SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, November 30, 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…
-by Beverly Kreller, SPEAK Music \ TO WEST \ Think Earth, Wind and Fire meets Enrique Iglesias, The Supremes meet Carlos Santana, and you have Toronto band The Achromatics. On their debut album, being released tonight at Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas St. W.) They move effortlessly between R&B, Blues, Soul, Pop, tasty Funk, Jazz and…
SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, November 28, 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…
SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, November 27, 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 Home or Event url. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger, highlighted type, include…
Under any circumstances going to see Toronto Rockabilly outfit Sin City Boys at the new Seanachai club on Danforth near Donlands is an absolute pleasure. But on Friday, October 30 the fun will be compounded as the group, fronted by longtime fixture on the TO Blues and Country Rock scenes, Kevin Jollimore, releases its third…
\ TO EAST \ Maybe it’s just the cantankerousness of advancing years speaking, but personally I find it unseemly that we’re already, a full month before Christmas Day, being inundated with themed events and relentless airwaves gifting advertising of materialistic crap in the name of that holiday. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas —in…
It’s hard not to become more aware —painfully so often— of the whirring by of time as we get older and as those we’ve loved or liked or partied or played with or whose talents we’ve enjoyed simply as spectators drop off the mortal plane one by one. Much sooner than most of us would…
Norm Hacking, August 1, 2021 - November 25, 2021
Full article on sudden death of Kenny MacLean appears in our Archives section.
\ TO EAST\ It’s exactly two months shy of two years since the death of eccentric and superbly gifted multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Lee Van Leer (as C.J. Feeney was known on the local music scene) but memories of his engaging, eager persona and scintillating talent still burn bright. It’s to pay tribute to his memory…
\ TO CENTRAL \ It’s their first time sharing a showcase billing tonight, but earnest, heartfelt Roots songwriters Mark Yan and Brian Jantzi couldn’t have easily found a much better fit than one another to share a night and backing band for their sets at their “Alt-Thanksgiving Show” at Free Times Café this evening. The…
SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, November 22, 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 CENTRAL \ We’ve written a few times now about veteran songwriter and acclaimed inventive guitar player Alex Radeff and his Donkey band, which, as we mentioned in July at the debut of a very short-lived series at a Junction area club that was in upheaval, sort of typifies the struggles of many an…
\ TO EAST \ After just over a decade as the host of an open mic he created at Dora Keogh after quitting his bartending job there in order to maintain a relationship with the owners, Julian Taylor is handing over the reins of the event to longtime pal Tyler Ellis. The event, as we’ve…
Musician, radio host and music promoter Zest learned first-hand touring northern Ontario and playing in bars how the impact of oppression of indigenous peoples affects everyday life. And it’s that memory, combined with inspiration from a painting of the late Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack by London, Ontario visual artist Cynthia Mackenzie, that prompted…
SHOW LISTINGS for Saturday, November 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…
\ PETERBOROUGH \ For many years Dobro Restaurant in Peterborough was an oasis of live music in the Kawartha Region and still today, despite not doing much of a job of letting people know about it (it no longer has a functioning website and its Facebook page only contains photos of past events and food…
SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, November 16, 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…
\ TO CENTRAL \ Most often seen on the music scene behind a drum kit with other musicians (which is about the only time he’s at all constrained by norms or parameters), gifted artist, compelling songwriter and sartorial dandy Jace Traz is worth going out of your way to see perform when he takes the…
\ TO CENTRAL \ One of Canada’s most acclaimed songwriters who’s almost a household name, Kurt Swinghammer has fans who are on the tips of mainstream music fans’ tongues and is cited as an influence by many young lyrically-oriented indie artists. These days he has an acclaimed original Roots-Rock band, Communism, that includes Don Kerr…
