Articles by Ryan McNutt
Willie Stratton & the Boarding Party
The Bus Stop, Halifax NS, January 23
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2015
If the alt-folk revival means we're threatening to reach peak "stomp," someone forgot to tell Halifax's Willie Stratton. I spent a good...
The Skydiggers
Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax NS, January 22
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015
When a folk emergency strikes, you can always lean on Hank. Performing as a duo, Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson of Toronto's Skydiggers be...
Owen Pallett
Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS, January 22
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015
Prior to Owen Pallett's mesmerizing In the Dead of Winter set, Tara Thorne of opening act Dance Movie relayed a relic from their shared pas...
Greg MacPherson
Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax NS, January 22
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015
Greg MacPherson's weapons began to fail him early in his Dead of Winter set. First, his guitar's high-E string proved temperamental, refusi...
Blue Rodeo / Adam Baldwin / Carleton Stone
Rath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro NS, November 9
PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2014
No, you're not misreading things: Nova Scotia Music Week's headline act this year was Toronto's Blue Rodeo. Bringing in an outside act as...
SoHo Ghetto
Champions Bar & Grill, Truro NS, November 8
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2014
It took a few songs for the volume at Champions to seemingly adjust to SoHo Ghetto — or perhaps that was just my ears. The loudness r...
Quiet Parade
Holiday Inn, Truro NS, November 8
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2014
Halifax's Quiet Parade got caught right in the middle of a massive audience shift at the Holiday Inn: the older Saturday night Truro crowd...
Like A Motorcycle
Royal Canadian Legion, Truro NS, November 8
PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2014
Kicking off a lineup that included East coast favourites the Stanfields and Matt Mays, in a room with a capacity that was never going to co...