Two comebacks and an alt version to tell you about on this sweet frosty Friday: In 2012, a ginger-haired dream named Jennah Barry dropped an instant classic called Young Men, entrancing full cities with her deft songwriting, incredible voice and aspirational stage banter. She played and played, and then she stopped. There was vocal surgery, […]
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Fall Arts: Songs of the City
Songs of the City October 5, 6:30pm Spatz Theatre, 1855 Trollope Street $20 tickethalifax.com Inspired by similar events in other cities, the United Way is presenting Songs of the City—a event pairing local musicians with community members who’ve benefited from the United Way’s work in the area. It’s an evening that’s set to showcase both […]
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The Olympic Symphonium: We have fun
The Olympic Symphonium w/Jennah Barry Friday, April 20, 8:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $20 It can be difficult for a band with four distinct songwriters with families and jobs to settle down to make an album. Fredericton-based indie folk outfit The Olympic Symphonium got away from home and went to the south […]
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Forward Music Group’s slow burn
Forward Music Group presents JOYFULTALK and Gianna Lauren Thursday, October 19, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street free Forward Music Group was borne of scarcity and passion. As friends, musicians and show promoters in Fredericton in 2007, Kyle Cunjak, James Boyle and Zach Atkinson were “young and eager and getting to a point […]