The Pilot Just over a year ago the Pilot opened up an upstairs room called the Stealth (I love that name) to bring in a different kind of music besides jazz. They have been helping out promoting some of the rock and pop musicians by opening up this very cool room that...
Paul James Paul James turned 75 on Jan 18 and still looks like a young rocker. Recently, through the grapevine, I heard Paul had a health scare. I won’t speculate on that because his party at the Phoenix proved he is still our Rockabilly champion. His drummer so and...
Who is Walter? Like the great opening line in the novel “Atlas Shrugged”, “Who is John Galt”? Well, who is Walter Froebrich? That was the question that I had walking into the Rockpile on Saturday. It even got me thinking of now hiring a videographer to start helping...
Happy New Year!Anne WalkerCD Release Concert. Joining Anne on stage will be Angie Nussey (Boreal), daughter Katie Lem, Tony Laviola, Ray Dillard and Tara Butler.A cherished voice in Canadian folk, Anne Walker returns to Acoustic Harvest for the launch of her newest...
It was Free! For those of you who love to complain about how high tickets prices are these days, including myself, I simply look for free or cheap shows to explore. Yes, there are plenty of shows around town that won’t cost you an arm or a leg or your mortgage. I try...
Photography Being a photographer, I am lucky to be able to photograph the best musicians and artists doing what they do best. I have never kept track of how many photos I shoot in a year, but I am sure it is in the tens of thousands of images. From the raw footage I...
Blast Toronto is out there discovering your music for you. All you have to do is read these articles to get a sense of who is playing out there. We see well over 100 shows each year and then at the end of the year, we put together a top ten list of the best out...
Hugh’s Room The New Hugh’s Room has now been on Broadview Ave for about two years now and are constantly improving the building and bringing in high quality acts. They have mixed up well known international acts with well deserving local artists who want to play in a...
The best part of my work is going out to discover a great underground band that deserves that extra attention to grow creatively. It feels like going out to a fabulous thrift store and rummage around all day looking for treasures. In the Toronto music scene,...
If you are a Baby Boomer or a Gen-X, you grew up watching Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is coming to town and Frosty the Snowman. But there was always something special about a Charlie Brown Christmas. For me it was the tree scene. For others it was...
