For the third straight week, the inbox is brimming with exciting announcements, but in the interest of not giving current events short shrift, let’s start with what’s right around the corner first.
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Now that February is done and dusted, what better way to put that miserable month in the rearview mirror than by going to a kitchen party?
But we’re not talking about just any old...
Primarily this is a music-themed column, but since the name “Centre Stage” applies just as well to live theatre as it does to where a lead vocalist usually stands, it seems not only appropriate, but essential to...
There's been news about this summer's 30th anniversary edition of the Stan Rogers Folk Festival coming out in dribs and drabs via social media and the event's website over the past couple of months, but last Thursday...
Spinning the roulette wheel of entertainment in Northern Nova Scotia this week, the space to bet on belongs to New Glasgow’s Glasgow Square Theatre, with three very different, but very recommendable shows to tempt you out of...
Normally, when writing about a new-to-you artist, the first step is to delve into a detailed biography. But Newfoundland singer-songwriter Claire Porter has such a storied path leading up to her East Coast Music Award-nominated debut album...
Six decades is a long time to be doing anything, but if you can do it rocking the blues, that's not a bad path to follow. And nobody does it better than Matt Minglewood.
This week’s column underscores why writing Centre Stage every week is such a pleasure, because it involves another welcome chat with one of this province’s best songwriters, Dave Gunning, and a good part of the conversation centres...
When someone has a great new idea for bringing music to their community, you cross your fingers and hope that it goes well enough that a year later they can add “second annual” to its name.