Brrrrrrrr…..the cold weather has been keeping many folks inside, even with the brief break of a balmy five degrees! Inviting sun…..frostbitten tootsies. The live music scene, however, is not slowing down and is, in fact, just starting to heat up. Behind the curtains local clubs, bars, concert halls and music festivals are busy sprucing up, prepping, and booking music that will make your ears dance.
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Pat Blythe – Appreciating Tom Waits, “The Bout” at The Hideout and More…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Braxton Hicks, Canada Rock Media, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, James Blonde, Jay Burr, Lowell Whitty, Marty Morin, Mike Daley, Pat Blythe, Rival Sons, See Rock Live, Smiling Buddha, The Hideout, Tom Waits, Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation, Velvet Underground, Vinyl Ambush on January 17, 2018 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – AMERICAN SINGERS, AMERICAN LEGENDS (BOP BOP BOP)
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags American music, American Proust, Bay City Rollers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Brady Earnhart, Buck Lake, Bundock, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Dirty Gospel, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Marzano, Gary Pig Gold, Gerry Mosby, Jack Daniels, Jaimie Vernon, Keith Morris & The Crooked Numbers, Klaatu, Last Time I Promise, Love My Music, Masticators, Men In Plaid, Nawlins, Star Spangled Pop, The Muppets, Tom Petty, Tom Waits on November 7, 2015 by segarini Those who’ve known me a long time – including the pre-curmudgeon me in the days before the intertoobs – can attest to my unapologetic, jingoistic rah-rah All Canadian mantra. I love my country. I love my music. But despite my seemingly anti-‘Merika crusade dating back to Ronnie’s Rocket Regalias in the early 1980s, I do love my American pop music.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE MUSE STILL LINGERS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags AC/DC, Airborne, Australia, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Delta Tango, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Helix, Jaimie Vernon, Lets Rock Lets Roll, Moxy, Peter Verity, Rock and Roll, Roxanne Tellier, Shawn O’Shea, smooth jazz, The Jeffery Brothers Band, Three Waltzes, Tom Waits, Yacht Rock on September 12, 2015 by segarini There was a scourge of new releases flooding my mailbox the last two weeks from busy rockers who had spent their summer vacation in steaming hot recording studios making the sweaty into sonic saltwater taffy. It’s encouraging to know that despite the bottom falling out of the bottom of the music economy, artists are still optimistically churning out art with the hope that some ear will be turned, some feet will tap and some groins will mobilize all in the name of soothing the soul.
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Roxanne Tellier: Humans, Hearts and Homes
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Crowded House, DBAWIS, Dionne Warwick, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Feist, Home, John Cougar Mellencamp, Keb’ Mo’, Madness, Paul McCartney, Roxanne Tellier, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Winwood, The Beatles, Tom Waits, Tommy James and the Shondells on August 16, 2015 by segariniThe concept of ‘home’ is a funny thing. As kids, we only know what a home should feel like by the one we live in. All our stuff is there. We have a bed, and people feed us. We visit other kids’ homes, and discover that there are other ways to live, other foods to eat, but when we’re tired or sick or just generally feeling lost in a great big world, we only know one thing – we wanna go home.
Roxanne Tellier – The Week That Was CMW 2015
Posted in Opinion with tags 000 Maniacs, 10, Al Mair, Alana Yorke, Audio Blood, Aussie BBQ, Australia, Betty and Veronica, Billy Mann, Bob Lefsetz, Bob Segarini, Bobby Singh, Bobcast, Bonnie Fedrau, Boots & Bourbon, CaitlinHarnett, Cam Carpenter, Care Failure, Chef Alive, Cherry Cola's, CIMA, Cloak and Dagger, CMW 2015, Cordova Bay Entertainment Group, David Macmillan, DBAWIS, Die Mannequin. Sounds Australia, Don Blais, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Earle Taylor, EmyStantcheva, eOne Music, Eric Alper, Fergus Hambleton, Front of House, Gibson Artist Showroom, GigSalad, Gloryhound, Grammy, Greg Simpson, Ian Janes, Ike and Tina Turner, Isobel Trigger, J.C. Sandoval, Jason McCoy, Jay Sparrow, Jeff Bialkowski, Julian Tuck, Jully Black, Kevin Quain, Michael Watson, Midnight Oil, Music Newfoundland, Music Ontario, Nadia Elkharadly, Nashville, Natalie Merchant, Neil Carson, NXNE, Pat Blythe, Peter Verity, Phoenix, r Larry LeBlanc Green& Bloom/Topline US, rancho relaxo, Richard Julian, Rick Fenton, Roxanne Tellier, Salt n Pepa, Sam Weber, Savannah, Sean Lennon, SebAgnello, Selahphonic Horseshoe, Steve Jones, The Brood, The Hideout, The Rex, The Rivoli, The Road Hammers, The Sheraton. Phil Taylor, The Wild!, tiki lounge, Tom Waits, Tom Williams, Walk Off the Earth, Walter Buchanan, Xprime on May 10, 2015 by segariniThanks to the good people at AudioBlood, Bob Segarini, Pat Blythe and myself have spent the last ten days mixing and mingling with musicians, artists, and the people who love them. It’s been simultaneously exhausting and exhilarating. I won’t lie … my feet hurt, I’ve got a desk covered in CDs, business cards, and promotional bumpf of all stripes … and I’m relieved that I don’t have to do anything more strenuous than type this recap of the festivities. Although there are a few more events tonight …
Roxanne Tellier – Remembrance Day
Posted in Opinion with tags Agent Orange, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Sugar, Bob Segarini, Bruce Cassidy, Canada, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Cuban Missile Crisis, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Downton Abbey, Eric Bogle, Gordie Johnson, Harry Leslie Smith, Helen Dreyer, ISIS, Isla St. Clair, James Sloan, Kieron Donovan, Korea, National War Memorial, No Glory In War, November 11, Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Remembrance Day, Roxanne Tellier, Royal 22nd Regiment, Ryan Kelly, The Trews, Tom Waits, Tomb of the Unknown Solider, Van Doos, Vietnam War on November 9, 2014 by segariniMy dad was a Korean vet. He met my mum through her brother, with whom he served in the famous Van Doos (the Royal 22nd Regiment.) He was from Alberta, and she from Quebec. It’s unlikely they would have ever met if it hadn’t been for the war. They married a few weeks after attending my Uncle Leo’s wedding, and I was born nine months later.
Doug Thompson: COVERING UP! VINYL RECORD COVERS CLASSICS!
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, AC/DC, Al Stewart, Alan Rickman, Alex Steinweiss, alice cooper, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibowitz, Aretha Franklin, Asia, Aubrey Powell, Ben Colder, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blind Faith, Blues Travellers, Bob Freeman, Bob Seidemann, Bob Whitaker, Bon Jovi, Booker T and The MG’s, Bruce Springsteen, Captain & Tennille, Celine Dion, Columbia Records, Crosby, David Crosby, David Frye, DBAWIS, Dean Torrance, Debbie Harry, Def Leppard, Delores Erickson, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dimo Safari, Don Imus, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Eden & John’s East River String Band, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Genesis, George Benson, Google Street View., Graham Nash, Harry Nilsson, Henry Diltz, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Hipgnosis, Homer & Jethro, Hugh Syme, Iain Macmillan, Jack Davis, Janis Joplin, Jerry Reed, Jill Haworth, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Lennon, Johnny Otis, k.d. lang, Kim Mitchell, Kirk Weddle, Klaatu, Larry Gowan, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, MAD Magazine, Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, Modern Folk Quartet, Monkeys of Syion, Nirvana, Pat Cooper, Paul Anka, Paul McCartney & Wings, Peter Blake, Peter Christopherson, Phil Ochs, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, R. Crumb, Ray Manzarek, Records, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Eldon, Robbie Kreiger, Rod Stewart, Roger Dean, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rough Trade, Rush, Russ Gibb, Sailcat, Scorpions, Sheb Wooley, Sigourney Weaver, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Soul Asylum, Spencer Eldon, Spike Jones, Stephen Stills, Stills & Nash, Storm Thorgerson, Styx, Supertramp, Sweet Cream, T-Rex, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Clash, The Dells, The Doors, The Fall, The Guess Who, The Jeff Healey Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Phantom Surfers, The Rolling Stones, The Smithereens, The Turtles, The Velvet Underground, Tim Allen, Time Magazine, Tom Waits, Tony Shaloub, Toronto, TV Guide, Uriah Heap, Yes on May 5, 2014 by segariniI love album covers! Not the shrunken down versions they use on CDs, I mean those gloriously creative (mostly) 12” vinyl record album covers. I was looking through my vinyl record collection the other day and marvelled at some of the amazing designs of some of the covers. Now, before we start delving into some classic album covers as well as a few personal favourites, a little history is in order, but don’t panic – there will not be a quiz later.
Frank Gutch Jr: Hot Damn! It’s The Hot Toddies!!! Women Who Rock, Part One— Toddies, No Small Children, and Shade….. Plus Notes!
Posted in Opinion with tags Ana Popovic, Ashley McMillen, Bob Marlette, Carla Olive, Dear Youth, Finding Flora, Frank Gutch Jr., Heidi, Highway, Hot Toddies, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jane Gowan, Jilly Blackstone, Lisa Parade, Mary Harmer, music, No Small Children, One Last Show of Hearts, Records, Shade, Stone Darling, The Beige, Tim Vesely, Tom Waits, Tricycle Records on April 9, 2013 by segariniYou can’t blame me for being a little pissed. I just found Stone Darling last week and was looking forward to following them from that point on when what do I surmise? They’re not really the band that they used to be! Yeah! I scour their Facebook page and figure, hey, I’m going to move to the front of the line only to find that there is no line! They’re playing every Monday in August at The Satellite in L.A., it says. Yeah, in 2011! They’re rocking The Echoplex, same city, on April 7th. Again, 2011!