Taking inspiration from the music of the legendary French jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, Halifax’s Gypsophilia combines hot jazz and European gypsy music, adding their own modern edge and fusing elements of tango, klezmer, funk, and classical in their original music. Admired by listening and dancing audiences young and old, the group’s passionate, exciting and sophisticated sound has quickly catapulted them to unprecedented jazz popularity in Nova Scotia. Not simply a Gypsy-jazz cover band, Gypsophilia’s unique voice comes from the fusion of the members’ diverse musical and artistic backgrounds, as well as from their innovative and eclectic original repertoire. Initially formed for an appearance at the 2004 TD Canada Trust Atlantic Jazz Festival, the band was impressed with the immediate and passionate audience response.
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Halifax rhyme machine SJ The Wordburglar is fast becoming known nationally and abroad as one of the most original, clever and entertaining hip hop MCs in the game. Incorporating topics as varied as life itself, Wordburgler breezes over banging beats and soulful medleys with an emphasis on wordplay, humor and good times. A seasoned crowd-pleaser and mic-wrecker, Wordburglar has spent the last year touring and promoting his latest album, Burglaritis, to much success. Dubbed a unique hybrid of Beastie Boys, Fresh Prince & Buck 65, Wordburglar was listed as Earshot’s 3 most played Hip Hop Artist on Canadian college radio for 2006. He went on to win a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Best Lyrics and was nominated for a 2007 Canadian Music Week Indie Award for Favourite Urban Artist and as one of URB Magazine’s NEXT 1000 in 2007 and NEXT 100 in 2008. Wordburglar was also chosen as one of Stealth Magazine’s (Australia’s 1 Rap Magazine) “STEALTH SEVEN”.
03 Aug 2008 20:00 The Black Dog Bayfield, Ontario
14 Aug 2008 20:00 TBA Halifax, Nova Scotia
11 Sep 2008 20:00 The Boat Toronto, Ontario