Nick Earle & Joe Coffin were finalists in this year’s East Coast Music Awards with their new disc released in February. They are from St. John’s and while their last disc was as an acoustic duo, these young men (still in school) are now rocking out with a full band. And they’re doing that with some fine original songs.
Florida-born Selwyn Birchwood won it all at the IBCs in 2013 and was signed by Alligator soon afterwards. His first disc, Don’t Call No Ambulance, was very well received, winning several awards. This new album takes him several stages further, with a songwriting variety and musical inventiveness that’s obvious from the getgo.
Multi-award winning recording artist and renowned blues diva Angel Forrest takes the stage with her band at The Opera House on Saturday June 10th at 9pm with special guest roots/blues singer/songwriter Rob Lutes who
will be joined by longtime accompanist, acclaimed Quebec guitarist Rob MacDonald.
Dawn Tyler Watson plays the Orangeville Bluesfest and the 2017 Women’s Blues Revue
Guy Bélanger’s seventh disc touches on the various projects that this harmonica virtuoso has been involved in over the years. His long time membership in the Bob Walsh Band gets pride of place, the opening “My Dearest Friend” being dedicated to the late singer as indeed is the entire disc.
Guy Davis had long wanted to celebrate the great duo and working with the talented Italian harmonica ace, Fabrizzio Poggio gave him the chance. They call this disc ‘a love letter signed by both of us’.
This hard-touring quintet from Edmonton released their fourth album here at Fat City on April 14 and went on to play at the Kitchener Blues Festival Launch Party. Their touring schedule only shows Western Canadian dates for now which is most unfortunate as they have one fine new disc.
Celebrating his 70th birthday and fifty years of performing, Terry Gillespie assembled his various players for a series of concerts last summer at The Granary Beizle in his hometown of Vankleek Hill ON.
Terry Gillespie comes to town with a new CD, Homeboy
Electro-Fi Records knows how to celebrate anniversaries. This is their 20th year and 2016 JUNO Award winner Harrison Kennedy starts it off in style. He’s brought some famous friends along: Jimmy Bowskill, Jack de Keyzer, Julian Fauth and Alec Fraser.
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