Happy World Radio Day! Videos by No Sugar Tonight, Rush, Patrick Ballantyne

Update of 2021 Post

Links: No Sugar Tonight, More NST Stories, More Guess Who Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of NosugarTonight22

Links: Rush, More Rush Stories, Video above courtesy of Rush

Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, Video above courtesy of Northwood Music

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Live Music Returns to Moonshine Cafe in Oakville

The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville is one of the many local venues that is bringing back live music. These shows are live streamed from inside the cafe to the patio.

Here are the next few incredible shows. Each show listed below is $10 and starts at 9 pm.

Friday, August 21: Shades of Blue Revue



Links: Shades of Blue Revue, More Aretha Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Vesna Trkulja-Stevens

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Saturday, August 23: Dirty Blues Band



Links: Dirty Blues Band, More Howlin' Wolf Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of The Dirty Blues Band

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Friday, August 28: The Oh Chays with Patrick Ballantyne



Links: The Oh Chays, Video above courtesy of the Oh Chays



Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, Video above courtesy of Patrick Ballantyne

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Saturday August 29: Shantelle Pfau with John Fauteux



Links: Shantelle Pfau and John Fauteux, Video above courtesy of John Fauteux

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News Roundup (Tia McGraff, Paul James, Passings, Treble Visits Locke Street)

Photos of Paul James Band @ Carnegie Gallery in Dundas

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News

Local

• Tia McGraff on Under the Apple Tree Video Series
  
  
  
  Links: Tia McGraff,  More Tia McGraff Stories, Video above courtesy of WhisperingBobTV, More Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
• FYI Music News: 5 Questions with Patrick Ballantyne
• Fats Domino Passes
• New Andre Bisson CD
• View Readers' Choice Award Winners
• DJ Shub Earns Native American Music Award
• Dizzy Gillespie's 100th Birthday

Passings

• George Young (Easybeats member and AC/DC producer)
• Jimmy Beaumont (Skyliners singer)
  
  
  
  Links: Skyliners, Video above courtesy of catman916
  
  
• Phil Miller (prog musician)
• Harold Pendleton (promoter)

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef travelled on Locke Street last week! Click the pictures to view more from these events

First, he grabbed a bite to east at the new amazing restaurant CIMA Entoca.

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Then he popped by Epic Books and bumped into the wonderful local musician Low Country Hill.

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After that, he checked out the grand opening for a vintage, cool record/clothing store, Into the Abyss.

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News Roundup (Passings, Living Blues Award Winners, Patrick Ballantyne)

Festival of Friends Volunteer Mosche Freedman Passes

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News

Local

• CHCH Video: Nicole Coward
• Winners of the Niagara Jazz Fest Jazz 4 the Ages Contest
• Local Music Super Fan Gary DePodesta Passes

Living Blues Award Winners

Critic's Poll

• Artist (Male): Bobby Rush
• Artist (Female): Rhiannon Giddens
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: William Bell
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Lurrie Bell
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Billy Branch
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Henry Gray
• Most Outstanding Musician (Bass): Bob Stroger
• Most Outstanding Musician (Drums): Cedric Burnside
• Most Outstanding Musician (Horns): Big Jay McNeely
• Most Outstanding Musician (Other): Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton (Banjo)
• Best Live Performer: Bobby Rush
  
  
  
  Links: Bobby Rush, More Bobby Rush Stories, Video above courtesy of MusicUCanSee
  
  
• Comeback Artist of the Year : William Bell
• Artist Deserving More Attention: Bruce “Mississippi” Johnson

Best Blues Albums of 2016

• Album: Lurrie Bell - Can’t Shake This Feeling
• New Recordings/Contemporary Blues: Toronzo Cannon -  The Chicago Way
• New Recordings/Southern Soul: William Bell – This Is Where I Live
• New Recordings/Best Debut: Anthony Sherrod and the Cornlickers – Right on Time
• New Recordings/Traditional and Acoustic: Jimmy “Duck” Holmes – It Is What It Is 
• Historical (Pre-war): Washington Phillips – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams
• Historical (Postwar): B.B. King – The Complete RPM–Kent Recordings Box

Various

• Book: Martin Hawkins – Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
• DVD: Sherman Robertson – Takin’ You to Texas
• Producer (New Recording): Scott Billington (Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat)
• Producer (Historical Recording): Michael Corcoran, April G. Ledbetter and Steven Lance Ledbetter (Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreamss)

Readers Poll

• Artist (Male): Buddy Guy
• Artist (Female): Shemekia Copeland
• Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar): Buddy Guy
• Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica): Charlie Musselwhite
• Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard): Marcia Ball
• Best Live Performer: Buddy Guy
  
  
  
  Links: Buddy Guy, More Buddy Guy Stories, Video above courtesy John Richardson
  
  
• Most Outstanding Blues Singer: Buddy Guy
• Album (New Release): Toronzo Cannon -  The Chicago Way
• Album (Historical Recording): B.B. King – The Complete RPM–Kent Recordings Box
• DVD: David “Honeyboy” Edwards – I’m Gonna Tell You Somethin’ That I Know
• Book: Alan Harper – Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads

World

• International Bluegrass Music Association Award Nominations

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The Adventures of Trebleclef the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef helped his daddy (Lou, our blogger) celebrate his birthday along with Trickbag at King West Bistro in Dundas

Click here for more pictures of the event.

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A few days after, he went to Gore Park in Hamilton to check out Andre Bisson and his incredible Band!

Click here for more pictures of the event.

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Featured Video

Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, Video above courtesy of Patrick Ballantyne

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GOOD LUCK! Local Artists Nominited in 2015 Now Readers' Choice Awards! VOTE FOR YOUR FAVES!

The voting has started on Toronto Alternative paper Now Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards.  A number of area acts are nominated for a few spots.

Blue Rodeo (a group which includes Hamilton's Colin Cripps on guitar) is up for Best Band.  

Links: Blue Rodeo, More Blue Rodeo Stories, Video above courtesy of Quimiqua

Waterloo's Soulstack is in the running for Best New Act.

Links: SoulStack, More Soulstack Stories, Video above courtesy of Soulstack

Also, a Best Songwriter nod went to Oakville singer songwriter Patrick Ballantyne.

Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, Video above courtesy of rdm dm

Please vote for your favourites at this link. Deadline is September 18 and the results will be released on November 5, 2015.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here is a partial list of nominees

Best Band

• Blue Rodeo
• Alvvays
• Bellwoods
• Born Ruffians
• Fucked Up
• Lemon Bucket Orkestra
• Metz
• Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar
• The Do Good Assassins
• The Sadies

Best New Act

• SoulStack
• a l l i e
• Anamai
• Bart
• bizZzarh
• Gray
• New Fries

Best Songwriter

• Patrick Ballantyne
• Arlene Paculan
• Doug Paisley
• Emma-Lee
• Freeman Dre
• Hayden
• Jennifer Castle

Click here for a compete list

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New Patrick Ballantyne CD: Days of Rain

Oakville singer/songwriter Patrick Ballantyne has a history of writing incredible tunes for himself and many others (including Big Sugar and the Trews).  Within his latest superb CD, Days of Rain lies 13 tracks of the musician's best work.

His wonderful, one-of-a-kind voice is joined by blues, country, folk, world music, rock, classical and other rhythms.  Every song is a magnificent, unique creation.

Patrick plays almost every single instrument and does it extremely well.  He's joined by Kelly "Mr. Chill" Hoppe (formerly of Big Sugar) on the song I'm Yours.

You can purchase this top notch CD at his electric live shows, through his website or download the album using iTunes or Google play.





Videos above courtesy of Jamie Cynthia

Links: Patrick Ballantyne, More Patrick Ballantyne Stories, More Releases 

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