-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, July 31, 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,…
\ TO EAST \ He’s never played a musical note on any instrument that I’m aware of, but James Ratch has been responsible for more people enjoying more live music than many of those who call themselves career musicians. As a promoter of Hard Rock and other acts, as security director at live shows and…
\ TO CENTRAL \ We told you last month about some of the amazing instrumental and composing prowess of multi-dimensional songwriter/musician/artist Mark Sepic when he performed an evening at Relish tapas eatery in east TO. We mentioned his “Junkestra” project in passing in that article and one of the photos that accompanied it showed him…
\TO CENTRAL \ I wondered several weeks ago what had happened to the long-running Words and Music Salon series of eclectic talents when I couldn’t find it listed anywhere during its usual first Saturday of the month while researching that days shows back in June, nor again in July. I knew that the soirees hosted…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, July 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 websites. For Subscription details visit http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings are in larger,…
\ TO EAST \ With 23 Blues, Jazz or R&B acts out on the street along Queen Street East between Woodbine Avenue and Beech Avenue, the 30th annual Beaches International Jazz Festival kicks off its three-night Streetfest extravaganza this evening at 6 p.m. There’s a wide range of acts involved representing various sub-genres of Jazz…
Farmers markets are a popular feature in parks all across Ontario this time of year, and usually these days they often also include a live musical act. Although many of them take place during the morning or afternoon hours, when many folks are busy working, if you’re not constrained by a nine-to-five day gig you…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, July 24, 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,…
\ TO EAST \ Exactly one week prior to last night’s horrific shootings on Danforth Avenue that left two people dead, a child critically injured and 12 others hospitalized I had an encounter not far away from the scene of the assault with a fellow who claimed to own a gun and to be considering…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, July 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 Home or Event url. FOR SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS VISIT: http://www.torontomoon.ca/subscribe/ Advertisers’ listings…
By Mike Beggs, Special to TorontoMoon.ca \ BRAMPTON \ Hare-braiued hits like “Jesse’s Girl”, and “Fox On The Run” are off limits for many cover bands, but play right into the hands of the superb Orangeman. They make a regular stop for the second of two nights at the always reliable Jake’s Boathouse in Brampton…
\ TO CENTRAL \ We reported earlier this year on the new ep Safety Net released by TO Pop songwriter Carmen Toth for which a very successful and well attended release show was held Paddock Lounge, where she’s performed many times now both as a feature and as part of various multi-artist bills. Toth has…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Thursday, July 19, 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…
UPDATE: Apparently Alex Pangman has been taken ill so won’t be able to appear at the concert referenced in today’s story, but her band will be there and backing another stellar Jazz artist, Terra Hazelton. \ TO EAST \ Live concerts in parks are exceedingly popular this time of year and in addition to many…
\ TO CENTRAL \ While the personality and social skills of host Robert Pelletier of Felix & The Cats fame has thus far played an important role in the appeal of the weekly ABC Songwriters Circle shows at Amsterdam Bicycle Club, as I’ve told you previously, a lot also rests, of course, upon the skills…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Monday, July 16, 2021 For KEY to listings codes and schemata see note at end of shows list. Names of subscriberslyppear 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…
\ TO EAST \ A treasure of the TO music scene stretching back to the era when Yorkville was truly had a “village” feel and Yonge Street really was “where it was at” as the “TO Sound” ascended to prominence, Debbie Fleming continues to delight audiences and evolve. Today the singer equally at home in…
Message from Richard Rusk, brother of the late Ted Rusk: Today is Ted’s day. We lay him to rest with his parents and grandparents. And we celebrate his life with TEDstock. Whether you know him as a father, brother, uncle, cousin, friend or musician, I hope you can celebrate his life today. For those who…
-Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Friday, July 13, 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,…
By Mike Beggs, Special to TorontoMoon.ca \ PORT CREDIT-MISSISSAUGA \ It’s not presumptuous to suggest Freedom Train has taken the cover band to new heights. Consider that this trio racked up 175 gigs in 2017, was voted No. 1 Musician/Band by readers of both the Hamilton Spectator and View magazine and played for a crowd…
-Gary17, TorontoMoon.ca [email protected] * [email protected] SHOW LISTINGS for Wednesday, July 11, 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,…
It was a sad day for many of us who knew songwriter Ted Rusk when we learned of his passing on June 7, two weeks after suffering a massive coronary. While no formal public funeral was subsequently held, his family and several close friends and band mates from The Great Canadian Swampstompers are planning a…
