Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  Aqua Alta

  Dreamsphere

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2015

  A counter-factual question: If the new project from Jenn Grant, Charles Austin (Superfriendz) and producer Graeme Campbell wasn't called "A...

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  Christina Martin

  Spatz Theatre, Halifax NS, February 21

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2015

  The Spatz Theatre is one of Halifax's nicest theatre halls, a 780-seater inside a downtown high school that's just about to mark four years...

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  Dan Mangan + Blacksmith / Hayden / Astral Swans

  Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax NS, February 18

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2015

  "You wanna sing along?" Dan Mangan asked just prior to the final song of his band's tour-opening show in Halifax last night.   "It's about...

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  Jennah Barry

  The Company House, Halifax NS, January 24

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2015

  Sometimes, the heart of a good folk performance is the strain involved, the sense that you can hear the grit and determination it took to w...

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  Andy Shauf

  The Company House, Halifax NS, January 24

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2015

  "Here's a normal song that's not about crazy things," whispered Andy Shauf, following a song he had told the crowd was about the devil. "Bu...

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  Highs

  Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax NS, January 24

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2015

  Though its scope has expanded a great deal over its 10 years of existence, Halifax's In the Dead of Winter still bills itself as an "acoust...

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  Devin Cuddy Band

  The Company House, Halifax NS, January 23

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2015

  Considering that he's dabbling in some of classic rock'n'roll's most rollicking, fevered sounds, the first half of the Devin Cuddy Band's D...

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  Rachel Ries

  The Company House, Halifax NS, January 23

  PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2015

  After opening her solo Dead of Winter set with a sad, soulful track titled "Adrian," Vermont and NYC-based singer-songwriter Rachel Ries ex...