Tom Jackson is doing the Huron Carole virtually this year
For more than three decades philanthropist, actor and singer Tom Jackson has officially ushered in the holiday season with his legendary seasonal variety show and fundraiser, the Huron Carole. While its 33rd season may look a little different this ...
Check out ‘The Sellout’ from Maple Blues Award-winner Miss Emily’s ...
Multi-award winning soul and blues singer-songwriter Miss Emily has released a live version of her beloved 2014 single release, ”The Sellout.” It’s not a one-off; the song is featured on the Kingston-based artist Emily Fennell’s first-ever live album release, Live ...
Peter Graham gives a track-by-track breakdown of his new album
Peter Graham, singer-songwriter from Millbrook, ON, is pleased to announce the release of his first full-length album, Despite Where We’ve Been, following up his 2017 EP, Nowhere In Tacoma. The album is available for streaming and purchase on all music ...
How Harpin’ Norm Lucien started playing protest songs… and other ...
Harpin’ Norm Lucien wrote easygoing love songs until he joined a rally to save a historic building, where he wrote his first protest song on the spot. The protesters wanted to save a post office, an example of Edwardian architecture ...
Oh Susanna – Nov. 7 online
Suzie Ungerleider is working. At the start of 2020, Suzie, a.k.a Oh Susanna, was opening for the Jim Cuddy Band’s Countrywide Soul tour at Vancouver’s famed Commodore Ballroom. For Suzie, the gig was an opportunity to showcase her fierce vocal ...
Cheering So Loud: life lessons and indie music in the ...
Water, ball, shin guards – check. Racing to my daughter’s soccer practice, I’m humming our new songs, playing demos on my phone through the car speakers, scared I’ll forget the new parts, the lyrics, the chords. It’s Thursday night, rehearsal ...
Sultans of String’s ‘Refuge’ is raising awareness of the world’s ...
For their latest release, Canadian world music collective Sultans of String set out to raise awareness of the nearly 26 million refugees currently stateless and away from their homes in a project centred around the positive contributions of new immigrants. ...
Rebecca Hennessy takes a leap into lyrical songcraft on her ...
When an opportunity to bend your brand comes along, to challenge and broaden the parameters of your previous musical perimeter, few musicians can resist. Toronto’s Rebecca Hennessy is no stranger to broken boundaries. As the bandleader and trumpeter for 2019’s ...
Jack de Keyzer, JW-Jones and Samantha Martin lead the nominations ...
The Toronto Blues Society has announced the nominees for the 24th annual Maple Blues Awards. The winners will be announced online from four cities over four nights Feb. 1, 8, 15, and 22. Leading the way in nominations is Toronto’s ...
Paul Reddick and the Gamblers – Alive in Italia
In 2001 on his award-winning album Rattlebag, Toronto bluesman Paul Reddick sang, “…there’s no good place to have the blues,” and now almost 20 years later, he is testing that theory with his recent Stony Plain release Alive in Italia. ...