The Dusty Halos

The Dusty Halos combine the textures of fingerstyle guitar, upright bass, and sweet and crunchy vocals to create warmly-sung songs of melancholia.

Since forming in 2022, the Halifax-based folk duo has garnered attention for their songcraft and intimate vocal chemistry. Following their debut at a folk festival in a barn outside Antigonish, they have performed on stages in Nova Scotia, Toronto, and Montreal. Highlights include Full Circle and Deep Roots Festivals in Nova Scotia; The Seahorse Tavern in Halifax; The Dakota Tavern in Toronto; Bar de Courcelle in Montreal; and showcases at Nova Scotia Music Week in Wolfville and Yarmouth.

The Dusty Halos released their debut record in 2023, a self-titled EP featuring five emotion-laden tracks that weave themes of heartbreak and longing into tuneful tapestries. In 2025 the duo released their follow-up EP, Keep Us This Night, featuring the haunting single “With You.”

Fans of old time acoustic sounds and original songwriting (e.g. The Be Good Tanyas, Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Adrian Lenker) will find much to savour in the music of The Dusty Halos. Their songs explore the interplay of light and darkness, finding solace in the shadows.