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It may be still more like a trickle than a flood, but from Hamilton to Oshawa, north from Lake Ontario to cottage country, live music is starting to return to bars and restaurants now in the Stage 3 part of the COVID-19 recovery protocols.
While we only have 11 shows listed today (we’ll be seeking out more in days and nights to come!) they take place in a broad range of communities across the GTA and beyond and also feature a variety of genres.
It appears that constructing a Plexiglass separator between performers and audience, and ensuring the acts aren’t so exciting that people start (GASP!) dancing (or so loud they have to engage in “close talking”) is enough for places to be allowed to bring in performers.
In some cases the shows are also still being streamed live —one happy positive effect of what the pandemic has wrought— and many places that formerly didn’t charge a cover now are doing so to make up for the lower capacities mandated by the physical distancing requirements and other regulations.
Whether patrons will be satisfied with this experience —particularly because of strict rules mandating they remain seated at all times except for bathroom and bill-settling requirement— remains to be seen, of course.
But be it ever so imperfect, seeing the live acts start to get back on stage with audiences actually able to sit and enjoy them in the same room, is surely a welcome development given what we’ve been going through for the past nearly five months.
-By Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca
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SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, August 07, 2021
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IN THE REAL —LIVE IN-PERSON SHOW LISTINGS
*indicates show features same artists every week
4-6 weekly> Ori Dagan, Nathan Hiltz, Alison Young performing live for “Senator Serenade” from the balcony of Senator Restaurant (249 Victoria St., TO Central) & also streaming live on Facebook ~Jazz
6:30-9> Steve Oros @ Stonewalls Restaurant, 339 York Blvd., Hamilton ~acoustic Pop covers/originals; $10
7-9 weekly> “Stay at Home Concert Series” with Queen Pepper live from Mulligan’s Pub (2458 Dundas St. W. Mississauga) and streaming live on Facebook ~Blues/R&B
7-11> DVSN @ CityView Drive-In, 20 Polson St. TO Central ~contemporary original; $
7-9> Glenn Marais; Jesse Karwat; Manny DeGrandis @ Market Brewing Company patio, 1775 Leslie St., Newmarket & streaming on Facebook ~songwriters
8-11> Kathleen Lovett with Rich Roxborough @ Timothy’s Pub, 344 Brown’s Line, Etobicoke ~Pop/Rock/Blues/R&B covers; $5
8:30-11> Doogie & Dunn performing live @ Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St., Oakville from inside stage, with live stream telecast on back patio (reservations required) and online on website ~Roots-Rock
9-1> Bliss Duo at Black Swan Burlington, 4040 Palladium Way, Burlington ~acoustic Pop covers
*9-1 weekly> The Brad & Mike show (Brad Sumak & Mike Olivieri) @ The Dickens, 423 Elizabeth St., Burlington ~acoustic Pop covers/originals
9:30> Ban Maclean ep release @ Poetry Jazz Café, 224 Augusta Ave., TO Central ~songwriter; $10
9:30> Marc Joseph Band @ The Edge, 250 Bayly St., Ajax ~classic Rock; $10
ONLINE/ON AIR SHOW LISTINGS
6am-6am weekdays> CBCMusic shows feature all-Canadian content @ CBC Radio One
7am> Craig Cardiff performs originals from new album “Revival Day” single live streaming from Germany on website ~acoustic Pop covers/originals
11am-1pm weekly> The Rock-A-Round with Slim Tim @ www.rockabilly-radio.net ~ Rockabilly tracks (from UK, repeats Sundays 3-5am & Wednesdays 6-8am)
Noon-6 weekly> Steel City Music with Gunner Smith @ The HAWK FM 101.5fm & streaming online ~Blues, etc.
12:30> Marla & David Celia perform for Summer In The Park series streaming live on Instagram ~Roots
1-2pm weekly> “Groove Radio” with host Bill King & guests @ CIUT 89.5FM & streamed online ~Jazz
1-1:30pm weekly> Come Sunday (Gospel Radio Show) w Paul Panchezak (Trickbag) @ 93.3 CFMU or cfmu.ca (Hamilton)
2-6> “Live Discovery” with Brett Castro; The Cuckoos; Saint Blonde; Lily Denning streaming live on Bandsintown Live ~songwriters
2:30 weekly> Chris Staig performs covers & originals on Facebook ~songwriter
3-4 weekly> “Athena Reich Variety Show” with live streaming performance by Athena Reich on Facebook ~songwriters
4-6 weekly> “Finding A Voice” with host Bruce Kauffman and guests broadcast live on CFRC 1010.9FM and on website ~songwriters/poets
5-8> “Outskirts” with Andrew James; Ben de la Cour; The National Parks streaming live on Bandsintown Live ~songwriters
5 weekly> The Honky Tonk Cocktail Hour Duo with members of The Western Swing Authority Duo performing live, streaming on Facebook ~Country
5-8 weekly> Michelle Rumball’s “All The Fridays” live stream on Facebook ~songwriter
7-9> Glenn Marais; Jesse Karwat; Manny DeGrandis live Market Brewing Company patio streaming on Facebook ~songwriters
7-9 weekly> “Stay at Home Concert Series” with Queen Pepper live from Mulligan’s Pub (2458 Dundas St. W. Mississauga) and streaming live on Facebook ~Blues/R&B
7> Jayme Lynne performs original songs from new album with guest Sacha Visagie streaming live on Instagram ~original Country/alt-Country
7-8 weekly> Jeremy & Jenn perform live, streaming on Facebook ~acoustic Pop covers/originals
7-10> RBC Bluesfest Drive In with Asuquomo; Zaki Ibrahim; Sill and Rise; Basia Bulat; Genevieve et Alain; Patrick Watson; streaming live on YouTube ~eclectic
7:30 weekly> Chris Staig performs covers & originals on Facebook ~songwriter
8-9 weekly> Jazz In Toronto presents Steve Koven performing for “Live from The Emmet Ray” series, streaming on Facebook ~Jazz piano ($donation requested -details on event)
8> Jaymz Bee presents The Quarantet performing, streaming on bit.ly ~Jazz
8 weekly> Ken Wallis Blues Source show with tracks and interviews @ www.bluesandrootsradio.com
9> Doogie & Dunn performing live @ Moonshine Café streaming online on website ~Roots-Rock; $10
9> Home Routes presents Trish & Geoff Horrocks of Cross Canada Fiddle streamed live on Facebook ~ol’ time/traditional Roots
9> Jim Clayton performs streaming live on bit.ly ~Jazz
9-midnight weekly> “Gumbo Kitchen” with Ron Littlejohn @ JAZZ.FM91 & online ~Blues/R&B/Funk tracks and artists
*9:30-10:30 daily> “Q” TV broadcast with Tom Power with segments from @TheCurrentCBC, interviews, entertainment news & more @ CBC-TV
RESIDING ONLINE SHOW LISTINGS
“RESIDING” items are those which are not time-sensitive and can be accessed 24/7
RESIDING> video of Laura Hubert Trio live @ balcony of Senator Restaurant July 17, 2021 on Facebook ~Pop Jazz with punch
RESIDING> video of Laura Hubert Band cover of “Loralei” @ Jazz Bistro filmed by Xpand Studio, on YouTube ~Jazz (0:4:47)
RESIDING> audio track of Laura Hubert Band cover of “Lazy Bones” + two more from One Night In Kensington live album, on website ~Jazz (0:4:47)
RESIDING> “A Nay Kleyd” (Rachel Korn) video by Lenka Lichtenberg with band, residing on YouTube ~Worldbeat: 1947 Yiddish poem set to music (0:04:59)
RESIDING> Catherine Thompson lyric video of original song “Only Lonely Me” from forthcoming Wild Cat album, residing on YouTube (0:02:53)
RESIDING> Q&A Duo (Tony Quarrington and Zoey Adams) perform outdoors in Tony’s backyard for Emmet Ray Presents concert series residing on Jazz In Toronto Facebook page ~Pop/Jazz (1:02:13)
RESIDING> “In Memoriam” Juno Tribute video to Canadian Artists who passed away in 2019 including Pete Otis residing on YouTube (0:05:49)
RESIDING> Wayne Smith video performing “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McLintock) on YouTube ~Roots (0:02:56)
RESIDING> Al Reilly’s Catalyst with Dan Walek & Mikey Roland perform “Make Me Do Anything You Want” (Foot In Coldwater) residing on YouTube ~classic Rock (0:03:50)
RESIDING> Bill Heffernan performs video collage of “Hide Out Refugee” original song, with Lucas Stagg, Jimmy Bowskill, Kenny Yoshioka and Alec Fraser on YouTube ~original Roots (0:04:34)
RESIDING> Margaret Stowe with Tony Quarrington, Ian Bell, Bob Bratina, Ian Thomas, Sonny Del-Rio, Jeff Bird & Michelle Josef performing on collaborative at home video of “Dr. Jaffrey Song” (about 1918 flu treatments developer) dedicated to Canadian Blood Services Plasma for Life, residing on YouTube and MP3 track on Bandcamp (0:03:39)
RESIDING> David Love (with band featuring Bruce Nasmith, Peter Harris, Paul DeLong) performs cover of “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (Jonathan King) on YouTube ~ 60s Pop (0:03:06)
RESIDING> video of Screamin’ Evil Blues Band featuring Keith Danby & guest vocalist/bassist Dave “Tex” Bachelor performing cover of “Jesus Just Left Chicago” (ZZ Top) on YouTube (0:4:16)
RESIDING> mp3 of Harpin’ Norm Lucien original song “God Forsaken Blues” on Spotify ~original Blues (0:05:59)
RESIDING> video of jammers at “Bluesday Tuesdays” Blues jam hosted by Tombstone Bullets featuring Rocco Novia @ The Rockpile residing on Facebook ~Blues-Rock (0:01:18)
RESIDING> “Covid 19 Collaboration” remotely recorded montage video with several Toronto musicians performing “N.I.B.” (Black Sabbath) including James Alcock on vocals, Jenn Lady Evil, Roland Roxx, Dennis Camacho, John Robbie, Tim Smith, Sebastian Burnside, Josh Gordon (guitar), Nathan Smith, Anthony Cee, Deb Arruda, John De Medeiros, Dave Barrett, Torsten Braun, Scotty Rockss, Steve Gryzbala on YouTube ~classic Rock (0:10:04)
RESIDING> Josh Gordon performs instrumental version of “Fortunate Son” (CCR) residing on Facebook ~classic Rock (0:02:57)
RESIDING> Against The Wind featuring Amanda Gordon and Josh Gordon montage video performance of “Like A Rock” (Bob Seger) on YouTube ~tribute to Bob Seger (0:07:10)
RESIDING> Wayne Neon performs cover of “Sunday Morning Coming Down” (Kris Kristofferson) video on Youtube ~acoustic Pop cover (0:05:24)
RESIDING> The Giveback (Thomas McKay with Michaela May, Katey Morley, Mia Praught, Tara Slone, Stella Azzopardi, Brooke Palsson, Stacey Kaniuk, Steve York, Kathryn Rose, Rique Franks, Ben Spivak, Dominic Mancuso, Peter Serrado, Danko Jones, Julian Taylor, Tony Rabalao) video montage performing original song “Angels” (Thomas McKay/Tony Rabalao/Jonathan Evans/Michaela May/Jordon Zadorozny) to benefit frontline health workers and musicians going through tough financial situations, on YouTube (0:03:31) (donation requested on website)
RESIDING> cover of “Under Pressure” performed by 22 Port Credit musical artists including David Hines & Lynette Fairweather in video montage produced by Derek Lathrop on YouTube (0:04:48)
RESIDING> Rob Minderman mp3 for “Stir Crazy” original song for COVID songwriting contest on Reverbnation.com ~art-Pop (0:04:01)
RESIDING> Roger “Pops” Zuraw video for “Fine Weather Blues” original song from album Remembering The Lakeshore on You Tube ~songwriter (0:02:56)
RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien video for original song “Coboconk” on YouTube ~songwriter (0:03:32)
RESIDING> video of Chris Birkett & The Free Spirits performing original song “The Power of Our Love” from new album 11:11 on YouTube ~Funky contemporary Pop (0:04:49)
RESIDING> Lenka Lichtenberg performs original Yiddish song about pandemic, “Amol geven a Tsayt” (“Once There Was A Time” to melody of “Those Were The Days” & lyrics by Hindy Abelson) with English singable subtitles on YouTube ~Ethnic Roots (0:04:30)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox talks to Roxanne Tellier in “Off The Beaten Tracks” Podcast on Instagram (0:21:55) ~spoken word
RESIDING> “Čekáme kdesi na konci aleje – Lyric Video” of original song by Lenka Lichtenberg on YouTube (0:04:23)
RESIDING> David Storey & band perform “We Are The Greatest” original song live at Free Times Cafe, video on Instagram ~songwriter (0:04:15)
RESIDING> video of Lynn Harrison performing “Living Room Concert” from home on Facebook ~songwriter (1:41:11)
RESIDING> One Eyed Oracle aka Boris Buhot) new album Really Small Town links on website ~original Rock/Pop
RESIDING> Dougal Bichan performs original songs “More Than 100”, “Two Chairs”, “Clarkstown Flood”, bagpipes solo & more on YouTube channel & on InstagramTV ~songwriter
RESIDING> Shawn Brady video performance of original song “The Ballad of Cinderella” with the late Hervé Basset on keys on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:40)
RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien mp3 of new song “I Can Hear the Heartbeat (Of A Thousand Whales)” on spotify.com ~songwriter (0:4:11)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox video channel featuring archival band videos of original songs spanning 40 years plus several recent recordings of original tunes solo acoustic on YouTube ~eclectic originals
RESIDING> Little Peter and the Elegants perform 11-song set covering Sha Na Na at Wheels On Danforth, August 2019 to celebrate 50th anniversary of Woodstock ~video on YouTuboe (0:30:11)
RESIDING> Late Fakirs featuring Greg “Harpfool” Shields perform continually growing collection of original tunes from “Corona-chan Collection” ~videos link on YouTube ~contemporary original
RESIDING> Shawn Brady performs original song “Sideways 2020” video on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:46)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of John’s Prine’s “Sam Stone” acoustic solo on YouTube; (0:5:22)
RESIDING> Al Reilly performs “Still Loving You” Scorpions cover acoustic solo on YoutTube (0:6:17)
RESIDING> Doc Higgins performs original song “The Lonesome Death of John Prine” on YouTube; (0:4:36)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox performs original song “Small Things Make Me Happy” solo acoustic for Good Friday on Facebook ~songwriter; (0:1:25)
RESIDING> Sebastian Agnello performs “Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila” @ Black Swan live in 2011 on Moon TV on YouTube; (0:2:54)
RESIDING> Kevin Jollimore performs “Stay the Blazes Home” for COVID protocols on YouTube ~ original Roots Rock; (0:3:20)
RESIDING> Drew Winters all ten tracks from Last Call In Montreal album on YouTube and on Spotify ~original Pop
RESIDING> Rob Minderman performs “Invisible Enemy” original song about COVID-19 on YouTube (0:4:00)
RESIDING> Wayne Neon and the Amazing Tubular Orchestra™ on Youtube: Social Distance Sessions live ~eclectic covers & originals (0:18:22)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of “Sam Stone” by John Prine on YouTube; (0:5:22)
RESIDING> Eclectic Power Company featuring Graham Clarke covers “Wheat Kings (Tragically Hip) on InstagramTV (0:3:10)
RESIDING> Howard Gladstone performs original Roots solo on Facebook ~songwriter (0:5:32)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs solo on Facebook live ~Pop Rock/Roots/Blues covers (1:52:53)
RESIDING> David McLachlan performs two original songs recorded @ Bluebird Café, Nashville, on YouTube (0:8:02)
RESIDING> The late Steven (David) Morrison performs original song “One Good Reason” with backing band at Relish open stage in 2013, on YouTube ~Country Pop (0:05:04)
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