I’m missing the live music, the clubs…..but most of all the people. It’s been two years now since I’ve trolled Toronto’s club scene, traveled with the ONES show and visited the many stages of the various festivals in Ontario. I loved it all….every second of it! I met some of the most incredible people, heard some fantastic music, and was honoured to a part of a scene I had been away from for so long. I made new friends (and lost a few), learned new skills, and was gifted with the opportunity to write this column…..it was a whirlwind six years. Then Covid decided to rain on our parade. The Pandemic Interviews allowed me to stay connected to many of the musicians I met during those five years.
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Pat Blythe – Indie Week…..Julian Taylor….podcasting……and music
Posted in Canadian Music, COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Avalanche, Bob Segarini, Darryl Hurs, DBAWIS, Desert Star, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Gerry Mosby, Indie Week, John Jamieson, Julian Taylor, Lawrence Gowan, luvthemusic, O Canada What A Feeling, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Princess of Wales Theatre, Rhinegold, Sil Simone, Soundhouse Studio, Talking Red, The Pandemic Interviews, The Ridge on February 3, 2022 by segariniGWNtertainment #28 by Jaimie Vernon
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 segariniLots 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 COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Junos, luvthemusic, pandemic, Pat Blythe, Podbean, podcast, The Pandemic Interviews, The Ridge, Who, World Health Organization on March 10, 2021 by segariniWhen this column posts it will be exactly 365 days to the date the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s been 365 days since the entire planet turned upside down, essentially transforming life as we knew it. There have been massive upsides and downsides, upheavals and confusion, disruptions and adjustments. As much as I have an intense dislike for the phrase “new normal”, that’s what we’re experiencing and there is no turning back. So, whether we like it or not, here we are.
Pat Blythe – Mind F*ck Monday…..loneliness and loss…..and music
Posted in COVID 19, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bayb, Bob Segarini, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Countermeasure, DBAWIS, Dirty White Boys, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Bayhnam, Eddie Van Halen, Frank Zirone, Hannah Arendt, Julian Taylor, Kim Hunt, luvthemusic, Mark Manson, Mind Fuck Monday, ONES Show, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pat Silver, Paul DeLong, Peter Mifsud, Pretzel Logic, Robert S. Weiss, SING! Toronto, Stumblin' Blind, The Origins of Totalitarianism, URGENT, Yeah Yeah Yeah on October 7, 2020 by segariniThis is supposed to be a music column. I should be regaling you with all the Indie bands I’ve seen, the venues and clubs I’ve sashayed through, the festival stages I’ve covered, the photographs I’ve taken and cities I’ve traveled to (not to mention the food). The unfortunate thing is, for the past seven months I’ve done none of that (except for the food) and it’s starting to get damn frustrating!
Pat Blythe – For no particular reason…..Julian Taylor……and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Avalanche, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Desert Star, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Julian Taylor, Julian Taylor Band, Lee's Palace, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera “The Picture Taker”, Staggered Crossing, StagX, Tech Noir, The Ridge, Toronto Urban Roots Festival, TURF on July 29, 2020 by segariniI woke up today (Tuesday) morning, late, thinking of the future and what lies ahead. Of England, of leaving Canada, of all the friendships and relationships I’ve built over the past five years and the very special ones in particular, of all the people that have come into and passed through my life since Chris’s death. I woke up reminiscing for some strange reason, looking around my home and feeling totally amazed at how much my life has changed in such a short period of time. My sons are in a good place with wonderful women. They have both make brilliant choices. I think of Colleen, the daughter-of-my-heart, half- way around the world building a new, exciting and fantastic life. I think of my mom and all that she has seen and lived through during her 90 years on this earth. I also see many of my friends leaving the city for calmer pastures and my eyes scan my comfy home and reflect.
Pat Blythe – This is not about COVID……and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags AIDS, Brian May, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Covid, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Winters, Drop Top Alibi, Frank Gutch Jr., Freddie Mercury, Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, HIV, Jimi Bertucci, John Deacon, Jonathan Holowell, Julian Taylor, Kelsi Mayne, King Chino, Len Mizzoni, Leon Harrison, Lily Frost, Live Is All You Need, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mariposa, Mariposa Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Foundation, Nicole Rayy, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Queen, Ricardo Walker, Rob Christian, Roger Taylor, Sarah Smith, Shawn Brady, Suzi Kory, The Hideout Toronto, The Shore Leave on April 22, 2020 by segariniThis column is usually about the clubs, the music, the bands, the nightlife and the denizens of Toronto who haunt those places. The clubs are shuttered, the live music has stopped, bands are silent and the nightlife…..well there isn’t any. Yes musicians (solo or otherwise) are busy streaming on any platform possible. Artists from the around the world record themselves in isolation and then join together via video to perform, Brady Bunch style. All around the world people are trying to keep everyone’s spirits up as we sit, isolated in our homes, many alone, having had no physical human contact in almost three months.
Pat Blythe – All That Jazz – Part III…..the photographers…..and music
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Great Day In Harlem, Art Kane, Charles Mingus, Courage My Love, Dave Brubeck, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Esquire Magazine, Gene Lee’s Jazz Lives, Gordon Park, James Blonde, John Reeves, Julian Taylor, luvthemusic, Lyle Mays, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pat Metheny, The Garrison on February 12, 2020 by segariniI am completely, unequivocally lost in the world and the power of jazz.
Call it a little pre-spring cleaning but tidying up I found, tucked away in among my vast collection of British history books, (okay, one large floor to ceiling bookcase) was this wonderful coffee-table book on jazz. Unfortunately I cannot remember who gifted me this gem but I thank you. Photographed by the late Toronto-based photographer John Reeves, Gene Lees Jazz Lives encompasses 100 portraits of jazz musicians from around the world. The forward is a brief but concise history of jazz. The following pages are gorgeous portraits of the individual artists and a short history of each.