Travelogues can be a matter of personal taste, and I expect that this one is no exception. However, I’d like to think that setting my family’s road trips against the backdrop of Canada’s geographically challenging countryside, and history, will not only entertain but maybe, hopefully, inspire others to do the same. [once we’re free to travel again, of course].
Archive for Halifax
GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 1 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags 1975, A Motor Tour of Canada, All-Red Route., Banff, Canada, Diefenbaker, Ektakrome, Fernweh, Halifax, Henry Ford, Highway 17, Hudson's Bay Company, Jack Haney, Jasper, Kenora, Kodachrome, Kodak, Lake Superior, Newfoundland, Olds REO, Rogers Pass, Scenic Lookout, Thomas Wilby, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria on June 22, 2020 by segariniPeter, The Shoe, and Moosic for YOU
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Cherry Cola's, CONVERSATION, David Taggart, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Down By The River, Fat Mob, Halifax, Jennifer Hall, Jim Dan Dee, Kids Losing Sleep, Marlin Chaplin, Mrs Montreuil's little boy, Mushy Callahan, Peter Montreuil, Peterborough, Rebelle, Robert Segarini, The Commoners, The Horseshoe Tavern, This Time Next Year, Timothy John Bolton, Vincent Camilleri, Weathered Eyes, Weigh The Anchor, Ya No Casino on November 29, 2018 by segarini
This week’s column will cover a bumper crop of “music from the ‘shoe”, as I attended two shows there over the course of the last week.
On November 21st, I went to the Horseshoe Tavern at the invitation of Jennifer Hall to catch an evening featuring Marlon Chaplin, Rebelle and The Commoners. I have had the pleasure of seeing The Commoners several times, and I had heard good things about Marlon Chaplin, so I leapt at the chance to attend this show. I knew that I would not be disappointed.
Roxanne Tellier – Fly Me High, Ken Tobias
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Anne Murray, B 2016 Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame, Ballet Jorgen, Bill Medley, BMI, Bob Segarini, CLIO Award, Dave Bidini, DBAWIS, Delta Tango, Gene MacLellan, Glooscap Music, Halifax, John Allan Cameron, Ken Tobias, Natalie MacMaster ; Harry Hibbs, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Portia White, Procan and SOCAN, Rheostatics, Righteous Brothers, Rita MacNeil, Roxanne Tellier, Singalong Jubilee, Socan Classics Awards, The Bells, Tony Tobias on June 26, 2016 by segarini
“I remember being asked when I was very young what did I want to be when I grow up. I remember saying ” I want to be an artist, a singer, and a scientist…..well it turned out that I am a professional singer, an avid science fan, and yes an artist…painting in acrylics for 30 years.”
Roxanne Tellier – Grant Fullerton … King of the Road
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alec Fraser, Betty Richardson, Bob Segarini, Bobcast, Brad MacDonald, Canada, Carnegie Hall, Chicago, cream, Danny Marks, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dough Pypher, Fillmore East and West, Fullerton Dam, Fullerton's, Gail Berry, Grant Fullerton, Halifax, in Tyme, John Dickie, Klaatu, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, Michael Fonfara, Mike McKenna, Miles Davis, Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals, Mudflat and Friends, Nova Scotia, Omar Tunnoch, Paul Hoffert, PentiGlan, PinkyDauvin, Quinns, Rich Washbrook, Rick Morrison, Rockpile, Roxanne Tellier, Saga, Santana, Skip Prokop, Steve Kennedy, Steve Negus, Stouffville, Terry Draper, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, The Band, the Boston, The Doors, The Madcats, The Who, Toronto City Hall, Untouchables, Yorkville on May 29, 2016 by segarini
In 1967, the Song of the Year was “Canada” by The Young Canada Singers. I was a geeky, gawky Montreal teen with cats eye glasses and a bad perm. My season’s pass to Expo 67 made me feel like a citizen of the world.
But in Toronto, another kind of world was coming together; one of young, talented musicians who’d flocked to Yorkville to find fame, if not fortune.
Grant Fullerton was one of them.
Roxanne Tellier: Fighting For The Right To Protest
Posted in Opinion with tags aboriginals, AC/DC, Amnesty International, Bill C-51.Queen’s Park, Bob Segarini, Canadian, Canadian democracy, Cathy Cook, Chris Hedges, Dartmouth, David Celia, DBAWIS, Dennis Jones, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sheeran, Edmonton, environmentalists, Europe, folk music scene, Food Revolution Day, Freedom of Speech, Great Hall, Halifax, Hugh Jackman, Ian Patton, Jamie Oliver, Jazzie B, Jon Stewart, Margaret Anne McHugh, Mike Chandler, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Monsanto, Nova Scotia, NSA, Ontario, Paul McCartney, Raging Grannies of Ottawa, Rivoli, Roxanne Tellier, SolidariGLEE, Stephen Harper, Stevie and the ConserviCats, Terry Tufts, veterans, Vintage, women, Xprime on May 31, 2015 by segarini
One week ends and another begins. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for many, even more so than other weeks. After a bitterly cold and seemingly unending winter, Toronto’s spring has yet to settle in, as it jumps from sweltering daytime highs to overnight lows that wreak havoc on wardrobe choices and spark terror in the hearts of gardeners.
JAIMIE VERNON – MY FAVOURITE YEAR: 1977
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan o’Day, Bay of Fundy, Bob Segarini, Boy scouts, Cabot Trail, Canada, Canadian Music, David Soul, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Coast, Grade 8, graduation, Halifax, hardball, hat trick, Hockey, Jaimie Vernon, jamboree, Junior High School, Leo Sayer, Magnetic Hill, Montreal, pre-teen, Prince Edward Island, reversing tide, Scarborough, slow dancing, softball, teenage lust, traveling, Valedictorian on June 21, 2014 by segarini
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Some Hali-faX
Posted in Opinion with tags Alert The Medic – “The Weatherman (Pt.2)”, Cameron Carpenter, Dave Henry, Dave Marsh and The True Love Rules – “True Love Rules”, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, ECMAs, Gloryhound – “Electric Dusk”, Halifax, Joel Plaskett – “Love This Town”, Matt Mays – “City of Lakes”, Matt Mays with Jay Smith – “Rock Ranger Record – Live”, Mike Campbell, music, music videos, One of my favourite songs from Sloan’s debut album “Smeared”., Sloan – “500 Up”, The Carleton, The Press Gang, The Stanfields – “The Dirtiest Drunk (In The History of Liquor)”, The Trews - “Ready To Go”, Thrush Hermit – “French Inhale” on March 27, 2014 by segarini
Halifax has been on my mind for most of the week. I was worried for a lot of my friends as the monster Nor’easter was baring down on the city yesterday, but, as always, the city persevered. After the winter that most of the country endured no city deserved to be belted with 40 centimetres of snow and wind blast well above 100 km/h as we stare April in the face and are, at least officially, now in spring.
A year ago yesterday I was out a meeting at The Dominion Tavern when I, in a matter of about five minutes, missed three calls from different folks in Halifax.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock – G2
Posted in Opinion with tags Ages & Stages – The Story Of The Meligrove Band, Amos the Transparent, Cameron Carpenter, Cherry Cola's, Danko Jones, DBAWIS, Diane Foy, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Genius Within – The Inner Life Of Glenn Gould, Halifax, Indie Artists, Indie Film, Mike Campbell, NXNE Film Festival, Shanghai Cowgirl, Skylar Entertainment, The Carlton, The Female Eye Film Festival, The Record Vault on May 31, 2012 by segarini
I have confused myself with the damn alphabet as I seem to find a way every week to work whatever artist or song into a column in some weird fashion. Right now there is a lot on my plate as we hit the homestretch of the planning for NXNE and I don`t have time to deal with the damn alphabet or whether or not I have confessed my love for `Candy`s Going Bad` by Golden Earring. Plus my s key snapped off the computer and my keyboard keeps shifting and screwing up punctuation.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 