Introducing Michelle Heshka, Writer and Photographer
We’re pleased to aannounce the addition of Michelle Heshka, a graduate of Loyalist College’s photojournalism program, to the Hamilton Musician…
Hamilton Musician
Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
Hamilton Musician
Music news and ideas in Hamilton, Canada
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Buchanan Park School Opera Club Celebrates Its 20th Year
By David S Fawcett
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Buchanan Park Opera Club. I interviewed the school’s music teacher and opera club founder, Dawn Martens, in her classroom
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Hamilton’s Bucket List Band Isn’t Kicking The Bucket, But Filling It
If there’s a lesson to be learned from watching the Winter Olympics it’s this: Don’t quit, and remember everything you’ve…
Blind Man with a Cigarette by Groove Corporation
“Intelligent Funk For The Dancing Masses”
Jazz and Easy Listening Vocalist Brenda Brown Releases Her Debut EP On Valentines Day
Announcing Brenda Brown’s New EP Release Brenda Brown Photo by Ivan Sorensen “This beautiful new Hamilton area singer is accompanied…
Outside The Mainstream: An Interview With HMA Best Classical Album Winner Bud Roach
By David S Fawcett
Tenor Bud Roach’s CD Sospiro: Alessandro Grandi Complete Arias, 1626 won the Hamilton Music Awards Best Classical Album of 2013.
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Grammy-Nominated Pacific Mambo Orchestra Includes All-Star Jazz Band Saxophonist Tony Peebles
“Tony Peebles was a pretty incredible player,” states Russ Weil, founder and director of the Hamilton All Star Jazz Band, now celebrating its 30th year.
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Scott Cushnie – Professor Piano – Makes A Move To Hamilton
Friends in the local music community are joining together to support a move to Hamilton of keyboard legend Scott Cushnie, affectionately known as Professor Piano because of his deep knowledge of the instrument.
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Bringing The Entire Entertainment Package a la Freedom Train
Freedom Train has been working, and working well, for 25 years. The busy trio of Carl Jennings (bass and vocals),…
The Reason Plays Absinthe to Melt a Snowstorm and Warm Hearts
On their way home from a string of Western Canada dates, on the first of December, the band's van spun out into a ditch resulting in a broken axle on their trailer.
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Philosofear Live at Hamilton’s Citadel Theatre: Become The Rage
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Compelled to Play Drums at 59
A reflection by James M. Lynch. I started playing drums at age 13, in the summer of 1968. Prior to that, I took piano lessons from age 7 to 9, and guitar lessons from age 11 to 13.
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