Slidewinder
Published February 1, 1997 in Features
Mike McKenna and Slidewinder will be celebrating the release of their new self-titled CD at the Silver Dollar on Wednesday, February 26.
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Scott Cushnie – A Modern Primitive?
Published December 1, 1996 in Features
Scott Cushnie (aka Professor Piano) is shown at far left with his legendary ensemble, The Canadian Aces (Jody Golick, Terry Wilkins, Mitch Lewis , Bucky Berger and Marian & Eileen Tobin. Scott’s new album, Two Pianos, No Waiting (with Doug Riley and Joan Besen) has just been released nationally and promises to bring Toronto’s beloved keyboard wizard back to national (and international) attention.
Jani Lauzon
Published November 1, 1996 in Features
As we head into the month of our biggest event, the Women’s Blues Review, we continue with our policy of profiling its performers. We begin in this issue with an update of Jani Lauzon‘s career, continue with excerpts from Robin Banks‘ trip to Memphis, and tell you about Chris Armstrong‘s new CD. The big show is Nov. 30, at Trinity St. Paul’s, and the other singers are Dianne Brooks, Andrea Koziol, Lee Aaron, Georgette Fry & Melanie Jean. The Band Leader is Lily Sazz.
Dianne Brooks
Published October 1, 1996 in Features
Dianne Brooks will share the stage with1996 New Blues Talent Search winner Robin Banks, rock diva Lee Aaron, Chris Armstrong, Juno nominee Georgette Fry, Melanie Jean, Andrea Koziol, and Jani Lauzon. This exceptional occasion to hear a wide range of Canadian women’s Blues will be hosted by CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers. This year’s vocal luminaries will be backed by a sidereal band including keyboardist and band leader Lily Sazz, guitarist Kris St. Louis, bass player Suzie Vinnick, and drummer Maureen Brown, trumpet player Sarah McElcheran, and saxophonists Colleen Allen and Carrie Chesnutt.
There… and Back Again
Published September 1, 1996 in Features
Randriamananjara Radofa Besata, better known in blues circles as Madagascar Ben is a featured performer at the TBS event called “World Blues” being held at 2pm, Sunday, October 6 in the Water’s Edge Cafe at Harbourfront Centre.Toronto’s Irshad Kahn will be playing sitar in this exploration of international blues expression.
Suzie
Published August 1, 1996 in Features
Suzie Vinnick will be performing acoustically on August 22nd. with Rick Fines at the Nathan Phillips “Square in Motion” concert. Also appearing will be the Sidemen and the Whiteley Brothers. The show runs from 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Suzie has been confirmed as bassist for the 10th Annual Women’s Blues Revue this November and Rick is celebrating the release of his new CD, Arcadia, on Wednesday, August 28th at the Silver Dollar.
Honeyboy
Published July 1, 1996 in Features
“Even in old age, he retains a playful and cherubic quality though the hard lessons are likewise drawn on his face: the poverty and racism which caused the needless early deaths of both his father and mother from lack of medical attention; the senseless shooting death of his sister Blanche by her husband (the man who had been responsible for first introducing Honeyboy to a guitar); the flood of 1927 which could have killed them all if not for the Red Cross; and the long economic blight of the Great Depression.” – John Anthony Brisbin from the Earwig CD Delta Bluesman.
Georgette Fry
Published June 1, 1996 in Features
Georgette Fry will be appearing at several music festivals between June and September, including: the 10th Anniversary of the du Maurier Downtown Jazz Festival in June; the Heineken Soul ‘n’ Blues Festival, the Home County Music Festival in London, the Wolfe Island, and Perth Theatre Festivals in July; the Blue Skies Festival in early August, followed by concerts in Kingston’s Grand Theatre.
Our Man Morgan
Published May 1, 1996 in Features
This year’s recipient of the Blues With A Feeling Award is Morgan Davis, a veteran of the Canadian blues scene for over twenty years. The award will be presented on Monday, May 27 at the newly re-opened Silver Dollar during the TBS’s 11th Anniversary Bash. It only seems appropriate that the evening’s entertainment will be provided by Morgan and his band, helped along with a few musical guests.
