While you’re heating up Lean Cuisines in the office microwave, Port Hood’s bluesman Dan Doiron will be putting away some ribs and mac and cheese—sweet tea on the side—in Memphis, Tennessee. The winner of the East Coast Blues Society’s Maritimes to Memphis competition, the Cape Breton guitarist and his band will be shredding their hearts […]
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Halifax Is Burning’s local love
Have a listen of Halifax Is Burning‘s best of 2013 local playlist and pretend it’s December 31 again. Let’s make this the best year ever, guys. Hear more of the same and musings from host Trevor Murphy Tuesdays at 6:30-7:30pm on CKDU 88.1FM
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Tell it on the Mountain
Spreading the news In a world that rushes headlong from Christmas to Boxing Day to New Years, there’s something lovely about being able to pause a moment to revisit the Christmas story. Onelight Theatre’s Tell it on the Mountain offers that opportunity with a blend of original narration by poet/playwright Clyde A. Wray, rousing gospel […]
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Nudie suits
In a world of so many baffling musicians and their gimmicks, when someone recommends an album to you and calls it a mixture of Chris Isaak and Dwight Yoakam, you sit down, shut up and listen. That’s been my experience with Nudie‘s latest album, Remember This. Featuring Roger Carter, Mark Geddes, Dean Dunsford, Aaron Currie, […]
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Paper Beat Scissors’ postcards from the stage
Releasing albums is weird business. Contrary to what you may believe, they aren’t like babies. There’s a number of release dates required for albums internationally, each requiring its own publicity schedule of tours, interviews and the rest of it. But if you’re the type who thinks touring is a grueling slog, maybe you should have […]
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Finger on the Pulse of Xara Youth Ensemble
Soulful singing from Xara Youth Ensemble Since 2007, Xara Choral Theatre has been blazing a glorious trail. This ensemble of women ages 18 to 30, lead by conductor Christina Murray and theatre practitioner Claire Leger, creates performances that are truly original combinations of choral singing, theatre and movement. Last year, Murray and Leger founded another […]
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It’s Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas, Halifax!
For their 10th annual holiday fundraiser JazzEast will be bringing the 48-year-old Charlie Brown holiday classic to Halifax. “This year we are trying out a completely different model—usually we do a gala with four course meal, concert and silent auction at a $125 ticket price.” Says JazzEast artistic director Laura “Lulu” Healy. “This year we’re […]
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So long, herohill
Monday marked the beginning of the end for Halifax-based Canadian music blog herohill. Bryan “Ack” Acker’s morning post detailed with thoughtful retrospection why the prolific blog would be shutting down after 10 years of reviewing and reflecting on music. Acker, who along with Shane “Naedoo” Nadeau ran the site for a decade, announced the swan […]
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Percussion discussion
Montreal’s Architek Percussion want to expand your idea of a drum solo. Combining a “like-mindedness toward chamber music” the avant-garde percussion quartet instantly hit their groove. “We each have our strengths and individual roles in the group but the reason we work well together is because we have common philosophies on making and sharing music,” […]
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Reel Heat summer party tomorrow
It may be hard to believe but, Labour Day is rapidly approaching. To celebrate the last day of wearing white, the Halifax party collective Reel Life Entertainment is throwing a whites and brights party at Red Fox Tavern this Saturday. This is the third instalment and grand finale in the Reel Heat summer party series. […]
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Rebel Girl Rock Camp final show tomorrow!
Today is the final day of Rebel Girl Rock Camp, a week-long camp for youth focusing on developing music skills and being in a band. There’s been screen-printing workshops, songwriting workshops, recording workshops, band photos, karaoke, some amazing local bands at lunch time, a lot of apples eaten, lots of laughs and cool rock moves. […]
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CKDU all ages fundraiser is bang for your buck
If you’re a Haligonian music fan you should essentially feel obliged to come out to the Bus Stop Theatre this Friday for a CKDU FUNdraiser. The show combines many elements that contribute to the awesomeness of our music scene. It’s all ages (but if you’re 19 you will be able to buy drinks, relax), in […]
