Following last month’s announcement that a cease-and-desist from artist Shepard Fairey will force the OBEY Convention to change its name for 2020, comes the announcement from another small-and-tough festival, the 14-year-old In the Dead of Winter: It’s taking next year off. “It’s expensive and it’s hard to do this right now, so we’re taking a […]
In the Dead of Winter
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Gold Winner Halifax Jazz Festival Silver Winner Halifax Pop Explosion Bronze Winner In the Dead Of Winter Halifax Jazz Festival continues to sock dingers year after year, following up last year’s Anderson.Paak blowout with the likes of Chaka Khan, The War on Drugs and Daniel Caesar. “We strive to offer a genre-diverse lineup that is […]
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Everybody loves Palehound
Palehound w/Dance Movie, Emily Rockarts, Valerie Thursday, January 18, 8pm The Seahorse, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 adv/$20 door The highlight of 2018 may have already happened for Palehound. On January 8, the Boston indie pop-rock band was a crossword clue in The New York Times, much to the delight of frontperson Ellen Kempner. “I wish […]
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The growth of Kaia Kater
Kaia Kater w/Meaghan Blanchard, Camille Delean, Leanne Hoffman Friday, January 19 The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street, ​7:30pm $15 adv/$25 door w/Rose Cousins Good Robot Brewing Co., 2736 Robie Street Saturday, January 20, 7-8pm Sold Out When Kaia Kater plays a pair of shows at In the Dead of Winter this weekend, one will be next […]
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Fiver’s audible history
Fiver w/Stewart Legere, Lydia Persaud, Brooklyn Doran Thursday, January 18, 7:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $20 adv/$25 door Simone Schmidt’s fascination with history began, like so many do, with a newspaper. Schmidt, who fronts the band The Highest Order and makes rootsy folk music under the name Fiver, says she had always found herself […]
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Witch Prophet’s real magic
Witch Prophet w/Reeny Smith, The State of Alaska, Nick Ferrio Friday, January 19, 9:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 adv/$20 door At the end of 2015, a song called “Architect of Heartbreak” began circulating online among underground hip-hop and R&B fans. The song, by an artist called Witch Prophet and featuring Seattle hip-hop […]
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The Barrowdowns gonna make you move
The Barrowdowns w/Nick Everett, Loveland, The Wooden Sky Friday, January 20, TKpm The Seahorse Tavern $23/$25 If you make a word cloud with all of The Barrowdowns’ social media posts, the word “dancing” stands out above the rest. As the live show developed while playing the festival circuit over the past two years, dancing became […]
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It takes a Villages
Villages w/Laurenn Marchand, Sarah Jane Scouten, Justin Rutledge Thursday, January 19, 7:30pm Timber Lounge, 2712 Agricola Street $20 “We didn’t want anything to do with it,” says Matt Ellis, who sings and plays guitar in Villages and grew up in Cape Breton. “Our siblings played the fiddle or the pipe—we wanted to play something loud. […]
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Murder, Jean wrote
The Attempted Murder of Laura Jean w/Kurt Inder, LUKA, Jennifer Castle Thursday, January 19, 9pm Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $23/$25 It’s fitting The Attempted Murder of Laura Jean plays a festival called In the Dead of Winter. Images of skulls, typically of human and horse variety, frequent the artwork of her album covers and […]
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Yoga with Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron Thursday, January 19, 7:30pm w/Megan Nash, Dan Misha Goldman, Jim Bryson Timber Lounge, 2712 Agricola Street $25 Friday, January 20, 8:30pm w/Daniel Walker Good Robot, 2736 Robie Street $15 Julie Doiron is best known for making broken hearts feel better through song, but she wants to relate to the whole self. “I’m always […]
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Jennifer Castle’s solo call
Jennifer Castle w/The Attempted Murder of Laura Jean, Kurt Inder, LUKA Thursday, January 19, 9pm Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $23/$25 Two years removed from her gorgeous, Polaris Prize-shortlisted album Pink City, Jennifer Castle continues to call out with incisive lyrics and a sharp, effervescent voice. While both Pink City and the new music that […]
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Heather Gibson lands new job at the National Arts Centre
Heather Gibson, executive director of Halifax Jazz Festival and founder and producer of folk fest In the Dead of Winter, has been appointed the new producer of NAC Presents, a concert series at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The Halifax music industry giant will relocate to Ottawa soon, beginning her post at the NAC […]
