Gold Winner Halifax Pride Silver Winner Halifax Busker Festival Bronze Winner Halifax Jazz Festival “Ingrained in our festival is the need to be extremely thoughtful and diverse in what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, says Halifax Pride executive director Adam Reid. “The needs of our community are incredibly broad, and their expectations when […]
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Jazz Fest: Sheila E.
On Friday, this city has a rare chance to see a living legend: The great Sheila E. Sheila Escovedo, queen of all things percussion, has had more extraordinary experiences in her life than seem possible to fit into her 61 years. From first stepping on stage with her father, famed musician Pete Escovedo, at age […]
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The evolution of Tim Baker
Tim Baker w/Kathleen Edwards Wednesday, July 10, 7:30pm Halifax Jazz Festival waterfront stage Lower Water at Salter Streets $45 ($189 festival pass) S solo career for Tim Baker wasn’t quite starting all over again. It was a new adventure of discovery with its own challenges. When the Newfoundland indie-rock band Hey Rosetta! called it quits […]
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Jazz Fest: Daniel Caesar
Daniel Caesar w/Charlotte Day Wilson Sunday, July 15, 8:30pm Waterfront Stage $32-$38 Love, loss, faith, desire and determination—hear it all when Daniel Caesar takes to the Halifax Jazz Festival stage on July 15. Closing out a year which saw the release of his successful debut album Freudian, the singer will serenade audiences with the soulful […]
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Jazz Fest: Charlotte Day Wilson
Charlotte Day Wilson w/Daniel Caesar Sunday, July 15, 8:30pm Waterfront Stage $32-$38 Charlotte Day Wilson wants you to feel something—but she also acknowledges just how hard it can be to feel anything at all. The self-made R&B singer and producer—now back in her native Toronto after a stint living, studying and fronting local smooth-talkers The […]
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The transcendence of Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals w/Reeny Smith Saturday, July 15, 8:30pm Jazz Fest Main Stage Lower Water and Salter Streets $60+fees “It’s like eating a Ferrero Rocher,” I say when my mother asks what Anderson .Paak‘s music is like. “It’s beautifully packaged; once you unwrap it, you quickly get to its core and then […]
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Lucky number 13: Gypsophilia ends on a high note after 13 years
Gypsophilia w/The Mellotones Sunday, July 16, 8:30pm Jazz Fest Main Stage Lower Water and Salter Streets free The year is 2004. Those involved in the music scene will remember this year as the moment stars aligned to form the jazz band Gypsophilia. A gig at the Halifax Jazz Festival brought together the group of musicians, […]
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Six degrees of Nile Rodgers
1. CHIC Nile Rodgers and and bassist Bernard Edwards co-founded the badass, funked up disco band in the mid-‘70s, giving music-lovers timeless dance hits like Grammy hall-of-famer “Le Freak” and the oft-sampled (see: “Rapper’s Delight”) “Good Times.” Chic remains a relevant fixture, releasing its latest in 2015, and has been heralded as one of the […]
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Thundercat’s bass progression
Stephen Bruner has had a love for the bass for as long as he can remember. He says that he always gravitated towards stringed instruments as a kid, and has countless family photos of himself as a young boy holding a bass to prove it. Bruner—who’s now 31 years old and better known as Thundercat—hasn’t […]
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Adam Baldwin’s rock revelation
On a recent Thursday night at a sold-out Seahorse Tavern, Dartmouth native Adam Baldwin began an earnest serenade to the throng of fans before him. When the audience joined in the singing, lamenting what Baldwin describes as “the dangers of complacency,” the June 23 concert became something more than the official release party of his sophomore […]
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Halifax Jazz Festival 2016 lineup announced
The TD Halifax Jazz Festival dropped its 2016 (and 30th anniversary) lineup this morning and it’s a doozy. In addition to the already-announced City and Colour, Metric and–swoon–Ms. Lauryn Hill main stage shows, the festival promises acts for die-hard jazz fans and newbies alike. Visitings acts include Kendrick Lamar collaborator/ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Thundercat, Polaris Prize […]
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Toronto poppers Metric just announced to play Halifax Jazz Fest
The Halifax Jazz Festival, in partnership with Sonic Concerts, just announced the fourth headliner for its 30th anniversary celebration: Toronto pop-quartet Metric will play Halifax once again, like it’s 2006. Except it’ll be Wednesday, July 13, 2016. The band joins the legendary Ms. Lauryn Hill, the T.Dot singer Basia Bulat and Ontario rockers City and Colour as headliners. The poppers, fronted […]