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The Bishops: Hamilton’s First Rhythm and Blues Band
In the early sixties Russ Carter was riding the crest of the wave of soul, rhythm and blues music that was flooding Hamilton. His band, The Bishops, could be called Hamilton’s first rhythm and blues band. Carter states that The…
Shanya Lynn Dawson Performs at the New Zoetic Theatre: Photo Essay by Ivan Sorensen
Review and photos by Ivan Sorensen. First published June 2014 Ok Hamilton! It’s time to sit up and take notice. We have some wonderful musical talent in this city. Shanya Lynn Dawson and her band Homegrown, touring in support of…
Ron Palangio – Guitarist, High School Teacher
by Glen Brown Guitarist Ron Palangio is from North Bay, Ontario. But Hamilton’s got him now! Like many others, our feature musician was drawn to the Hamilton area as a music student. Ron arrived in Hamilton in 1978 to study music…
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Darren Poole’s Rootsy-Gutsy Blues Tribute: Rootbone’s Debut Release
Waterdown based band recorded at Catherine North Studio Rootbone is a Hamilton (Waterdown) based band featuring Juno Award winning guitarist Darran Poole, formerly of the band Fathead. The band has just released the debut album ‘The Long Road Home.’ RootBone…
Hamilton’s Redhill Valleys Knock It Out Of The Park With Debut Album
Why am I excited about The Redhill Valleys? It’s because this album is a tribute and testimony to what local producer Carl Jennings can do with a handful of talent. I just bought their debut album. Seriously, there is no…
Danielle Beaudin of Redhill Valleys band – photo by Cormac Figgis
Danielle Beaudin of The Redhill Valleys was featured in Greater Hamilton Musician magazine a while back. Thanks David Simpson for writing a prescient article about this talented young woman, and thank-you Cormac Figgis for your keen photographic capture! You can…
Gemma New Conducts the HPO
Gemma New conductsPhoto by Fred Stucker By David Fawcett We went last night (Sat. Feb. 6/16) to hear the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra play in the Great Hall of Hamilton Place under their new Principal Conductor and Artistic Director, Gemma New.…