Category: Music Reviews
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Canadian Music Week 2017 – The Crystals, The Indies, The Canadian Radio Music Awards, The Cdn.Music & Broadcast Industry Awards, 2017 Live Music Industry Awards – April 18th-23rd, 2017
Interviewer-Chris Jesse & Videographer-Steve Jesse The Crystals Awards was proud to present their 2017 Radio Awards for The Best in Canadian Radio Creative, on Wed. April 19th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, as part of Canadian Music Week (CMW), running from April 18-23. With recognition going out to a great deal of musical talents, it…
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2017 Official Rock N’Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony@Barclays Center-Brooklyn, New York-Fri.,April 7th, 2017
YOUR OFFICIAL ROCK HALL CLASS OF 2017 ROSTER. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is proud to announce that 6 artists from the ballot are included in the Performer Category and 1 individual is recognized with an Award for Musical Excellence. YOUR CLASS OF 2017 INDUCTEES ARE: Performer Category: • ELO • Joan Baez…
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Buckcherry @Phoenix Theatre (Wed., Nov.16th, 2016)
Images by DCQ Photography Rude comments, sexist jokes and obscene remarks! It’s been 8 years since my last experience with Buckcherry during Crüe Feat and nothing has changed from the boys straight out of California! Still rockering hard, Buckcherry, celebrated 15 years together with a small group of shows including Wednesday night at Toronto’s Phoenix…
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The Age Of Electric @Adelaide Hall (Fri., Nov.25th, 2016)
Images by DCQ Photography The Age Of Electric, from Vancouver, took to the stage at Toronto’s Adelaide Hall on Friday night, the group’s original lineup’s first show in Toronto in almost 20 years. They were created in 1989 by two sets of brothers – Todd & John Kerns and Ryan & Kurt Dahle – the…
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“The End Tour”-Black Sabbath@Molson Amphitheatre(Mon.,Aug.29th,2016)
This is really “The End” for the iconic British Metal musicians “Black Sabbath”! Yes it may not feel the same without original drummer Bill Ward, but Ozzy, Geezer, Tony and replacement drummer Tommy Clufetos played for two and half hours for the sold out crowd by the lakefront of The Molson Amphitheatre and believe me…
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Slipknot, Marilyn Manson+ Of Mice & Men@The Air Canada Centre(Tuesday, July 19, 2016)
By BK on the SCENE Slipknot yearly appearance in Toronto didn’t lessen the quality of their concert or lessen the attendance for the “Maggots”(the name for their dedicated fans)at the ACC during the summer concert season. When they took the stage the crowd went wild, especially the general admission crowd who moshed, danced and slammed…
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TD Toronto Jazz Festival(June 24th-July 3rd,2016)Wynton Marsalis,Gregory Porter, Molly Johnson,Michael Franti&Spearhead+Joe Jackson
By Bill Kwan It was the 30th Anniversary of The Toronto Jazz Festival and we were privileged to attend “Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra” with Wynton Marsalis and his band at the beautiful Koerner Hall in downtown Toronto. It was a busy day and we really enjoyed the amazing band and Wynton’s showmanship. Wynton Marsalis…
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Canadian Music Week 2016(CMW2016)@Toronto(May2nd-8th,2016
Canadian Music Week now in it’s 34th year is recognized as one of the premiere entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. The Canadian Music Week festival ran for 7 nights of performances, with hundreds of showcasing bands at more than 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto. All convention functions…
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Operation Mindcrime@The Rockpile(Sat.,April 09th,2016)
Since the early 80’s, Geoff Tate has been synonymous as the voice and front man for the progressive Seattle Rock Band Queensryche . Unfortunate circumstances has forced two versions of the band for the last few years. One version carrying on without original singer Geoff Tate and this version called Operation Mindcrime featuring the legendary front…
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Kings Of Chaos@Casino Rama(Fri.,Oct.30th,2015)
By Scott Hughes Could this be another Supergroup that could last longer than one tour or one tour? With a rotating line up of musicians that featured: Sabastian Bach, Duff McKagan, Gilbey Clarke, Robin Zander, Matt Sorum and Steve Stevens. Well they hit the stage with singers: Robin Zander of Cheap Trick fame and Sabastian…
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Paul McCartney”Out There Tour 2015″@ACC(Sat.,Oct.17th,2015)
Sir Paul McCartney is probably the most decorated,influential, well known, and well respected musicians of all time. His live show as well as his catalog of music showcases his fifty plus years as a icon in the “pop culture” and a musical wizard of the many generations of fans. The concert was a 3 hours…
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Madonna-“Rebel Heart Tour 2015″@A.C.C.(Mon.,Oct.5th,2015)
A Monday night and one of the most iconic pop stars is in concert. And at 57, Madonna Ciccone is still a “Rebel Heart”. Were the boundaries and the envelops pushed as it use to be back when a younger Madonna “Justified My Love?” She is still young at heart, physically intense, highly theatrical as…
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Scorpions 50th Anniversary World Tour@Molson Amphitheatre(Fri.,Sept.18th,2015)
It was the 50th Anniversary for the German based Rockers called Scorpions! Opening up was Seattle progressive rock band Queensryche. Unfortunately lead singer and founding member Geoff Tate is no longer in the band. We hope to see Geoff Tate’s new band Operation Mind Crime in town soon! Saying that we decided to forego this…
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C.N.E. 2015 Concert Series-Foghat,Big Bad Voodoo Daddy+Monster Truck@Bandshell(Aug.21st-Sept.7th,2015)
Yes it’s the C.N.E. 2015 Concert Series and I was wondering if they could top last year’s concerts? Well the promoters sure did in a big way! We started it off with “America” on opening day (Feel free to read our review). Here is some of the concerts we attended. I’m feeling nostalgic when…
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Paul Rodgers@Fallsview’s Avalon Ballroom Theatre(Sat.,Aug.29th,2015)
Paul Rodgers’ fans always want to hear his musical catalog and he delivered during his concert in Niagara Falls. A resume that includes a stint with Queen, founding member of Free, Bad Company, The Law and The Firm. Paul Rodgers, a musical innovator who has successfully reinvented himself over the course of a five-decade career.…
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Lenny Kravitz@Molson Amphthitheatre(Wed.,Aug.26,2015)
“Let Love Rule” was the rule of the night on a cold summer night by the lakefront for Lenny Kravitz at The Molson Amphitheatre. It has been a long wait for fans as Kravitz hasn’t played in Toronto since 2008. It would have been great to hear other songs in his set like: Cab Driver,…
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Motley Crue+Alice Cooper-All Bad Things Must Come To An End@A.C.C.(Sat.,Aug.22nd,2015)
School was really out for Alice Cooper and the band during their stop over in Toronto for the double head liner tour with Motley Crue. An outdoor venue would have been more appropriate for this concert during the warm month of August. Alice Cooper led by Vincent Damon Furnier. Under his direction, Alice Cooper pioneered…
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Former GNR Drummer Steven Adler@Rockpile West(Fri.,Aug.21st,2015)
If there was a standard to live the Rock N’Roll lifestyle Steven Adler and GNR had the formula but it had a price. And After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a debilitating stroke, Steven Adler, the most self-destructive rock star ever arrived in Toronto…
