Christina Martin

Christina Martin @ CMW 2009

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 16, 2009 9:32 am

Background / Composition: This Halifax singer/songwriter plays a brand of folky pop with an attitude, and her sound should soon be garnering her Feist comparisons coast-to-coast. Grade: 76 Comment: It's not surprising that Music Nova Scotia's Mike Campbell was gushing over Martin before he brought her on stage. She's a very witty singer/...

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Halifax Festival Shows Winter Isn't Dead

By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2009 1:38 pm

Festival organizer and performer Amelia Curran described In The Dead Of Winter best: "It's like Christmas, only better." More than 50 musical acts performed at five venues around Halifax from Jan. 27 to 31, and Curran and fellow festival organizers Heather Gibson, Tanya Davis and Don Brownrigg outdid themselves. This year's Dead fest...

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Zeus, Cuff The Duke, Die Mannequin Headlining CHARTattack CMW Showcases

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 21, 2011 4:48 pm

March is still more than a month off, but it's about time we let you know who's playing the annual CHARTattack/Shoe Canadian Music Week showcases at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern this year. Cuff The Duke, Zeus and Die Mannequin are our marquee acts this time around, and each band will headline a night at the 'Shoe. Still Life Still, Winter Gloves,...

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Festival Of Beer: Quaffing And Riffing

By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 2:17 pm

I've attended Toronto's Festival Of Beer every year since it began in 1995, but this was the first not to be held at historic Fort York. It moved slightly west to the Canadian National Exhibition grounds' Bandshell Park, which meant more room, but less intimacy. Whether that's a positive or negative is up to an individual's taste — just like the...

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