeat while I chose a photo has completely mellowed me out. I’m phoning this one in. The photo above was taken in last November in Ottawa. You can just make out the light dusting of snow on the trees. So… heard it snowed this weekend, eh? Six months of snow. Oh Canada. Enjoy this subdued tune. Reminds me of my favourite Cat Power track. […]

Categories: Alternative, Dreamwave, Indie, singer-songwriter • Tags: alternative, art, Canada, dreamwave, indie, Lia Ices, music, Ottawa, photography, photos, singer-songwriter

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