Lee’s Palace What I love about Lee’s Palace is they are a club that hosts a wide variety of music. They support local acts that want to play a bigger stage or they are a stage for international artists to play to an intimate crowd. So, when a band come in from around...
Hemi-Vision Can you believe that Hemi-Vision from Big Sugar is 30 years old? Time flies when you are rocking hard! With the classic song- Digging a Hole, Gordie Johnson and the boys changed the musical landscape with this song and album. This album was a perfect blend...
New Album Spencer MacKenzie visited Hugh’s Room to promote his brand-new album- “Empty Chairs” which drops on Feb,20,2026. This is his fourth recording and Blast Toronto will put up a review of this album soon. If you would like to listen to it now just click on this...
Kensington Unplugged recently made it to their first anniversary. This was a project that happens at Supermarket every Tuesday starting at 7pm. This was their 54th show. The concept is simple. You take young up and coming singer/songwriters and you give them a stage...
Reposado I finally had a chance to check out a club I haven’t been too. It is called Reposado and it is located at 136 Ossington Ave between Queen and Dundas. It is a long thin bar that has a sense of upper class without the attitude. The bands set up at the front of...
CANADIAN BLUES MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE NOMINEES! Angelique Francis leads the nominations with eight, followed by five each for Brandon Isaak, and Blue Moon Marquee. TORONTO – THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026 – Canadian Blues Music Awards is pleased to...
The Cameron House The great thing about the Cameron House is the variety of acts that play there nearly every day of the week. You can go and see every kind of genre of music any night of the week. If you want to learn more about what is going on there just go to our...
Like a fine bottle of wine, you want it to breath and then take it slowly as you ingest the warm effects and let it seep into your presence. This is how we experienced Albert Lee at Hugh’s Room on Thursday night. His first two songs are warm and easy. He allows his...
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...
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...
