In 2012, Josh Bravener teamed up with his brother Aaron to start a band. The Fredricton-based group is now made up of four people known as The Hypochondriacs, and they’re about to launch their debut album. “We really wanted to demonstrate what we sound like live. The album’s very similar to our live show,” says […]
Country Music
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Petunia’s flower power
This guy is timeless. Sixty years ago he could’ve been honky-tonking with Hank Williams, 20 years ago he could’ve been singing behind an episode of Twin Peaks. This weekend, with music that’s been described as “life-giving,” Petunia is bringing his surreal, avant-country swagger to Halifax. Saturday and Sunday night you’ll find the last real McCoy […]
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Steve Earle
Country-folk singer-songwriter and poet Townes Van Zandt died in 1997 on New Year’s Day. A dozen years later, his cult has grown beyond country contrarians. Fellow Texan Steve Earle’s spin is spirited and often flavoured with an Irish folk lilt; in other words, not so depressing. Van Zandt’s most famous song, “Pancho and Lefty,” is […]