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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Ensemble! Wins 2024 Cable 14 Impact Award

Ensemble! the wonderful Cable 14 music TV show recently received some well-deserved recognition. The program won in the Outstanding Social Media Promotion category at the 2024 Impact Awards that first aired on June 11, 2024. The program was also nominated for Outstanding Entertainment Series.  Ensemble, created/produced by HBL's Linda Fraser and hosted by the incredible Dave Rave has been entertaining audiences for over a decade.

The live event itself took place at the Westdale in Hamilton on May 28, 2024.

Below you can see the full ceremony. Presenters included musician Tom Wilson, Mayor Andrea Horvath, former CHCH personality Connie Smith & many more.

Video above courtesy of Cable 14

Below is a complete list of winners


Previous (Winners of the 2024 Hamilton Arts Awards) - - - Next (Glenn Marais to Represent GRBS at International Blues Challenge)

Thursday, September 15, 2016

News Roundup (Supercrawl, Checkerboard Floors, Matt Andersen, Uncorked)


News

Local
World

              The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

              Trebleclef checked out the always wonderful Locke Street Festival!

              With Dave Rave

              Links: Matt Andersen, More Matt Andersen Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B. Lous


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              He also popped by the amazing Supercrawl!

              With the Vaudevillian



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                Tuesday, November 3, 2015

                CONGRATS! 2015 Spectator Readers' Choice Award Winners


                The Hamilton Spectator readers have spoken!  After tabulating the votes, the winner of the 2015 Readers' Choice Awards were announced in the October 30, 2015 edition of the popular local paper.

                The top prize (the Platinum award) for local musicians went to folk rockers Eclectic Revival.



                Links: More Eclectic Revival Stories, Video above courtesy of Chris McLeod

                Area Metalheads Prismind earned the Diamond award.



                Video above courtesy of JohnnyMo69

                The Gold award went to the late Hamilton guitar slinger Brian Griffith.



                Links: More Brian Griffith Stories, Video above courtesy of Justin Dunlop

                Click here to see the rest of the top ten

                CONGRATS EVERYONE!

                Click here for a complete winners listing. Below are the music-relate categories.

                Category (Click to see top ten)
                • Platinum
                • Diamond
                • Gold
                Local Musician
                Concert Venue
                Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

                Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

                Previous (Halloween Videos) - - - Next (Harrison Kennedy to Receive European Blues Award)

                Saturday, May 23, 2015

                CONGRATS! 2015 Hamilton Music Industry Award Winners (Including Us!)


                The Hamilton Blues Lovers website was only one of the many winners in the 2015 Hamilton Music Industry Awards.  Many deserving members of the local music community were recognized on May 23, 2015 at the Dofasco Centre for the Arts.

                Lou, our blogger had this to say: "Thank you to all my fellow nominees who help get the word out about the amazing Hamilton music scene and thanks to all the amazing musicians.  It is an honour to receive this award."

                The big winner of the day was classical musician Strat Andriotis, who earned three awards.



                Video above courtesy of Dekatria Records

                The night was also special because of the late, great Brian Griffith, who won the Guitarist of the Year Award.  His son accepted the award on his behalf.  Many of the speakers paid tribute to this amazing musician.  There were many touching moments.



                Links: More Brian Griffith Stories, Video above courtesy of Doug Smith 

                Click here for the CBC Hamilton story

                Click here for pictures of the event

                Click here for picture of our Mascot at the awards

                CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

                Here is a complete list of winners.

                Previous (Harrison Kennedy on New Eric Bibb Album)

                Saturday, November 1, 2014

                2014 Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Award Winners


                The Hamilton Spectator has tallied all of their 2014 Readers' Choice votes and the people of Steeltown have chosen the best of their city.

                This year, they included a Local Musician category.  Popular cover band, Freedom Train won the Platinum Award followed by Ginger St. James with Diamond and Shanya Lynn Dawson with Gold. Congratulations!



                Links: Freedom Train, More Freedom Train Stories,  More Louis Armstrong covers/stories,, Video above courtesy of Freedom Train



                Links: Ginger St. James, More Ginger St. James Stories, Video above courtesy of Bill Griffin



                Links: Shanya Lynn Dawson, More Shanya Lynn Dawson Stories, Video above Courtesy of Janice Pinch

                Here are the results of the music related categories.

                Local Musician
                Festival
                Concert Venue
                Live Entertainment
                Record/CD Store - NEW
                Record/CD Store - USED
                Musical Instrument Store
                Music School

                Previous (Halloween Videos) - - - Next (Local Musicians Up for Maple Blues Awards)

                Saturday, October 18, 2014

                2014 View Magazine Readers' Choice Winners


                The readers of View, Hamilton's favourite independent weekly magazine have spoken!  They recently voted on the best that Steeltown has to offer.  Below are the music-related results. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone.

                Top is Gold and bottom is Silver.

                Local Band
                Local Female Artist
                Local Male Artist
                Local Cover Band
                Local Band Most Likely to Make it Big
                Local Band Name
                Local Festival
                Free Event
                Local TV Personality
                Local Radio Station
                Local Radio Personality
                Local Show Promoter
                Local Independent Record Label
                Coolest Instrument to Play
                • Drums
                • Harmonica
                Local Recording Studio
                Local Recording Producer
                Local Rehearsal Space
                Live Venue
                Country Bar
                Jazz and Blues Venue
                Open Stage
                Musical Instrument Store
                Store to Buy New Music
                Store to Buy Old Music

                Links: View, More from the View's Readers' Poll

                Previous (News Roundup w Laura Cole, Ensemble!, MizA, Nick Doneoff, Cartoons)

                Thursday, September 18, 2014

                News Roundup (Kirby, Black Flies, Loralee McGuirl)



                Local
                Canada
                World

                Blasts From the Past 

                Recently Added

                Main List of Sites
                Our Performer List
                Our Venue List

                Upcoming Birthdays

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                Sunday, November 3, 2013

                Local Acts Nominated for 2014 Maple Blues Awards

                http://torontobluessociety.com/about-maple-blues-awards/
                Once again, our talented local musicans were honoured with quite a few Maple Blues Award nominations.

                Hopefully, some of them will be receieving the kudos on the 17th annual show (run by the Toronto Blues Society) on January 10, 2014.  GOOD LUCK!

                Steve Strongman, Harrison Kennedy, and Soulstack garnered two nods each: Strongman for Entertainer & Guitarist; Harrison for Acoustic Act & Male Vocalist; Soulstack for Electric act &  Drummer (Tom Bona).

                Other area nominees include: Dave King (Drummer) and Brant Parker Blues Band (New Artist/Group).



                Links: Steve Strongman, More Steve Strongman stories,Video courtesy of Urban Hero Magazine



                Links: Harrison Kennedy, More Harrison Kennedy Stories, Video courtesy of StellaBlu477



                Links: Soulstack, More Soulstack Stories, Video courtesy of Jon Knight



                Links: Brant Parker Blues Band, More Brant Parker Stories, Video courtesy of Daragent2
                 
                The largest number of nominations went to Ottawa's MonkeyJunk who were listed in six categories.

                Here is the complete list of the 17th Annual Maple Blues Awards nominees:

                Entertainer

                The 24th Street Wailers
                MonkeyJunk
                Shakura S'Aida
                Steve Strongman
                The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

                Electric Act
                The 24th Street Wailers
                Bill Durst
                David Gogo
                MonkeyJunk
                Soulstack

                Acoustic Act
                Brandon Isaak
                Dawn Tyler Watson and Paul Deslauriers
                Harrison Kennedy
                Little Miss Higgins
                Michael Jerome Browne

                Male Vocalist
                Bob Walsh
                Charlie A'Court
                Donald Ray Johnson
                Harrison Kennedy
                Jim Byrnes

                Female Vocalist
                Angel Forrest
                Dawn Tyler Watson
                Layla Zoe
                Shakura S'Aida
                Treasa Levasseur

                New Artist or Group
                Brant Parker Blues Band    
                Declan O'Donovan
                Denis Viel
                James “Buddy” Rogers
                The Mackenzie Blues Band                                         

                Recording/Producer
                MonkeyJunk - All Frequencies
                David Vest - East Meets Vest (co-produced by Gary Kendall)
                Julian Fauth - Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right
                Angel Forrest - Mother Tongue Blues
                Ben Racine Band - One of A Kind

                B.B. King International Artist
                James Cotton
                Dr. John
                Mavis Staples
                Tedeschi Trucks Band
                Trampled Under Foot

                Guitarist
                David Gogo
                Kevin Breit
                Paul Deslauriers
                Steve Strongman
                Tony D (MonkeyJunk)

                Harmonica
                Carlos Del Junco
                David Rotundo
                Guy Belanger
                Shawn Hall (The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer)
                Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk)

                Piano/Keyboard
                David Vest
                Graham Guest
                Julian Fauth
                Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
                Lance Anderson

                Horn
                Al Lerman  (Fathead)
                Chris Whiteley
                Frank Thiffault  (Ben Racine)
                Jon Wong (The 24th Street Wailers)
                Shirley Jackson

                Drummer
                Bucky Berger
                Chris Nordquist
                Dave King (Steve Strongman)
                Sam Harrisson (Paul Deslauriers)
                Tom Bona (Soulstack)

                Bassist
                Alec Fraser
                Gary Kendall 
                Keith Picot (Brandon Isaak)
                Omar Tunnoch (Fathead)
                Russell Jackson

                Songwriter
                Brandon Isaak
                Charlie A'Court
                Harrison Kennedy
                Julian Fauth
                MonkeyJunk

                Blues With A Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement)
                Alec Fraser
                Michael Jerome Browne
                Danny Brooks
                Ellen McIlwaine
                Joe Murphy
                Ken Whiteley
                Michael Fonfara
                Stephen Barry
                Tom Lavin
                Brent Parkin
                Bob Walsh
                Jim Zeller
                Nanette Workman
                Theresa Malenfant
                John Dickie

                Blast from the Past:  Last Year's Maple Blues Award Winners

                Click here for more about the Maple Blues Awards

                Previous (Bluesman Al Carter Passes) - - - Next (Videos: Workshop@Festival of Friends w D'arcy Wickham, Steve Sinnicks, Darrelle London, David Knopfler, Ken Whiteley)

                Monday, September 19, 2011

                Dinner Belles CD Debut: West Simcoe County

                Call it infectious country, folk rock, roots rock, or whatever you like; the Dinner Belles' debut CD, West Simcoe County, will defintely get you in a good mood.

                The hooks are catchy, the harmonies are wonderful and there's a whole mess o' sounds for variety. Mandolin, banjo, piano, slide guitar, ukelele, harmonica and more add to the richness of the music.

                The band is a supergroup of sorts, boasting such local vets as Terra Lightfoot (Secret Heights), Brad Germain (Marble Index), Greg Brisco (keyboards for several local players) and more.

                Together they have created some incredible toe tapping, finger snapping numbers and a few beautiful, soft, slow ones as well.

                The disc is available at their live shows, as a download on Bandcamp.

                Below are a few live performances from the latest Supercrawl. They feature songs from the CD. Videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music.







                More Supercrawl Videos
                Links: Dinner Belles, More Dinner Belles stories

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                Tuesday, September 13, 2011

                Caretakers@Supercrawl (September 10, 2011)

                Click here if you can't see the videos.





                Videos below courtesy of Mama Loves Music









                More Supercrawl Videos
                Links: Caretakers, More Caretakers Stories

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