Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Songwriting and A Natural Fact: Steve Strongman Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to meet Steve Strongman, blues guitarist and singer Steve has been busy touring this summer supporting the recent release of A Natural Fact, his fourth CD…
“You’re A Square-Pants If You Hit The One” An Interview With Prakash John Prakash John (r) at the Blues Studio event Prakash John is the consummate bass player and musician’s musician. After establishing himself as a solid, hardworking sideman and…
Hey, is anyone out there getting married or throwing a party? Perfect! I knew there were hundreds of you. What are you going to do for music? Deejay? NO WAY! Not as long as Robin Benedict and Done Deel are…
Holy reggae funk, Batman! At Ferguson Station in King Street East’s International Village, the Lo-Fi band put on a lunchtime concert Wednesday for anyone who was within earshot. Over a block away from the Station you could hear the tight…
Corey Pearce and Drumming For The Greater Good “Everyone in there was in a marching band uniform” “It was during the scorching heat of the Chicago Fourth of July parades. The year was 1992. With all of us marching in…
Ross Wooldridge and His Sextet Shows How It’s Done at Music at Fieldcote, Sunday July 8 Everything was right, musically speaking, at the Fieldcote Museum Bandshell in Ancaster. The volume, the blend of instruments, the beautiful singer, the swing style,…
A Reprint from The Hamiltonian’s Musical Notes – Kori Pop by Angelo Noto Campanella I first heard Kori Pop sing 2 years ago at a huge summer party in Grimsby. I even recorded one of her songs but the crowd…
The Coach and Lantern Last month’s Blues Studio show at the upstairs Coach and Lantern was sold out. Co-owner and general manager Andrea Cassis is in music heaven. Even after adding an extra night they could barely supply enough…
Vocal and Guitar Duo Room For Two Take Their Gig To King Street East [JULY 14, 2012] Evening pedestrians on King Street East were pleasantly surprised on three separate occasions in May, June and July. Room For Two, a vocal…