All posts by Alex Cook

Music Video: Steven Lambke Channels Leonard Cohen with ‘White Horses’

Steve Lambke has a definite style. His quiet punctuated thoughts tend to dissolve half-whispered into pop jangles, but paired with Roddy Carlyle on bass and Daniel Romano on guitar and “White Horses” finds the same balance that Leonard Cohen finds on “Master Song.” If you can substitute an ape with angel glands for six white horses then you’ve got this new track from Lambke’s album, Dark Blue. Continue reading Music Video: Steven Lambke Channels Leonard Cohen with ‘White Horses’

Halifax Jazz Festival Announce Bahamas, First Aid Kit and More for 2019

Tasked with topping last year’s performance by Chaka Khan, the TD Halifax Jazz Festival might be hard pressed to pull together a sufficiently impressive lineup but they’re off to a good start. Today’s announcement included the first five acts for the festival’s  Waterfront Stage and St. Paul’s Church Series. Continue reading Halifax Jazz Festival Announce Bahamas, First Aid Kit and More for 2019

Music Video: Alicia Toner Becomes the ‘Woman in Red’ for ‘Dangerous Home’

Alicia Toner’s latest single, “Dangerous Home,” tackled some very serious subject matter; the perceived social obligation of maintaining a cool and collected demeanor when your emotional and mental state is anything but. Toner expresses herself on the fragile uncertainty of living without a net and the upset of being deprived of that safest of spaces: home. Continue reading Music Video: Alicia Toner Becomes the ‘Woman in Red’ for ‘Dangerous Home’