Halifax

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  Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars / Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2015

  "How many of you have been to Cuba?" asked Canadian-Cuban frontman Adonis Puentes during his band's opening set at the Halifax Jazz Festiva...

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  tUnE-yArDs / Moon Hooch

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 9

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2015

  Though well-known for her use of sound looping in her live performances, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus didn't seem to really double back on he...

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  Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / the Chronos Band

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 8

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2015

  The centrepiece of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' opening night performance at the Halifax Jazz Festival was an extended version of "Peopl...

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  Tasseomancy

  Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

  Veterans of the Halifax music scene, though now residing in Montreal, Tasseomancy continue to subtly evolve and mutate. From their roots-de...

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  Gift From God

  Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax NS, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

  Hurtling through space on a wing and a scream — thus sails along Halifax trio Gift From God, using the slingshot gravity of drums, sy...

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  Lubomyr Melnyk

  Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax NS, May 24

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2015

  I wasn't quite sure where Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk was headed with his set-opening speech about a "terrible, insidious religion." T...

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  Homeshake

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  Homeshake, the soft, groovy quartet led by Pete Sagar, appear to be benefitting greatly from Mac DeMarco's ascendance. Sagar, a longtime co...

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  Moon

  Menz and Mollyz Bar, Halifax NS, May 23

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2015

  "Anyone have a guitar I can play? Anyone?" asked Moon's Andrew Neville when the low E string on his Fender appeared to go incredibly wonky...