Tag Archives: Halifax

Finding Warmth In The Cold: In The Dead Of Winter

It’s fitting that a winter festival celebrates the melancholy of the dead of winter. The uplifting feeling of sunny summer days was missing, but nevertheless it was a weekend of beautiful introspection. Whether it was the pair of old rockers trying to find their youth, or a brave soul singing of the battle against depression, it seems that misery still loves company. In the Dead of Winter celebrates the long cold dark, and the messy ways we survive the East Coast’s harsh winters. Continue reading Finding Warmth In The Cold: In The Dead Of Winter

New Music: Hillsburn Release Single ‘Low Light’

Nova Scotia’s Hillsburn saw a busy 2016. They shot into the spotlight with their immensely popular album In The Battle Years. The band  rose to prominence with their heartfelt anthems, toured across the country, and even won the Canadian Folk Music Award for “New/Emerging Artist of the Year”. Lately the band has been teasing fans with the promise of a new album, and today they’re officially delivering on that, or at least their first new single. Take a listen to ‘Low Light’. Continue reading New Music: Hillsburn Release Single ‘Low Light’

GroundSwell Music Festival Announces 2017 Line-Up

Halifax is seeing a second run of the GroundSwell Music Festival coming this March. The artist management team will be celebrating music, food, and drink from around Nova Scotia during the St Patrick’s Weekend (seriously, was one day ever enough), and they’ve just announced their festival line-up. Continue reading GroundSwell Music Festival Announces 2017 Line-Up

New Music: Kurtis Eugene’s ‘Old Rooms New Light’

Halifax’s Kurtis Eugene has released his debut EP, ‘Old Rooms New Light’. An album written and recorded partially in Milford, Nova Scotia, and partially in Christchurch, New Zealand, ‘Old Rooms New Light’ provides an experience of otherworldly acoustic chill, with haunting vocals over orchestral guitars. With a distinct indie sound that seems the lovechild of Radiohead and Fleet Foxes, or a second generation Bert Jansch,  ‘Old Rooms New Light’ is clearly the product of a long, focused writing and recording process.  Continue reading New Music: Kurtis Eugene’s ‘Old Rooms New Light’