• Folk

Here's a fun fact about traditional music: it's not always old even when it sounds like something lifted straight from a vintage ceilidh. For proof, witness The East Pointers - or more specifically, Secret Victory, their exhilarating debut full-length album. Secret Victory could easily stand beside any recording from any era in the illustrious Celtic/folk musical canon. Yet it features 10 brand new original tracks written by guitarist Jake Charron, fiddler Tim Chaisson and his cousin, banjoist Koady Chaisson, vocalists all and, in the case of the Chaissons, members of Prince Edward Island's reigning musical dynasty. With Secret Victory, The East Pointers unwrap new possibilities in a musical style that dates back centuries yet is still relevant on multiple, divergent continents. Almost without even trying, the trio makes traditional music seem ridiculously hip. Also the most fun thing on the planet to dance (and raise a pint) to