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Pat Blythe – Thoughts & Tyler Simmons, Beach Jazz Festival & Riverboat Mondays

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Annette Shaffer, Beaches International Jazz Festival, Berklee College, Bestival, Bob Segarini, Danforth Music Hall and House of Blues, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dora Keogh's, Drew Winters, Eddie Bullen, Elise LeGrow, Frank Zirone, Harry Styles, Jann Arden, Johnny Max, Julian Taylor, Kid Carson, Koerner Hall, London Bluesfest, Maia Van Raes, Matt Swift, Pat Blythe, Paul Sanderson, Quincy Bullen, Riverboat Monday, Sam Taylor, suicide, The Opera House., TURF, Tyler Ellis, Tyler Simmons on August 30, 2017 by segarini

My heart is heavy and my brain is trying to digest what has happened because it doesn’t make any sense. But then, suicide never does, at least not to the living. ….and so I start with the first new column in five weeks talking about a topic that has been highlighted in the news far too much lately……but the famous are not alone in their despair. I know, I know, not a very uplifting subject but it’s one that has hit precariously close to home…..twice in exactly one week.

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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.