The TD Halifax Jazz Festival and Sonic Concerts have teamed up for the first time to bring folk superstar–and former member of Alexisonfire–City and Colour to Hali just in time for Jazz Fest’s 30th anniversary. Despite being most decidedly un-jazzy, City and Colour (real name Dallas Green-get it?) is a huge act and he’s been […]
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Gold Winner Halifax Pop Explosion Silver Winner Halifax Jazz Festival Bronze Winner Obey Convention With a full week of awesome music and comedy, Halifax Pop Explosion continues to be the city’s best music festival, an honour that executive director James Boyle doesn’t take for granted. “There are a lot of great events here. We get […]
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Gold Winner Halifax Jazz Festival Silver Winner Halifax Pop Explosion Bronze Winner Halifax International Busker Festival There’s a reason that no matter what event is happening on the corner of Salter and Lower Water streets it’s still referred to as “the Jazz Fest parking lot.” It’s because nothing really compares to the brassy, bassy, body-moving […]
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Wednesday’s 10 things you need to know
[Image-1] 1 Huzzah! Evolve is saved! The music festival was facing cancellation yesterday after its liability insurance was pulled for wanting to offer free drug-testing to attendees. After what CBC says was a flurry of calls and an amazing outpouring of support, festival producer Jonas Colter has found a new insurer (belonging to the family […]
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Sharon Jones: The hardest working woman in show biz
Sharon Jones’ success has been a long time coming. At 58, the soul singer received her first Grammy nomination this year. But working so hard for so long, Jones doesn’t take her success for granted. While she’s been singing since childhood and recording for 20 years, Jones’ passionate soul tunes only started to receive wider […]
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Halifax Jazz Festival 2015 lineup announced
The Halifax Jazz Festival released their lineup today and it’s way worth checking out, even if—scratch that—especially if you’re not a typical jazz fan. There are plenty of off-beat acts coming to town that don’t fit into the typical “jazz” category and we’ve rounded up a small sampling of some of the more unusual acts. […]
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Gimme Lisa Fischer
Talking with Lisa Fischer about singing is a spiritual experience. Both an accomplished backup singer and a solo artist, Fischer’s views on both types of performance veer close to Errol Morris-documentary-subject territory. Sure, she’s talking about singing, but she’s laying down some pretty heavy truths about life. You may recognize her from 2013’s Oscar-winning 20 […]
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2015 Halifax Jazz Festival first announcement!
Though we might have to wait until April for the full line up, The Halifax Jazz Festival (July 8-12) sure knows how to tease. Today’s first artists announced are a diverse and rad bunch. 2014 Grammy nominee Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will kick off the festival on the main stage at the Halifax waterfront […]
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Review: Tales of A Charlie Brown Christmas
While the temperature dropped below freezing, and snowflakes danced atop Citadel Hill, a nearly sold out crowd gathered to warm their cockles at Spatz Theatre for The Halifax Jazz Festival presentation of Tales of A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring the Jerry Granelli Trio and the Vivace Children’s Choir Sunday afternoon and evening. As the only […]
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Bring Me Your Loves: Why St. Vincent’s Halifax Show is So Important
St. Vincent is playing the Halifax Jazz Festival on July 7. This is a huge fucking deal. Here’s why: 1. St. Vincent is a woman named Annie Clark. She is a woman. (Read up on her here, in Devon Maloney’s excellent Village Voice story “The Bulletproof Altar of St. Vincent.”) Halifax—historically, but especially lately—has huge […]
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Gold Winner Halifax Pop Explosion Silver Winner Evolve Bronze Winner Halifax Jazz Fest “They say if you’re going to leave, go out with a bang. My time at Halifax Pop Explosion has been incredible. The sense of community that exists within this great festival is unmatched anywhere, and I consider myself lucky to have been […]
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JazzEast’s 30k in 30 days halfway point
JazzEast’s 30k in 30 days Indiegogo campaign has an altruistic goal—to make the ever-popular evening Festival Tent Mainstage concerts during the Halifax Jazz Festival free to the public. “In 2012 we hosted two free evening concerts; in 2013 that number grew to three. Droves of people came out to these concerts. We don’t want to […]