\ TO WEST \ Musicians and their fans in the Junction area are calling on people to boycott performing at or patronizing longtime live music venue Axis Gallery & Grill after a band’s show was cancelled with no compensation upon their arrival at the bar last Saturday night. It’s the latest in a series of…
\ TO WEST \ Like many talented musicians we’ve written about in the past 25 years, Pop-Rock songwriter Alex Radeff has struggled over the years to keep his artistic drive alive while rumbling through low-paying day employment and dealing with a variety of life issues such as ill family members. But survive he has done…
\ TO WEST \ Two months shy of eleven years as a staple of the west-TO live music scene, the Tuesday night jam at Axis Gallery & Grill on Dundas St. West in the Junction area has been cancelled by the club, apparently due to conflicts between the hosting band and regular customers. Started by…
\ TORONTO WEST \ West-TO songwriter and uber-versatile multi-instrumentalist Michael Keith is no stranger to west-end lounge On Cue Billiards. Every Sunday in the months of March and April he was appearing as a feature act at the club. While that series seems to have run its course, at least for now, Keith, equally…
/TORONTO WEST/ As I’ve written about before on several occasions, Roncesvalles Ave. on Saturday afternoons is a special place to be for live music pretty much any weekend of the year. But today it’s extra-special as the local Business Improvement Area and community-oriented residents in the area put on the 5th annual Roncy Rocks…
Just call it “Julian Fauth Day” in TO’s Junction area /TORONTO WEST/ I told you last month about the travails that Juno-winning Blues songwriter and piano player Julian Fauth has been through over the past couple of years. He lost seven months of work after breaking a hand before leaving for a major tour in…
