It’s not all big hair and costume changes, Jill Barber‘s grown into a bona fide jazz diva. A sweetheart and a chanteuse who Halifax adores, she’s got splashes of all the greats—Edith Piaff, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday. More importantly, these days she’s all Jill Barber. Part persona, part performance, all heart. Barber had stars in […]
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CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Best Video goes to Hey Rosetta!
It was a pleasant surprise when Noah Pink, director of Hey Rosetta!‘s video for “Red Song”, found out his work made the short list for the CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards, a fan choice award. “The short list came out at the end of November and that’s when I found out we were even up […]
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Zunior’s A Peanuts Christmas: Excellent holiday party soundtrack
Zunior.com, online label/store perfect for those who love sweet, sweet indie pop, are releasing a holiday compilation album titled A Peanuts Christmas: The 2009 Zunior Holiday Album. It’s a song by song tribute to the Vince Guaraldi Trio‘s A Charlie Brown Christmas and 100% of this online-only album’s proceeds go to the Daily Bread Food […]
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CONCERTS! Lots and lots of CONCERTS!
Gordon Lightfoot, comes to the Halifax Metro Centre on April 2, after two dates in Newfoundland, at the Holy Heart Theatre in St. John’s on March 29 and 30. Get tickets here. Tickets are $72 and are on sale now. The show starts at 8pm. The man’s a legend, come aaaaaaaan. Jill Barber (The Barbanator, […]