It’s hard to find a band more passionately liberating than NOBRO. The all-femme punk band from Montreal has risen to prominence throughout the country on the strength of their anthemic debut album, Set Your Pussy Free, released in October 2023. This landed the four-piece a spot on the Polaris Music Prize shortlist for 2024. […]
Halifax Urban Folk Festival
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Damhnait Doyle finds—and raises—her true voice
Damhnait Doyle & The Halifax All-Stars w/Opening Song Circle feat. Alejandro Escovedo, Catherine MacLellan, Matthew Sweet Fri, Aug 30, 8pm Sweet The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street Sweet $50 D amhnait Doyle is ready to reintroduce herself. The self-described “mid-level Canadian musician” has been at it since 1996, landing on Much Music in her mid-teens with […]
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The Maes continue to “fall head over heels, cart over wheels” for folk music
Phoebe Bridgers Tribute w/The Maes Thu Aug 29, 10:30pm Good Robot Brewing Co., 2736 Robie Street With harmonies as vast as the Outback sky, Australia’s The Maes trace a finger along the lines of ’70s folk: The new self-titled record by the now-duo of sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby is, as Maggie puts it, “a […]
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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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Floodland releases new album Static Walls
Floodland Album Release Party Friday September 1, 10pm-2am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10/$15 Floodland is rolling into the Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF) with its new album in tow. The four-piece band is predominately known for its live shows around the city. On Friday, Floodland is joined by Beauts and No It’s Fine […]
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All the stars in the HUFF sky
Halifax Urban Folk Festival August 27-September 3 multiple venues halifaxurbanfolkfestival.com The Halifax Urban Folk Festival began in The Carleton back in 2009, expanding to multiple venues over the years—nine of them this round, including The Anchor, Timber Lounge, the Marquee and Tempo. The Carleton’s flagship shows have come to feature the festival’s biggest names backed […]
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Highlight of the Season
“The festival lineup at the Halifax Urban Folk Fest is so good this year. The organizers have done such a great job of putting it together,” says New Brunswick’s folk-pop singer Andy Brown. “If you’re looking for a festival with strong musicianship and a great community-based atmosphere, then HUFF is for you.” On Friday night […]
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Beach House, Halifax Urban Folk Festival, Halifax Celtic Festival and Nashville Pussy
Holy lord, warm up that credit card for this (wildly mixed) grab bag of concert and festival announcements. Baltimore’s dreamy Beach House hit Halifax on their Northern Exposure tour, beginning in Anchorage, Alaska and ending October 11 in Halifax at the Marquee Club. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 18 at 10am, $32.99 in […]