Tag Archives: Live Music

Willie Stratton Announces 2016 Fall Tour Dates

September 27, 2016 Jeff

“Bridging western swing, rockabilly and Americana, Willie's fresh release Della Rosa conjures a “...sonic landscape and rugged terrain of dust bowl folk, raggedy hot club jazz, and the prominent glory days of early drawling Nashville country.” - Secret East (more…) Read More

Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival adds Daniel Caesar, The Luyas, Freelove Fenner, She-Devils, Repartee, and more

September 6, 2016 Jeff

[Halifax, NS] - Daniel Caesar, The Luyas, Freelove Fenner, She-Devils, and Repartee are among the final wave of artists announced for the Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival's 2016 lineup. They join previously announced acts Hey Rosetta!, Charles Bradley, PUP, White Lung, The Barr Brothers, Keys N Krates, Basia Bulat, comedy headliners Cameron Esposito and Kyle Kinane, and many more for the festival which takes place from October 19-22, 2016 in Halifax, NS. A full list of Halifax… Read More

Lucas Chaisson Announces 2016 Autumn ‘Telling Time’ Tour

August 16, 2016 Jeff

LUCAS CHAISSON ANNOUNCES 2016 AUTUMN ‘TELLING TIME’ TOUR - award-winning singer songwriter heads East! (more…) Read More

The Halifax Jazz Fest: A Photographer’s View

August 3, 2016 Jeff

What's great about writing for a site like HAFILAX is the people that you get to meet. Since we've started using this outlet as a space where we can help promote the music scene on the East Coast, there have been industry folk of all different sorts who we've had the pleasure of meeting and dealing… Read More

Concert Review. Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival 4. 21-22.07.2016

July 28, 2016 Mitch

Admittedly, it has been a long time since I have considered myself a metal head. It's not that I didn't enjoy metal and hard rock, it just hasn't been on my radar very much. Mastadon's The Hunter in 2011 would have been the last metal album that I really fell in love with and fell… Read More

Concert Review: Adam Baldwin At The Halifax Jazz Festival – Day 2

July 14, 2016 Jeff

Night two of most festivals usually tends to run a bit smoother than the first evening. Nerves and excitement are somewhat numbed, as those helping to ensure that the festival goes off without a hitch have easily slid into their respective roles. And with the thunder and lightning far removed from everyone's thoughts, the Halifax Jazz… Read More

Festival Review – A Gridlock Rundown

July 13, 2016 Jeff

"If you book them, they will come" And with that Matt McIntyre and Jeremy MacNeil get to now wake up knowing what it feels like to have pulled off the unthinkable: successfully bring together a diverse musical line-up consisting of DJs, indie rock darlings, and local home grown talent, all within the city limits of Halifax. (more…) Read More

Floodland Does The Beatles–Concert Review

June 30, 2016 Mitch

When a band decides to take on covering one of the biggest bands to ever walk the earth, it can go one of two ways. It can be an utter disaster (which I’ve seen on more than one occasion) or it can be what I saw last Thursday (June 23, 2016). Floodland took the reins… Read More

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

June 26, 2016 Jeff

(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

Al Tuck Heads Back To The Maritimes

June 20, 2016 Jeff

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