Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
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…
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,…