Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Little Buddy Wilks Like many of Hamilton’s seasoned musicians, Bud Wilkinson is the product of decades of musical and cultural changes that have been felt across the continent. At the age of seven Bud learned to play mandolin and guitar…
Get your swing thing on The PETER BANTING SWINGTET was formed in 1999. The group’s instrumentation includes: guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, alto and tenor saxophones, and trombone. Its members are all experienced professional musicians, who have performed in a variety…
We Are Musicians by Glen T Brown We are the stewards of ceremony and celebration, love and leisure. We preside like wizards and jesters over every solemn, ceremonial, happy or crazy occasion. We are servants of the highest and lowest…
Mohawk College Graduation Recital An Incredible Opportunity Carolyn Credico is a vocalist and a recent graduate of Mohawk College’s Applied Music program. Vocal jazz gigs have been coming in steadily since her graduation recital last April, thanks to her connections…
Interview With Prakash John, part 2 This is part two of two parts. [Part one is here.] I spoke with bassist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Prakash John at Ancaster’s Coach and Lantern Blues Studio event. John’s…
As a follow-up to last week’s review of Done Deel’s lunchtime concert with Robin Benedict, I’d like to share with you some more of her background in her own words. Robin was out of town when I contacted her with…
Jenna Aquino, 14, is seated with her guitar on a white kitchen chair in the barest of settings: a guitar stand, a music stand, and a mike stand. Two wires snake across the floor to her guitar amp on the…