The road to the 2024 Junos officially kicked off two weeks ago when the Halifax host committee had the privilege of hosting the first of four Wavemakers shows around the Maritimes. The shows would feature four acts from each of the five regions (Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton,…Read More
Few things in life are sure things, other than the old adage of Death and Taxes, but Blue Rodeo should be added to that grouping. While you can enter many concert venues, you can’t always be assured of having a great night out: the crowd, the band, your…Read More
Hot off the heels of The Beaches' Halifax show in February of 2023, the band promised they’d return soon. In most cases, this is little more than lip service being paid to the amped-up attendees; but sure enough, shortly after that show, the initial leg of the Blame My Ex tour was announced and true…Read More
It’s been just two weeks since Vancouver-based Yukon Blonde hit the road and headed East, and it’s almost a week since the band released their 6th studio release Shuggie. Ahead of the album’s release (their first since 2020’s Vindicator), the indie-synth pop outfit played 9 shows over the span of 10 days, making stops in…Read More
Plenty of shows have occurred in Halifax with fair attendance and little to no buzz at the venue. This was not the case this past Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre as lines were snaking all around the building for the hotly anticipated Lil Tjay show. It may…Read More
On Friday night, I had the utmost pleasure of being able to catch another show during the 2023 iteration of the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. Not only was I able to snag a seat close to the action, but had a great vantage point to snap some shots of…Read More
This past Friday night, I popped into Monte's to catch The Fabulously Rich's latest visit to the region. For the unacquainted, PEI's Fabulously Rich is the preeminent Tragically Hip tribute act touring today. As someone who has been lucky enough to have attended 12+ performances by the actual Tragically Hip, it's uncanny how great Dennis,…Read More
Night 5 of the 2023 edition of the Halifax Jazz Festival marked my final night of the Fest, as I had a special lady's birthday to celebrate the following day. As I have been listening to Maestro Fresh Wes since he Dropped the Needle (and I was in Jr. High), he was most certainly an…Read More
Night 3 of the Halifax Jazz Festival might have been the week's free show, but it served as an education for this photographer. Having some passing knowledge of The Band, and the documentary surrounding their final concert, it was great to see all of these songs that I knew of separately, played in order as…Read More