SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, April 30, 2022 Listings are now organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after…
\ OSHAWA / TORONTO \ We’ve told you a few times now about how popular the weekly Wednesday Blues jam hosted by Howard Ross & Full Count Blues Band has become and how impressive the talent roster is both for special guests and regular participants. Tonight’s edition will demonstrate both of those qualities to the…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, April 28, 2022 Listings are now organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after…
Veteran R&B/Blues and Rock guitarist and singer Roy Buna passed away of natural causes at age 63 on Friday, April 24 at his GTA home, his family announced today. Buna, who had a long career as a journeyman player teamed up with acts such as the late Buddy “Bear” Armstrong and the James Anthony Band…
I love hosting open stages in part because it’s fun and seldom boring, with a wide range of artists of different styles usually in attendance. But the other great thing about doing so for me as publisher of this daily publication is that it introduces me to artists I might not come across otherwise. [I’m…
\ 150426 / Sunday, April 26, 14:08 \ In the wake of a powerful earthquake that destroyed temples and towers and killed at least 2,500 people in Nepal yesterday, Folk songwriter Nicole Coward is staging an impromptu live online fundraiser today at 5:30 p.m. A special edition of her weekly show on streetjelly.com, the event…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I’m not sure exactly what the format is for the monthly “final Sundays” matinee show with Steve-Paul Simms and Lynn Harrison happening this afternoon starting at 5 p.m. at Tranzac Club. But whether they play separate sets sequentially, accompany one another in a duo or swap songs in a kind of…
\ TORONTO WEST \ I very much respect the way cozy eatery Humble Beginnings at 3109 Dundas St. West in the Junction area is using intelligence along with a superb selection of victuals to attract customers. It all started rather modestly just before Christmas in 2013 when songwriter Nicole Coward announced she had started working…
It’s taken him almost half his life, but singer James Alcock, who first came to most people’s attention as a singer for AC/DC tribute bands Bare Rump and Powerage a few years ago, is feeling right at home these days with a new tribute to the Australian rockers that’s starting to get some positive notice.…
\ TORONTO EAST \ Ever since Rory Cummings first came out to one of my open stages a little over six years ago now, I’ve been a fan of his stellar Country-Pop originals and covers of tunes by the likes of Buddy Holly and other melodic Pop greats. Within a few weeks of his appearance…
\ OAKVILLE \ If you’ve ever spent any time in the town of Oakville, the tidy burg west of Mississauga that at one time was Canada’s richest municipality on a per capita basis (and could well still be) you may be surprised to learn how much live music actually goes on there. It’s to be…
\ TORONTO WEST \ We’ve told you a couple of times about the biweekly indie series (originally known as Two-Four Tuesdays when it was held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month) that’s been going on at Bloor St. West club The Piston for just over a year now. Started by Steve York…
\ TORONTO DOWNTOWN \ The composing career and public profile of versatile multi-genre capable piano player Peter Hill may be casualties of his own immense talent. Although he released an exquisite album of Jazz originals in 2009, somewhat appropriately titled For Now, he’s so in demand as an accompanist that it’s become a rarity for…
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, April 19, 2015: Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates door charge with availability of cheaper rates for some purchases. /+ indicates stated price is minimum. Names…
\ TORONTO EAST \ Although her Social Potion duo is effectively kaput following a split last year with drummer/partner Aaron Jones, that hasn’t deterred Country-Pop songwriter Carmen Toth from pushing ahead with a solo career that is picking up some momentum of late. Though she’s retained the rights to the Social Potion name, it’s always…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, April 17, 2015: Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates door charge with availability of cheaper rates for some purchases. /+ indicates stated price is minimum. Names…
\ TORONTO WEST \ The past year has been a good one for guitarist/singer Sandi Marie and her Under The Bus combo of Roots/Country-Pop musicians. They continue to hold down a solid monthly early-show residency at Grossman’s on the first Friday of every month and tonight are making their second appearance at another well-established and…
\ SCARBOROUGH \ Scarborough bars are littered with the corpses of cancelled mid-week jams and shows, largely, in our view, because lack of co-ordination in the local music community combined with unstable and short-sighted, penny-pinching bar owners has had a tendency to create a fatal feast-or-famine flood-or-drought dynamic of such events sharing the same night.…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, April 14, 2022 Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates door charge with availability of cheaper rates for some purchases. /+ indicates stated price is minimum. Names…
\ TORONTO DOWNTOWN \ We first told you just about a year ago about “The Wandering Troubadour” Jody H. Ferrer, a young man who discovers open stages that we and many other players had never heard of before and who must surely be the reigning TO champion of open mic appearances in a given year,…
Sil Simone with Pie Guys, Ronnie & Corvairs at Blue Goose like a time trip \ ETOBICOKE \ It was 22 years ago this past February when a group of three talented musicians led by the late Rod Phillips on the Leslie organ and vocals got together to form The Pie Guys and begin a…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, April 11, 2022 Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the amount indicates door charge with availability of cheaper rates for some purchases. /+ indicates stated price is minimum. Names…
