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In The Dead Of Winter Festival Warms Up Halifax

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 4, 2008 2:00 pm
With the corporate season behind us, the longing for spring thickens. But there's one final occasion worth noting before the ground thaws, the leaves start budding and a sense of renewal fills the air — the inaugural In The Dead Of Winter Festival. Posters of the fest's emblematic snowy owl clinging to lampposts via packing tape and staples...
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Jim Bryson, Weakerthans Threw Out The Clock For The Falcon Lake Incident

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 17, 2011 4:24 pm
At the end of November, Jim Bryson was tired and had just gotten over a very scratchy Movember moustache, which had been tickling him a few days before. He was growing it for prostate cancer research, and had raised over $1,000 for the cause. Luckily, said 'stache was no longer itching the dickens out of him when he took the time to talk to...
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Jim Bryson's Head Is In The Stars

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 26, 2011 3:44 pm
If you picked up a copy of Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans' The Falcon Lake Incident album when it came out late last year, you might have noticed something about its cover. The artwork features a shot of the Manitoba lodge where Bryson and the band recorded the album, but it's looking up at the sky. A map of the constellations has been digitally...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 6, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 6, 2010 2:33 pm
Feist has spoken to The Guardian about her new documentary, and how excited she was to meet Kermit The Frog at the Grammy Awards. Danko Jones want their fans to send them clips and photos of the band playing "Active Volcanoes" live during their upcoming U.S. tour. They'll use the best ones in a new video for the tune. You can send your material to...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 16, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 16, 2010 3:12 pm
Silverstein have signed with Universal Music and will release a new EP, Transitions, on Dec. 7 through the label. Their next full-length album will come out in the spring. Here's a trailer: Jason Collett's fourth annual Basement Revue series will return to Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Tuesdays this December. Previous guests and performers...
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Song Of The Day: Jim Bryson And The Weakerthans' "Wild Folk"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 14, 2010 1:08 pm
Ottawa singer/songwriter Jim Bryson holed himself up with The Weakerthans at Manitoba's Falcon Lake in January to record what would eventually become The Falcon Lake Incident, on which Bryson is backed by the Winnipeg indie rock heroes. "Wild Folk" probably best exemplifies the sound of Bryson and The Weakerthans working together. It's full of...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 22, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 22, 2010 1:36 pm
Bedouin Soundclash and Sloan will play a free show tomorrow at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square beginning at 7:30 p.m. It's part of a full day of CBC-related activities, which will also include Jian Ghomeshi hosting his Q Live program with appearances from Zeus and City And Colour's Dallas Green, among others. —The Stroumboulopouli Montreal DJ CFCF's...
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I Read The News Today... For June 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 15, 2010 11:37 am
The full lineup for this year's SappyFest, which takes place July 30 to Aug. 1 in Sackville, N.B., has been announced. —sappyfest.com The Weakerthans and Jim Bryson will perform songs from their upcoming collaborative record at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this July. —jimbryson.org CBGB Holdings LLC, which bought New York's legendary CBGB punk...
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Jim Bryson's House Floods

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 27, 2009 11:09 am
Jim Bryson's home flooded in Ottawa over the weekend and at least two of his guitars were damaged. Ottawa was hit with heavy rain on Friday evening which led to flooding in some parts of the city, according to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. Bryson discovered his home had flooded early Saturday morning and took to his Twitter to vent about it....
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The Hip At Massey — May 19

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Photographer: 
Richard Beland
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Massey Hall
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Toronto, ON
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May 19, 2009
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Jim Bryson Live Album Coming

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 18, 2009 1:41 pm
Ottawa singer/songwriter Jim Bryson, who's perhaps best known for his work with Kathleen Edwards, is releasing Live At The First Baptist Church on April 28 through Kelp Records. The 15-track album contains material from all three of Bryson's solo efforts: 2007's Where The Bungalows Roam, 2003's The North Side Benches and 2000's The Occasionals....
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Jim Bryson Will Let The Bungalows Roam Across Canada

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) January 21, 2008 4:30 pm
Ottawa singer/songwriter Jim Bryson is touring again in support of Where The Bungalows Roam, which was released last March by Saved By Vinyl. Bryson opened for The Weakerthans in the U.S. and Europe last year, and he'll play with a variety of people on his upcoming Canadian trek, which includes these dates: Feb. 1 Halifax, NS @ Song Circle (In...
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Jim Bryson's New Album Is Quieter But Happier

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By Caitlin Crockard (CHARTattack) May 4, 2007 4:30 pm
OTTAWA — The new album by Jim Bryson — arguably Ottawa's most celebrated songwriter — is spare, sometimes even stark. But don't mistake this for sadness; Bryson's songwriting is the happiest it's been in years. "I definitely was in a positive frame of mind when I was putting things together this time around," Bryson says. "I...
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Jim Bryson Feels At Home Where The Bungalows Roam

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 5, 2007 7:00 pm
Ottawa singer/songwriter Jim Bryson spent a lot of last year on tour as part of Kathleen Edwards and Howe Gelb's bands, but he still found the time to make an album of his own. Where The Bungalows Roam was recorded throughout 2006, as Bryson worked with Dave Draves and Jarrett Bartlett (Julie Doiron) at Ottawa's Little Bullhorn Prods and Chris...
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Jim Bryson — The North Side Benches

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) September 2, 2003 10:35 am
Jim Bryson's soulful songwriting is quickly garnering him attention among lovers of roots-rock and The North Side Benches beckons the listener to take notice of his simple rhythms and sincere songs. The opener, and first single, "Sleeping In Toronto," is a bouncy song that immediately hooks you with its infectious strumming pattern...
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