Lots of new music this week as post-summer tuneage is in full swing. Just ask Drake who now occupies half of the Top10 on the Billboard magazine charts. It’s also drawn battle lines between old pop music fans and new because Drake’s positioning on the charts breaks a handful of records previously set by The Beatles. Vitriol has been flying around social media dismissing Drake and his accomplishments. GWN celebrates any Canadian artist who has managed to raise the ire of a generation of music lovers who refuse to acknowledge that time has passed, and that a new generation also makes music that people love. We are here three times a month extolling the virtues of those new artists and that new music. Other music exists in the same universe as The Beatles…resistance is fertile.
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Posted in Books, Canadian Music, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Andrew Allen, April Wine, Bill Piton, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chin Injeti, Chris Nine, Crash n Burn, Dana Countryman, Darrell Millar, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake, Eleanor McCain, Emily Molloy, Famous Underground, Francis Nicolas, Gary Kendall, George Koller, Glenn Crosse, GWNtertainment, Hawksley Workman, High Loves, Hogtown Allstars, Jaimie Vernon, jim henman, Jr. Gone Wild, Julian Taylor, Kevin Breit, Killer Dwarfs, Laura Fernandez, Marc Jordan, Martina Griffiths, Marty Zylstra, Merle Marlow Band, Myles Goodwyn, Oscar Peterson, Ritesh Das, Rod Stewart, Ryan Shane Owen, Steven Heighton, Terry Draper, The Beatles, The Canadian Cover Crew, The Red Dirt Skinners, Tom Jackson, Tonia Evans Cianciulli, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Wine Lips on September 20, 2021 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – That Was Sixteen. Going on Seventeen
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Afro-Cuban, Bill McBirnie, Bob Segarini, Brazilian, DBAWIS, Don Naduriak, E =, Enough, Ernest Lee, George Koller, Hirut, Hugh's Room, Jan Kudelka, Janis Joplin, Jazz, Joaquin Hidalgo, Music City, Nicola Vaughan, Outer Limits, Roxanne Tellier, Russ Little, Sunday, Tranzac on January 15, 2017 by segarini2016 is gone. Moving on isn’t the slightest bit difficult. 2017 is going to be … interesting, oh yes it will. Doesn’t seem any other option than to muddle our way through whatever’s this way coming. Fingers crossed it’s not too wicked.
For me, this year has begun differently than many I’ve experienced in the past. Selling the house and moving into the city has brought a lot more freedom into my life. That light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be not an oncoming train, but rather a beautiful fat moon, always just out of reach, but wonderful to see.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE FERGUS CONVERGENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags A Passing Fancy, Ault Sisters, Bob Bryden, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Bobby Darrin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Canadian Music Hugh's Room, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cleave Anderson, David Macmillan, Davide DiRenzo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, George Koller, Gerry Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Graye, Hermina George, Ice On the Road, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Harbury, Jeff Jones, John Deehan, Lawrie Ingles, Linus Entertainment, Pete Otis, reggae, Rob Whalen, Rocky Raccoons, Sattalites, Snap Shots, Terry Brown, Terry Draper, The Basics, The Black Swan, Tim Bovaconti, Todd Miller, True North, Written On the Wind, yonge street on May 9, 2015 by segariniI first met Fergus Hambleton in person while I was performing with my trio, Graye featuring Todd Miller and Lawrie Ingles, at a small club on Yonge Street in Toronto called Rocky Raccoons. It was a mid-week jam night and we were going to do a few songs when I looked up and Fergus was sitting in the front row taking in what can only be described as a “loose” performance of one of my original songs.