\ TO DOWNTOWN \ For nearly two years now, once a month Folk songwriter Glen Hornblast gathers together a group of fellow artists to put on what he calls the Nashville Bound series, at which, as I’ve told you previously, talents each take turns sharing their songs and sometimes accompanying one another on original tunes.…
\ PORT CREDIT \ Most people these days are aware that music, in addition to its ability to create enjoyment and help smooth social situations, has healing and other beneficial qualities. But as a Mississauga-based R&B/vintage Rock singer is demonstrating, it can also help to create positive changes in the direction of people’s lives.…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, January 29, 2016: Listings are 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.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
\ BURLINGTON \ One of the most versatile piano players you’ll hear anywhere, Michael Keys is a member of the U.S. Blues Hall of Fame but is equally adept on Pop, Boogie Woogie, Swing and Jazz tunes. I’ve been following this musical maestro for over 20 years now and have always regarded him as woefully…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, January 27, 2022 Listings are 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.) Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
\ TO WEST \ We told you a year ago about the first anniversary show for the then-bi-weekly Indie Tuesdays showcase at The Piston bar in west TO. Shortly after hitting that first milestone the event, which features three indie acts in the bar at 937 Bloor St. W. near Ossington, went weekly and it’s…
\ TO EAST \ As I mentioned in a story about songwriter Murray Powell in October of last year, which was intended to promote a scheduled feature appearance at the M Factor Mondays show at Old Nick pub, the often stirringly inspiring and sometimes cleverly biting songwriter has spent “way too little time on stage…
A veteran multi-instrumentalist musician and unique character on the Toronto musical scene for decades, C.J. Feeney (better known as Lee Van Leer) has passed away, according to information from people who have been performing with him lately and over the years.
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ A super-versatile songwriter who composes songs in genres as diverse as Pop Rock, Folk, Reggae, R&B, Bossa Nova, Celtic ditties and even in Balkan stylings, Steve-Paul Simms has a number of memorable tunes from a large catalogue spanning at least 30 years that I know of. His ability to write in…
\ TO WEST \ A rollicking annual winter social highlight of the musical community based in the Junction area of west Toronto, tonight’s “It’s All About Dave…Another Trip Around the Sun” birthday bash and pre-Mardi Gras party at The Cat on Dundas St. West features a pretty impressive lineup of talents. Put on each year…
\ TO EAST \ With all the sudden and somewhat distressing recent deaths of talented, iconic world-renowned musicians still in their mid sixties, not to mention other local passings, fans of GTA Pop Rock veteran David Love were thrilled last weekend to see him back in the saddle with his eponymous band after a 9-week…
SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, January 21, 2022 Listings are 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.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Fans of Roots-oriented music may have tough choices to make if they’re in TO’s downtown area tonight, as three shows featuring talented artists are all happening at the same time. The weekly Roots open stage at Fat Albert’s, as we’ve told you before, is the granddaddy of all such events in…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, January 19, 2022 Listings are 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 the…
\ TORONTO \ It’s now been 19 years since the introduction by the Toronto Blues Society of the national Maple Blues Awards, which have become the premier forum for recognizing Canadian talent in the genre. Tonight’s event, in the Koerner Hall of the Royal Conservatory of Music in the TELUS Centre for the Performing Arts…
\ PICKERING \ Things have been rather up in the air at West Shore Bar & Grill in Pickering since the Juggernaut Jam Band decided to move its successful Sunday jam from that rather casually operated venue to the more focused Edge room in Ajax at the end of last August. Two different groups have…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, January 16, 2022 Listings are 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.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, January 15, 2016: Listings are 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.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
\ PETERBOROUGH \ Located at the heart of one of Ontario’s snow belts and the gateway to the Kawarthas in Ontario cottage country, the city of Peterborough may be currently mired in white stuff and rather cold. But at two of its downtown clubs (there’s a surprising number and diversity of venues that offer quality…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, January 13, 2022 Listings are 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.) Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…
\ TO EAST \ Nearly a quarter century after I first started writing about songwriter Frank Wilks, he’s still finding ways to impress me with his craft and performance skills. Wilks was one of the first east-Toronto artists I encountered when I started to venture into that part of the city shortly after starting The…
