Guest blogger Megan Couture reviews Saturday night’s performance by Rich Aucoin at Michael’s Bar & Grill. Picture something with me if you will: you’re at a concert. And for once in your concert-going life, people aren’t in your personal space; they’re not pushing and elbowing and “accidentally” spilling three-quarters of their beer on you. Imagine (if you can) a concert utopia; a …
Guest post by music blogger Megan Couture. I’m in a bit of a lull from my concert reviewing schedule (the next review I have planned is Rich Aucoin on May 4 at Michael’s Bar & Grill on Young Street (I honestly cannot wait!), so I thought I’d do something a little different and give you a peek of what I’ve …
Music blogger Megan Couture returns with a review of Dragonette’s performance at Pacifico on Wednesday night. Now that I’ve had a day to recover, I can more properly share my thoughts… It was pretty wild. I quickly learned this by (rather stupidly) thinking it would be wise for someone with crowd anxiety to stand front row, centre stage. It was …
Music blogger Megan Couture experienced her first house concert on Friday; here’s her review. Sometimes, you get to be a part of something special. You meet people and after a few minutes of chatting, you feel like you already know them. There’s a warmth and a depth and a sense of belonging that gives you a serious sense of the …
Music blogger Megan Couture is back, reviewing Tigran Hamasyan performance, presented by JazzEast on February 11. On February 11, I was lucky enough to be able to sit in on Tigran Hamasyan’s performance at the Music Room. And a thousand apologies that this review took me so long to write. But it was a toughie. Hamasyan is obviously a technically impressive wunderkind. …
We first featured Catherine Robar in our November 2010 issue, where writer Chad Lucas shared the story of her work with the Themba Development Project, an organization she created to fight poverty in South Africa, where her husband Gcinisizwe Noyakaza is from. The organization works on education, irrigation, building economic self-sufficiency and other key issues. The last couple of years have …
Music blogger Megan Couture is back, reviewing Symphony Nova Scotia’s performance of Pink Floyd: The Darker Side of the Moon with the Jeans n’ Classics band. Saturday night I headed out with my family to Symphony Nova Scotia to watch them perform Pink Floyd with Jeans n’ Classics. I was a little skeptical, only because growing up Pink Floyd was preached like …
Music blogger Megan Couture is back, reviewing the first day of the In the Dead of Winter festival. Despite last night’s rain, I joined the crowd at Spatz Theatre for the third night of In The Dead of Winter. Tonight: Whitehorse and Martha Wainwright. Whitehorse is married couple Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet, who decided that instead of each having solo careers, they …
Music blogger Megan Couture is back, reviewing the first day of the In the Dead of Winter festival. So I’ve been away from the blog for almost a month or so. No excuses here, other than that I was hibernating. I’m so glad to get the chance to cover In The Dead of Winter–a four-day acoustic music festival set in, …
Hot events in Halifax this weekend, as suggested by readers. Know something good we should include? Post a comment and share the details. Friday 8pm: The Halifax Mooseheads play Chicoutimi in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at the Metro Centre. 9pm–2am: My Living Will launches their new CD Shallow Sleep tonight at Montes in Dartmouth. Saturday 7pm: The Halifax Rainmen …
Simon Docking never intended to come to Halifax. A decade ago, he probably couldn’t have told you much about the city.
Copyright © 2012, Metro Guide Publishing, All Rights Reserved.
Email / News Signup
Sign up with your email address and Halifax Magazine will deliver the news directly to you.
Poll
View our Poll Archive