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Livewire Blues Power – James Anthony & Bernard Allison & A Tribute to Kris Reville Danny Mott
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Musicology – Snapshot Danny Mott
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Livewire Blues Power – Swing Power Danny Mott
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Livewire Blues Power – Blues Jazz Danny Mott
We listen to “Rainsparks and Other Stories,” the first and only to-date release, from Doug Cousineau. A grizzled veteran of the road, the 13 tracks on the album showcase a strong vocal style, singing deeply personal tales of a life lived hard and fast. Cousineau lays bare the stories behind […]
VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch Visit: hollowsage.bandcamp.com/album/aftermath When a song begins with the line “There has been a rip in the fabric/ Of the spacetime continuum,” you know the artist has a little something weightier on their mind than wanting to dance with somebody who loves them. But neither is “Supernova Spacetime Continuum,” […]
In 1968, Gary Kendall moved from Fort William to Toronto, the city he now calls home. By 1971, as a member of The James Hartley Band, he was playing the legendary Grossman’s Tavern on Spadina Ave and other blues bars in Toronto. The Downchild Blues Band was at the top of the Toronto blues scene and […]
Mark D. Dunn (vol. 1) goes to ‘The River Lately’ to ponder love and the universe questions, an album out in early 2018 with the monster band, Innocent Weapon Ensemble. M.D. Dunn has released nine albums since 1993. Every record attempts a change in musical ideas, be it musically or […]
Del Boy Druid getting more abstract by the moment. He performs where he’s never performed before. Del Boy Druid has sold out! (kind of). After years of quiet desperation pursuing the life of a troubadour, the wordsmith and musical conjurer did what he thought he could never do; take a […]
In this episode, Phil Mantello shares his unique trip taken to get his dream realized, and how the songs found a home. In 1999, Phil Mantello created The Algoma Singer/Songwriters project, an idea that allowed those musicians that were not regulars in the local bar circuit to play their music […]
Ansley Simpson, an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter, shares the power behind her debut CD ‘Breakwall,’ a roots meets electronica collaboration with a magic sound. Ansley Simpson is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe speaker, label rep, and singer-songwriter known for her poetic lyrics, deeply moving vocal-only performances, and dream-like arrangements. Nominated for two 2018 Indigenous […]
Eric Brombacher, front man for Eric & The Soo, is an international musician, based in Germany now after years in Toronto, with two full-length albums out. A conversation from December 2019. Despite playing guitar since his late teens, Brombacher didn’t seriously take to the stage until ten years later, joining […]
Songwriter Jay Case, having recorded with several bands over 20 years plus as a musician, picks out some of his favourite songs and gives us the stories about how the songs were crafted. Jay Case states on his website, ‘Music Is A Foundation.’ Music has the power to transport us […]