Last night Jenn Grant outshone the moon with her constellation of songs. After a long cross-country album release tour, and her third sold-out show in a row at The Carleton, her latest, Compostela, positions Grant amongst the brightest map of stars in the night sky. Warming the hour with their sturdy Cape Breton hearts, Villages—a […]
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Jenn Grant’s star power
Jenn Grant December 2-4, 8pm The Carleton Music Bar & Grill, 1685 Argyle Street $20/$15 “I wanted to make an album that had some subtleties and groove, and I also wanted it to be a really enjoyable listening experience for people, so it’s been really enjoyable to play it,” says Jenn Grant, one of Halifax’s […]
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Best Pop Artist / Band
Gold Winner Take Part Silver Winner Jenn Grant Bronze Winner Ria Mae Take Part thanks you sincerely. But don’t get a big head, Take Part also thanks Tom Hanks. “We would like to thank Tom Hanks for having such a handsome smile–have you seen The Da Vinci Code? That movie had like four twists, just […]
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Jenn Grant’s latest is possibly the cutest video you will see all day
Jenn Grant‘s new video for “Baby’s Been Gone” (directed by Andrew Stretch) is an ode to missing someone—perfect and sad and adorable, with a bit of a Michel Gondry feel. Take a look.
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HPX 2011: Wednesday
After watching what is singlehandedly the most disgusting Kenny vs. Spenny episode of all time, we took off, still gagging, to CKDU for the first free lobby show of the year featuring the Weekend Dads and Cold Warps. The bands calmed my nausea and provided a welcome kick in the face. Cold Warps tried a […]
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Music Nova Scotia Award Nominations
The 2011 Music Nova Scotia Music and Industry Award nominees were announced today. Carmen Townsend and Jenn Grant have racked up five nominations each, including Entertainer of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. (We’re also quite pleased to see that Grant’s ridiculously sweet video for “Getcha Good” – featuring Maynard St and the […]
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Halifax heads to Sled Island
gianna lauren It’s officially summer touring season, with a whole cluster of Halifax bands headed all over which where. The latest event is Sled Island, which has been producing an increasingly bomb lineup of musical talent from across Canada and the world for about five years now. This year’s festival runs from June 22 – […]
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Jenn Grant Makes Polaris Long List
Jenn Grant’s Honeymoon Punch has made the Polaris Long List, which was announced today at 2pm AST. The Maritimes were also repped by the excellent likes of Shotgun Jimmie, Sloan, Buck 65, Frederick Squire and Hey Rosetta! Complete list of nominees is below. Congrats you all. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Austra – Feel It […]
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ECMA Roundup
Obsydian play Coconut Grove this Saturday. Can’t make it down to Charlottetown next week for the East Coast Music Awards? Don’t fret, you sad bastard — you can watch the ECMA Awards Gala in the comfort of your own home via live stream at bellaliant.net/ecma starting at 8pm on Sunday April 17. You can also […]
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SXSW Roundup
I have been getting a few emails with SXSW news so I thought I would share. Sadly Long Long Long will no longer be accompanying the Halifax contingent to the festival due to a lack of funding. The band says they’re still planning on a spring/summer 90-day tour through the US (with a few select Canada dates.) Duzheknew and Cousins will still be attending the festival as part of an insane 65-date U.S. and Canada tour. Carmen Townsend, In-Flight Safety and Rich Aucoinare also heading down, as is Jenn Grant.Halifax hip-hop will also be represented with the presence of
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Buck 65 talks
Buck 65’s new album 20 Odd Years comes out on February 1st and features a series of all-new songs and collaborations with Gord Downie, Jenn Grant, Nick Thorburn (of Islands and Unicorns fame) and others. (You can pre-order it here.) Buck/Rich Terfry was in town filming a video for the song “Zombie Delight” at the Bloomfield Centre and when I met with him, he was doing interviews on a makeshift newsroom set, wearing a suit and tie, the floor around him smeared with blood. So I was wondering where this song came from. Are you a fan of zombies?
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ECMA 2011 Nominees Announced
Complete list below. Take a look, give high-fives to your favorites, etc.Congrats! ECMA 2011 MUSIC & INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINEES|MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS: Alternative Recording of the Year Pathological Lovers – Calling all FavoursRacoon Bandit — CampcraftRuth Minnikin – Depend on ThisRyan MacGrath – Cooper Hatch ParisSlowcoaster – The Darkest of DiscosWintersleep – New Inheritors Blues Recording of the Year John Campbelljohn – Good to GoMatt Andersen – PiggybackRoss Neilsen & The Sufferin’ Bastards — RedemptionScott Parsons – Live at Mahogany HallThe Dungaree Brothers with The Hupman Brothers Band – The South Mountain Swamp Rock OperaThom Swift – Blue Sky Day Children’s