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Music Listings: May 2-5, 2024
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Strong Debut from Hamilton's Garnetta Cromwell
- GARNETTA CROMWELL (Lead vocals, Congas, Percussions)
- ROBIN HOUSTON (Drums)
- MARK HOWE (Bass)
- TOSHIHIRO OTANI (Electric Guitar)
- SABIAN CROSSWELL (Piano, Wurlitizer Electric Piano, Hammond Organ, Nord Keyboard)
- JUAN ARCE (Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Horn arrangements)
- KEN WHITELEY (Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Harmony vocals, producer)
- QUISHA WINT (Harmony vocals)
- SELENA EVANGELINE (Harmony vocals)
- REBECCA HENNESSY (Trumpet, Additional horn arrangements)
- COLLEEN ALLEN (Alto Sax)
- CARRIE CHESNUTT (Tenor Sax)
- ELENA KAPELERIS (Baritone Sax)
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
Buy Holiday Smile Cookies This Week to Help Local Charities
This week (April 29-May 5) all sales from Tim Hortons' Smile Cookies will go towards local charities, A tasty way to give.
The Hamilton Blues Lovers (HBL) want to showcase a deserving local charity every week. HBL is not affiliated with these charities nor does it fund raise for them.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Brantford Music Promoter Victor 'Big Vic' Mirco Passes
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Brantford music promotor, Victor 'Big Vic' Mirco. Unfortunately, we do not know the details but we will post them here when we know them.
A word from Lou, our blogger:
I got to know Big Vic well through promoting shows in Brantford. He was always fun to be around and knew a ton about music. I will miss his friendship. RIP Vic.
Social Media Reaction
Bruce Hall, founder of the Grand River Blues Society
So sorry to hear this news of the passing of a good friend. Really enjoyed working with Big Vic on all his shows. He knew how to pack rooms with top notch entertainment. Will miss sparring with him on music trivia for he knew his stuff. Rest in Peace Victor.
Jeanna Jackson
So so sad to hear this, I knew Vic for the 25 years. I owned Brantford Minuteman Press Printing, he always printed the posters and tickets for the show.Vic would sit for hours at the office, talking , laughing crazy jokes i never got....hahaha, Last time I saw him was when he dropped off the coconut heads (from his parents) he had when he was cleaning the house. I have them still hanging on the wall. I will miss him always. xo. And I still have the files for all the old posters he would order. I am sure most are still on the old hard drive. Having some hanging up would be sweet memories of the loss of an amazing person.
Susan J Neziol
R.I.P. Vic Mirco aka "Big Vic"...my dear friend ...you were a big part of our teenage years working at Records on Wheels and organizing bus trips...in particular, for me, the Police Picnic bus! I have been lucky enough to have had you as a life long friend and attend many concerts with you....you will be dearly missed....xo
Rose Devereux
Been missing you at the blues for a while! He used to "pay me" in merch to start up the dance floor not that I needed to be persuaded. I miss harassing you at your table 🤣 I know I have a million more photos like these somewhere and I’ll forever cherish them! The shows are so insanely huge these days im never the first person on the dance floor but it’s probably because we paved the way lol! Rest easy my friend you finally get to meet some of the greats that paved the way! Thank you for always making me feel so special ❤️
Brad Grose
Vic has left a lasting legacy of creating great times and a real celebration of music. A real Community Champion and a dear friend. Godspeed Vic.
You will be missed.
My sincere condolences to the family and friends 🧡
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Ensemble! Nominated for 2 Cable 14 Impact Awards
It's with pride that we announce that the Ensemble! TV show was nominated for 2 Cable 14 Impact Awards: Outstanding Entertainment Series & Outstanding Social Media Promotion. The program, created and produced by HBL's own marketer, Linda Fraser, has been showcasing local singer/songwriters for over a decade now.
There's a lot of hard work that goes into each episode of the show. Dave Rave does an incredible, high-energy job as the host of the proceedings. Eric Bower and Gary Greenland handle the sound wonderfully. The staff and volunteers of Cable 14 are also an integral part of the success of Ensemble!
A big thank you the Clifford Brewing Company for inviting the show to film at their fabulous venue.
Of course, the show couldn't exist without all the talented local musicians who volunteered their time to perform on the show. Thanks everyone!
We'll all be keeping our fingers crossed for Ensemble! at the awards ceremony on May 28, 2024 at the Westdale Theatre. GOOD LUCK!
Unfortunately, we do not know who the nominees are for any of the categories but if we find out, we'll be posting them here.
Links: Ensemble!, More Ensemble! Stories, More Impact Award Stories
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
Happy Earth Day - Videos by Sultans of String ft Duke Redbird, Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn
Links: Neil Young, More Neil Young Stories, Video above courtesy of TheMusicExtener
Links: Bruce Cockburn, More Bruce Cockburn Stories, Video above courtesy of BruceCockburnVevo
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Friday, April 19, 2024
Hamilton's Andre Bisson Reaches New Heights on Latest Album
- Jesse O’Brien (Piano, Organ)
- Mike Rowell (Bass)
- Keagan Early (Drums)
- Pat Carey (Sax)
- Shawn Moody (Trumpet)
- Loretta Hale (Trumpet, Cello)
- Rob Somerville (Trombone)
- Paul Barna (Violin/Viola)
- Quisha Wint (Vocals)
- Selena Evangeline (Vocals)
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