Subscriber Profiles

Profiles of Toronto Moon subscribers

R.I.P.: Hervé Basset to be remembered July 1 at Hideout

Hervé Basset facebook pic from 2011 after returning to performing.

  Shock and dismay has engulfed the Facebook profile of keyboardist extraordinaire Hervé Basset since it was learned he passed away shortly after being carried out on a stretcher from a gig he was playing Tuesday June 27 at Cadillac Lounge. A wide range of musicians from disparate genres recounted not only his huge talent…

Darlene Sacks to offer proof the handpan is among us

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Darlene Sacks on handpan drum -COMPILATION Sunday, November 27, 2021 | 161127Su There are those who vehemently deny that they even exist, but Toronto percussionist Darlene Sacks says that this afternoon she will offer irrefutable proof that not only is the handpan drum (or, more technically, simply the “handpan,” for reasons detailed below) actually real…

Musically promiscuous Ed Roth is one of those Whores Truly

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Ed Michael Roth -Gary 17 October 9, 2021 | 161009 The truth can now be told: Ed Michael Roth is one of those Whores Truly. As a member of the lively acoustic Cajun Blues/Pop trio of that name that’s performing a series of 8-12 Sunday evening shows at Wolf Like Me at 834 Bloor St.…

15 stellar artists recording Tony Quarrington songs tonight | TorontoMoon.ca 160827Sa | Shows for Saturday, August 27, 2021

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\ TO EAST \ I’ve written a few times now about the remarkably diverse talents of Tony Quarrington, a composer, arranger/producer, guitar virtuoso, singer-songwriter and ubiquitous musical sidekick to highly regarded artists like Noah Zacharin, Brian Gladstone and Soozi Schlanger among many others. The Juno-winning “renaissance artist” —as I described him in an article about his…

Robbie Rox putting the “horny” back into horn band tonight

Robbie Rox Monster Horn Nov 5, 2021

\ TORONTO WEST – 141105 - Wed. November 05, 2021 \ While he’s never quit the stage and has continued to delight audiences across the GTA over the past decade with his provocative, amusing and vocally astonishing performances, it’s been close to a decade now since proto-Punk Rock-opera/R&B satirist and songwriter Robbie Rox has performed…

SUBSCRIBER PROFILE: David Love –all you need is Love!

David Love has been a subscriber to Toronto Moon Magazine since near the very beginning and is proud to support the only magazine to consistently write about the live music scene in the GTA for over 21 years. While some fans of smooth Pop and melodic Rock from the music’s heyday of the 60s and…