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Quisha Wint will be a guest vocalist at the Women’s Blues Revue Friday November 26 @ Roy Thomson Hall

Silver Dollar Room rises from the ashes (twice): The Dollar is back at its original location, meticulously restored, but not yet open  to the public. A privileged few have received a guided tour of the revived bar that was demolished along with the adjoining Waverly Hotel in 2018 to make way for a new residential property.

Toronto Blues Society Book Launch Event

Chasing The Blues – A Traveller’s Guide to America’s Music

Authors – Josephine Matyas & Craig Jones will be Interviewed by Richard Flohil

And a special solo performance from Juno and Maple Blues Award winner Harrison Kennedy

Wednesday October 13, 2021 8pm

The Paradise Theatre

1006 Bloor ST W, Toronto

Toronto Blues Society Piano Blues Series Presents

Sue Foley is on the road again

Tabby Johnson will host the Women’s Blues Revue November 26 at Roy Thomson Hall

Nova Scotian Reeny Smith will make her Toronto debut at the Women’s Blues Revue November 26 at Roy Thomson Hall

When Jaimoe, a founding member and drummer of the Allman Brothers made a call to members of the group alumni suggesting they reconvene for a concert celebrating 50 years of the brotherhood, he was met with the kind of positive responses he had hoped for.

So you want to be a bluesman? Or woman (to bring us into the 21st century)? Take a listen to Tommy Castro’s latest album, “A Bluesman Came to Town, a blues odyssey.” It’s an invitation and a warning of the joys, fringe benefits and bumps in the road, all wrapped up in vivid storytelling.

This is JP LeBlanc’s first album in 15 years, and man, was it worth waiting for. The native of Bathurst, New Brunswick was somewhat of a young prodigy, infected by the blues at the age of 11, picking up guitar and joining high-powered jams as a teenager and recording his first CD at the age of 21.