This weekend, car loads of compatriots, wagons of wonderful merchants, vans full of families and campers full of campers made their way to Sackville, New Brunswick to take part in the seventh annual Sappyfest: an independent music festival that takes place over three days in the heart of the heart of the heart of the […]
Timber Timbre
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HPX: Saturday night is for hometown heros, ghosts and rocking out
Running between folk and rock and rainstorms on the last night of the 2009 Pop Explosion.
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Hpx Night Five: Part one
Each of these bands sounded amazing, but the shows were a little lackluster. Maybe it was the rain or the fact I’d been up until past 3am for the past four nights. I was pretty stoked to see Boys Who Say No, who I missed the night before. Trouble was it was an all-ages show […]
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It’s Timber Timbre time in Halifax, this Saturday
The sound of Timber Timbre travels at its own pace, arriving unhurried. In the musical company of Taylor Kirk, the man behind the moniker, time slows down. The effect largely arises from his low, resonant voice—an aged sound. “I’m almost 28 now, and I’m a painfully shy person, so singing has come really slowly for […]