Stupendous Solo Album From Kitchener's Mike Elliott

Artist: Mike Elliott (Kitchener)

Recording: Let You Go

Label: Busted Flat Records

Mini-Review: 

Kitchener Bluesman Mike Elliott steps from out of the shadow of Daddy Long Legs and Elliott & the Audio Kings to craft his own stupendous solo offering. A musical  gumbo of rockabilly, fuzzy garage rock and blues, Let You Go grabs you and takes you on a compelling trip.

Available on: Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Physical media on Busted Flat

Personnel:

• Mike Elliott - Guitar, Vocals
• Jimmy Bowskill - Bass Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Percussion, Background Vocals, Engineering
• Ian McKeown - Drums on 5 tracks
• Steve O’Connor - Wurlitzer on Change Your Mind
• Steve Marriner - Drums, Bass Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Tremolo Guitar, Percussion, Background Vocals, Engineering, Mixing, Producer

Stream the album below

Links: Mike Elliott, More Mike Elliott Stories, Album above courtesy of Bandcamp, More Releases

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Waterdown's Karen Thornton Glides Through Bluesy, Jazzy Landscape on New Album

Waterdown's Karen Thornton has returned with an incredible new album, Worth the Wait. The lady approaches Jazz with more of a singer/songwriter vibe sprinkled with soul. Her passionate vocals and splendid piano work just glide along the bluesy, jazzy landscape. 

Karen's partners in crime are no slouches either. The main band includes Paul Intson (bass), Jason Fowler (guitar), Maureen Brown (percussion), Steve O'Connor (organ), Jason Logue (trumpet), Rob Sommerville (trombone, tuba), Leo Sullivan (tenor sax, clarinet) along with backup vocals by Nicola Mitchell & Carla Small. Other guests include Rick Gratton (drums), Ravi Naimpally (tabla), Ron Korb (bass flute) and Caitlin Boyle (viola)

If you want a copy of this amazing CD, you can contacting her at her website (CD) or download it via Bandcamp.

You can stream the album below or by clicking here.

Links: Karen Thornton, More Karen Thornton Stories,  More Releases

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Hamilton's Colin Cripps Joins Jim Cuddy on CBC's q

Recently, Hamilton guitarist Colin Cripps teamed up with his fellow Blue Rodeo bandmate Jim Cuddy on CBC's q program to help promote Cuddy's new solo album. The two were joined by Anne Lindsay on fiddle and Steve O'Connor on piano.

Here are two video clips from the show.





Links: Jim Cuddy, More Blue Rodeo Stories, Colin Cripps, More Colin Cripps Stories, Videos above courtesy of q on CBC

Blast from the Past: Matt Mayes on q

Links: q on CBC, More q Stories 

Here's a bonus video of Colin with Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea



Links: Alan Doyle, More Great Big Sea Stories, Video above courtesy of BetweenTheRock

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