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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!
Links: Big Maybelle, Video above courtesy of Sliptrail
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Saturday, February 15, 2020
Happy 5th Birthday Trebleclef
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!
Links: Big Maybelle, Video above courtesy of Sliptrail
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Friday, February 14, 2020
Happy Valentine's Day! Videos by Rita Chiarelli, Dan Medakovic, John Ellison, Jordan John)
Links: Rita Chiarelli, More Rita Chiarelli Stories, Video above courtesy of Rita Chiarelli - Topic
Links: Danny Medakovic, More Dan Medakovic Stories, Video above courtesy of Dan Medakovic
Links: John Ellison, More John Ellison Stories, Video above courtesy of John Ellison - Topic
Links: Jordan John, More Jordan John Stories, Video above courtesy of jordanjohnmusic
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Happy Get Out Your Guitar Day! Videos by Ken Dunn
Links: Ken Dunn, More Ken Dunn Stories, Videos above courtesy of Folk Roots Radio, More 'Get Out Your Guitar Day' Videos
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Saturday, February 8, 2020
New Episode of Ensemble! with Rae Billing and Andy Griffiths ft Justine Fischer
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Here are some videos from the amazing featured performers.
Links: Rae Billing, More Rae Billing Stories, Videos above courtesy of Stellablu477
Links: Andy Griffiths, More Andy Griffiths Stories, Videos above courtesy of Colin Cherry
The schedule for this episode (more will be added as we find out):
- TBA
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
CONGRATS! Canadians Win at the International Blues Challenge!
Links: JW Jones, More JW Jones Stories, Video above courtesy of JW Jones
Links: Horojo Trio, Video above courtesy of HOROJO Trio
Click here for the Ottawa Citizen story.
CONGRATS GUYS!
Here's a complete list of winners. Canadian winners are bolded.
- Gibson Awards for Band: JW-Jones (Ottawa)
- Band, 1st Place: Horojo Trio (Ottawa)
- Band, 2nd Place: The Jose Ramirez Band (DC)
- Band, 3rd Place: The Pitbull of Blues Band
- Solo/Duo, 1st Place + Memphis Cigar Box Award: Hector Anchodo (Omaha)
- Solo/Duo, 2nd Place + Harmonica Award: Felix Slim (Long Island)
- Best Self-Produced CD: Sweet Thing - Moonshine Society (River City. VA)
Links: International Blues Challenge, More IBC Stories
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
CONGRATS! Downchild Blues Band and Tom Bona Bring Home Maple Blues Awards
Links: Downchild Blues Band, More Downchild Stories, Video above courtesy of Downchild Blues Band - Topic
Also Tom Bona (from Waterloo band Soulstack) earned Drummer of the Year honours for his work with Sue Foley.
Links: Tom Bona, More Tom Bona Stories, Sue Foley, More Sue Foley Stories, Video above courtesy of Smoky
Here's a complete list of winners. Local musicians are bolded.
- Entertainer: Downchild Blues Band
- Drummer: Tom Bona (Sue Foley)
- Male Vocalist: Matt Andersen
- Electric Act: Colin James
- New Artist: Miss Emily
- Guitarist: Paul DesLauriers
- Piano/Keyboard: Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
- Horn Player (tie): Chris Whiteley, Kaven Jalbert (Ben Racine Band)
- Bassist: Alec McElcheran (Paul DesLauriers Band)
- Recording/(Producer): Dawn Tyler Watson - Mad Love (François Thiffault and Dawn Tyler Watson)
- Acoustic Act: Matt Andersen
- Female Vocalist: Miss Emily
- International Artist: Buddy Guy
- Songwriter: Dawn Tyler Watson
- Blues with a Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement Award): Michael Jerome Browne
- Harmonica Player (tie): Harpdog Brown, Steve Marriner
- Blues Booster: Brian Blain
- Sapphire Video Award: Miss Emily: Hold Back The River, Runners up: Terra Hazelton: Anybody’s Baby, Lucas Haneman Express Ms. McGrim
- Cobalt Prize: Rich Junco: Cope, Runners Up: Bad Luck Woman and Her Misfortunes: Cruel Thing, (tie) Joe Nolan Paranoia Day 36 Blues/Loryn Taggart: In My Company
From the official new release:
For only the second time in Maple Blues Awards history, there were tied winners in two categories - Harpdog Brown and Steve Marriner both won Harmonica Player of the Year and Chris Whiteley
and Mat “Moose” Mousseau each won the award for Horn Player of the Year.
The Blues with a Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) was awarded to Montreal-based Michael Jerome Browne, whose long and illustrious career has seen him tour around the world, recording seven albums and guesting on countless others, and recently was nominated for Blues Album of the Year at the upcoming JUNO Awards. Also honoured for a long career dedicated to the preservation and promotion of blues music was Toronto Blues Society’s own Brian Blain, who received the Blues Booster of the Year Award.
A new addition to the Maple Blues Awards program is the inaugural Sapphire Video Award. Sapphire has one single category and both live performance and staged production/interpretive videos were accepted. The winner of the Sapphire Video Award was Miss Emily for her video for “Hold Back The River” with the runners up announced as Terra Hazelton for her video for “Anybody’s Baby” and Lucas Haneman Express for their video for the song “Ms. McGrim”. The winning artist received a cash prize of $1,500 while the two runners up each received $250.
A collaboration between The Toronto Blues Society and Paul Reddick, the sixth annual COBALT Prize for Contemporary Blues Composition Award is to promote blues music through exploration of its form. The winning composition was judged on its ability to creatively utilize blues traditions within the broad contemporary musical landscape. The winner of the Cobalt Prize for Contemporary Blues Composition was Rich Junco for his song "Cope", while the first runner up was Bad Luck Woman and Her Misfortunes for their song "Cruel Thing" and a tied win for the second runner up was Joe Nolan for "Paranoia Day 36 Blues” and Loryn Taggart for "In My Company". A cash prize of $1000 was presented to the winner and the runners up each received $250.
The 23rd annual Maple Blues Awards not only featured heart-warming moments and great speeches from the winners, but the audience was treated to exciting performances from Big Dave McLean, Matchedash Parish, Miss Emily, Dawn Tyler Watson, Michael Jerome Browne, and the evening’s hostess Raha Javanfar (Bad Luck Woman) with special guests, students from The Regent Park School of Music, all backed by the awards house band The Maple Blues Band.
Blast from the Past: Last Years's Winners
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Happy Play Your Ukulele Day! Videos by Ian Reid
Videos above courtesy of VILLM - Vancouver Island Local Live Music
Video above courtesy of Latent Image Studios
Links: Video above courtesy of Paul Yedema, More Louis Armstrong Covers/Stories
Video above courtesy of Jill Mandic
Blast from the Past: Review of Ian's CD Hawkstripe
Links: Ian Reid, More Ian Reid Stories
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Saturday, February 1, 2020
GOOD LUCK! 2020 YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction Award Nominees (Music-Related)
On March 5, 2020 at The Hamilton Convention Centre, the YWCA will hold the Hamilton Women of Distinction Awards gala. The event will celebrate the achievements of many remarkable ladies. Recently, the nominee list was unveiled and a few members of the Hammer's musical community were nominated
Local musical star Terra Lightfoot and Diana Weir, former Executive Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra are up for an award in the Arts/Culture/Design division. Also nominated in the same category are writer/performer Robin Zee, dance teacher Sheila Nagy, and burlesque artist Cadence Machry.
Links: Terra Lightfoot, More Terra Lightfoot Stories, Video above courtesy of Terra Lightfoot
Links: Robin Zee, Video above courtesy of robin zee
Also of musical note is karaoke bar and live venue, Tracie's Place, which is in the running for Outstanding Small Business.
Links: Tracie's Place, Video above courtesy of Tracie's Place Restaurant and Karaoke
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.
Click here for the Hamilton Spectator article, including a full list of nominees.
Blast from the Past: Last Years Nominees
Links: Women of Distinction Awards, More WOD Awards Stories
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Friday, January 31, 2020
Kitchener's James Cameron (Bareback Riders) Passes
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Kitchener country star James Cameron, who was also a member of Hamilton's Bareback Riders. He passed away on January 26, 2020. Our condolences to his family, friends and fans.
Here is his obituary.
Cameron, James Scott:
Passed away, suddenly, on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at his home at the age of 26. Beloved son of Ken and Chris. Cherished brother to Britanie Hagen (Simon) and Jennifer Cameron (fiance Martin Mosiadz). Dear uncle to Layla and Zofia. Loving grandson to Jim and Muriel Cameron and Klaus Basler. He will be dearly missed by many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Predeceased by his grandmothers, Irma and Barb.
A private family service will be held at the Henry Walser Funeral Home Chapel, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467. All are invited to a musical celebration of James' life on Saturday, February 1, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Schwaben Club, 1668 King St. E., Kitchener.Click here for the Kitchener Record Story
As expressions of sympathy, in honour of James' niece, Zofia, donations to KidsAbility would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home).
Visit www.henrywalser.com for James' memorial.
James' father Ken posted a touching statement on his Facebook page.
Go rest high on that mountain. It is with unimaginable grief that Chris, Britanie, Jennifer and I must share the news of the passing of our son James. He loved to entertain, dreamed of a huge career, but he could not conquer his personal demons. He was loved by so many but felt so alone. I love you son. We were so proud of you. He will be missed by so many especially his little buddies Layla and ZofiaHis band had the following to say on their Facebook page:
We (The Bareback Riders) are very sad to have to share this message but need to. James was a dear friend and band mate since he was 18. I simply can not find any words that can describe the loss we are all feeling.
Blast from the Past: James and other videos from local acts
Links: James Cameron Band, More James Cameron Stories, Videos above courtesy of James Cameron Music
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