Category: Reviews
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19th Annual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival Back With FREE Virtually Streamed Performances-Winterfolk XIX is Set for February 19th & 20th ONLINE
Featuring Julian Taylor, Jack de Keyzer, Laura Fernandez, Mandy Goodhandy & MORE Toronto’s 19th Annual Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival Back With FREE Virtually Streamed Performances Winterfolk XIX is Set for February 19th & 20th ONLINE Winterfolk XIX Blues and Roots Festival Friday, February 19th — 7:00pm – 10:00pm Saturday, February 20th — 7:00pm –…
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DOCUMENTARY“BEDLAM” – DIRECTED BY DR. KEN ROSENBERG PRODUCED BY PETER MILLER<An intimate journey Into the America’s mental health crisis
BEDLAM is set in Los Angeles and is the first major documentary to explore the crisis in the care of severely mentally-ill citizens. Judge Songhai Armstead, Exec. Director, Alternatives to Incarceration Initiative/County of Los Angeles (Proposition J), George Gascon, LA County DA, The Honorable Patrick Kennedy, Dr. Jonathan E. Sherin, Director, LA County Dept. of Mental…
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“PANDEMIC19” A Film by Yung Chang and Annie Katsura Rollins
PANDEMIC19 A Film by Yung Chang and Annie Katsura Rollins Executive Produced by Jean Tsien and Donald Young Audience Award Winner – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2020 Special Jury Mention – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2020 Winner – SPE Media Festival 2021 Official Selection – SFFILM Doc Stories 2020 “…a poignant document…this film feels alive…
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First Time Recorded Live in 40 Years: Bentwood Rocker Release Video Album
First Time Recorded Live in 40 Years: Bentwood Rocker Release Video Album First Up: “I’m Not Taken” & “Give Her An Inch” First at it in 1977, Peterborough and Belleville, ON’s outfit Bentwood Rocker continue to craft their legacy in the making with this, the first instalments of their new visual album — available now!…
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Old Fool Film presents “TO CALM THE PIG INSIDE.“Review By Sally Warburton
By Sally Warburton Old Fool Film presents TO CALM THE PIG INSIDE. The Visayan title translation of Joanna Vasquez Arong’s documentary film Ang Pagpakalma Sa Unos. An IDA Awards Nominee for Best Documentary Short, Winner of the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Shorts (Oscar®-qualifying prize) Joanna Vasquez Arong’s Essay Film Explores Cultural…
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TO CALM THE PIG INSIDE – By Ang Pagpakalma Sa Unos&Directed by Joanna Vasquez Arong -NOMINEE – Best Short Documentary – 2020 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards
NOMINEE – Best Short Documentary – 2020 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards WINNER – Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Shorts – 2020 Slamdance Film Festival WINNER – International Documentary – 15th SHORTS MÉXICO WINNER – Best Documentary Short – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2020 Special Mention – Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival Official Selection – 2020…
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TIRED OF TALKIN’ latest album from award winning bluesman STEVE STRONGMAN gets a re-issue!
TIRED OF TALKIN’ latest album from award winning bluesman STEVE STRONGMAN gets a re-issue today on Stony Plain Records Hamilton, Ontario. Award winning bluesman Steve Strongman has joined forces with Linus Entertainment in a multi-faceted deal that sees the Hamilton-based company globally representing his music publishing catalog and the distribution of his sound recording catalog, as well…
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Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist, Composer & Producer Jesse Cook Releases Stunning Version of “Say Something”
Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist, Composer & Producer Jesse Cook Releases Stunning Version of “Say Something” — Available Now! The Multi-Platinum/Gold & Award-Winning Artist Offers New Take on A Great Big World’s 2013 Hit Watch “Say Something” via YouTube Here Multi-platinum/gold selling and award-winning artist Jesse Cook wants to “Say Something” this year with the release of…
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Award-Winning Country Outlaws THE DIVORCEES Mark 16 Years with Release of New Album, “Drop of Blood “
Moncton, NB’s Award-Winning Country Outlaws THE DIVORCEES Mark 16 Years with Release of New Album, Drop of Blood Available Now, LP Includes New Single “Dying Breed” & Behind-The-Scenes Documentary Watch “Dying Breed” via YouTube Here Multi-award winning Canadian blue-collar country outlaws The Divorcees are taking a moment to reflect with the announcement of their new album, Drop…
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30th Gotham IFP Awards sponsored by Robert Hall Winery @ Cipriani Wall Street, New York.-Mon.,Jan.11th,2021
New York City showed its redoubtable “can-do” spirit at the 30th Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street. Robert Hall Winery returned for its third year as wine sponsor. In a remarkable, first-time ever hybrid of live and virtual presentation, presenters and honorees in attendance sat at tiny, socially distanced tables in the cavernous space and mingled cautiously but enthusiastically…
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ALEXANDRA BECK Offers Smooth Pop-Soul Double-Single Debut in “Blemished”
Saskatoon, SK’s ALEXANDRA BECK Offers Smooth Pop-Soul Double-Single Debut in Blemished Produced by Multi-Award Winning, Multi-Platinum Hitmaker Roy “Royalty” Hamilton II. Canadian pop/soul singer/songwriter Alexandra Beck is clearing the way for matters of the heart with the release of her official debut double-single, “Blemished” and “Blew It” — available now. “This collection portrays the two extremes…
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Alexandria, ON’s Contemporary Jazz-Pop Artist KATIE DITSCHUN Releases Ethereal New Single, “The Moon”
Alexandria, ON’s Contemporary Jazz-Pop Artist KATIE DITSCHUN Releases Ethereal New Single, “The Moon” Stunning Song & Video the Latest from Debut LP, Spare Skirt Watch “The Moon” (Official) via YouTube Here Artfully ominous and delicately foreboding, Alexandria, ON’s contemporary jazz-pop artist Katie Ditschun steps surely into winter’s evening glow with the release of “The Moon” —…
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MAKING THE CASE DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CALLAHAN A SHORT FILM ABOUT A JUDGE AND HER BAGS-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
MAKING THE CASE DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CALLAHAN A SHORT FILM ABOUT A JUDGE AND HER BAGS MAKING THE CASEOfficial Selection – 2020 Tribeca Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2020 DOC NYCOfficial Selection – 2020 HollyShorts Film FestivalOfficial Selection – 2020 Hamptons Doc Fest About MAKING THE CASE Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for whom legal arguments are daily currency, examines…
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Carol Nguyen, director of “NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE”, Bao Nguyen, director of “BE WATER”, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen
About Carol Nguyen Carol Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto and Montreal. Her films often explore the subjects of cultural identity, family and memory. Her most recent film “No Crying at the Dinner Table” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and had its international premiere at IDFA 2019, where she was…
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JESSE COOK – Multi-Award Winning Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist, Composer & Producer –“Tempest” 25 Years Later With a New Version
JESSE COOK – Multi-Award Winning Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist, Composer & Producer –“Tempest” 25 Years Later With a New Version Watch “Tempest 25” via YouTube Here Award-winning, multi-platinum and gold selling, and Internationally acclaimed guitarist, composer and producer Jesse Cook knows a thing or two about unexpected turns in the road. In fact, his whole storied…
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Harmonium symphonique – Histoires sans paroles has just been certified gold record!
Released on December 3, the instrumental album Harmonium symphonique – Histoires sans paroles has just been certified gold record by Music Canada, a recognition that underscores the 40,000 copies sold. This result is all the more remarkable since the album is offered on a single platform, the Oziko store. Histoires sans paroles, the first symphonic…
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Based in Winnipeg, The Guess Who’s Leonard Shaw with Sandy Chochinov Release Self-Titled Album as Displaced Pieces
Based in Winnipeg, The Guess Who’s Leonard Shaw with Sandy Chochinov Release Self-Titled Album as Displaced Pieces Watch “Be Strong” via YouTube Here “Be Strong” is the newest single by Displaced Pieces — Leonard Shaw and Sandy Chochinov — from their album, Displaced Pieces. Available now on streaming services Spotify, Amazon Music, and available as a…
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4X JUNO Award-Winner Billy Newton-Davis Releases “Have We Met?” A Live-Off-The-Floor Jazz EP
4X JUNO Award-Winner Billy Newton-Davis Releases “Have We Met?” A Live-Off-The-Floor Jazz EP Available now “The sweetness of great artistry is that it holds you in its moment. Billy Newton-Davis is simply that artist. Honesty is deep in every note!” – John Devenish JAZZFM.91 Billy Newton-Davis’ five song EP “Have We Met?”, is a jazzy,…
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THE JAYMZ BEE NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL ON JAZZ.FM91 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 * 9PM-1AM-online www.jazz.fm
THE JAYMZ BEE NEW YEARS EVE SPECIAL ON JAZZ.FM91THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 * 9PM-1AM You can listen on the radio (91.1FM in Southern Ontario & Western New York)Or online www.jazz.fmPlaylist will be online during the show: https://jazz.fm/category/playlists/ This evening heralding in 2021 will surely be filled with hope and music and we bid a thankful au revoir to 2020 and don’t let the door hit you on…
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