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I was supposed to cap off my 2024 Halifax Fringe Festival <\/a>with Christina Martin<\/a>\u2019s big release party for her album Storm<\/em> (2023) at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, but I had to bail on it at the last minute because I had a leak in my roof coming through a light fixture. So, I was very excited this year when I heard that Martin was going to be singing songs from Storm<\/em>, as well as her two newest singles, at The Carleton<\/a>, once again on the last day of Fringe, but this time as a matinee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a beautiful concert, especially for a rainy Sunday in Halifax, for us to be very cozy inside The Carleton\u2019s listening space, many folks eating brunch or having mimosas while Christina Martin, accompanied by Dale Murray on electric guitar, Hannah Melanson on piano, Karen Graves on violin, Susan Sayle on viola, and Hilary Brown on cello, treated us to a contemplative, but also hopeful communal experience peppered with sing alongs and fun facts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The song \u201cStorm,\u201d from whence the album’s title comes, was inspired by Hurricane Juan, which caused much damage to Halifax in September of 2003, but we see the song reflecting on a metaphorical storm as well, one that caused the end of a relationship. Through the lens of the hurricane and with the benefit of hindsight Martin expresses the gratitude that she now has as she sings, \u201cStorm, thank you for coming along\/ Storm, came to shake up what I thought was strong.<\/em>\u201d I felt like this was a recurring theme in the concert- finding the silver linings, and trying to balance the light against the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Control\u201d is another song that swings wildly between two extremes, as we get the sense of someone who is trying to balance a healthy lifestyle with their more debaucherous cravings. As the title suggests, our protagonist promises that they will dole out these indulgences responsibly, remaining in control, and the tempo of the song is similarly quite rigid, with freer bursts of electric guitar poetically constrained inside it. I love the line, \u201cwhen I get scared I read about us in a book\/ that someone famous wrote,<\/em>\u201d suggesting that before this person was so \u201cin control\u201d their escapades were the stuff of legends.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLittle Princess,\u201d a song about the connection between a little girl and her magical older brother, who, like a wizard, is waving his wand over her head as she reads her poems to him, is heartening because we know Martin has achieved such success through her writing, but it is also sad because we get the sense that some misfortune has come to her brother. As Martin repeats \u201cyou direct my rhyme\u201d we see that her brother remains forever entwined in her words.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the most extreme of the silver lining theme is \u201cMeeting Place\u201d where Martin imagines being able to find Dale, her husband, again in a special spot once they have both died. Another recurring line in the album is \u201cstay with me.\u201d She begins this song this way, and there is another song called \u201cStay With Me,\u201d a haunting plea from someone who is aging in the thick of the pandemic world. One wonders whether the refrain is directed to a specific person, or to society, even normalcy itself. Hearing this song yesterday at the Carleton, within our current circumstances- being able to sit and eat and drink together in such a tight, compact space with just average or minimal Anxiety- is in itself the silver lining. In \u201cHealed\u201d Martin sings, \u201cDon\u2019t be so hard, it\u2019s not your voice\u2026 it may take time for us to heal\/ don\u2019t be so hard\/ we shall be healed.<\/em>\u201d She repeats that line \u201cdon\u2019t be so hard<\/em>,\u201d pushing back against both the hard\/unkind things we say to others, but also, I think, those that we more often say to ourselves. Martin said of this song that the \u201cwe shall be healed<\/em>\u201d is aspirational, and in a world so heavy with hatred, deliberate disinformation, ignorance, and fear all around us the call to become softer, gentler, more supple, and uncomplicated is a resonant one.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin\u2019s newest single, \u201cGolden Tears,\u201d  was written as part of the United Way Halifax<\/a>\u2019s Songs of the City Initiative, which pairs a songwriter with a local storyteller to create a new piece of music. The experience is described thus, \u201cWritten in an afternoon after being introduced to one woman\u2019s deeply moving story of grief, transformation, and resilience, the song captures the profound beauty that can emerge from pain.\u201d It is also a love letter to the Elizabeth Fry Society<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin also sang a few songs from some of her older albums, including the iconic \u201cImpossible to Hold,\u201d and the less often heard \u201cDeep Dark Red\u201d from Impossible to Hold<\/em> (2018), and \u201cThis Kind of Pain\u201d from Sleeping With a Stranger <\/em>(2012). She also performed her powerhouse and heartbreaking rendition of Benny Andersson and Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus\u2019 \u201cThe Winner Takes It All.\u201d Martin would make an incredible Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia!<\/em>, she just needs to wait about ten years to be old enough. This is definitely one of my very favourite <\/strong>renditions of this well-covered song.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concert ended with Martin\u2019s recent single, a song that has not<\/em> been covered often since it was written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1978, and then used as the opening theme for The Golden Girls <\/em>(1985): \u201cThank You For Being a Friend.\u201d The Golden Girls<\/em> holds immense significance for me because it was one of my favourite shows that I was allowed to stay up and watch with my Nanny throughout my childhood, and then later we watched it in syndication in the afternoons as well. I downloaded the Andrew Gold version from Kazaa when I was in High School and put it on one of my prized mixed CDs- I believe it was Amanda Hug n\u2019 Kiss 3<\/em>. The song is an earnest proclamation of love and enduring friendship, with a very \u201870s psychedelically dreamy bridge, but the gratitude inherent in the lyrics perfectly summed up the gratitude that wove its way through the entire concert. Personally, I had to work to keep myself from crying during the last musical interlude, which is so familiar to fans of The Golden Girls<\/em>, as that wave of nostalgia for a simpler world with my grandmother, and my mom, and my Aunt Carol washed over me. It\u2019s an interesting dichotomy for a song to be both so culturally iconic, but also for it to be so rare and unique to hear it performed live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved getting the chance to hear Christina Martin perform at the Carleton with her three piece strings section; they really add to the emotional depth of the songs from Storm.<\/em> This was a perfect way to start my busy last Sunday of Fringe. I always encourage anyone who has the opportunity to attend a Christina Martin concert to grab it, and if you haven\u2019t heard this album yet, or her two new singles, make sure you head on over to her BandCamp<\/a> and check them all out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can buy Christina Martin\u2019s albums on vinyl, CD, or digitally via her website<\/a>, you can also buy them digitally on iTunes<\/a>, if you\u2019re old fashioned like I am, or you can stream on Spotify <\/a>or Apple Music. Or, if you live in Halifax, Bedford or Dartmouth, consider buying your music from TAZ<\/a> or Backstreet Records in Fredericton and Saint John. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You too can see Christina Martin perform live at the following places and times! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 20th, 2025: Harvest Moon Music Festival (5:00pm) in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 4th, 2025: Black Point, Nova Scotia at 7:30pm. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 25th, 2025: Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival: Weekends at the Opera House at 7:30pm. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 26th, 2025: Harvey Hall at 7:00pm in Harvey, New Brunswick. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit This Website for Tickets and More Information! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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