Floodland Album Release Party Friday September 1, 10pm-2am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10/$15 Floodland is rolling into the Halifax Urban Folk Festival (HUFF) with its new album in tow. The four-piece band is predominately known for its live shows around the city. On Friday, Floodland is joined by Beauts and No It’s Fine […]
The Wooden Sky
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Love the ones you’re with
In the midst of an extensive North American tour, The Wooden Sky frontman Gavin Gardiner talks about a profound Halifax Pop Explosion experience and how to tour successfully.
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NXNE Day 3: The Anti-NXNE Day
So yesterday kind of became the anti-NXNE day (sorry, festival organizers). First off, England was facing Sweden, so there was no way I was going to miss that. So after about four hours of watching the game at The Duke of York and eating a pretty hefty meal of bangers and mash (England!!!) I headed […]
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Soaring across The Wooden Sky
Gavin Gardiner’s having a rough phone call. A few minutes in, The Wooden Sky’s harmonica player disappears from the other end of the line in Quebec City and there’s a scuffle. When he gets back, he breathlessly explains: “I just got accosted by a pedestrian! By a man in a wheelchair—he pushed my suitcase along.” […]
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In the Dead of Winter Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Musical matrimony Luke and Melissa As I wandered down the balmy streets of Halifax this afternoon to I bumped into Tim Crabtree, mastermind behind Paper Beat Scissors, who was heading home for a bite to eat before his show later at the Bus Stop Theatre. We stopped and chatted, noting the unusually warm winter’s day […]