The Blues are the cornerstone of popular music along with Jazz and Country. The Blues are thriving despite mainstream media’s lack of attention.
Please listen below as several Blues artists stop by and introduce some new Blues tunes.
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From Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, Canadians all over plant flowers for everyone to smell.
Check out a few of those songs and support music everywhere. Do not stream – buy. After all, pies from your local bakery aren’t free ?
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How many singers or musicians do you know named Dave?
Have a listen below and see if you know the Daves you knew?
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It has been forty years this month since that song hit the Billboard Top 100. The Kings were ( for all intensive purposes) a one hit wonder. August 23rd, 1980, The Kings also marked history by closing the now-legendary Heatwave Festival in Toronoto. The Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Nick Lowe and Rockpile, Teenage Head, the B-52’s, and The Kings.
That story is of a hard-working band hailing from Vancouver, BC and Oakville, ON that appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, was nominated for a JUNO Award, named ‘Most Promising Group’ by Cashbox Magazine, hit Platinum-selling status, and has released five studio albums, two live albums, a live DVD, an anthology, a documentary, and numerous hit singles — including “another rocking two-fer,” “Circle of Friends / Man That I Am.” The 2018 single was somewhat like arriving full circle; it was mixed in Nashville by industry legend Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS), who also helmed the same role on their 1980’s debut, The Kings Are Here, and sophomore follow-up, Amazon Beach.
Their midnight appearance at the now-storied Toronto-area festival — produced by John Brower–that’s inspired the exclusive release of The Kings: Live at Heatwave, a 30-minute concert movie
“The Kings and Teenage Head were the only bands that gave permission to be filmed,” recalls founding member Dave Diamond. “As Teenage Head’s audio has disappeared, this is the only surviving, authentic, and original sync footage from that day.”
“It was digitally restored frame by frame from its 16mm colour negative, and combined with authentic, remastered sound,” adds fellow founder Mister Zero. Sonny Keyes also chimes in: “The sound was recorded onsite by Comfort Sound’s Doug McClement on 8 track half inch analog tape and sounds amazing!”
“We’d worked hard and were ready for a gig like this,” says drummer Max Styles.
The Heatwave Festival at Mosport Park turned heads from the onset between its high profile roster, ultimate crowd size, and that it sat at a cultural turning point in the evolution of new wave music. (It was also marred with some scandal, but… Aren’t they all?)
“For some reason, they didn’t film our whole 55 minute set,” Diamond muses. “But there’s almost half an hour here, and we’re very proud of it.”
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The Festival team worked tirelessly to mount the most exciting event possible, given the exceptional Covid circumstances , and it required some ingenuity, some gumption, a forward-thinking perspective, and a whole lot of creativity, but the results speak for themselves and the numbers tell an amazing story:
*Over 50,000 hours watched
*60,000+ engagements during the live streams
*25 million+ digital impressions on our social media platforms
The 25 performances included live sets from some of the most celebrated musicians in the world, all of whom chose to make Montreal their home (like Bïa, Dominique Fils-Aimé, the Barr Brothers, and Charlotte Cardin and many more), while archived concerts from past Festivals including Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan were a huge draw as well.
Jazz in the street – a special project presented by Rio TintoThere’s more to come, too! Soon! Fans in Montreal who have been missing out on seeing live music right before their eyes will be given the chance to live it all anew when a series of popup events and performances will take to the streets in the coming days. Music lovers should definitely keep their eyes open and follow their ears as different neighbourhoods will be ringing out with the sounds of jazz and hip hop between August 27th and 30th… but for now, details are forthcoming. Stay Tuned.
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Whether it was penning the title track for the Mel Gibson film Lethal Weapon or reaching the Top Fifty in the United States – Honeymoon Suite took full advantage of a decade fueled by videos.
The band was formed in 1981 and as a fortieth anniversary approaches – Honeymoon Suite are at it again.
Please listen below to the new single by Honeymoon Suite and listen to lead vocalist and guitarist Johnnie Dee talk about Honeymoon Suite
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Lots of new Blues albums coming out this Fall and into 2021. Some legends and some rookies.
Charlie Musslewhite and Elvin Bishop top the heap as wily old veterans while newcomer Chris Cain displays why the future of The Blues looks great.
Please listen below to some great new tunes and a precursor to the best upcoming Blues releases !
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Today, SCENE, Canada’s #1 Entertainment Loyalty Program, announced its new partnership with music label, Universal Music Canada, to showcase top artists and emerging performers through interactive programming. Starting with a livestream music event on August 26, the new initiative will introduce and feature a variety of artists and offer SCENE members exclusive content, socially distanced fan experiences and live events.
The inaugural SCENE Music event will be live-streamed from The Rec Room Toronto on August 26, 8:00 PM ET for SCENE members across the country to join in. This will be The Rec Room Toronto’s first live event since closing its doors due to COVID-19 earlier this year, and marks the venue opening for safe music experiences in the coming months.
Headlining the event is JUNO Award-winning, Toronto-based rock band The Beaches, who have been making waves since their 2018 JUNO award win for Breakthrough Group of the Year. Along with performing at a number of North America’s biggest music festivals, including Osheaga, Festival d’été de Québec and Austin City Limits, and opening for the likes of The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters and Alanis Morrissette, The Beaches headlined their own highly successful The Professional Tour earlier this year, which culminated in three sold-out shows at The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto.
The Beaches will perform live at The Rec Room Toronto along with JUNO-nominated alternative pop group and Universal Music Canada band Valley, who have garnered over 60 million global streams and spent 2019 touring North America as support for Lennon Stella and The Band Camino on sold out tours. Additionally, singer-songwriter Soran from Montréal will grace the stage virtually with his blend of dance music, reggae, funk and soul.
The event will be in support of Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, where over the last month nearly $210,000 in donations from SCENE provided kids across the country with unforgettable experiences to enjoy with their friends and families. The impact of these donations will be celebrated in a live-streamed segment during the SCENE Music event. Fans can tune into the music event through SCENE.ca/music and get close to the action by participating in digital games and polls.
“We’re looking forward to this partnership with SCENE to bring some of our exciting Universal Music Canada artists into the homes of music lovers across Canada,” added Kristen Burke, EVP and General Manager of Universal Music Canada. “The Beaches, Valley and Soran all know how to put on a show and are the perfect artists to kick-off this new music program.”
Tune in on Wednesday, August 26 at 8:00 PM ET on SCENE.ca/music and dance along to hit songs and new singles, right from home! It is time to show that we’re better together, even if we’re apart. Members can use the hashtag #BetterTogether or visit SCENE’s social channels on Facebook (Facebook.com/SCENE), Twitter (@SCENECard) and Instagram (@SCENECard) to show how they are reconnecting with the people who matter most.
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The only hockey player who died from The Spanish Flu was the Montreal Canadiens’ Joe Hall.
The Stanley Cup finals in 1919 took place in Seattle. Covid -19’s first outbreak in North America was at an old folk’s home in Seattle. Just one twist of fate for The Canadiens’ 2019 -20 run for The Stanley Cup.
Please listen below to more oddities that point in favor of The Montreal Canadiens winning a championship and listen to some great motivating tunes.
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Canada’s poet laureate of The Blues Paul Reddick applies creativity into his brand of music. It ain’t pure Blues, it ain’t pure Rock n Roll. It is a blend of all genres which makes up great Rock with a lot of Roll and a little bit Country.
Alive in Italia is the new Paul Reddick album. The Gamblers join him live on stage along with two very special Canadians.
Please listen below to some great tunes and a great chat with Paul.
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Visually – concerts and music ‘mini films’ can be stunning. Messages from artists and directors alike can be solidified inside your psyche. Subliminally or conscientiously.
The appearance of musicians can form the sincerest form of flattery through imitation. A young child may evolve into the next Pavarotti or McCartney witnessing a magical video backed by sublime sounds.
Please watch and listen below to some great visuals and hear great new and old tunes. Should we call you an agent?
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Actually, even after knowing the authorized version of the lyric, it still sounds that Hendrix is singing ‘kiss this guy’. It is possible that he phrased it ambiguously. He certainly played around with the lyric in later live performances.
Mick Jagger plays with lyrics. Often mispronouncing sounds both in the studio and live. James Brown told Jagger; “This way – if you forget the words, nobody will know …’
Please listen below to some new tunes and see if you can understand all the words?
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Sit back, stop reading sad (bad stuff) on social media, have a snack and unwind.
Please listen below to some Sunday after dinner tunes.
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Hall and Oates not only conquered the seventies – they destroyed the eighties as well. Six number one hits are not part of very many songwriter’s vocabulary.
Like many musicians, Oates is layered. What you have heard within Hall and Oates is the tip of the iceberg. Sometimes – songwriters and musicians work in a genre that derives success. Why bite the guitar pick that feeds you?
Please listen below to my conversation with John Oates about Hall and Oates and his most recent project with The Good Road Band; Live in Nashville
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Hall and Oates not only conquered the seventies – they destroyed the eighties as well. Six number one hits are not part of very many songwriter’s vocabulary.
Please listen below to some of Hall and Oates’ best tunes and the stories behind them. John Oates’ new track paying homage to Don Gibson? Worth the price of admission alone.
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Just because things have never been heard before, it doesn’t mean they were not done before. The ‘tree falls in the forest’ scenario. In music – many artists come from one place and wind up in another. Travelling the globe physically and spiritually. Antennas up, hands on chords.
Please listen below to some new tunes from Paul Reddick and John Oates among others.
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Fast forward to 2020 and – not so much. Along with Jazz – inspired drumming, the saxophone added energy and emotion to Rock n Roll. Not only did the Sax add layers – it also grounded the musician’s and listener’s souls.
Please listen below to some of the best Sax solos in Rock n Roll history.
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Some artists such as Kim Mitchell do not like the idea. First – a live show increases the performance of the artist. The energy between the audience and the stage is like a shot of heroin. Creativity and comfort- ability replaces the trepidation of catalogs new and old in artists new or old. People sitting in their cars and honking after a song? A definitive no -no for artists such as Mitchell. Energy cannot pass through glass after all?
Another reason artists do not like the idea in the time of a pandemic is safety. Lives before money. Health before happiness. In Kim Mitchell’s case, he is also part of the high risk category health -wise since his heart attack a few years ago. Covid’s (the government’s) effects paint many canvasses in vastly different colors. Mitchell not wanting to place himself or his audience in danger.
Therefore it is a slippery slope that folks like The Damn Truth and Evenko maneuvered. They were damned if they did – damned if they did not.
Saturday evening at The Royalmount Drive – In Theater, Montreal’s premiere Rock n Roll band The Damn Truth (along with Osheaga and Evenko), did something that Montreal has never seen or heard before. A Rock n Roll Drive – In concert.
The excitement in a punter as they approached the entrance (with the stage looming in the background) momentarily erased everything Covid. Suddenly you were fifteen again and visions of Elton John at Jarry Park danced through your head quicker than an Elton John hissy fit. Suddenly you were transported to the days in front of The Montreal Forum at Atwater Park. Part of the fun of live music is the anticipation. The people you encounter along the way to the opening chords, all with the same goal in mind, is a profound variable that sets live music apart from a turntable in a basement. The buzz in the air, the smoke in the air.The music from the ‘flavors of the day’ creating magic in the air through surrounding mega – watt speakers. Ambience 101.
The staff at Roylamount Drive – In are Grade A. They politely guide you to a parking space which has been delegated two meters apart from your neighbor. Instructions to wear a mask in washrooms and any indoor space are transmitted and received. Food comes to you through mask wearing vendors while roller-blading masked females attempt to sell band merchandise. Zeppelin, The Stones and The Beatles are the violins to this initial voyage for all passengers.
‘The stage is set, the band will start playing and suddenly your heart is pounding.Wishing secretly you were a star.’
Social distancing police (aka security) have eyes on you. Step away from the front of you car into the aisles to dance or talk to a neighbor two meters away? Frowned upon. Mask or no mask – your parking spot is your home for social distancing. You better really like the person you came with or start calling a lawyer who specializes in homicide.
Life itself, day-to-day operations have many conflicting rules with Covid and a Drive In Rock n Roll concert imitates life. A non masked walk to the merchandise table or to the food vendors or to anywhere except in the aisles is allowed. You can speak to anyone along the way respecting social distancing rules with mask on face or mask (brass) in pocket. That feeling of ‘Yes sir – No sir’ sung by The Kinks many moons ago is non Rock n Roll. Rebellion and teenage (adult) angst is the prime motivator behind Rock music. A drive in concert does not allow the finger in the face of authority. For that reason – the energy from the crowd, the gas to the artist is absent. No dancing in front of cars, no screaming in front of cars and polite applause following a song is not a Mick Jagger’s grand-kids’ concert.
The Damn Truth put on a top notch show musically and performance -wise. Lee -La Baum, the lead vocalist, enthusiastic thanking everyone for coming and how much live music is missed by the band. Baum’s vocals as crisp or soft as the stages of life itself. New songs were preformed by The Damn Truth for the first time as isolation paused the band’s new record recording sessions. Isolation paused the fan’s hunger. Guitarist Tom Shemer, bassist PY Letellier and drummer Dave Traina did not display rust. A sign of a professional band is the ability to drive fast and safe – blindfolded or not.
The audience had great intentions as well. Pressure seemed deflated in their faces as they viewed the stage,the screen and the ambiance. A relief to be out. A relief to be doing something ‘normal’ once again.
Polarizing or not …
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It is imperative to not live in the past. Growing continually not only keeps the old young – it increases your chances of living long and building a strong immune system.
Albums, EPs and songs hit the airwaves everyday. Most get little attention on mainstream media.
Please listen below to Some of The Best New Tunes Released This Past Week
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Due to the restrictions placed by the governments – live music has taken a huge hit. Montreal especially.
No Jazz Festival. No Osheaga. No Blues Festivals – the list is long and sad.
Please listen below to my chat with the drummer of The Damn Truth; Dave Traina.
Montreal’s top band are performing at
The Royalmount
Drive – In Aug. 1st
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It is imperative to not live in the past. Growing continually not only keeps the old young – it increases your chances of flirting with a more fit, less wrinkly crowd.
New tunes are released daily and most can only be heard right here.
Please listen below to Some of The Best New Tunes
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It is imperative to not live in the past. Growing continually not only keeps you young – it increases your chances of flirting.
New tunes are released daily and most can only be heard right here.
Please listen below to Some of The Best New Tunes
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Starting as a Blues Band in 1962 – The Rolling Stones (decade after decade), have never strayed far from their first love.
A catalog as vast and diverse as The Stones contains many pure Blues songs along with Blues – inspired tunes. Is it possible to choose ten? Maybe?
Please listen below to The Top Ten Rolling Stones Blues Songs
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Normally masks are worn at Hallowe’en.
Masks scare liitle kids and masks keep doctor’s germs away from open wounds during normal times.
Please listen below to some tunes about masks and hear the two different opinions relating to Covid.
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Country music, like most of society, has lost it’s soul. You cannot sing about a love relationship complete with heartbreak if you declared a life of celibacy and live in a monastery.
That said – the new generation of Country artists do their best to add the legacy of Country music to their new songs within a modern day commercial world. You cannot blame the butcher if a cow is not well fed.
Please listen below to some of The Best New Country Songs Released in 2020
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Everyday new music is coming from all corners of the world. Covid or not.
It is essential to buy albums so musicians can create and in the near future – live shows will not be promoted solely by corporations.
Please listen below to some of The Best New Music Released This Week and Some Music Information.
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SPECIAL GUESTS – DAN AYKROYD, COLIN JAMES, JAMES COTTON, COLIN LINDEN, JONAS & WAYNE JACKSON OF THE MEMPHIS HORNS
In celebration of Father’s Day and what would have been the final date of The Legendary Downchild Blues Band’s 50th Anniversary Tour, the band are streaming their “Live At Massey Hall” concert in its entirety as a FREE SHOW for fans on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 7:00 Pm (EST), all in support of a very important cause, the Unison Benevolent Fund.
Downchild were joined on stage by some very special guests for their historic “Live At Massey Hall” performance, including Hollywood Star Dan Aykroyd, blues/rock icon Colin James, American blues legend, James Cotton, Grammy Award winner Colin Linden, Montreal chart topping rocker Jonas and the one and only Wayne Jackson of The Memphis Horns.
Donations to Unison in conjunction with the Downchild concert can be made by texting UNISON to 45678 or visiting UnisonFund.ca/Donations/Spotify
All donations made to Unison will be matched by Spotify as part of the Spotify COVID-19 Music Relief project that has been created to amplify the efforts of organizations that focus on helping those most in need, like the Unison Benevolent Fund. Spotify will match donations made to Unison dollar for dollar up to a collective total of $10 million USD.
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Over the past few weeks, 1000 singers from across the globe — professional and amateur alike — answered Judy Collins’ call to sing “Amazing Grace” with her as a sign of solidarity in this unprecedented time.
This new version of Judy’s historic recording is out now, and Alan Cumming, Judith Owen, Steve Earle, Madeleine Peyroux, Mandolin Orange, and Tift Merritt — plus internationally known choirs like The Sixteen, New York Choral Society, Voices International, and GOA University Choirare — are just some of the singers who participated in this Global Virtual Chorus event.
“I recorded ‘Amazing Grace’ with a group of friends at Saint Paul’s Chapel on the Columbia University campus in New York City,” Collins recalls. “When my recording was released, it became enormously popular all over the world.
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Mick Jagger is the greatest front-man in Rock n Roll history. Nobody can combine all the nuances and different vocal styles while dancing, playing harp and guitar.
According to Keith Richards – ‘Mick is a wonderful bunch of guys …”
When the front-man of The Rolling Stones can put out solo songs that outdo the amount of quality songs by most modern day artists half his age, it is safe to say Michael Phillip Jagger will go down as one of the greatest songwriters in music history.
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