Sometimes it really is tough being the world’s top electro DJ. A native of Montreal, Tiga Sontag—simply known as Tiga—plays to packed audiences around the globe, and is considered by many to be one of the most influential electronic artists this country has produced. Attaining that status often leads to interesting and surreal experiences, such […]
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Rose’s garden
Listen to “Good enough” by Rose Cousins If there is one artist who epitomizes the spirit of the East Coast Music Awards, it’s Rose Cousins. With humble beginnings in Prince Edward Island, then creative blossoming in Halifax, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter is a working artist who has chosen music as a career. She’s by no means […]
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Good and plenty
All anyone hears in the hip-hop scene lately is how much success Nova Scotia has had exporting artists to the rest of the country. Now Nova Scotian hip-hop fans get a chance to see what their neighbours to the west have to offer when the Good Times Tour kicks off at the Seahorse in Halifax […]
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Hikin’ trail
It’s official. Classified is the biggest artist in east coast hip-hop. Hell, he might be one of the biggest acts on the east coast, period—up there with Matt Mays, Buck 65 and Joel Plaskett. In terms of reach and exposure, the 28-year-old man also known as Luke Boyd is now one of the most visible […]
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Cubaism
Acclaimed guitarist Juan De Marcos Gonzalez brings his Cuban music renaissance to the Maritimes this week. In 1996, he helped introduce himself and some of his fellow Cubans musicians to the world. His collective, the Buena Vista Social Club, sold 12 million copies worldwide, featuring the best and most well known Cuban artists, playing traditional […]
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Beyond measure
The truly great rock stars possess a particular type of intensity. It’s as if those who are capable of making thousands of spectators swoon at their feet are meant to act a little differently than the rest of the populace, by their own rules. Emily Haines, of the acclaimed band Metric, is one of those […]
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The Art of Being Single
Another one-act, one-woman play written and performed by Laurie Jones who takes time out of her daily life as a lawyer to share The Art of Being Single. Jones is hilarious as she recalls her dating disasters and gives the audience her list characteristics needed in guys she can be with, including No. 1, “Must […]
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Circumference
A tale of a woman’s struggle with body image, Circumference is a dynamite one-woman play written by and starring Amy Salloway. A series of monologues strung together, there’s more content in this play than any other this reviewer has seen combined. That explains the notebook that Salloway references throughout the hour-long performance to keep herself […]
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Pretty Pieces
Leigh Ann Bellamy and Mike Sheppard play desperate siblings who feel the world closing in on them in this dramatic piece from Kingston, Ontario-based writer Charles Robertson. Set in a bachelor apartment, an agoraphobic sister passes the time away acting as mother to a child she wishes would love her back. She waits for her […]
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Divine Mechanics
Written and directed by Jamie Feldman, this satiric play tackles the issue of the reliance on technology as well as the role of a higher being in contemporary society. A great concept geared for laughs, Divine Mechanics only fails with a lack of comedic timing the plot needs to succeed.Andee Morgan effectively portrays the angel […]
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The Slasher Play
Produced by Right Pro Productions, creators of the well-received 2005 Fringe fave The Play of the Living Dead, The Slasher Play may not be the best executed play at this year’s festival, but it’s one of the most fun, especially for fans of the horror and teen genre. Written by Isaac Thompson and Terry Drisdelle, […]
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Deranged Love: The David Hasselhoff Story
It seems at every festival at least one play serves as notice of what not to do when staging a production. For whatever reason, Deranged Love took the unwanted prize on this day. The idea looked great on paper: David Hasselhoff – a caricature of cheese actors born to be skewered – goes to hell […]