Throwback Thursday: Melissa McClelland - Victoria Day

Original Post: April 14, 2009

Updated Post: May 29, 2025

Local Singer/Songwriter Melissa McClelland (now part of Whitehorse) released her newest album, Victoria Day on April 14, 2009.

According to her website: "The songs capture all of the beauty and charm of the girl next door while lacing the punch at the sock hop with home-made moonshine."

Information:

• Label: Six Shooter Records
• Available on: YouTube, Spotify, Six Shooter Records (also on Vinyl)

Personnel

• Melissa McClelland – vocals, backup vocals, acoustic guitar, piano on "Segovia"
• Luke Doucet – producer, electric and acoustic guitars, Rhodes piano, lap steel, banjo, piano on "Brake", background vocals
• Rich Levesque – upright bass, electric bass guitar, background vocals
• Al Cross – drums and percussion on multiple tracks 
• Glen Milchem – drums on multiple tracks 
• Barry Mirochnick – drums multiple tracks
• Horns – Jim Bish on saxophone, Bryden Baird on trumpet, William Carn on trombone
• Steve O'Connor – piano on "A Girl Can Dream" and B3 organ on "God Loves Me"
• Ron Sexsmith – vocals on "Seasoned Lovers"
• David Travers-Smith – horns and vibes on "Seasoned Lovers"
• Kevin Fox – string arrangements, cello
• Karen Graves – violin
• Kathryn Sugden – violin
• Johann Lotter – viola

You can stream the album below

Links: Whitehorse, More Whitehorse Stories, Album Above courtesy of Melissa McClelland - Topic,  More Releases

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Throwback Thursday: 2009 Juno Award Winners + Nominees

Original Post: March 29, 2009

Expanded & Updated Post: May 8, 2025

On Sunday, March 29, the 2009 Junos were handed out.

Below is a complete list of winners (bolded and at the top of the category) and nominees.

Local artists are in italics.

Producer of the Year

• Daniel Lanois (Hamilton): "Here Is What Is" and "Not Fighting Anymore" 
  
  
  
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• Stuart Brawley, "Don't Stop Now" and "Falling" (Emmy Rossum)
• David Foster, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Seal), "Silent Night" (Josh Groban)
• k.d. lang, "I Dream of Spring" and "Coming Home" (k.d. lang)
• Nickelback and Joey Moi (co-producer Mutt Lange), "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)

Songwriter of the Year

• City and Colour (St. Catharines), "Waiting...", "Sleeping Sickness", "The Girl"
  
  
  
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• Nathan Ferraro, "Never Again", "Change For You", "Unaware" (The Midway State)
• Hedley, "Old School", "For The Nights I Can't Remember" (with Dave Genn), "Never Too Late" (with Greig Nori) (Hedley)
• Alanis Morissette, "Underneath", "Not As We", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man" (Alanis Morissette)
• Gordie Sampson, "When I Said I Would" (Whitney Duncan), "Just A Dream" (Carrie Underwood), "Davey Jones" (Gordie Sampson)

Dance Recording of the Year

• "Random Album Title", Deadmau5 (Niagara Falls)
  
  
  
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• "Move For Me", Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade
• "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", James Doman
• "Get Blahsted", Hatiras and MC Flipside
• "Yes We Can", House Music United

Music DVD of the Year

• Blue Road (Blue Rodeo) (member from Hamilton)
• Here Is What Is (Daniel Lanois) (Hamilton)
• It All Started With A Red Stripe (Moneen)
• Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... (Céline Dion)
• A MultiMedia Life (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Children's Album of the Year

• Snacktime!, Barenaked Ladies (member from Grimsby)
• FiddleFire!, Chris McKhool (Burlington)
• Catchy Tune, Jack Grunsky
• The Kerplunks, The Kerplunks
• Oui!, Gregg LeRock

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

• Lucky, Molly Johnson (Waterloo's John "Beetle" Bailey, producer)
• If the Moon Turns Green..., Diana Panton (Hamilton)
• Ella...Of Thee I Swing, Nikki Yanofsky
• Ima, Yvette Tollar
• Parkdale, Elizabeth Shepherd

Blues Album of the Year

* released on Waterdown's Stony Plain Records)

• Ramblin' Son, Julian Fauth *
• Acoustic Blues: Got 'Em from the Bottom, Big Dave McLean*
• Mess of Blues, Jeff Healey*
• Get Way Back: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield, Amos Garrett
• Love & Sound, Garrett Mason

Artist of the Year

• Sam Roberts
• City and Colour (St. Catharines)
• Bryan Adams
• k.d. lang
• Serena Ryder

Group of the Year

• Nickelback
• The Trews (Hamilton)
• Great Big Sea
• Simple Plan
• Tokyo Police Club

Adult Alternative Album of the Year

• Is It O.K., Serena Ryder
• Asking for Flowers, Kathleen Edwards (Hamilton)
• Exit Strategy of the Soul, Ron Sexsmith (St. Catharines)
• The Baroness, Sarah Slean
• Between the Beautifuls, Hawksley Workman

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Kevin Churko, "Disappearing" and "The Big Bang" (Simon Collins)
• John "Beetle" Bailey (Waterloo), "Lucky" and "If I Were A Bell" (Molly Johnson)
• Mike Fraser, "Rock N' Roll Train" (AC/DC), "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)
• Joey Moi, "Gotta Be Somebody" and "Never Gonna Be Alone" (Nickelback)
• Randy Staub, "Something in Your Mouth" (Nickelback)

Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year

• Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
• Salvation Station, newworldson (St. Catharines)
• Colors and Sounds, Article One
• I Will Go, Starfield
• Roar of Heaven, Life Support

Rock Album of the Year

• Love at the End of the World, Sam Roberts
• No Time for Later, The Trews (Hamilton)
• Terminal Romance, Matt Mays & El Torpedo (Hamilton)
• Fortress, Protest The Hero
• Parallel Play, Sloan

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo)

• Proof of Love, Old Man Luedecke
• Happy Here, Suzie Vinnick (Vineland)
• Tinderbox, Fred Eaglesmith (Hamilton)
• Ghost Notes, Matthew Barber (Hamilton)
• The Contradictor, Ndidi Onukwulu

Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group)

• Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine
• Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
• Fast Paced World, The Duhks
• Highway Prayer, Twilight Hotel
• XOK, NQ Arbuckle

Video of the Year

• Anthony Seck, "Honey Honey" (Feist)
  
  
  
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• Davin Black, "Blond Kryptonite" (Saint Alvia) (Burlington)
• Wendy Morgan, "Going On" (Gnarls Barkley)
• Dave Pawsey, "Detroit '67" (Sam Roberts)
• Dave Pawsey, "Them Kids" (Sam Roberts)

New Artist of the Year

• Lights
• Jessie Farrell
• Crystal Shawanda
• Kreesha Turner
• Nikki Yanofsky

New Group of the Year

• The Stills
• Beast
• Cancer Bats
• Crystal Castles
• Plants and Animals

Fan Choice Award

• Nickelback
• Céline Dion
• Feist
• Hedley
• The Lost Fingers

Album of the Year

• Dark Horse, Nickelback
• Famous Last Words, Hedley
• Lost in the 80's, The Lost Fingers
• 70’s Volume 2, Sylvain Cossette
• Simple Plan, Simple Plan

Aboriginal Recording of the Year

• Running for the Drum, Buffy Sainte-Marie (has since been stripped of the award)
• Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
• First Law of the Land, Billy Joe Green
• No Lies (album)|No Lies, Tracy Bone
• The World (And Everything In It), Team Rezofficial

Alternative Album of the Year

• Oceans Will Rise, The Stills
• The Chemistry of Common Life, Fucked Up
• In the Future, Black Mountain
• Parc Avenue, Plants and Animals
• Soft Airplane, Chad VanGaalen

CD/DVD Artwork Design of the Year

• Anouk Pennel and Stéphane Poirer, En concert dans la forêt des mal-aimés avec l'Orchestre Métropolitain, Pierre Lapointe
• Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Mountain Meadows, Elliott Brood (Hamilton)
• John Cook, Kelly Ferguson, John James Audubon, Koko Bonaparte, Sugarbird, Paul Reddick
• Phoebe Greenberg, George Fok, Daniel Fortin, Leda & St. Jacques, Productions l'Éloi, Pulse of the Planet, Slim Williams
• Dallas Wehrle, Robyn Kotyk, Alex vs. Alex, Kensington Heights, Constantines

Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble)

• Beethoven: Ideals Of The French Revolution, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano
• Bach: Métamorphoses, Orchestre symphonique de Québec and Yoav Talmi
• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8, Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil
• Bruckner: Symphonie No 9, Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin
• Haydn: Symphonies 62, 107 & 108, Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Kevin Mallon

Classical Album of the Year (solo or chamber ensemble)

• Homage, James Ehnes
• Haydn: Six Sonatas for Piano, Anton Kuerti
• Schubert: Complete Piano Trios, The Gryphon Trio
• Schumann: Sonata in F#Minor & Humoreske, Angela Hewitt
• Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues opus 87, David Jalbert

Classical Album of the Year (vocal or choral performance)

• Gloria! Vivaldi's Angels, Ensemble Caprice
• Bach and the Liturgical Year, Shannon Mercer and Luc Beauséjour
• Handel: Arias, Karina Gauvin
• Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings, Gerald Finley
• The Voice of Bach, Daniel Taylor

Francophone Album of the Year

• Tous les sens, Ariane Moffatt
• L'arbre aux parfums, Caracol
• Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
• Tradarnac, Swing
• Le volume du vent, Karkwa

Instrumental Album of the Year

• Nostomania, DJ Brace presents The Electric Nosehair Orchestra
• Auk/Blood, Tanya Tagaq
• The Furniture Moves Underneath, Inhabitants
• The Soundtrack, Creaking Tree String Quartet
• Telescope, Steve Dawson

International Album of the Year

• Viva La Vida, Coldplay
• Black Ice, AC/DC
• Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses
• Death Magnetic, Metallica
• Sleep Through the Static, Jack Johnson

Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year

• Embracing Voices, Jane Bunnett
• A Bend in the River, Roberto Occhipinti
• Existential Detective, Barry Romberg's Random Access Large Ensemble
• Rasstones, François Bourassa Quartet
• The Sicilian Jazz Project, Michael Occhipinti

Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

• Second Time Around, Oliver Jones
• For Kenny Wheeler, Don Thompson Quartet
• Small Wonder, Brad Turner Quartet
• Solo, Chris Donnelly
• TV Trio, John Stetch

Pop Album of the Year

• Flavors of Entanglement, Alanis Morissette
• Holes, The Midway State
• No Sleep at All, Creature
• Passion, Kreesha Turner
• Wake Up and Say Goodbye, David Usher

World Music Album of the Year

• Africa to Appalachia, Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
• The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun, George Dimitri Sawa
• Cairo to Toronto, Maryem & Ernie Tollar
• Contrabanda, Lubo and Kaba Horo
• Shivaboom, Eccodek

Single of the Year

• "Dangerous", Kardinal Offishall
• "Gotta Be Somebody", Nickelback
• "Lay It on the Line", Divine Brown
• "Lost", Michael Bublé
• "Taking Chances", Céline Dion

Classical Composition of the Year

• "Flanders Fields Reflections", John Burge
• "From the Dark Reaches", T. Patrick Carrabré
• "Manhattan Music", Bramwell Tovey
• "Notes Towards A Poem That Can Never Be Written", Timothy Corlis
• "Song of Songs", Sid Robinovitch

Country Recording of the Year

• Beautiful Life, Doc Walker
• Chasing the Sun, Tara Oram
• Dawn of a New Day, Crystal Shawanda
• Thankful, Aaron Pritchett
• What I Do, George Canyon

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

• The Love Chronicles, Divine Brown
• Elise Estrada, Elise Estrada
• Money, Zaki Ibrahim
• The Promise, Deborah Cox
• TONY, Ivana Santilli

Rap Recording of the Year

• Not 4 Sale, Kardinal Offishall
• A Captured Moment in Time, DL Incognito
• The Book, D-Sisive
• I Rap Now, Famous
• Point Blank, Point Blank

Reggae Recording of the Year

• "Everything", Humble
• "Jah Lift Me Up", Blessed
• "Renegade Rocker", Dubmatix
• "The Peacemaker's Chauffeur", Jason Wilson
• "Truth Will Reveal", Souljah Fyah

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories

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Cat Day Videos by Ron Sexsmith & Bubbles, Doucette, The Cat Came Back

Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of bune amkks

Links: Jerry Doucette, More Jerry Doucette Stories, Video above courtesy of Best Playlists Ever

Video above courtesy of NFB

More Cat Day Videos

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Winter Begins Videos by David Flack & Melanie Peterson, Ron Sexsmith, George CW Douglas

Links: David Flack, More David Flack, Melanie Peterson, Video above courtesy of David Flack

Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Ron Sexsmith

Links: George CW Douglas, More George CW Douglas Stories,  Video above courtesy of skumm60

Click here for more winter songs

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Happy Grandparents Day! Videos by SunYears ft Ron Sexsmith, Nicole Cerminara of JIN, Brett Kissel

Treble with his grandparents

Links: Sun Years, Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Sun Years

Links: JIN (Nicole's Band), Video above courtesy of Nicole Cerminara

Links: Brett Kissel, More Brett Kissel Stories, Video above courtesy of Scott Marples

More Grandparents Day Videos

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Happy First Day of Fall! Videos by Dan Medakovic, Sarah Beatty, City & Colour, Ron Sexsmith & Lori Cullen

Update of 2019 post

Links: Sarah Beatty, More Sarah Beatty Stories, Video above courtesy of Sarah Beatty - Topic

Links: Dan Medakovic, More Dan Medakovic Stories, Video above courtesy of Dan Medakovic



Links: City and Colour, More City and Colour Stories, Video above courtesy of closeyoureyes456



Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Lori Cullen, Video above courtesy of  Marjolijn

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Cool Music Cartoons

More Musical Toons

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News

Local

• CBC Music Video: Arkells Discuss Taylor Swift
  
  
  Links: Arkells, More Arkells Stories, Video above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• Spec Story on Ron Sexsmith's Book
• Two videos of Iskwe on CBC's q Juno show: Part 1, Part 2
  
  
  
  
  
  Links: Iskwé, More Iskwé Stories, More q Stories, Videos above courtesy of CBC Music
  
  
• Hamilton Arts Award Nominees
• Terra Lightfoot and Arkells receive SOCAN No. 1 song awards
• Fraser Lovemen (of the Modbeats) passes

Canada

• April 2018 issue of Maple Blues
• Talkin Blues Podcast w Producer Dick Shurman
• Top 10 Finalists in the Canadian Songwriting Competition

World

• Texas fiddler Johnny Gimble named to Country Music Hall of Fame
• Peanuts Hucko 100th Birthday

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef popped to Stonewalls to check rock out to the Smoke Wagon Blues Band!

Click here for more pictures from the event



Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B.Lous

MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS

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News Roundup (Harrison Kennedy, Ags Connolly Covers Sexsmith, The Crystals, Aaron Goldstein)

Photo by Ivan Sorensen

FYI Music News: A Conversation w Harrison Kennedy

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News

Local

• Video: Ags Connolly Covers Ron Sexsmith at Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
  
  Links: Ags Connolly, Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of WhisperingBobTV, More Under the Apple Tree Sessions

Canada

• Talkin' Blues Podcast ft Tinsley Ellis
• Open Stage Adventure: TWB (Kitchener), Ukuleles At Bull's Eye (Kitchener)

Passings

• Barbara Alston (Crystals singer)
  
  
  
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Featured Video

Links: Aaron Goldstein, More Aaron Goldstein Stories, More Tragically Hip Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Mike Shennan

MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS

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News Roundup (Raging Chimera, Ron Sexsmith, International Blues Challenge)

International Blues Challenge Winners

Best Band

• Keesha Pratt Band (Houston Blues Society)
• 2nd Place: Fuzzy Jeffries and The Kings of Memphis (Memphis Blues Society)
• 3rd Place: Artur Menezes (Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society)

Best Solo/Duo

• Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
  
  
  
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• 2nd Place: Daniel Eriksen (Oslo Bluesklubb)

Misc

• Gibson Guitar Award: Artur Menezes (Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society)
• Cigar Box Award: Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
• Lee Oskar Harmonica Player: Kevin Burt (Central Iowa Blues Society)
• Best Self-Produced CD: Jontavious Willis - Blue Metamorphasis (Atlanta Blues Society)

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: International Blues Challenge, More IBC Stories

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Raging Chimera
  
  
  
  Links: Raging Chimera, More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  
• Ron Sexsmith on Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
  
  Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of WhisperingBobTV, More Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
• Footage from Trickbag's 1st Live Performance (1990)
• CHCH Videos: Luckysticz, Matt Morson Eric Alper

Canada

• Toronto Piano Man Robert Lowrey Passes
• Rush is Basically Done
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Rob Lutes
• Barenaked Ladies to be Inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame
• Montreal Jazz Legend 'Steep" Wade's 100th Birthday

World

• Dolly Parton Has 2 New Guinness World Records
• Al Capone's Hobby: Songwriting

Passings

• Jim Rodford (Kinks, Zombies, Argent bassist)
• Rick Hall (father of Muscle Shoals music)

MORE NEWS ROUNDUPS

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Help Local Artists Win the 2017 No Depression Readers Poll! VOTE! Deadline Dec 15

International Americana online magazine No Depression is holding their annual year-end readers poll (for best album) and a few local artists on on the ballot.

This includes:

• Whitehorse: Panther in the Dollhouse (Hamilton)
  
  
  
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• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings: Kings and Kings (ft Hamilton's Tom Wilson, Guelph's Stephen Fearing and Toronto's Colin Linden)
  
  
  
  Links: Rodeo Kings, More BARK stories, Video above courtesy of Austin Peacock
  
  
• Stephen Fearing: Every Soul's A Sailor (Guelph)
  
  
  
  Links: Stephen Fearing, More Stephen Fearing Stories,  Video above courtesy of muziekpodium bakkeveen

• Ron Sexsmith: The Last Rider (St. Catharines)
  
  
  
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Other Canadians on the ballot include:

• Jim Byrnes: Long Hot Summer Days
• Bruce Cockburn: Bone on Bone (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Rose Cousins: Natural Conclusion
• New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions
• The Wailin' Jennys: Fifteen (released on Waterdown's True North Records)
• Neil Young: Hitchhiker
• Brock Zeman: The Carnival is Back in Town (released on Kitchener's Busted Flat Records)

Acts can also be added to the ballot during the voting process so if there are any artists you'd like recognized, this is your chance!

Click here to vote (you can pick the top ten)

Blast from the Past: 2015 No Depression Nominees

Links: No Depression, More No Depression Stories

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News Roundup (Shipley Hollow, Ron Sexsmith, CHCH Videos, Captain Canuck)

Classic Rock Cartoon from the New Yorker by David Sipress

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News

Local

• Band on a Couch ft Shipley Hollow
  
  
  
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• Under the Apple Tree Sessions w Ron Sexsmith
  
  
  
  Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of WhisperingBobTV, More Under the Apple Tree Sessions
  
  
• CHCH Videos: Across the Board; Mel Monaco, Jaydee Bixby
• Open Stage Adventure Feature on Silence
• Amazing New Website: Hamilton - City of Music
• Oakville Readers Choice Award Winners

Canada

• Quebec songwriter Réjean Ducharme passes

World

• Sparkle Moore: The Mysterious Rockabilly Pioneer You Never Heard Of

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The Adventures of Trebleclef the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef went to the Niagara Falls Convention Centre to help celebrate Canada's 150th

Treble met Richard Comely, the creator of the legendary Captain Canuck!

Video above courtesy of Chapterhouse Studios

Click here for more pictures from the event

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CONGRATS! Local Artists on CBC's Best Canadian Songwriters List

To mark the Canada's 150th birthday CBC Music has been posting a few music charts. Their latest, the 25 Best Canadian Songwriters Ever List has a number of area musicians.

St. Catherines' own amazing Ron Sexsmith is in the highest position for a local act (#11) 

Links: Ron Sexsmith, More Ron Sexsmith Stories, Video above courtesy of Ron Sexsmith

Legendary rockers The Band (featuring members from the Norfolk and Six Nations) follows closely behind at #12.



Links: The Band, More Stories of The Band, Video above courtesy of MelkortheMorgoth

Completing the local trio is the late, great Hamiltonian Stan Rogers at lucky number 13.



Links: Stan Rogers, More Stan Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of pudops

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Neil Young
4. Buffy Sainte-Marie
5. Gordon Lightfoot
6. Gord Downie (Tragically Hip)
7. Bruce Cockburn
8. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (Guess Who)
9. Feist
10. Drake
11. Ron Sexsmith
12. The Band
13. Stan Rogers
14. Alanis Morissette
15. Stompin' Tom Connors
16. Shania Twain
17. Bryan Adams
18. k.d. lang
19. Sarah McLachlan
20. Shad
21. John K. Samson (The Weakerthans)
22. Patrick Watson
23. Susan Aglukark
24. Joel Plaskett
25. Tegan and Sara

Blast from the Past: CBC's Top Canadian Singers List

Links: CBC Music, More CBC Lists

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News Roundup (Chuck Berry, James Cotton, Robin Benedict, Brennagh Burns, CBC Radio Chart)

Two Musical Giants Pass!

H. Michael Karshis / CC

Chuck Berry Passes (News Story)

Links: Chuck Berry, More Chuck Berry Stories,  Video above courtesy of Nick W

Picture courtesy of musicfestnews.com

James Cotton Passes (News Story)

Links: James Cotton, More James Cotton Stories , Video above courtesy of newbliss3

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Robin Benedict and Brennagh Burns
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Links: Robin Benedict, More Robin Benedict Stories, Brennagh Burns, More Brennagh Burns Stories, More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast

• Walk Off the Earth and Whitehorse on CBC Radio 2 Top 20 for March 16
• CHCH Video: Nolan Hubbard
• Local Artists on Searchlight Top 25

CBC Radio 2 Top 20 for March 16, 2017

Local artists in larger size

1. Walk Off the Earth: Fire in my Soul
2. The xx: On Hold
3. The New Pornographers: High Ticket Attractions
4. Fast Romantics: Why We Fight
5. Overcoats: Hold Me Close
6. Portugal. The Man: Feel it Still
7. Whitehorse: Boys Like You
8. Ruth B: Superficial Love
9. Scott Helman: 21 Days
10. Bill and Joel Plaskett: The Next Blue Sky
11. Common Deer: Confession (I Should Have Known)
12. Ron Sexsmith: Radio
13. Sarah Slean: Sarah
14. David Usher: They Will Believe (In This Love)
15. Arcade Fire ft Mavis Staples: I Give You Power
16. Bobby Bazini: Never Let Go
17. Robyn Dell'Unto: Face to Face
18. Sheryl Crow: Halfway There
19. Declan McKenna: The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home
20. Joseph: Canyon

World

• Previously Unreleased Louis Armstrong Recordings Discovered
• Passings: Jim Fuller (Surfaris Guitarist), Phil Garland (Kiwi Folk Legend)

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News Roundup (Terrance Morgan and Marcus Starr, Kendall Wall Band, Sing Me a River, Ron Sexsmith on X-Files)

Ron Sexsmith's Secret Heart featured in X-Files episode, 'Babylon'

Click pic above to stream episode

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Terrance 'Mouth Harp' Morgan and Marcus Starr
  
  
  
  Links: Terence Morgan and Marcus Starr, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
  
  
• New Le Trio Parisien (ft Juliet Dunn) Album
• Local Engineers Win Grammys
• Trebleclef's 1st Birthday and Instagram Launch

Videos

• David Lum
• David Lum and Dorothea Smith of 'Sing Me a River'
• The Way We Was: Full Documentary on the Kendall Wall Band
  
  
  
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Canada

• Issues of Maple Blues Magazine: January, February

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef now has his own Instagram page. Check it out.

Trebleclef hung out at the Winking Judge with Mash Paddle Brewing co-founder (and Overplayers bassist) Matty Buzanko and his pals.  You can try out their incredible beer at the Judge.

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He also went to see David Lum play at the Brantford Station Gallery.  He was later joined his 'Sing Me a River' bandmate, Dorothea Smith.

David Lum & Dorothea Jakelski Smith of 'Sing Me a River' @ The Station House Galley #BrntfOnMusic #BrantOnMusic #hblvids
Posted by Hamilton B. Lous on Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Links: David Lum, More David Lum Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton B Lous, Another video from the show: David Lum solo

Click here for more photos from the event

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