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Roxanne Tellier – Canadian Music Week 2017

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adelaide Hall, Alzeimers Appreciation Orchestra and Chorus, Annette Shaffer, Bob Segarini, City Hall, CMW, CMW’s Sync Fest., Craig Riddock, Dana Beeler, DBAWIS, Digital Music, Donny Blais, Drew Winters, Film and Comedy Fests, Grassworks, Greg Simpson, Hap Roderman, Hello Delaware, Hudson's Bay, James Blonde, John Rowlands, Kid Carson, Maritimes., Music Nova Scotia, Music Summit, Pat Blythe, Peter Kashur, Pledge Music, Radio Summit, rancho relaxo, Roxanne Tellier, Sheraton Hotel, The Bobcast, tiki lounge, Tom Jackson, Tranzac, Xprime on April 30, 2017 by segarini

My CMW is always a little bit different than most other people’s. Some go for the conferences, some are all about the music. Still others go for the trade show and the mentoring. But me – I go to people watch.

Like, on the first day I hit the Sheraton, to pick up my pass and get the lay of the land. Some people were looking for their friends, or checking out those who tend to get their names in newspaper bold face … Me, I was in the lobby of the crowded Sheraton Hotel, watching a young male couple dress their teensy tiny pocket puppy in all new Hudson’s Bay swag.

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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 segarini

Toronto 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.