\ TO WEST \ By Beverly Kreller \ TORONTO – The popular Roncesvalles community musical event Catweazle tonight hosts a farewell show for Native New Yorker Michael Holt, who moved to Toronto in 1998. Though broad success eluded him, he found new meaning as a neighbourhood musician and community organizer, and is now moving back…
Monthly Archives: June 2017
R.I.P.: Hervé Basset to be remembered July 1 at Hideout
Shock and dismay has engulfed the Facebook profile of keyboardist extraordinaire Hervé Basset since it was learned he passed away shortly after being carried out on a stretcher from a gig he was playing Tuesday June 27 at Cadillac Lounge. A wide range of musicians from disparate genres recounted not only his huge talent…
Hervé Basset still going strong Wednesdays at Roc’n Doc’s -excerpt article from 120104, Toronto Moon January 02, 2022
TorontoMoon.ca 170629Th | Shows for Thursday, June 29, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, June 29, 2021 TDTJF = TD Toronto Jazz Festival For KEY to other listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in…
TorontoMoon.ca 170628We | Shows for Wednesday, June 28, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, June 28, 2021 TDTJF = TD Toronto Jazz Festival For KEY to other listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in…
THE SCRATCHY NEEDLE 006: Thank You For Mentioning Canada in Canadian Songs
\ By Donna Lypchuk for TorontoMoon.ca \ In celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, I have put together a list of songs that mention Canada in their lyrics and that are written and sung by Canadians. It is fascinating to note that many classic songs that mention the actual word “Canada” were in fact penned by…
Will The Roncy Boys make you squeal or scream? | TorontoMoon.ca 170627Tu | Shows for Tuesday, June 27, 2021
\ TO WEST \ We told you last fall, on the occasion of a reprise staging of their original art-Rock opera known as “The Devil’s Swan,” a little about The Roncy Boys, a trio of gifted musicians and writers who apply their talents in a somewhat outrageous and either delightful or despicable manner according perhaps…
Don’t take Fauth for granted just because he’s free | TorontoMoon.ca 170626Mo | Shows for Mon. June 26, 2021
\ TO CENTRAL DOWNTOWN \ As some of the videos that periodically go mildly viral on the internet show in a variety of situations, it’s easy to take huge talents for granted when we encounter them casually —say a prodigy playing a rare and expensive violin on a street corner, a Rock star busking…
TorontoMoon.ca 170625Su | Shows for Sunday, June 25, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, June 25, 2021 NXNE = North By North East Festival TDTJF = TD Toronto Jazz Festival For KEY to other listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. FOR SUBSCRIPTION…
Wayne Neon carries on Free Times open mic while Dr. B heals | TorontoMoon.ca 170624Sa | Shows for Saturday, June 24, 2021
\ TO DOWNTOWN \ There’s a lot of live music that people can consume happening all over the GTA today, what with the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, North By North East and Pride celebrations all in full swing —not to mention regional and neighbourhood celebrations like the Junction Solstice Festival and others. But for those…
Now you really have seen something: Randy Bachman headlines Jazz festival | TorontoMoon.ca 170623Fr | Shows for Friday, June 23, 2021
\ TO CENTRAL DOWNTOWN \ He’s the man who gave the world “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” and at least a dozen other seminal Rock-Pop smash hits (“Taking Care of Business”, “Let It Ride”, “American Woman”, “No Sugar Tonight”, “Undun” and “These Eyes” to name just a few) with two iconic bands, Guess Who and…
TorontoMoon.ca 170622Th | Shows for Thursday, June 22, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, June 22, 2021 NXNE = North By North East Festival. For KEY to other listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are…
With tonight’s show The Bridge now spans two years | TorontoMoon.ca 170621We | Shows for Wed. June 21, 2021
\ TO CENTRAL, DOWNTOWN \ The monthly series of open participation shows known as “The Bridge” hosted by Lynn Harrison tonight marks its second anniversary and demonstrates how her distinctive and successful approach to an open mic event has been not a gimmick but a kind of reinvention of the concept of interactive multi-artist evenings.…
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THE SCRATCHY NEEDLE 005: Music to Murder By
\ By Donna Lypchuk for TorontoMoon.ca \ I have murder on mind lately, not because I particularly feel like killing anyone, but because I ran across a YouTube video of an Alfred Hitchcock album I used to love as a ten-year old called Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By. This wonderful 1958 novelty…
TorontoMoon.ca 170620Tu | Shows for Tuesday, June 20, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, June 20, 2021 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…
Seb’s Swan shows could be called Memory Lane Mondays | TorontoMoon.ca 170619Mo | Shows for Monday, June 19, 2021
\ TO EAST \ I was disappointed this weekend to have not been feeling a little better in order to be able to attend what by all accounts (and the video evidence posted on Facebook) was a marvellous event marking the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love” and the halcyon days of Yorkville that…
TorontoMoon.ca 170618Su | Shows for Sunday, June 18, 2021
SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, June 18, 2021 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscribers appear in bold, are underlined and, where applicable, include a live link to their websites. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include live link to…
Amongst a plethora of great shows, one has a special glow | TorontoMoon.ca 170617Sa | Shows for Saturday, June 17, 2021
\ TO WEST \ It’s a busy day and evening with some truly great musical offerings all across Toronto and the GTA and surrounding areas. But nowhere will it be any more diverse, absorbing or gratifying than what you can find this afternoon on Roncesvalles Avenue in TO’s west end area. The strip between Queen…
Silver Dollar stealing one more scene with spectacular show tonight | TorontoMoon.ca 170616Fr | Shows for Fri. June 16, 2021
\ TO CENTRAL \ You know those scenes in horror movies and some murder mystery thrillers where the supposedly dead suddenly come back to life, shocking the hell out of everyone and stealing one last scene before being finally decisively despatched by the hero? I sort of felt like I was watching one of those…
Your best Shot at celebrating Relish’s 12th may be a day early | TorontoMoon.ca 170615Th | Shows for Thursday, June 15, 2021
\ TO EAST \ Since tomorrow night’s epic 12th birthday celebration for tiny but mighty east TO music bar Relish at 2152 Danforth Ave. is almost certainly going to be very difficult to get into (it is not a large room, even with the new patio), some savvy people who want to tip their hat…
Got those Algorithm Blues?
Toronto Moon is the daily online magazine that covers the live music scene in the GTA. As the successor to my hard-copy to-nite magazine (and “grandchild” of The Open Season) it is the publication that writes about the performers you actually know. The Moon reflects the shining light of stars in the local music universe,…
