The Canadian music community has exploded this week with activity. If people have the February Blues it’s most probably in a song. It’s so great to see that the pandemic has not slowed down our creativity. Without further ado, here’s where the Canadian music action is…
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GWNTERTAINMENT #7 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Andrew Michelin, Bad Breed, Black Creek Reign, Blue Peter, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Carole Pope, Church of Trees, Dan McLean Jr, Danny Fernandes, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drae, Electicus, GWNtertainment, Holly Cole, Jaimie Vernon, Jean-Paul De Roover, Jeff Woods, Jesse Moskaluke, KLM Sisters, Live From The Upstairs Basement Sessions. Kops Records, Oakville Centre For the Performing Arts, Oscar Peterson, RD Fex, Rob Preuss, Royal Wood, The All Canadian Soundclash, UnCovered – Notes From The Heart, Willie Dunn on February 22, 2021 by segariniJaimie Vernon – GWNtertainment Issue 02
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Brendan Frazer, Carole Pope, Church of Trees, Curtis Jonnie, DBAWIS, Din Skysinger, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duris Maxwell, Eh! C.A.B., F-105, Guenther Kapelle, GWNtertainment, Jaimie Vernon, Jim Huff, Leahy, Len Mizzoni, Men Without Hats, Myk St Cyr, Rob Preuss, Shingoose, Strange Advance, Tony Springer, Wild T & The Spirit on January 18, 2021 by segarini
The response to our first issue of the reborn GWNtertainment Magazine last week
(https://bobsegarini.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/jaimie-vernon-gwntertainment/) has been positive and encouraging as I’m now getting artists and their reps sending news releases and links to new music. As it should be. Keep those cards and letters coming, kids. Now we go live where our Polar Swim Team is about to cross the Bering Strait in their birthday suits…
Pat Blythe – Forest City London Music Awards Wrap-Up, CMW …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Aeolian Hall, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, Carole Pope, CMW, Dashboard Rattle, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, FCLMA, Fifth of Jazz, Forest City London Music Awards, Greg Simpson, James Blonde, London Music Hall of Fame, luvthemusic, Mario Circelli, Mark Henning Jazz Quartet, monowhales, Parvaaz, Pat Blythe, Paul Aitken Trio, Paul DeLong, Quintessential Jazz Combo, Rivoli, Sarah Smith, Susan Aglukark, Swagger, SwinGrowers, TD Sunfest, The PepTides, Tribe Royal, Twin Fin on May 8, 2019 by segarini
Music festival season is upon us. CMW (Canadian Music Week) is usually first out of the starting gate. This year FCLMA was ahead of the game so for me, one segues right into the other. I’ll also be heading to Mariposa in July and Summerfolk in August. With a myriad of music shows and festival in between it’s going to be a busy summer for many and one that will pass by far too rapidly.
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Pope On A Rope and NXNE 2015
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Amy Winehouse, Balmy Beach, Bellwoods, Cameron Carpenter, Carole Pope, Cobra Ramone, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Greg Godovitz, july talk, Leah Fay, Mark Slaughter, NXNE, radio, Records, Rock Lobster, Rough Trade, segarini, Slaughter, The Bovine, The New Music Magazine, Tiki Bar, Toronto on June 25, 2015 by segarini
If this seems a little bit dated it is because it went missing in cyberspace last week sometime on Tuesday.
I can tell you now that Cobra Ramone rocked, Bellwoods played a great show at The Rivoli and 54.40 did a fine job in The Beach last Saturday night.
(Editor’s Note – This column was originally meant to run last week. It somehow ended up in my SPAM folder and was hidden from sight until Cam sent it to me again with the update above. Here’s the column that was originally slated to be published a week ago today.)
Roxanne Tellier:: A Big Hand For The Little Lady
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bruce Cockburn, Carole Pope, Chilliwack, Dave Garber, DBAWIS, Dianne Heatherington, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Village, Gary Taylor, Iron Butterfly, Jimmy Page, Joe’s Bar, Juno Award, Kenny Rogers, Laura Vinson, Led Zeppelin, Len Shaw, ManPop 70, Mark Rutherford, Michaele Jordana, randy bachman, Richard Underhill, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Sandy Chochinov, Seymore Koblin, Shari Ulrich, Shuffle Demons., The Colonial, The Electric Banana, The Guess Who, The Ides of March, The Merry Go Round, The Opera House., The Poles, The Youngbloods, Winnipeg on May 4, 2014 by segarini
Once again, I must begin by apologizing for not mentioning something rather important in a previous column. I included the Shuffle Demons’ classic tune, “Spadina Bus,” in last week’s piece, without noting that one of the Demons, Richard Underhill, is currently running for the position of Toronto’s next mayor. You can read all about his platform here: http://www.underhillformayor.com.
Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segariniToronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.
Roxanne Tellier: A Victim of Fashion
Posted in Opinion with tags Axl Rose, Beyonce, Bjork, Carole Pope, Cher, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elvis, Fashion, Florence Welch, Iggy Pop, John Mayer, Juliette Lewis, Keith Moon, Kiss, Lady GaGa, Lou Reed, Madonna, Manolo Blahnik, Margaret Cho, Mark Knopfler, Miley Cyrus, Montreal, music, OK GO, Performer, Rihanna, Rolling Stones, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Sandra Bernhard, Ted Nugent, TIFF, Van Halen, ZZ Top on September 22, 2013 by segarini
After writing about fall’s wonders two weeks ago, it was odd to wake up that Monday to the beginning of a week of Indian summer. Sunny and mild, the weather was perfect for the celebrities and guests swarming Toronto’s streets for TIFF. The beautiful people and their entourages swanned in and out of event venues in their little black dresses, smart cocktail gowns, and Manolo Blahnik shoes.
JAIMIE VERNON – Women Are From Bay City, Men Are From Syrinx
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Carole Pope, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Jaimie Vernon, Joni Mitchell, Jully Black, Lee Aaron, Maureen Leeson, music, The Curse, The Women of Rock! on July 21, 2012 by segarini
This week I stepped into a Facebook hornets nest of women commenting on a current concert photo of Tom Jones. The conversation was going along swimmingly as the ladies talked about when they’d seen him perform for the first time, the last time, how great he still sounds and what their favourite songs were. Then it happened. Someone said he was still ‘hot’. And that’s when I lost it. I dove in with a roundhouse to the solar plexis. My response to the thread is the same as it is every time I see a pop star’s picture posted and banal conversations about same. Guys talk about the music – guitar solos, drum technique, wicked harmonies, cool staging and lighting, and the show itself. The ladies, meanwhile, talk about the hotness. The tight trousers, the long, shiny hair, the puppy-dog eyes and kissable mouth. Everything but the music or the performance. And they call guys superficial? If men think with their penises and listen to music with their ears, then women think with their hearts and listen to music with their vaginas.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 