Tonight’s Thurs. jam at Grizzly’s in Pickering featuring Earl Johnson and the Zone Music crew has been cancelled due to inclement weather, Johnson just announced.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Dan Walek is back in action this week
To absolutely no one’s surprise feisty veteran singer, guitarist and songwriter Dan Walek’s period of recuperation from recent surgery to alleviate numbness and pain in his arms lasted less than ten days. Although officially he was off-duty until this past Sunday as the host of his weekly jam at McGradie’s Pub in Scarborough (and a…
130131 Toronto Moon, Thurs. January 31, 2022
The Rose and The Mad Scot have a lively Thurs. crowd at Coyote Jack’s
As longtime readers of this magazine are well aware, I have a fondness for karaoke as well as for live music shows and have been known to enjoy singing at k-events on a fairly regular basis. Although the type of equipment used and range of songs are big factors in making the singout sessions more…
New Ajax acoustic open stage will have a bit of Stink to it
Everyone going to see Mike McKenna’s new Stink band at Black Swan on New Years Eve was expecting to see a virtuoso Blues slide guitar performance from the veteran icon, who was reviving the music of his legendary McKenna-Mendelson Mainline band, and they weren’t disappointed. But many also remarked on the sheer talent of the…
Barlow releasing new single tonight
Singer-guitrist Tom Barlow is familiar to regular visitors to pubs across the GTA, having appeared regularly at The Dickens in Burlington for years (he may still be there but the club’s website no longer seems to list any music events) and hosting a weekly Mon. open stage at The Harp in Port Credit for a…
Hirut open stage on hold
Your publisher’s Sunday and Wednesday open stages at Hirut in East York are on hold, effectively this past Sunday. I will advise if that situation should change. pic of Gary 17 by Carol Cain
130130 Toronto Moon Wed. January 30, 2022
Lenka teaming up with Iraqui folk-Jazz artist for unique show at Musideum Tues.
Arguably Toronto’s most innovative ethnic/world folk-Jazz singer and composer, with five solo cds already released, Lenka Lichtenberg is no stranger to teaming up with artists from Europe, The Middle East and South America to create unique collaborative compositions that combine diverse cultural influences. Prague-born, she’s a member of award winning Yiddish Jazz group Sisters Of Sheynville, and an…
Roots community icons to be honoured at Winterfolk
The lineup for the 11th edition of Toronto’s Winterfolk Festival has been released and it’s another stellar collection of artists representing the Roots and Blues genres and their various spinoffs and intermixings. Among the highlights of this year’s festival, being held once again at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown TO over four days from Feb. 14-17, is the…
Cheryl Beatty won’t leave you ‘Breathe’-less at Old Nick tonight
I first saw soulful songwriter and intricate guitar player Cheryl Beatty perform at the Tues. open stage at Old Nick at 123 Danforth Ave. just east of Broadview a few years ago now. I was quite taken by her lustrous voice and also quite enjoyed many of the tunes from her 2008 album of originals, ‘The Middle Journey’, in particular…
130128 Toronto Moon, Mon. January 28, 2022
Jackson tunes up for Winterfolk with set at Tranzac this afternoon
An exquisitely gifted Roots songwriter with a deep, resonant voice that can be mournful and haunting at times, John Jackson doesn’t perform publicly much these days, maybe because he’s busy running his own studio much of the time. But he will be at the Winterfolk Festival in Feb. and this aft. 3-5 gets into the…
Lazy Cat resumes monthly open stages this afternoon
After a rather hectic autumn season that saw the Lazy Cat Open Stage group experiment with a different location and an off-the-grid special event, things should be getting back to normal now for the monthly last-Sunday event that takes place at Bain Co-op in TO’s Riverdale area. Hosts Linda Lavender and David Shilman will be…
Superstar finale for Hornblast’s Sun. series at Dave’s
If there was any doubt at all about what a great idea Glen Hornblast had when he conceived of running a Sun. night Songwriters In The Round series at Dave’s On St. Clair and whether it would be repeated in the near future, tonight’s star-laden finale of the four-week pilot series ought to answer the…
130127 Toronto Moon, Sun. January 27, 2022
SEEN ON THE SCENE: Max Brand at Sound Academy
John Bracken took this photo of Max Brand performing at Sound Academy on Jan. 19 at Paul James‘s 62nd birthday bash. Max sent us the photo so we’re sharing it with you!.
“Mayor Dave” celebrates again
Winter always gets a little warmer this time of year in the little part of west Toronto known as The Junction. That’s because once a year Dave McManus, the bass player and band leader known as “The Mayor Of The Junction” by his musical buddies in the area, celebrates his birthday with a bash that always…
Eby gets out from behind drums to channel Ozzy
As part of the Still Sunday Rock band Mike Eby did a lot of singing while serving as the group’s drummer prior to leaving after this past New Year’s Eve show along with bass player Nick Kennedy. Now Eby and Kennedy have teamed up with six-stringer John Travers to start a new Black Sabbath tribute…
Diners should Relish Steve Raiken’s songs of substance and captivating playing tonight
An affable and unprepossessing fellow, Steve Raiken is a performer whose engaging and thoughtful tunes grow on you as he gradually weaves a captivating spell with his deft, elegant fingerstyle guitar playing and sincere vocals and lyrics. In addition to several lovely instrumental tunes, he has songs about life’s evolving stages, family and, of course,…
Singer Maureen Leeson’s ascension as Area 52’s lead singer is no big mystery
If you aren’t familiar with the vocal talent of Rock/R&B singer Maureen Leeson, who fronts the Area 52 band returning tonight to Southside Johnny’s in Etobicoke, you may wonder where exactly she came from. But her voyage of artistic development is far from shrouded in mystery: she’s been singing in bands since being in college…
130126 Toronto Moon, Sat. January 26, 2022
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