News Roundup (Polaris Short List, Passings, Travelling Beer Bellies)

Polaris Prize 2017 Short List 

The top spot (to be announced Sept 18, 2017) will win $50,000 and the rest of the Short List will receive $3,000.

• BadBadNotGood: IV
• Leonard Cohen: You Want it Darker
• Gord Downie: Secret Path
• Feist: Pleasure
• Lisa LeBlanc: Why You Wanna Leave: Runaway Queen?
  
  
  
  Links: Lisa LeBlanc, More Lisa LeBlanc Stories, Video above courtesy of Lisa LeBlanc
  
  
• Lido Pimienta: La Papessa
• Tanya Tagaq: Retribution
• A Tribe Called Red: We Are the Halluci Nation (Six Nations)
• Leif Vollebekk: Twin Solitude 
• Weaves: Weaves

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News

Local

• No Depression Story on Kathleen Edwards
• CHCH Video: Vanessa Marie Carter
• Commissionaires (Jacob Moon + Joel Parisien) Debut Album 
• Local Canadian Country Music Association Award Nominations

Canada

• Talkin' Blues Podcast w David Rotundo

Passings

• Erik Cartwright (ex-Foghat guitarist)
  
  
  
  Links: Foghat, Video above courtesy of Rare Tracks
  
  
• Joe Fields (Jazz label owner)
• David Z (Adrenaline Mob/Trans-Siberian Orchestra bassist)

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Featured Video

Links: Travelling Beer Bellies, More TBB Stories, Video above courtesy of Brantford Ribfest

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News Roundup (Lee Baby Sims, Travelling Beer Bellies, Casey Kasem)

Casey Kasem Passes

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Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Lee Baby Sims
  
  
  
  Links: Lee Baby Sims, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast
• New Kerosene Creek Single 
  

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Canada

• June 2014 edition of Maple Blues Magazine
• Christine Charbonneau passes

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World

• Casey Kasem Passes
• Alan Douglas (Hendrix Producer) Passes

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Featured Video

Links: Travelling Beer Bellies, More TBB Stories, More Pink Floyd Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Rob M

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Travelling Beer Bellies@Whistling Walrus (January 28, 2012)

All videos courtest of BARProductions.







More Doors Covers/Stories







Links: Travelling Beer Bellies, More TBB Stories

2010 View Magazine Readers Choice Award Winners

View Magazine recently released the results of their Readers Choice Awards.

Here are the music-related highlights:

Free Event
GOLD Festival of Friends
SILVER It’s Your Festival

Local Festival
GOLD Festival of Friends
SILVER It’s Your Festival
SILVER Burlington Ribfest

Local Radio Station
GOLD Y108
SILVER CFMU
SILVER K-LITE

Local Radio Personality
GOLD Mike Wyman @ K-LITE
SILVER Ric Taylor

Local Show Promoter
GOLD Lou Molinaro
SILVER Brodie Schwendiman
SILVER Ken Inouye

Local Independent Record Label
GOLD Sonic Unyon
SILVER Hidden Pony Records

Local Band
GOLD Arkells
SILVER San Sebastian
SILVER Young Rival

Local Band Website
GOLD Arkells
SILVER Young Rival

Local Album Artwork
GOLD Arkells
SILVER Harlan Pepper

Coolest Instrument to Play
GOLD Drums
SILVER Guitar/Bass Guitar

Local Recording Producer
GOLD Bob Doidge

Local Female Artist
GOLD Melissa McClelland
SILVER Ginger St.James
SILVER Andrea Lake

Local Male Artist
GOLD Tom Wilson
SILVER Steve Strongman
SILVER Luke Doucet

Local Cover Band
GOLD Practically Hip
SILVER Freedom Train
SILVER Upfront

Local Band Most Likely to Make it Big
GOLD Harlan Pepper
SILVER San Sebastian
SILVER Young Rival

Local Band Name
GOLD Cadillac Bill & The Creeping Bent
SILVER Travelling Beer Bellies

Live Venue
GOLD This Ain’t Hollywood
SILVER Corktown
SILVER Casbah Lounge

Open Stage
GOLD Casbah Lounge

Jazz & Blues Venue
GOLD Augusta House
SILVER Corktown

Jam Hall
GOLD The Pearl Company
SILVER Happy Hourz

Country Bar
GOLD Dirty Dogs

Store to Buy New Music
GOLD HMV
SILVER Cheapies

Store to Buy Old Music
GOLD Dr. Disc
SILVER Cheapies

Local Web Page
GOLD Supercrawl.ca

Sexiest Hamiltonian
GOLD Sara Green

Click here for the rest of the winners.

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