The other day I was reading The Coast and came across an article called "Decade in review; music scene not a machine". It caught my eye because it talks all about Halifax's music scene. As you may know, I am an avid music fan, especially when it comes to local talent. The article begins talking about the "post 90's" era, when Halifax was being called "the next Seattle". While many good bands came out of this city in the 90's, (Sloan, Thrush Hermit, The Guthries...) and although Halifax did not quite live up to the hype, it still developed to become the happening spot for music goers it is today, opening doors for many other genres such as blues, R&b, jazz and hip-hop. The article gives very good reasons to why Halifax has what it takes to develop such a name for itself in Canadian music. First of all, Halifax is home to many universities, giving it a very high population of students, and students seem to give the city a very 'arts appreciative vibe'. Second, Halifax has a lack of bands stop here on their tours compared to other big cities, and so this only adds to our propensity to entertain ourselves. Halifax has many music festivals including Halifax Pop Explosion and In The Dead Of Winter, and very supportive radio stations like the CBC and CDKU. The Halifax music scene wouldn't be complete without talking about the venues, The Marquee has been the home to many bands such as Matt Mays & El Torpedo , and Joel Plaskett Emergency for years until it's closure in January of '09, and of course the legendary Seahorse tavern has been around since 1948 and is still rocking today.
I don't really know where i'm going with this post, but I'd just like to say that in an age of auto-tune, and where "good music" is a dieing breed, it's nice knowing that my home town is still going strong.
keep on rocking in the free world.
Brendan
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