The questions pondered on the upcoming Devarrow album are more than just hashtag millennial problems. When indie folk singer-songwriter Graham Ereaux started recording songs for a new Devarrow LP, the original plan was to create a narrative-based record built around a person moving from small town to big city and the often conflicting concepts of […]
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There’s Something In the Water runs deep
There’s Something In the Water Sat, Sep 14, 9:30pm Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road $18.50, finfestival.ca Nearly a year after publishing a book on environmental racism, the story has taken on a new life. There’s Something In the Water by Dalhousie professor Ingrid Waldron is now a 70-minute documentary co-produced by Ellen Page, […]
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Halifax, meet Jah’Mila
Cassie Josephine & The Cry If I Want To’s w/Pretty Archie, Jah’Mila, Eaton McGrath & The Halifax All Stars Sat Aug 31, 2pm Halifax Waterfront Free Jah’Mila first came to Halifax to visit family and ended up staying for love. Originally form Kingston, Jamaica, Jhamiela Smith Dunn would regularly come to Halifax to see her […]
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Nyssa dials up the heat this Hot Girl Summer
Nyssa w/Loveland, Yohvn Blvck Wed, Aug 7, 9pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street Rock and roll is not dead—at least when Nyssa is on stage. “I try to be more rock-and-roll on stage than soft-spoken,” says Nyssa Rosaleen, the solo star of the danceable glam rock project simply called Nyssa. “There’s a lot […]
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Nyssa dials up the heat this Hot Girl Summer
Nyssa w/Loveland, Yohvn Blvck Wed, Aug 7, 9pm Menz & Mollyz Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street Rock and roll is not dead—at least when Nyssa is on stage. “I try to be more rock-and-roll on stage than soft-spoken,” says Nyssa Rosaleen, the solo star of the danceable glam rock project simply called Nyssa. “There’s a lot […]
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Jazz Fest: Bernice
Without jazz, there’d be no Bernice. All five members completed undergrad degrees in jazz performance at different schools, but ended up forming a band that leans more toward minimalistic pop. “After school, I didn’t quite feel like [jazz] was my path forward in music and started really focusing on writing my own songs,” says Robin […]
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Jazz Fest: Exco Levi
F or one of Canada’s most decorated reggae musicians, it’s all about singing for the people. “Reggae music—all the music that we do—we sing songs of unification and liberation,” says Exco Levi, the stage name of Wayne Ford Levi. Born in Jamaica, the musician is now based out of Brampton, Ontario and is coming to […]
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Jazz Fest: Pondercast’s Laurie Brown
Laurie Brown & Joshua Van Tassel Saturday, July 13, 2pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road free Pondercast Live Saturday July 13, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $25 I t’s about to get meta at Halifax Jazz Festival. That’s because Laurie Brown is bringing a live show of her podcast Pondercast to an […]
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The evolution of Tim Baker
Tim Baker w/Kathleen Edwards Wednesday, July 10, 7:30pm Halifax Jazz Festival waterfront stage Lower Water at Salter Streets $45 ($189 festival pass) S solo career for Tim Baker wasn’t quite starting all over again. It was a new adventure of discovery with its own challenges. When the Newfoundland indie-rock band Hey Rosetta! called it quits […]
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Meditate with Valerie
Valerie Thin Veil release w/Juice Girls, Vulva Culture (solo), Ghost Pills Thursday, June 20, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $6 I t’s not unusual to experience a heightened sense of awareness while listening to Valerie. “A few shows in, I realized it was a bit more of a meditative experience than anything,” says […]
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The summer of HFX Wanderers fandom
When a loud cheer erupts, followed by a cloud of blue smoke floating across the historic Wanderers Grounds, you know something good just happened. It’s the first season of the Canadian Premier League—a professional soccer league featuring players with experience from around the globe—and the HFX Wanderers Football Club is one of seven teams in […]
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The Remains of Leanne Hoffman
It doesn’t feel right calling the new release from Leanne Hoffman a debut album. Technically What Remains is her first solo recording, but Hoffman is a Halifax music veteran. She was part of the now-defunct duo Magnolia up until five years ago, and has kept busy providing backing vocals and keys with other musicians over […]