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to-nite 302, August 14-27, 2003, (David Rotundo ‘Blues Ignited’; SARSstock review; Dominic Troiano with Robbie Lane)

August 14, 2021

to-nite 302, August 14-27, 2003, Page 1 (David Rotundo new album 'Blues Ignited')

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August 14, 2021

to-nite #025, June 01-15, 1994 Page 01, Cover, The Nationals

April 20, 2022

to-nite #083, November 6-19, 1996, Page 07

March 19, 2022

It’s not because neither the Rock band Lefty And The Goons nor the Cock & Pheasant bar in Streetsville is a supporting subscriber to TorontoMoon.ca that we are refusing to include the listing of the former’s show at the latter’s venue tonight. It’s because the club —hopefully unbeknownst to the Lefty crew, which pretty much…

January 7, 2022

\ OAKVILLE \ I’ve only visited the Moonshine Café in Oakville a few times since my first foray there about three years ago, shortly before the club’s seventh anniversary celebrations, but every time I have set foot in the cozy, personality-rich room I’ve had a wonderful experience. I’m certainly not alone among the music community…

December 20, 2021

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Yes, ‘tis the season and many regular weekly Sunday events hold their Christmas/Holiday parties tonight and the downtown area features several special events. Festive Jazz is on tap for a special afternoon show 4-8 at Orbit Room on College St. featuring several veteran talents. Fronted by John Fraser Findlay, with stellar…

December 18, 2021

\ DURHAM REGION \ A community leader on the music scene in Durham Region and nearby areas, Blues guitarist and songwriter Howard Ross has his hands full this weekend presiding over musical shows that also double as seasonal extravaganzas. He appears with his Full Count Blues Band tonight, Saturday and Sunday at shows in Oshawa,…

December 17, 2021

Bruce Adamson in the sweet zone with The Crown Jewels at Dora Keogh in May, 2013. -Gary 17

\ TORONTO \ The former spouse of Rock/Pop guitarist Bruce Adamson announced today that the one-time member of the former indie Pop band Staggered Crossing and longtime part of jam host combo The Crown Jewels, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 15. While a cause of death was not announced it is known earlier this…

December 17, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE \ In addition to its stellar roster of live Rock, Pop and Blues/R&B music featured every week Thursday through Sunday, a key reason Southside Johnny’s at 3653 Lake Shore Blvd. W. in Etobicoke has endured as a destination venue is its food. Not only is the quality excellent by any standard for a…

December 15, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE \ It’s been just under three months since the start of the new Monday night jam happening at The Rockpile in Etobicoke and the event has been a roaring success so far. Fronted by singer Al Reilly and with members of his Catalyst band, the event has fulfilled all the expectations a club…

December 14, 2021

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ As I told you this time a year ago, it was at Free Times Café on College St. where, back in the mid-1980s, I first performed one of my original tunes in Toronto, like so many other songwriters over the past three-and-one-half decades. Three years after opening the room in 1980…

December 13, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE \ For 42 years now the band Little Peter and the Elegants have been taking people back to the glory days of Rock ‘n’ Roll, from its genesis in the early 50s through its heyday in the 1960s. Fronted by singer Peter Toller of Port Credit, the group first performed at his high…

December 11, 2021

All performers who stay in the business any length of time develop affinities for certain venues where the combination of their talents, the owners/bookers and audiences’ warm response is just the right mix to make it feel like a “home” room. This weekend two acts who have made waves in disparate genres return comfortably to…

December 10, 2021

It’s the time of year when all across the GTA (not to mention Ontario, Canada and large portions of the rest of the world) people gather to celebrate the season that for pretty much every religion and culture is regarded as a holy time. For musicians and clubs that means a plethora of multi-act shows,…

December 6, 2021

\ TORONTO \ As the end of the calendar year gets near —and a milestone in his life, (turning 60) approaches in a couple of months— double-slide Blues guitar sensation, songwriter and jam host Brian Cober is in a good position to reflect upon the ups and downs that twelve months can bring. In many…

November 26, 2021

\ TO DOWNTOWN & TO EAST \ The GTA has long been blessed with a plethora of great Blues talents, including several artists who’ve won Juno album-of-the-year awards for the genre. Tonight one veteran 12-bar string-bender who’s won two of them is featured downtown while a much younger man whom I predict will eventually win…

November 25, 2021

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, multi-artist shows seem to have become the new normal in many clubs these days —in particular when it comes to presentation of original acts. Sometimes, as I indicated in that article, it’s because some of the artists involved maybe only have…

November 24, 2021

\ TO EAST \ I’m not at all sure exactly how tonight’s pairing of Folk songwriter and covers artist Clela Errington and Rootsy Blues veteran “Mister Rick” Zolkower at Relish in east TO came about, but it’s an intriguing mix. From what I understand based on the Facebook event page for the 7:30-10 p.m. show,…

November 21, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE \ It’s been many years since I’ve heard Peter Guy and his Rockhouse band perform and in fact until recently the group appears to have only been gigging sporadically, for understandable reasons. Multi-talented multi-instrumentalist and sound wiz Peter has been involved with a number of other projects in recent years, including helping to…

November 20, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE\ The last time I saw Country artist “Hurricane” Mike Thompson perform was two-and-a-half years ago when he was sitting in on pedal steel and guitar as one of many special guests helping Roots songwriter Roger Zuraw celebrate his 65th birthday in Etobicoke. Mike has been back with Roger for three recent shows at…

November 19, 2021

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I was pleased to learn recently that King St. ribs emporium Lou Dawgs still has live music; or maybe it’s actually started offering acts once again —it’s hard to know, given that the club’s website is still completely useless for discovering who plays there and its Facebook page isn’t really any…

November 18, 2021

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\ TO DOWNTOWN \ It’s been almost twenty years since a Bluegrass musician looking for fellow players to have fun with once a week sent out a casting call to put together the weekly “High Lonesome Wednesdays” event at Silver Dollar in downtown TO with a house band known as Crazy Strings. Founder Stef Fantin…