Thursday, April 13, 2017

News Roundup (The Haunted, Greg Moverley, Passings, Trebleclef)


Trebleclef attended the monthly Open Mic at the Copper Kettle in Waterdown. Gillian Nicola is the talented host of this wonderful event!

Treble hangs with the host, Gillian Nicola
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He then returned to the Purple Heather in Burlington to have fun with the James Anthony Band and their special guest Rick Taylor.

Treble with amazing Bluesman Rick Taylor
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Our little monkey also saw his very first Fred Eaglesmith Show starring Tif Ginn at the Studio in Hamilton.  He had a blast!

Treble with the legendary Fred Eaglesmith
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Shooter Jennings & Kelly Prescott Videos









Videos above courtesy of Shooter Jennings



Video above courtesy of Kelly Prescott
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

CONGRATS! Jack de Keyzer Recognized as Master Blues Artist


On April 6, 2017, Hamilton Blues legend Jack de Keyzer was recognized as a Master Blues Artist from Canada by the Blues Hall of Fame website.

Congrats!







Links: Jack de Keyzer, More Jack de Keyzer Stories, Videos above courtesy of Jack de Keyzer

 Blast from the Past: More Jack de Keyzer Videos
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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien Plays on Incredible New Chris Antonik Album


Hamilton's Jesse O'Brien does a bang-up job tickling the ivories on Monarch, the latest powerful album from Toronto Bluesman Chris Antonik. They and the rest of the band have created a soulful, funky, rockin' Blues recording that'll get people hoppin'.

The music'll shake you up as Chris' voice hits you with its passion. This album is a moving experience both physically and  emotionally. It stands up to any Blues release out there.

Chris and Jesse are joined by Chuck Keeping (Big Wreck) on drums, bassist Guenther Kapelle (Wild T and the Spirit) and Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar (vocals). They're responsible for the energetic and full sound on Monarch.

You can pick up this uplifting disc at Chris' shows, through his online shop or download it using iTunes. You'll be glad you did.



Blast from the Past: A Chris Antonik Video and Much More

 Links: Chris Antonik, More Chris Antonik Stories, More Releases, Video above courtesy of Chris Antonik
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Saturday, April 8, 2017

GOOD LUCK! Local 2017 Indigineous Music Award Nominations


The Indigenous Music Awards took a year off and now they are back in full force! As always, a number of amazing local artists got nods in a few categories.

Fort Erie's DJ Shub is up for three awards (Best Music Video, Best Radio Single and Best Instrumental Album). Brantford has two hometown boys in the running: Jace Martin (Best Pop Album) and Logan Staats (Best Folk Album, Music Video). Six Nations Blluesman Derek Miller is also nominated for Best Producer for his work on Logan's album, Goodbye Goldia.



Links: Logan Staats, More Logan Staats Stories, Video above courtesy of Logan Staats



Links: DJ Shub, Video above courtesy of DJ Shub



Links: Jace Martin, More Jace Martin Stories, Video above courtesy of keesic1

Hopefully, they'll win a few on May 19, 2017 at the ceremony in Winnipeg!

GOOD LUCK GUYS!

Here's a complete list of niminees.

Folk Album
Producer/Engineer
Pop Album
Blues Album
Country Album
Hand Drum Album
Inuit, Indigenous Language or Francophone Album
Peyote Album
Pow Wow Album (Contemporary)
Pow Wow Album (Traditional)
Rock Album
New Artist
Rap/Hip Hop Album
Best Radio Station Program – Promoting Indigenous Music
International Indigenous Release
Lifetime Achievement Award: Northern Cree

Blast from the Past: The 2015 Winners

Links: The Indigenous Music Awards, More IMA stories
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Thursday, April 6, 2017

News Roundup (Lonnie Brooks, Headframe, BA Johnston)


Trebleclef had fun seeing Lester Smith re-unite with some of his former Trickbag partners for an incredible show at Warmington's in Brantford

Left to right: Larry Fuedo, Lester Smith, Paul Panchezak, Steve Beach
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Our little monkey also experienced an explosive Blues show featuring the Jack de Keyzer Band with Jerome Godboo and Spencer Mackenzie. To was his first visit to the impressive Seneca Queen Theatre in Niagara Falls.

Left to right: Jerome Godboo, Spencer Mackenzie
Treble with Jack de Keyzer
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Trickbag and Smoke Wagon Blues Band Vidoes






Videos above courtesy of Trickbag Canada





Videos above courtesy of Corey Lueck
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Monday, April 3, 2017

CONGRATS! 2017 Junos Winners

Unfortunately, there were no local winners in the televised portion of the Junos on April 2, 2017.  There were a few during a separate gala on on the 1st.

Gord Downie added two more awards (Songwriter of the Year and Group of the Year for his band, The Tragically Hip) to the three he earned the day before. That's five total! Dual winners include Leonard Cohen (Artist of the Year, Album of the Year) and Sarah McLachlan (Adult Contemporary Album of the Year, Canadian Music Hall of Fame)



Links: Gord Downie, More Tragically Hip Stories, Video above courtesy of Gord Downie



Links: Leonard Cohen, More Leonard Cohen Stories, Video above courtesy of Music for soul Petrovic Ilija Capko

The night was topped up by an amazing performance by Bryan Adams and multiple musicians performing the Juno co-host's hit Summer of  '69. Click here to see the video

Click here for the Spectator story.

Here's a complete list of winners
Click for the winners from Saturday's Gala

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Juno Awards, More Juno Stories
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Sunday, April 2, 2017

CONGRATS! Local Artists Bring Home Junos at 2017 Gala!

Diana Panton on the red carpet. Pic courtesy of Harrison Kennedy
Three talented Hamilton artists will be bringing home some much-deserved Juno hardware after the untelevised gala on April 1, 2017.  Local jazz singer Diana Panton adds one more to  her collection.  She won the Children's Album of the Year category for her recording: I Believe in Little Things. Hammertown rockers The Dirty Nil earned the Breakthrough Group of the Year award as well. Ex-Junkhouse and current Blue Rodeo member Colin Cripps produced and did guitar work on the Blues Album of Year winner Ride the One, from Toronto's Paul Reddick.




Links: Diana Panton, More Diana Panton Stories, Video above courtesy of eOne Music Canada



Links: The Dirty Nil, More Dirty Nil Stories, Video above courtesy of Dine Alone Records



Links: Paul Reddick, More Paul Reddick Stories, Video above courtesy of ContinentalRecSer

The big winner of the night was Gord Downie, who couldn't attend but won three awards: Adult Alternative Album of the Year, Recording Package of the Year and Rock Album of the Year (the latter with his band, The Tragically Hip).

 CONGRATS EVERYBODY and GOOD LUCK to the remaining nominees for the televised portion on April 2nd!

Click here for the Spectator story.

Here's the complete list of winners

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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Trebleclef to Release a Candid, Torrid, Scandalous Autobiography!


Trebleclef, our cute little mascot, has lived quite an interesting life! Recently, he put pen to paper for a brand-new autobiography - Too Much Monkey Business: The Wild Life and Crazy Times of a Music Loving Monkey. It’ll be dropping on June 31st from the prestigious Luigi Publishing.

Trebleclef’s holding nothing back! You’ll read tales of his early days as a roadie for Crowbar, Teenage Head and The Smoke Wagon Blues Band. There’ll also be candid stories of his struggles with banana schnapps addiction, smoking banana peels with Ozzy and epic drinking contests with Keith Moon. Readers will finally find out about his much rumoured, torrid, doomed love affair with Cher and other juicy stuff.

He’s even included a chapter about his short lived band, Monkey See Monkey Want. The book discloses how they journeyed from the slums of Ancaster to international stardom, opening for many huge acts. Trebleclef reveals the sordid details of their ill-fated final tour, ending with his vicious attack on the headliner, the Banana Splits.

Co-written with local, Oprah Book Club ignored author April Fulcilli, it promises to be the page turning tell-all of the summer.

Be one of the first to pick up this shocking book at the official book launch on June 31st. It’ll be held at Slappy’s House of Books and Tacos on Cheetah Memorial Drive in Hamilton. There’s even rumours of a Monkey See Monkey Want reunion (depending on whether they can raise bail).

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