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Kenny Shields – Letting Go

Keith Sharp
Kenny Shields – Letting Go
(Indigo Incorporated) For a band that totally revamped classic hits like The Small Faces’ `Tin Soldier’, Them’s `Here Comes The Night’ and The Rolling Stones’ `Under My Thumb,’ refashioning them as hit songs in their own right, it isn’t a stretch to envision lead vocalist Kenny Shields releasing an entire record of classic covers. “Letting Go” is just such a... Read More

Coming Around Again! – Honeymoon Suite

Keith Sharp
Coming Around Again! – Honeymoon Suite
Derry Grehan isn’t one to live in the past. Yes his band, Honeymoon Suite enjoyed a spectacular run of success in the mid 1980’s chalking up platinum sales of their Tom Treumuth produced self-titled first album and follow-up “The Big Prize” (produced by Bruce Fairbairn and Bob Rock). Yes they dominated the airwaves with a string of hit singles including... Read More

Michelle Wright – Strong

Keith Sharp
Michelle Wright – Strong
(Savannah) Having completed a cross-Canada tour that featured almost every whistle stop on the Trans-Canada Highway, Michelle Wright has released her latest recording “Strong” whose overall message promotes empowerment for women. Yes it’s a country album yet there’s an overall pop sensibility to the production, not unlike Faith Hill, the Dixie Chicks or The Band Perry. Wright sings about middle-aged... Read More

I Communicator – Alan Frew

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I Communicator – Alan Frew
“I am a communicator,” declares Alan Frew, singer and front man for the band Glass Tiger. The response was elicited by the question as to whether he is a singer or a motivational speaker. During GT’s hiatus during the 90s, Frew transformed himself from singer into speaker, focusing on the world of self-help. Being a self-confessed self-help junkie since his... Read More

Canadian Classic Rock Alive And Kicking

Keith Sharp
Canadian Classic Rock Alive And Kicking
Canadian classic rock music is alive and well and living in Spanish Ontario. This could be the only conclusion drawn from the success of a two-night festival, “Come Rock N Roar” August 16th and 17th staged at the Four Seasons Waterfront Complex at scenic Spanish Ontario located on the north shore of Lake Huron. Ron Stolar isn’t exactly a rock... Read More

Recovery is a Carnival – Alberta Flood Aid

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Recovery is a Carnival – Alberta Flood Aid
A carnival represents the upheaval of power, where the fool becomes king and the king becomes slave; a temporary change of social order and societal structure. After the flood, company presidents grabbed their gloves and boots and shoveled the mud out of working class homes, elevating the displaced with their sweat and grit. At McMahon Stadium, the boardroom suits danced... Read More

New Faces – Emilia

Keith Sharp
New Faces – Emilia
An honours graduate of York University’s Music Program for Jazz/vocal performance, Emilia Sadowski is currently registering a strong impression with a four-song EP – Flying Colors that has already chalked up significant airplay on CBC Radio. Think of Norah Jones’ breathy vocal style combined with Nelly Furtado’s lyrical presence and you have an idea of what this Toronto native is... Read More

It’s All Good – Canada’s First Family Of Country Music

Roman Mitz
It’s All Good – Canada’s First Family Of Country Music
Talk about good musical genes. First you have Canada’s legendary Good Brothers, twins Brian and Bruce, and brother Larry, who have been cranking out fine country and bluegrass for over 40 years. The next generation of Goods, Bruce’s sons Dallas and Travis, have found great success fronting much lauded roots rockers, The Sadies. If you thought that’s where the Good... Read More

Martha Johnson’s Courageous Battle

Keith Sharp
Martha Johnson’s Courageous Battle
Tuesday June 25th 2013 at Toronto’s Rivoli nightclub, Martha and the Muffins lead vocalist Martha Johnson is on stage with another Muffin, hubby Mark Gane plus a select group of musicians who are debuting her first solo record Solo One at this old fashioned CD release party. Gane glances over to his spouse to see if she’s holding up but... Read More

A Career With Many Toppings! – Alfie Zappacosta

Keith Sharp
A Career With Many Toppings! – Alfie Zappacosta
To the populace of the Greater Toronto Area, Alfie Zappacosta will always be known as that guy who sang the Pizza Nova commercial. Yes he has enjoyed great success, recording first with his debut band Surrender, then as a successful solo artist, winning Most Promising Male Vocalist and Best Album Juno Awards in 1988 before advancing to establish a viable... Read More

Toronto artists join benefit for flood victim, guitarist Amos Garrett

Keith Sharp
Toronto artists join benefit for flood victim, guitarist Amos Garrett
A distinguished and varied group of Toronto area musicians are coming together to perform at a benefit concert at Hugh’s Room on Wed. August 14. They are volunteering their talent to raise money to help guitarist Amos Garrett rebuild his home in High River Alberta, severely damaged by the recent flooding. Garrett, now 71, lost at least two guitars and... Read More