By Mike Beggs, Special to TorontoMoon.ca \ PORT CREDIT-MISSISSAUGA \ Jeanine Mackie is one of three acts in steady rotation at Snug Harbour Restaurant in Port Credit, which offers a picturesque view of where the Credit River empties into Lake Ontario and a broad menu with calamari, and fish ‘n chips among the affirmed favourites. …
\ HAMILTON \ Already an icon in the music industry, if not quite a household name, songwriter Lori Yates is widely regarded as a founder of the genre today called alt-Country/ Combining elements of Country and Rock into a lively and often pointed sound with songs that go beyond “my baby left me” subject matter,…
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After learning over the weekend about the recent death of yet another old friend, this one from my youth in the 1960s, I inevitably have been reflecting on the summer of 1968 when he and I were pretty good pals and I spent many an afternoon and evening in his basement at his band’s rehearsals…
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\ TO WEST \ Musicians and their fans in the Junction area are calling on people to boycott performing at or patronizing longtime live music venue Axis Gallery & Grill after a band’s show was cancelled with no compensation upon their arrival at the bar last Saturday night. It’s the latest in a series of…
\ TO CENTRAL \ As the summer solstice is upon us this evening songwriter Lynn Harrison will once again celebrate the longest day of the year with a special evening of interdisciplinary artists for the third anniversary show tonight for her monthly “The Bridge” series of open mics. But in addition to that benchmark celebration,…
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Although it did not come as a surprise to anyone —except possibly Peter Mathieson himself— the passing of the veteran Folk singer and wit the morning of Monday June 18 nevertheless was a cause for profound sadness among his many friends, fans and fellow players. The irrepressible humourist, bon vivant and crafter of delightfully clever…
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By Mike Beggs, Special to TorontoMoon.ca \ MISSISSAUGA \ I haven’t fired a Nerf gun since my kids were little. But that will be one of the props provided when the Screamin’ Evil Blues Band —billing itself as “exceptional talent…wasted” — returns to Caven’s Alley bar tonight. They also use no effects pedals, nor a…
\ TO EAST \ Land’s sakes alive! For a bunch of “outlaw Country” roughriders these boys in High Court County sure do clean up nice when you get ‘em in the studio! Folks who are used to seeing this high-energy group perform quite masterfully at gigs all across southern Ontario over the past couple of…
\ TO WEST \ It’s a much younger-looking Brian Gladstone on the cover of his new Brianology album —his first in eleven years after a spate of them in the preceding decade— than you might recognize if you’ve known or have met the venerable Roots songwriter in person. But that is perhaps fitting given how…
\ TO WEST \ With the weekly Hump Night Blues series organized by Dave McManus on hiatus for the summer from its new home at La Rev in the Junction area, the room is sticking with local Blues talent during the break by bringing in Juno-winning songwriter Julian Fauth every Wednesday night. It’s a good…
\ TO WEST \ Songwriter and enthusiastic promoter of local indie acts Steve York has been running the weekly Indie Tuesdays at Piston for three-and-a-half years now and has been involved in the weekly Sunday open mic at Supermarket stretching back over eleven years, as we’ve told you in previous articles. With all that energy…
By Mike Beggs, Special to TorontoMoon.ca \ PORT CREDIT-MISSISSAUGA \ One of the stars of the fertile Port Credit club scene, Gracie continues her weekly solo residency tonight at Spice Lounge & Tapas, 52 Lakeshore Rd. E. More often than not sitting down with her Gretsch electric guitar, she wows people as she soars, swoons,…
