Tag Archives: Live Music

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

Irish Mythen finishes Australian tour returning in March to perform at the 27th Annual Byron Bay BLUESFEST!

February 13, 2016 Jeff

After 33,600 kilometers flown; 10,751 kilometers driven; 92 Days; 63 broken guitar strings; 54 Shows and 1 bear hug (literally from a Koala bear); Irish Mythen is set to return home to Prince Edward Island. (more…) Read More

ERIN COSTELO SET TO RELEASE DOWN BELOW, THE STATUS QUO ON MARCH 25

February 11, 2016 Jeff

(Halifax, NS) -- Erin Costelo’s latest album Down Below, The Status Quo -- out March 25 on her own Venue Records/Pheromone Distribution -- is a reflection of her (and our) complicated world, expressed through a voice unlike any other in Canada. Having paid more overt tribute to her vintage soul music influences on her previous… Read More

A Pop Explosion Run Down

November 3, 2015 Jeff

Heading into this year's Pop Explosion I wasn't really sure what to expect from a musical perspective. Headliner Travi$ Scott wasn't someone that I had any interest in checking out, while The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cancer Bats and Cloud Nothings weren't that far behind. Stars I had seen a year ago in their home town… Read More

The Rich Aucoin Experience

October 30, 2014 Jeff

Rich Aucoin has spent the past eight years perfecting a craft that few are able to master and after Thursday night's performance at Reflections Cabaret for the Halifax Pop Explosion, it's safe to say perfection isn't very far off. (more…) Read More