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August 31, 2021

\ TO WEST \ Summer is winding down and August is ending, as is the three-month run of Wednesday night showcases staged this summer by the BackTrack horn band at Cadillac Lounge in Parkdale. The free 7 p.m. shows in the club at 1296 Queen St. West (a little bit west of Dufferin) feature the…

August 30, 2021

\ TO EAST \ We told you a little bit about Enzo Simone and the Surf Riders band just about a year ago when the group briefly took over a Sunday jam at a bar in Pickering. That didn’t last too long, in part because Enzo is a pretty busy guy [see details below] and…

August 29, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, August 29, 2021 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…

August 28, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, August 28, 2021 Listings are organized by area in which shows take place and listed chronologically within each area field. 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 not…

August 27, 2021

\ TO EAST \ I’ve written a few times now about the remarkably diverse talents of Tony Quarrington, a composer, arranger/producer, guitar virtuoso, singer-songwriter and ubiquitous musical sidekick to highly regarded artists like Noah Zacharin, Brian Gladstone and Soozi Schlanger among many others. The Juno-winning “renaissance artist” —as I described him in an article about his…

August 27, 2021

Toronto Moon #020, 100121, Jan 21, 2010, Page 01: R.I.P. Paul Quarrington

August 26, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, August 26, 2021 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…

August 25, 2021

\ TO CENTRAL \ It’s set to be a scorcher today, with a “real feel” of 36 or 37 degrees Celsius, so a lot of people will be looking for air conditioned lounges, bars and restaurants for some relief. But while to my knowledge the air conditioning at Grossman’s Tavern is certainly working, it may…

August 24, 2021

\ TO UPTOWN \ Music and nature make a lovely combination, particularly this time of year, so the idea of hearing a concert in the Plein Air Garden at 345 Balliol Street has a uniquely pleasing appeal. The fact that today’s installment of the series features accomplished veteran balladeer and songwriter, Kirk Felix, accompanied by…

August 23, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, August 23, 2021 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…

August 22, 2021

\ TO EAST \ She’s never really had a public profile in the music biz, yet many in the Jazz genre and legions of east-Toronto music fans and fellow musicians across the city know who composer-songwriter and piano player Julie Long is. While Julie has spent most of her adulthood raising her kids, music has…

August 22, 2021

to-nite #035, November 01-15, 1994 Page 01, Cover, Laurel Long

August 21, 2021

\ ETOBICOKE \ No doubt many music fans are more aware than ever today after last night’s final Tragically Hip concert —which became a national event attracting no less than our Prime Minister among the fans and no doubt broke Canadian broadcast industry records for the number of viewers watching a live telecast— of how…

August 20, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, August 20, 2021 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…

August 19, 2021

\ TO WEST \ Despite this afternoon’s predicted searing temperatures and humidity, you’ll know the end of summer is nigh when you realize that today is the opening of what is either the 137th or 104th incarnation of the Canadian National Exhibition, aka CNE. (The fair was founded in 1879 but changed its name to…

August 18, 2021

\ TO CENTRAL \ As I mentioned in the introduction to the heartfelt obituary that Brian Jantzi wrote about Folk songwriter Christine Gaidies after her untimely passing last month, I never knew her, even though we were friends on social media for a little while. Those who were close to her describe Christine as an…

August 17, 2021

\ TO CENTRAL \ While many music fans are already wallowing in premature future nostalgia for the Tragically Hip band as the group completes its final farewell concerts this week, thousands of Boomers and no doubt many who wish they’d been alive in the 1960s will throng tonight to the site of the old Maple…

August 16, 2021

\ TO CENTRAL \ Perhaps it’s in part because he’s so generous of spirit that Brian Jantzi hasn’t received a lot of recognition for his original Roots-Rock tunes —yet. That may change later this year when it’s expected his debut album should be ready, but so far most of my coverage of this versatile and…

August 15, 2021

SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, August 15, 2021 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…

August 14, 2021

\ TO CENTRAL \ After several weeks in hospital for brain surgery and then time recuperating at home, double-slide Blues guitar icon Brian Cober is back in action and has announced that tonight he returns as host of his weekly Sunday night jam at Grossman’s Tavern downtown. It wasn’t his first medical scare —as we…

August 14, 2021

to-nite #025, June 01-15, 1994 Page 01, Cover, The Nationals

August 13, 2021

Performing in bars and at events has become a precarious way to try to make a living and that is even more difficult for bands with a strong component or exclusively original material on their rosters. There’s not really a shortage of gig opportunities for indie artists, providing you don’t mind getting paid $100-150 or…