Tag Archives: Live Music

Show Thoughts & Shots // Rich Aucoin @ Shore Club // 29.08.25

September 11, 2025 Trev

Overtime, Extra Innings, or Encores, it is all just borrowed time until a conclusion is reached, and that is where we find ourselves with Rich Aucoin's "Parachute Era", at its end. Its demise was well advertised late in 2024, when it was slated to be packed up for one last time, and never to be… Read More

Show Shots // TD Music Connected (feat. Kardinal Offishall, Haviah Mighty) @ 2037 Gottingen – 09.11.23

April 27, 2024 Trev

Last November, the Marquee Ballroom (2037 Gottingen) played host to the TD Music Connected tour, which on the Halifax stop featured Kardinal Offishall, Haviah Mighty, Jah'Mila, as well as Kayo (who played double duty that night as both performer and emcee). If I'm not mistaken, this was also a free show of all things, you… Read More

Show Shots // The Inaugural Basement Sessions – 22.02.24

March 11, 2024 Trev

The third week of February saw the first edition of the Basement Sessions take place in The Basement (of the Shoe Shop), a monthly event organized by Troy Arsenault and Arsenault Group Entertainment. To kick things off, the lineup featured some talented local rock acts: Trout, up-and-coming act Topless Models, and Surge 105 Battle of… Read More

Wayback Wednesday // Rich Aucoin @ The Seahorse Tavern – 10.06.23

June 28, 2023 Trev

I would be lying if I said I didn’t have a Murtaugh (Danny Glover's iconic Lethal Weapon role) moment when I saw the start time of Rich Aucoin’s recent stop at the Seahorse Tavern. Not to say that this show was without hype, or lacking in quality, but the older I get, the more I… Read More

Show Announcement // Andrew Waite & The Firm @ The Carleton — 29.04.22

April 12, 2022 Trev

At the end of the month, Andrew Waite and his band The Firm will cross the Confederation Bridge and make the trek to Halifax. They are doing this to once again grace The Carleton stage and treat the Halifax audiences with a scintillating night of R&B-infused… Read More

Show Thoughts & Shots // Adam Baldwin @ The Carleton – 11.01.21

November 2, 2021 Trev

For the past two years, when we were asked to forgo our natures as social beings and to remain sequestered at home, it was a trying experience for many. Fortunately, in that darkness, there was a constant light that offered many a respite after a long week, and that light was the Cross-Country Chin Up… Read More

Show Shots & Thoughts // Matthew Good @ The Marquee Ballroom w/ Villages // 03.06.20

March 9, 2020 Trev

When Matthew Good shared the news of his father’s passing, he was quick to cite the sense of duty and professionalism instilled in him by his father, explaining that his burgeoning Moving Walls tour (which started only 2 days prior) would continue on. Not many would have faulted Matt had he opted to postpone these… Read More

Halifax Jazz Festival Announces First Wave of Artists for 2020

February 11, 2020 Jeff

With how the Halifax Jazz Festival has evolved over the years, it should come as no surprise that their first announcement is a stellar one. Grammy award winner, and Juno nominated starlet Alessia Cara, is set to take to the Waterfront TD Main Stage on Thursday, July 9th. Nominated for six Junos in 2020, Cara… Read More

Midnight Vesta Return with Complicated Pony

November 11, 2019 Jeff

After a solid year of touring and writing, Toronto based quartet, Midnight Vesta spent much of 2019 locked away in a recording studio. With each member being directly involved in the song writing process, the yet to be named album brought a new life to the group. "With Seconds (the bands 2017 release) we were… Read More

T. Thomason Returns to Halifax

November 27, 2018 Jeff

With a new evolved sound all ready to drop, local artist T. Thomason is getting ready to take to the stage on Thursday, November 29th at Halifax's own Seahorse Tavern. In leading up to the late-November set, T. took some time to sit down and discuss where this new sound has come from, and what… Read More