April 2024 – Dave Mowat
Dave Mowat relaxes between takes at his Ganaraska Recording sessions for his new CD
Maple Blues Newsletter
April 2024 – Jack de Keyzer
During the pandemic shut-down, what better way for a seasoned blues guitarist and singer to keep his spirits up and stay in top form than delving into performing and recording a new CD, mainly in the acoustic and traditional style. It was Jack de Keyzer’s way of dealing with deep emotions and feelings and to process them, or even sublimate…
April 2024 – Mike Goudreau Band
Just want to Have Fun is the 23rd album by the prolific Mike Goudreau. It includes twelve originals by the artist and is co-produced and recorded with his long-time friend, Dany Roy, the brilliant saxophonist and arranger who also plays trumpet and flute on this opus. This quality production, refined and shot through with jazzy colours, took advantage of the…
April 2024 – Loose Blues News
What to do on April 5? It’s great to see the live blues scene coming back to life but this month we have one of those weird convergence of blues stars all playing on the same night, Friday April 5. Dave Mowat is having his album release party at the Cameron with an all-star lineup who helped with the recording,…
April 2024 – Top Blues
This month’s recommended listening by Brad Wheeler, music writer for the Globe and Mail Twitter: @bwheelerglobe *Ndidi O Simple Songs for Complicated Times Black Hen *Sue Foley One Guitar Woman Stony Plain James Harman Didn’t We Have Some Fun Sometime Electro-Fi *Shawn Kellerman Kell’s Kitchen Songsurfer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Live in France: The 1966 Limoges Concert Deep Digs Taj Mahal Swingin’ Live at…
March 2024 – Ndidi O
Ndidi O’ s new CD Simple Songs for Complicated Times will be released on April 19
March 2024 – Danielle Nicole
With the release of The Love You Bleed, Danielle Nicole’s career continues to soar. Her previous album was nominated for a Grammy and topped the Billboard blues chart, and this current CD — her third since becoming a solo artist — has hit number one on the Billboard, iTunes and Amazon blues charts. As well as her potent vocals, Nicole…
March 2024 – Ndidi O
Ndidi Onukwulu submitted a three song demo to the TBS Talent Search as an early first step in her Toronto career, twenty years ago. She didn’t “compete” in the session as the submission came in too late, however the tracks were so compelling, she got an invite to the Women’s Blues Revue in 2004 at Massey Hall. Also on the…
March 2024 – Loose Blues News
Juno Nominees for blues were just announced: The Blackburn Brothers, Brandon Isaak, Matt Andersen, Michael Jerome Browne and Blue Moon Marquee. Blue Moon Marquee were also nominated in the Indigenous Album category and TBS boarder Julian Taylor was nominated for Roots Album. The JUNOS will be presented in Halifax at the Scotiabank Centre Sunday, March 24 and broadcast on CBC….
March 2024 – Top Blues
This month’s recommended listening by Brant Zwicker, host/executive producer of At the Crossroads syndicated blues radio. Website: atcblues.ca Mitch Ryder The Roof is on Fire Ruf Records *Brandon Isaak One Step Closer independent Dion Girl Friends KTBA Records *Rene Huard Project Blues Calling independent Altered Five Blues Band Testifyin’ Blind Pig Records Katmandu Blues Band ft. Sean Carney…
