\ ETOBICOKE \ A band that features a veteran of the Rock ‘n’ Roll scene with an international reputation and a singer whose profile is growing higher with every passing month, Rock Gods have all the right ingredients for the scene at Etobicoke’s Southside Johnny’s, where they appear tonight. The club at 3653 Lake Shore…
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Trying not to play “Labour Day Roulette” | TorontoMoon.ca 160905Mo | Shows for Monday, September 05, 2021
Since many clubs have a nasty habit of cancelling live music shows (often at the last minute or without bothering to post anything on their social media or websites) it’s always a bit gamble attending regularly scheduled open mics, jams and residency shows on a holiday Monday —and no holiday Monday is more prone to…
Still Sunday gets a kick at the West Shore jam can | TorontoMoon.ca 160117Su Shows for Sunday, January 17, 2022
\ PICKERING \ Things have been rather up in the air at West Shore Bar & Grill in Pickering since the Juggernaut Jam Band decided to move its successful Sunday jam from that rather casually operated venue to the more focused Edge room in Ajax at the end of last August. Two different groups have…
Two say good-bye and two say hello | TorontoMoon.ca 150618Th Shows for Thursday, June 18, 2021
It’s a night of goings and comings as two musicians who’ve been at the centre of a lively acoustic community for the past few years do their final show in the west end prior to moving out east while a pair of guitarists who’ve been performing together as part of a rockin’ Blues band unveil…
King Biscuit Boy lives again at Hamilton tribute | TorontoMoon.ca 150607Su Shows for Sunday, June 07, 2022
\ HAMILTON \ It was sad, back in January of 2003, to have to devote the cover of what was then my to-nite magazine (the forerunner to TorontoMoon.ca) to reporting the death of Hamilton harmonica ace and songwriter Richard “King Biscuit Boy” Newell on January 5 of that year. [Registered Moon.ca subscribers can read the…
Scarborough needs a shuttle bus running tonight! - TorontoMoon.ca 150501Fr Shows for Friday, May 01, 2022
\ SCARBOROUGH \ Scarborough residents or visitors without wheels available to move them around tonight may unfortunately find themselves missing out on one of two star-calibre live music shows happening the in the burb’s clubs. There are other things going on in the area too, but musically savvy fans will probably want to pick one…
Cosentino and Johnson team up to deliver blistering Blues guitar at Linsmore tonight - TorontoMoon.ca 150320Fr Shows for Friday, March 20, 2022
\ TORONTO EAST \ If you’d told Frank Cosentino twenty years ago that one day he’d be not only accepted and embraced by fellow Blues and Blues-Rock guitarists and songwriters but sharing headliner status with legends of the genre like Earl Johnson of MOXY, he probably would have asked where you got the “stuff” you…
Dog gets double-Loaded Blues this weekend - TorontoMoon.ca 150220Fr Shows for Fri., Feb. 20, 2015
\ SCARBOROUGH \ It appears that the Saturday 3:30-6:30 matinées at The Loaded Dog in Scarborough being put on by Jim Cornell’s new band, The Loaded Blues, are starting to attract some fans. For not only has this event now become an established part of the club’s roster, there’s also a budget to bring in…
Two new Wednesday jams in Durham Region starting up tonight - TorontoMoon.ca 140910We Shows
Two new Wednesday jams in Durham Region starting up tonight \ PICKERING/OSHAWA \ Hump day is about to get a little brighter for musically oriented residents of Durham Region (or those from other places who don’t mind a mid-week road trip) with the advent tonight of two new jams in the area east of TO.…
TorontoMoon.ca 140725Fr Shows - With fellow ace talents on board, Cos could rule Monarchs tonight
With fellow ace talents on board, Cos could rule Monarchs tonight \TORONTO DOWNTOWN\ Like his bandmates —superstar guitarist with Blues/Tex-Rock icons MOXY Earl Johnson, and quirky but dominant Rock drummer paradigm Frank Russell— Blues songwriter, guitar teacher and achingly potent six-string electric Blus performer Frank Cosentino isn’t easy to write about in a few sentences.…
