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Halifax Festival Shows Winter Isn't Dead

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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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Ruth Minnikin @ CMW 2007

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By David Missio (CHARTattack) March 10, 2007 3:30 pm
Background/Composition: Seeing Ruth Minnikin at the Annex Wreck Room seemed sacreligious somehow. It just seemed wrong. Sweet, simple, lilting country tunes, our Canadiana to their Americana, the always pleasant former Guthrie deserved a warmer, more intimate and more relaxed atmosphere. Grade: 78 Comment: Minnikin's set seemed oddly...
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Ruth Minnikin — Folk Art

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) January 9, 2007 8:05 pm
Ruth Minnikin's genius lies in her mastery of the understated. Recorded in two days and mixed in 24 hours, Folk Art is a no-muss-no-fuss album that delivers. Minnikin's gently warm, rich vocals and distinctive tone set her apart from other female folkies. The songs amble along at a relaxed pace, with "Southern Misfortune" hinting at...
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The Guthries — The Guthries

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) May 17, 2002 1:17 pm
Whereas the music scene in the early to mid-'90s echoed the sounds of the Beatles and other '60s pop acts, nowadays you can hear Gram Parsons and The Band influences in some of the East Coast area's up-and-coming acts. The Guthries' debut, Off Windmill, garnered much critical praise, placing them firmly along the same alt.country road once...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 15, 2011 5:17 pm
A remix album of Daft Punk's score for TRON: Legacy will be released on April 5, the day the film is released to DVD and Blu-ray. It'll feature 14 re-workings of tunes Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo and Thomas Bangalter composed for the movie, along with alternate takes. If you head to tronsoundtrack.com and pre-order the DVD, you'll get the remix...
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In The Dead Of Winter Thaws Some Of Halifax's Deep Freeze

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 4:20 pm
Despite Ani DiFranco's last minute cancellation, this year's In The Dead Of Winter festival roused listeners out of their seasonal hibernation.The wintry festival, which spanned from Jan. 26 to 30, has breathed a little life back into the empty streets of Halifax for the last five years. Instead of incubating at home, In The Dead Of Winter...
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