Tag Archives: Halifax

The 2016 TD Halifax Jazz Festival Announces Stingray Rising Stars Program Finalists

  (Halifax, NS) The 2016 TD Halifax Jazz Festival is proud to partner with leading business-to-business multi-platform music provider, Stingray Music, to present the Stingray Rising Stars program again at this year's festival. The Stingray Rising Stars program offers cash awards and showcase opportunities to emerging Canadian artists. The Stingray Rising Stars finalists will perform… Read More

Summer Festival Season Preview

The days are longer, patios are busy with patrons, t-shirts are beginning to dominate the weekend daily attire, and there is an all-around pleasantness to people in general. What this means is that summer is right around the corner, which also puts us directly upon the path of the summer festival scene.   (more…) Read More

Al Tuck Heads Back To The Maritimes

Noted PEI Folk Musician Al Tuck Announces Ambitious East Coast Tour this Summer with his latest Album, Fair Country [Halifax] Prince Edward Island songwriter and folk musician, Al Tuck is extensively touring the East Coast, leaving no one in the region an excuse not to get out and see the show. His latest album, Fair… Read More

First Impressions

I’ve always thought that the best, and worst, thing about first impressions is that you only get one. Think about that first time you meet the in-laws. Your father in-law reaches his hand out and you close your hand ever so slightly too early. Just like that, you’re seen as a bad handshaker. You will… Read More

Dylan Menzie Returns To Nova Scotia

Dylan Menzie was one of only four Canadian artists to make it to the final round in the CBC Searchlight contest and was the only artist in the Top 4 from the East Coast. With his hit single "Kenya" currently garnering well-deserved praise across the East Coast music scene, and a successful tour that saw… Read More

Beauts – Waves/Wash EP Review

On their latest EP outing, Waves/Wash, local Halifax rockers Beauts waste no time in setting the tone in what proves to be a solid four-song blast of fuzzed-out, indie -rock.  Reminiscent of a sound sandwiched somewhere between Swedish rockers The Hives and Canadian duo Japandroids, Waves/Wash is a tightly wound EP filled with sprawling guitar work and… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack – April 29, 2016

So here we are, four months into the year and I still find myself on the hunt for that next great earworm. We've had a few small samples that you could find yourself singing along with, but overall there hasn't been much brought to the table. But just sit tight...hope is right around the corner.… Read More