African Nova Scotian Music Association awards show Saturday, February 24, 7pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $15-$59 902-494-3820 People across the country celebrated as Toronto-born artist Alessia Cara won a Grammy last month. This month Nova Scotia will celebrate one of our own who was integral in that accomplishment, Cara’s music director Dean Jarvis. […]
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The pop life of Ria Mae, from shy radio listener to hit singer
“Do you like this song?” Ria Mae turns up the radio in her car. She repeats the pattern at least a half-dozen times through the next couple hours: Breaking off from what she’s saying, asking that question, turning it up, stating a fact about the song, then respectfully returning it to just-audible. “I’ve always been […]
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Halifax artists among the 2016 Juno nominees
First awarded in 1970, the Juno Awards are the Canadian Grammys, a marker of musical achievement based on sales, radio play and popularity in national and international markets. Usually, the Junos represent the best in Canadian music. And this year, more than in the last decade, some of the largest artists in the whole damn world […]
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Polaris Short List Announced
Austra The Polaris Prize Short List came out yesterday. Everyone on this list will receive $2,000 and the winner receives a grand prize of $30,000. Here it is. Arcade Fire — The SuburbsAustra — Feel It BreakBraids — Native SpeakerDestroyer — KaputtGalaxie — Tigre Et DieselHey Rosetta — SeedsRon Sexsmith — Long Player Late BloomerColin […]