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Continue reading →: Good times & great sounds @ NSAI Toronto Tin Pan North songwriter round robin
I was out at the Black Swan Tavern last night for the early round robin set of singer/songwriters, part of NSAI Toronto’s annual Tin Pan North music fest – featuring headliner Wendell Ferguson, with Tori Hathaway, Shaun Devlin and John Cheesman. Host Jennifer Noble, a singer/songwriter herself, introduced the songwriters…
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Continue reading →: Red Falcon / White Lightning brings it all with tight, fun new EP: INSTANT CLASSICS
Red Falcon / White Lightning (RF/WL) is Robert Eckert and Jeff D. Elliott. Following up last year’s double CD release Rootsy!!! Rocky!!!! Power!!! Poppy!!!!, the band recently released an EP of new tunes: INSTANT CLASSICS. I got the scoop behind the evolution of INSTANT CLASSICS from Eckert: Our latest effort…
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Continue reading →: Spring it in the air….
Originally posted on Lizzie Violet: Well… for a few days it was spring, then summer and now it feels like it’s back to fall. Here’s hoping by the time these events come around, it won’t just be the talent on the stage that has the air sizzling! {click images for…
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Continue reading →: Pop that rocks – blueVenus CMW2014 gig @ Silver Dollar Room
Back out for some Canadian Music Week music goodness last night – this time, at Toronto’s iconic music venue the Silver Dollar Room for blueVenus. blueVenus brings pop that rocks – punched up with a bit of funk, Motown, blues and jazz – and they moved us with selections from…
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Continue reading →: Smokin’ hot & rockin’ out @ The Central – Jessica Speziale CMW2014 gig
Last weekend was about theatre, this weekend is about music. It’s Canadian Music Week, and I was out at The Central to see Jessica Speziale play with her band last night. Speziale is a sultry-voiced, rockin’ music force, performing with heart, soul and drive. If you haven’t had a chance…
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Continue reading →: A delightful crush fest of summer love – Amicus Productions’ A Month in the Country
Spent a delightful afternoon at the Papermill Theatre at Todmorden Mills yesterday for a matinée performance of Amicus Productions’ A Month in the Country (Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett and adapted by Christopher Douglas), directed by Maureen Lukie. Family, friends and household staff feel the heat – and, in…
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Continue reading →: Rowdy, entertaining romp of mystery & music @ Alexander Showcase’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Alexander Showcase Theatre (AST) opened their run of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Al Green Theatre (Jewish Community Centre at Bloor/Spadina, Toronto) last night. Based on the unfinished Charles Dickens story, this version of Edwin Drood is a musical by Rupert Holmes and was originally produced by Joseph…
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Continue reading →: Erika Werry & the Alphabet rock Dakota Tavern
Had an absolute blast last night at the Dakota Tavern, where I finally got to see Erika Werry & the Alphabet live. It was a toe-tappin’, head-boppin’ night of music fun in an awesome all-ages kitchen party atmosphere! Here’s the blog I posted a while back to shout out the…
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