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...
The night before I was at a show called Resistance Fest and now, I am reviewing a show called Elbows up. This is a marker in our history where we need shows to instill our Canadian heritage. I for one am not complaining, we have enough Canadian music to last a...
I purposely went to Hugh’s Room to see Maria Doyle Kennedy. Many will say who? Well, I am a big fan of the movie the Commitments and she played backup singer Natalie Murphy. I brought my Commitments CD for her to sign. As I found out later, she also played Siobhan...
We just celebrated the 4th Reconciliation Day in Canada, and I have noticed a surge in Indigenous music finding its way into our musical fabric. Recently I have been touched by such artists like Aysanabee, Julian Taylor, Tom Wilson, Gary LaRocca, David LaRonde and...
Why AVAtars? Hugh’s Room had three Guitar virtuosos in their house. Antoine DuFour Van Larkins Adrian Bellue If you love listening to high end guitar players, I am sorry you missed out on a magical evening of incredible guitar playing. Just to make it worse,...
