Monthly Archives: May 2016

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May 31, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Eleven musical and poetry performers will gather tonight as part of the monthly Poetry and Music Salon to help raise funds for victims of the Fort McMurray wild fires. The 6-8 p.m. event takes place in the theatre room of the Palmerston Library at 560 Palmerston Ave. a bit north of…

May 30, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I’m initially reluctant to say that Sarnia’s Marinol Nation is a band that has taken angst to a new level. With all the self-indulgent whiny emo groups on the alt-Rock scene these days, bleating nasally about the petty insults to their overly-indulgent Millennials’ sense of entitlement, many people may not understand…

May 29, 2022

\ TO EAST \ It’s been a bit over five years since I last wrote about Peter (or Pete as he seems to go by these days) Eastmure at which time I was very impressed with the album he was just releasing, Songs For Mezz. That disc, incorporating various genres and an interesting mix of…

May 29, 2022

Toronto Moon 110130, Sunday January 30, 2022

Peter Eastmure releasing cd at Dave’s Sun. Jan. 30 The music of Peter Eastmure eloquently makes the argument that attempting to classify an artist into a pigeonhole of “Folk”, “Jazz”, “Rock” or “Pop” is an artificial and essentially fruitless endeavour. For Eastmure’s songs, rich with his lush vocals and accompanied sometimes by a full orchestra,…

May 28, 2022

\ TO WEST \ West Toronto has become the pulsing heart of a live music scene that truly reflects the depth, breadth and variety of talents who actually live in Toronto more than almost any other part of the city. That leads to an interesting intermingling of styles and genres aptly demonstrated by the lineups…

May 27, 2022

The Dreadful Starlings 'Shack Up With The Downside' cover

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ As I wrote at the time of the release show for their latest album in February, The Dreadful Starlings are an alt-Pop band with charmingly catchy tunes that get your mind dancing as well as your body. Clever lyrics and rhymes and some substance are delivered with Rock/alt Pop melodies, beats…

May 26, 2022

\ TO EAST \ As I mentioned in an article last year and on previous occasions, Country-Pop combo The One Shot Band fronted by songwriter and singer-guitarist Rory Cummings is a highly entertaining act that in my view should be performing a whole lot more. While that’s not easy to organize, since several of the…

May 25, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN\ A lot of benefit concerts have been held recently —with many more planned— at which musicians are pitching in to help victims of the Fort McMurray area wildfires by raising funds, and may the gods bless them all for doing so. But it’s not just humans who have been left in dire…

May 24, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…

May 23, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Although there will be fireworks happening in various locations across the GTA tonight starting around 10 p.m. to celebrate Victoria Day, there’ll be musical explosions of a Rock ‘n’ Roll kind taking place earlier from 4 p.m. till whenever at a tiny bar on Bathurst Street to mark the birthday of…

May 22, 2022

\ TO EAST \ After a storied career as a much hailed Blues guitarist, Mike McKenna (inducted into the Canada South Blues Society Hall of Fame three years ago this month) has reached another milestone, turning 70 years old, and musical pals are helping him celebrate tonight. The latest in a memorable series of concerts…

May 21, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, May 21, 2022 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but have…

May 20, 2022

\ TO WEST \ It’s distressing to have to report, after telling you about a fine Parkdale bar that celebrated 21 years in business yesterday (Mezzrow’s), that another nearby room which has been trading upon a legacy of live music stretching back 16 years in its room appears now, under the current owners, to be…

May 19, 2022

\ TO WEST \ It’s been about four or five years since I last visited small but notable food and music hangout Mezzrow’s in the heart of Parkdale, but on that occasion, as every time previously, I had a thoroughly enjoyable time with the artistic crowd and staff that populate the place and give it…

May 18, 2022

\ TO EAST \ As I wrote almost exactly two years ago about the eclectic instrumental Jazz group BTBs, the trio that performs every Wednesday at Relish in east TO in its own way embodies a broad swathe of the genre’s evolution. “Jazz is restless. It won’t stay put and it never will. It is…

May 17, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Admission prices followed by a slash and minus (/-) after the…

May 16, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ I don’t know soundman Bernie Sandor but, judging by the lineup for a show at Orbit Room tonight to help him recover from a heart attack, a lot of very talented musicians appreciate his talents behind the board. Apparently following the recent heart episode he also had to have a quadruple…

May 15, 2022

\ SCARBOROUGH \ After a second hiatus from gigging action over the autumn and winter, it’s good to see classic Rock band Plaza Ratz is in action more regularly since getting back in the groove in March. The group, as I’ve described previously, puts on a high-energy show that gives new verve to classic faves.…

May 14, 2022

Country covers and originals band Big Tobacco and the Pickers are doing double duty today, with shows at Cameron House and Dakota Tavern giving fans who haven’t yet done so an opportunity to pick up a copy of their latest album, released exactly one year ago today. As we told you then, their sophomore disc,…

May 13, 2022

SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, May 13, 2016: Listings are organized by area in which the shows occur and within each area field shows are listed chronologically. Listings preceded by an asterisk (*) are repeating weekly events. (Double asterisk indicates repeating event with different hosts/guest/etc.). Events preceded by question mark (?) usually take place but…

May 12, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ Although he’s calling it “Ladies Gone Wild,” tonight’s edition of Brian Gladstone’s “Best of Dr. B’s” installment at Free Times Café features five femmes who are more like to be showing class than … you know. There are several female songwriters and singers who take part in Gladstone’s weekly open stage…

May 11, 2022

\ TO DOWNTOWN \ As noted in previous articles, acoustic Pop/Roots duo Mark Yan and Barry Mulcahy of Brampton are getting more and more busy in recent months and May continues that trend. Tonight they appear as the feature attraction at Fat Albert’s open stage, which takes place every Wed. in the Steelworkers Hall at…