Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  Ought

  Mainstage Tent, Sackville NB, August 2

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2014

  Some bands ask for authority live; others just confidently demand it. In that sense, Ought perform like a band well beyond its actual years...

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  Cool

  Mainstage Tent, Sackville NB, August 2

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2014

  Cool wins this year's Sappyfest prize for "furthest distance travelled," coming in from Vancouver, but we could throw in a "smartest schedu...

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  Bry Webb

  Vogue Theatre, Sackville NB, August 2

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2014

  Sackville's Vogue Theatre is a single-screen art-deco movie theatre, currently showing Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Hercules daily at 8 p.m...

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  EONS

  Vogue Theatre, Sackville NB, August 2

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2014

  Sappyfest always welcomes its familiar faces, even if the names and monikers change. Saturday's set from EONS was the third time singer and...

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  SappyFest Day One with PS I Love You, Dusted, Freelove Fenner

  Mainstage Tent / Royal Legion, Sackville NB, August 1

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2014

  All music festivals should start with kid rock bands. Okay, admittedly, this idea probably works better at Sackville's SappyFest than at m...

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  Allen Toussaint

  Festival Tent, Halifax NS, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2014

  "This is my first time here, and this is the most beautiful place," Allen Toussaint told the Halifax Jazz Fest crowd. "Y'all been hiding ou...

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  Bettye LaVette

  Festival Tent, Halifax NS, July 9

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2014

  "That's the part Dick Clark didn't like," laughed Bettye LaVette as she slowly swivelled her hips suggestively in a circle. She had introdu...

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  Lemon Bucket Orkestra / Gypsophilia

  Festival Tent, Halifax NS, July 8

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2014

  How do you like your Eastern European music: precise or ramshackle? Halifax Jazz Fest attendees got a little bit of both on Tuesday night (...