Halifax Jazz

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  Lauryn Hill

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 12

  PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2016

  Ms. Lauryn Hill's journey from icon to enigma to punchline has been a discouraging one for a whole variety of reasons, and there's a lot wi...

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  The Budos Band / Vox Sambou

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2015

  A drunken sing-along isn't exactly what you'd expect at a show from an instrumental band, but that's how the Brooklyn-based Budos Band open...

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  Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars / Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 10

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2015

  "How many of you have been to Cuba?" asked Canadian-Cuban frontman Adonis Puentes during his band's opening set at the Halifax Jazz Festiva...

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  tUnE-yArDs / Moon Hooch

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 9

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2015

  Though well-known for her use of sound looping in her live performances, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus didn't seem to really double back on he...

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  Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / the Chronos Band

  Festival Main Stage, Halifax NS, July 8

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2015

  The centrepiece of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' opening night performance at the Halifax Jazz Festival was an extended version of "Peopl...

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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 (...