Ensemble! Season 5, Episode 3 Features Caroline Wiles and Bob Doidge

Caroline Wiles and Bob Doidge will be starring in the next episode of the amazing Cable 14 Hamilton show, Ensemble!

This episode is no longer available.



Links: Caroline Wiles, More Caroline Wiles Stories, Video above courtesy of Caroline Wiles



Links: Bob Doidge, More Bob Doidge Stories, Video above courtesy of VcardTV

Blast from the Past: First Episodes of Ensemble!

Links: Ensemble!, More Ensemble! Stories

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CONGRATS! 2016 Spectator Reader' Choice Award Winners

Hamilton Spectator readers have spoken! Votes were tallied for the 25th anniversary edition of the paper's  Readers' Choice Awards. Hammertown's amazing music scene was well represented.

Here's a full list of music related winners 

• Platinum
• Diamond
• Gold

Local Musician Band

• Was It the Walrus
  
  
  
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• Laura Cole
  
  
  
  Links: Laura Cole, More Laura Cole Stories, Video above courtesy of Mel Olds
  
  
• Duane Rutter Band
  
  
  
  Links: Duane Rutter, More Duane Rutter Stories, Video above courtesy of Fernando Goulart
  

The Rest of the Local Musician Top 10

• Apollo's Crown
• Justine Fischer
• Mat Heddle
• Rob Kirkham and Neon Rain
• The McFlys
• Matty Simpson
• Lori Yates

Concert Venue

• FirstOntario Centre/Hamilton Place
• This Ain't Hollywood
• The Baltimore House

Live Entertainment Facility

• This Ain't Hollywood
• FirstOntario Centre
• Hamilton Place

Festival

• Supercrawl
• It's Your Festival/Winona Peach Festival
• Locke Street Festival

Live Jazz Club

• Artword Artbar
• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• Mulberry Street Coffee House/Stonewalls/This Ain't Hollywood

Live Music Bar/Lounge

• This Ain't Hollywood
• Tracie's Place
• The Brew Cafe and Bar

Musical Instrument Store

• Picks and Sticks Music
• Long and McQuade
• The Acoustic Room

Music Instructor

• Sotyria Violaris (Intune Music Academy)
• Eric Ryder Costello (AIFEC, Fermata Inc.)
• Lori Yates

Music School

• Intune Music Academy
• Birchway Sound
• Picks and Sticks Music

Radio Station

• KX 94.7 New Country
• K-Lite FM 102.9
• 95.3 Fresh FM

Record/CD Store New 

• Dr. Disc
• Cheapies
• HMV

Record/CD Store Used

• Cheapies
• Dr. Disc
• Beat Goes On

Click here for a complete list of winners.

One of our sponsors, Urban Hamilton Artists landed in the top ten for Print and Imaging Services.  Also, our Blogger's workplace, the St. Charles Adult Education Centre earned Diamond for Learning Centre and was listed in the top 10 for Adult Education.

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Click here for the results

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

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News Roundup (Samantha Martin, Garnet Rogers, Phil Chess, Festival of Friends)

Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Images

Phil Chess of Chess Records Passes

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News

Local

• Festival of Friends to Return to Gage Park
• FYI Music News Story on Lindy Vopnfjord
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w drummer Jimmy Boudreau (Western Swing Authority, Mel Brown)
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Tim Hicks and Tebey on Oct 24 Canadian Country Charts
• For Bass Players Only Interview with Jason Raso
• 3 New Barbershop Podcast Episodes (Ron Baumber, Foster Pottery Company, Judi Rideout)
• Blue Rodeo (ft Hamilton's KimDeschamps) Wins 2016 PolarisHeritage Prize
• 3 Finalists Vying to Play Six String Nation Show in St. Catharines
• View Magazine Readers' ChoiceAward Winners

Canada

• Reasons Steppenwolf Should be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Blues Tribe Podcast w Samantha Martin
  
  
  
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• Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inducts Colin James
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Chris Whiteley: Part 1, Part 2

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef will be back next week.

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Featured Video

Links: Garnet Rogers, More Garnet Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of Patriot Ledger

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3 New Barber Shop Podcast Episodes (Ron Baumber, Foster Pottery Company, Judi Rideout)

If you haven't checked out the Barber Shop Podcast, you are missing one of the best sources of local music around.  Each episode features the best area musicians performing live and showcasing their recorded tunes.

Three amazing shows were recently released.  Have a look:

Links: Ron Baumber, More Ron Baumber Stories, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast



Links: Stephen Foster, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast



Links: Judi Rideout, More Judi Rideout Stories, Video above courtesy of Barber Shop Podcast

Blast from the Past: 3 More Barber Shop Podcast Episodes

Links: Barber Shop Podcast, More Barber Shop Podcast Stories

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CONGRATS! Blue Rodeo (ft Hamilton's Kim Deschamps) Wins 2016 Polaris Heritage Prize

The public have honoured Blue Rodeo's past in the 2016 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. The contest celebrates Canadian album from various eras.  There are two winners for each section: one voted by the public and the other by a jury.  Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July, which features Hamilton's Kim Deschamps (he's no longer a member), won the public vote for the 1986-95 category.  The jury chose Mary Margaret O’Hara's Miss America.

Links: Blue Rodeo, More Blue Rodeo Stories, Video above courtesy of Blue Rodeo

Click here for the full story from FYIMusicNews

CONGRATS!

Here is the full List OF WINNERS

1960-1975

• Jury: Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen
• Public: Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
  
  
  
  Links: Neil Young, More Neil Young Stories, Video above courtesy of RockkkV2
  

1976-85

• Jury: Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  
  
  
  Links:  Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Video above courtesy of Songophile
  
  
• Public: Rush: Moving Pictures

1986-95

• Public: Blue Rodeo (featuring Hamilton's Kim Deschamps): Five Days in July
• Jury Mary Margaret O’Hara: Miss America

1996-2005

• Public: Arcade Fire: Funeral
• Jury: Lhasa de Sela: La Llorona

Blast from the Past: This Year's Polaris Short List

Links: Polaris Music Prize, More Polaris Stories

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GOOD LUCK! 3 Finalists Vying to Play a Piece of Canada's Story in St. Catharines on November 4!

The First Ontario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines will be holding a special concert on November 4, 2016. It is called An Evening with the Six String Nation Guitar and features a famous guitar made from pieces of Canadian history. Parts of the guitar include a pieces if Wayne Gretsky and Paul Henderson's hockey sticks, wood from a tree in the sacred Haida First Nation, wood from the Bluenose II and more.

There was a contest for a musician to perform at this one-of-a-kind event and three Niagara Area finalists were picked. The winner will be chosen as a result of how many likes and comments on their entries.

Here is the winner!



Links: Bruce Barr, Video above courtesy of Bruce Barr, Click here to like and comment

Here are the finalists:



Links: Brooke Georgeneau, Video above courtesy of Brooke Georgeneau, Click here to like and comment 

Links: Jaimie Godard, Video above courtesy of Jaimie Godard, Click here to like and comment

The winner (who'll be chosen on October 27, 2016) will be performing alongside the guitar's creator Jowi Taylor, Serena Pryne and Nick Lesyk of The Mandevilles and Suzie Vinnick.

GOOD LUCK!

Links: Six String Nation, More Six String Nation Stories

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CONGRATS! 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice Award Winners

Results from the 2016 View Magazine Readers' Choice were unveiled in their Oct 13th issue.  Their fans helped vote for the best of everything Hamilton (and the surrounding areas) has to offer.

Here are the music-related winners:

Please not that it goes from Gold (top) to Silver (middle or bottom if only two winners) and Bronze (third).

Band

• Arkells
• Walk Off the Earth
• Monster Truck

Female Artist

• Laura Cole
  
  
  
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• Ginger St. James
• Robin Benedict

Male Artist

• Tom Wilson aka Lee Harvey Osmond
  
  
  
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• Steve Strongman

Cover Band

• Freedom Train
  
  
  
  Links: Freedom Train, More Freedom Train Stories, Video above courtesy of Freedom Train, More Led Zeppelin Covers/Stories
  
  
• The Undercovers
• The Crimps

Band Most Likely to Make it Big

• Dead Tired
• The Dirty Nil

Live Venue

• Stonewalls
• This Ain't Hollywood
• Absinthe

Country Bar

• Dirty Dog Saloon
• Carrigan Arms
• Galley Pump

Jazz and Blues Venue

• Bay City Music Hall
• Masque
• Cat N Fiddle

Open Stage

• Lazy Flamingo
• Fisher's Lounge
• Rebel's Rock

Festival

• It's Your Festival
• Supercrawl
• Greenbelt Harvest Picnic

Free Event

• Supercrawl
• It's Your Festival
• Artcrawl

TV Personality

• Bob Cowan (CHCH)
• Cadillac Bill

Coolest Instrument to Play

• Drums
• Bass guitar

Independent Music Label

• Sonic Unyon
• Hidden Pony

Recording Studio

• Grant Avenue Studio
• B-Town Sound
• Studio 410

Producer

• Bob Doidge (Grant Avenue Studio)
• Justin Koop (B-Town Sound)

Rehearsal Space

• SoundCheck
• The Jam Zone

Musical Instrument Store

• Long and McQuade (Burlington)
• Mountain Music
• Acoustic Room

Buying New Music

• HMV
• Cheapies
• Sunrise Records

Buy Used Music

• Dr. Disc
• Where Heads Meet
• Cheapies

Radio Station

• CFMU
• Y108
• Funny820

Radio Personality

• Mike Alfano 95.3 Fresh
• Matt Hayes 102.9 K-Lite
• Mike Nabuurs Funny820

Local Show Promotor

• Ken Inouye
• Dan Rispen

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: View, More from the View's Readers' Poll

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Sing High, Sing Low by Brent Titcomb Inducted Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Links: Brent Titcomb, More Brent Titcomb Stories, Video above courtesy of pbl1602's channel

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News

Local

• Harvest Picnic Launches Lawsuit
• FYI Music Story on Tomi Swick
• Tim Hicks and Tebey in Oct 11 Canadian Country Charts
• CH Video: Micah Barnes
• Steppenwolf (ft Waterlo's John Kay) Up for R&R Hall of Fame
• Treble Men Drummer Steve Piper Passes

World

• Chuck Berry Announces First Albumin Almost 40 Years
• Bob Dylan Receives Nobel Prize For Literature (and they can't find him to give it to him)
• Passings: Joan Marie Johnson Faust (Dixie Cups), Ted Harvey (Hound Dog Taylor Guitarist)

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Hamilton Blues Lovers Monkey

Trebleclef 's pallys Matty Buzanko (bassist for the Overplayers and the Rest) and Hannah Bissell recently got hitched!  Here are some wedding pics!

Click here for more pics for the event!

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Featured Videos

Links: Wilber James Blues Band, More Wilber James Stories , Video above courtesy of Thomas Loop Tm



Links: Melissa Bel, More Melissa Bel Stories, Video above courtesy of Melissa Bel

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GOOD LUCK! Steppenwolf (ft Waterloo's John Kay) Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! VOTE! (Deadline Dec 6)

There just may be some local flavour in this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Steppenwolf, the legendary group fronted by ex-Waterloo resident John Kay is one of the nominees.  The original band also featured two Canadian natives: Keyboardist Goldy McJohn from Toronto and Oshawa's Jerry Edmonton on drums.

You can also help them out by voting! Fans can pick up to 5 nominees by going here. Deadline is December 6, 2016.



Links: Steppenwolf, More Steppenwolf Stories, Video above courtesy of exclusivevids1000

The "Born to be Wild" hitmakers are up against some stiff competition.

Here's the full list:

• Steppenwolf
• Bad Brains
• Joan Baez
  
  
  
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• The Cars
• Chic
• Depeche Mode
• ELO
• The J. Geils Band
• Janet Jackson
• Jane’s Addiction
• Journey
• Chaka Khan
• Kraftwerk
• MC5
• Pearl Jam
• Tupac Shakur
• Joe Tex
  
  
  
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• Yes
• Zombies

Blast from the Past: Born to be Wild on CBC's Best Canadian Songs Ever List

Links: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, More R&R Hall of Fame Stories

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Jack De Keyzer Band Videos

More Robert Johnson Stories/Covers





More Rolling Stones Cover/Stories

Blast from the Past: Jack de Keyzer and Chris Strei Videos

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

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