Cold hands, full hearts, can’t lose. Forgive us for paraphrasing, but it’s true—nothing warms the soul quite like shaking off a snow-covered toque, stamping the slush off your boots, settling into a cozy seat and being serenaded. In the Dead of Winter, Halifax’s annual acoustic festival, provides a tonic (more like a hot toddy, really) […]
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Hello IDOW, goodbye Ramblers?
It’s day one of In the Dead of Winter fest 2012 (well yesterday was, but I missed Shawn Colvin, who I hear played both Sunny Came Home AND her song from The Simpsons) and I’ve already experienced my seasonal affective disorder/folk music induced emotional rollercoaster. Kev Corbett was taking the stage when I hunted down […]
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Festival Express IDOW Round Up
All good things must come to an end. The closing evening of In the Dead of Winter is always a touch bittersweet. After many late nights spent listening on minimal sleep, socializing, eating sporadic meals and perhaps drinking a little too much to drink for a Wednesday, everyone seems burnt out from festival exhaustion. With […]
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In the Dead of Winter’s Musical Feast
Tanya Davis, Don Brownrigg, Amelia Curran, Justin Rutledge, Dinah Thorpe, Catherin MacLellan, Jim Bryson, Gianna Lauren
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Melissa McClelland enchants IDOW festival
Melissa McClelland “I’ve never played in a church,” says Carmen Townsend, with her bright red shaggy bangs falling in her face. The Cape Bretoner is all charm. Her vocal play is reminiscent of Rebekah Higgs meets Jenn Grant, but her sound is entirely her own. Townsend takes listeners on a journey through the tumbling acrobats […]
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Good Lovelies and Rose Cousins warm hearts at IDOW
Natasha Peach In the Dead of Winter may be in its fifth year, but it hasn’t strayed far from the original vision once held in the legendary Khyber Club. As a Halifax-based festival, IDOW’s mission is to showcase up and coming local artists. Natasha Peach is merely one of the many songwriters featured this year. […]
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In the Dead of Winter Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Musical matrimony Luke and Melissa As I wandered down the balmy streets of Halifax this afternoon to I bumped into Tim Crabtree, mastermind behind Paper Beat Scissors, who was heading home for a bite to eat before his show later at the Bus Stop Theatre. We stopped and chatted, noting the unusually warm winter’s day […]
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In the Dead of Winter 2010 festival line-up announced
Righteous babe The In the Dead of Winter festival is in it’s triumphant 5th year, bringing 54 performers together to warm you people up during the bleakest month in Halifax. 2010’s performing artists include Ani DiFranco, John K. Sampson, Justin Rutledge, Luke Doucet, Rose Cousins, Catherine MacLellan, Ken Whitely, Ron Hynes, Ruth Minnikin, The Wooden […]