The Carleton Music Bar & Grill (1685 Argyle Street) is temporarily closing its doors for renovations. According to a press release, the Carleton will shut down on December 22. It will briefly re-open for its In The Dead of Winter Festival shows from January 18-20, but the official re-opening won’t take place until February 8. […]
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The Weather Station’s different state of grace
The Weather Station w/Bernice Friday December 8, 7pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $20 Near the beginning of “You and I (On the Other Side of the World),” from her self-titled, fourth album as The Weather Station, Tamara Lindeman sings what could be taken as a distillation of her music: “I love because I see.” […]
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Iskwé’s fight for the greater good
Iskwé w/Rococode and Arsoniste Friday, November 10, 9pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $8/$12 Iskwé, a genre-bending artist based in Hamilton, concerns herself less with how to describe her music and more with the kind of change her music can create. Pulling from trip hop, R&B and traditional folk music, her new album The Fight […]
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Ali Hassan’s cultural comedy
Ali Hassan: Muslim, Interrupted Tuesday, October 24, 7:30pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $20 Comedian Ali Hassan was taken by surprise when his children came to him with questions about Islam. Those questions inspired Hassan’s current solo show Muslim, Interrupted, which is on its way to The Carleton on Tuesday. While Hassan’s main goal is […]
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Review: Leif Vollebekk, The Heavy Blinkers and Tyler Hache at HUFF
Night four of HUFF was full of firsts for me; first time really enjoying the opener (Tyler Hache has a great mature voice for being so young), first time seeing both The Heavy Blinkers and Leif Vollebekk, and first time trying The Carleton’s delicious new chicken wings. The Heavy Blinkers managed to cram themselves on […]
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All the stars in the HUFF sky
Halifax Urban Folk Festival August 27-September 3 multiple venues halifaxurbanfolkfestival.com The Halifax Urban Folk Festival began in The Carleton back in 2009, expanding to multiple venues over the years—nine of them this round, including The Anchor, Timber Lounge, the Marquee and Tempo. The Carleton’s flagship shows have come to feature the festival’s biggest names backed […]
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Changing Three Sheet
Three Sheet w/Know Issue Friday, December 9, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 After nearly a decade as a band, alternative hip-hop troupe Three Sheet is taking stock of where it’s at. Three Sheet’s tenure has included a huge number of shows in Halifax, a handful of tours, even a visit to Taiwan—something that […]
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Daniel Caesar’s smooth moves
Daniel Caesar w/BadBadNotGood, Lady Wray, Reeny Smith Halifax Forum Multi-purpose Centre 2901 Windsor Street Thursday, October 20, 8pm $40 Daniel Caesar w/ Loveland The Carleton Music Bar & Grill 1685 Argyle Street Thursday, October 20, 11:30pm $15 It’s fitting Daniel Caesar plays two shows in one night at Halifax Pop Explosion. The Toronto R&B and soul artist […]
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Josh O’Kane talks his new Joel Plaskett book Nowhere With You
If there was ever a local musician worthy of his own book, you already know it’s Dartmouth’s Joel Plaskett. Published on April 1 by ECW Press, and written by Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane, the 200-page non-fiction narrative Nowhere With You traces Plaskett’s Maritime success against all social and cultural odds, from his early days in Thrush […]
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Scott Thompson picks his top 5 favourite characters
Character acting requires incredible comedic skill, and from 1984 to 1994, the men behind Toronto-based sketch TV show The Kids in the Hall were masters of disguise. The show was a worthy rival to Saturday Night Live, airing on both HBO and CBC with its host of darkly absurd, satirical and original character sketches. This Tuesday and Wednesday, the […]
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Taking centre stage after a decade in the background
“The older I get and the more I play, the more I realize the magic of it all,” says violinist Donald MacLennan, on his passion for swing-based gypsy jazz music. For the last decade, the Antigonish resident has been fiddling with all manner of folk artists—including Ben Caplan, Jennah Barry and Michael Dalton—and with quartets […]
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Songs to celebrate the life and music of Jay Smith
While on tour with Matt Mays in Edmonton, struggling with depression and addictions, Cape Breton songwriter and legendary Rock Ranger James ‘Jay’ Smith took his own life on March 27, 2013. Musical communities across Canada collectively mourned the loss of one of Nova Scotia’s greatest rock musicians, known as the lead of Sydney’s Rock Ranger, as […]