Kim Doolittle bills herself as a singer, songwriter, storyteller & musician and she’s been living in the Peterborough area for some years now. You may remember her from her time here and she’s toured the world singing on cruise ships.
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John’s Blues Picks April 2017 – Chris Antonik
Chris Antonik’s third album was born in the crucible of divorce, a fact that colours all the songs here. We also have an explosive blues-rock album, complete with horn section, strings and chorus. With the help of some high-powered help behind the glass, we have a gorgeously recorded production. “(Between) The Monarch and the Wrecking Ball (We’ll Find A Way)” lends the album its title.
March 2017 – Sugar Brown
Toronto’s Sugar Brown kicked ass and made it to the finals at the International Blues Challenge
Top Blues – March 2017
This month’s recommended listening by Mark Rheaume and John Corcelli of the CBC Music Library
Loose Blues News – February 2017
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved an application to place HMV Canada Inc. into receivership on January 27.HMV owes nearly $39 million to HUK 10 Ltd and would require between $2 million and $5 million annually in cash to stay open, according to court filings, and the company was losing $100,000 a day as customers turned towards online media in recent years.
Top Blues – February 2017
This month’s recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn’s Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues.
John’s Blues Picks January 2016 – Holly Hyatt & Jon Burden
This veteran duo from BC, with Hyatt on electric bass & vocals and Burden on electric guitar and vocals have a live CD that gets a little help from Marvin Walker on subdued drums. They perform a set of covers and originals, with Muddy’s “Blow Wind Blow” and Memphis Slim’s “Mother Earth” opening.
John’s Blues Picks January 2016 – Lucas Haneman Express
The Lucas Haneman Express hails from Ottawa. Haneman is a visually impaired guitarist/vocalist/songwriter who has a degree in jazz studies and who won an Oscar Peterson Scholarship to do so. He has now decided to write original material, using his background to take blues in some non-traditional directions. The non-traditional directions include an awareness of current sensitivity to malefemale relationships.
John’s Blues Picks January 2016 – Debra Power
Debra Power is a veteran Calgary pianist/vocalist with a long overdue first album. If you haven’t heard of her, it’s because she’s mostly played in clubs in Calgary while raising a daughter. But she is going to represent Western Canada at the IBCs this month and I’m sure her dusky voice and new songs will be well received there.
