News Roundup (Quarter in the Bag, Gary Cain Band, Gregg Allman, Top Jazz Clubs)

Evan Agostini/The Associated Press

Gregg Allman Passes

Links: Gregg Allman, More Allman Brother Stories, Video above courtesy of Allman Brothers on MV

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w the Quarter in the Bag
  
  
  
  Links: Quarter in the Bag, More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  
• Blues Tribe Video: Gary Cain
  
  
  
  Links: Gary Cain, More Gary Cain Stories, More Blues Tribe Videos, Video above courtesy of the Blues Tribe
  
  
• May Issue of Libretto (Hamilton Musician's Guild)
• CHCH Videos: Andrew Waines, Just Heart
• Local + Canadian Winners at the 2017 International Songwriting Competition

List of Best Canadian Jazz Clubs

Local

• Artword Artbar (Hamilton)
• Mahtay Café and Lounge (St. Catharines)
• The Jazz Room (Waterloo)

Ontario

• Bucatini (Brampton)
• Gate 403 (Toronto)
• Hugh’s Room (Toronto)
• Jazz Bistro (Toronto)
• Lula Lounge (Toronto)
• Nice Bistro (Whitby)
• Old Mill (Toronto)
• Reposado Bar and Lounge (Toronto)
• Reservoir Lounge (Toronto)
• Rex Hotel (Toronto)
• Shore Grill and Grotto (Mississauga)
• Vineyards Wine Bar and Bistro (Ottawa)

Across Canada

• Blue Martini (Vancouver)
• Bushwakker Brewing (Regina)
• Café Orso (Vancouver)
• Dièse Onze Jazz and Restaurant (Montreal)
• Frankie's Italian Kitchen and Bar (Vancouver)
• Gallery Bistro (Port Moody)
• Gravity Espresso and Wine Bar (Calgary)
• Hermann's Jazz Club (Victoria)
• Kawa Espresso Bar (Calgary)
• Le Sacrement (Quebec)
• Modavie (Montreal)
• Obladee (Halifax)
• Pat’s Pub and Brewhouse (Vancouver)
• Poorhouse Restaurant (Vancouver)
• Revel Restaurant and Lounge (Vancouver)
• Ten Ten Tapas (Vancouver)
• Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill (Montreal)
• Vernon Jazz Club (Vernon)
• The Wild Fig (Coquitlam)
• Yardbird Suite (Edmonton)

Canada

• Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces 2017 Inductees

World

• Songs You Didn't Realize Had Weird Hidden Meanings
• Van Morrison to Receive Lifetime Achievement Americana Award

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