Category: Reviews
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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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Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, the Late Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson Are the New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers from Roots Supergroup on Stony Plain Records
Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, the Late Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson Are the New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers from Roots Supergroup on Stony Plain Records The New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers originated back in November 2007, when musician brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson sat down for a guitar jam with…
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San Francisco, CA’s Folk Artist & Music Therapist SCOTT GARRED Mines the Minds of Dementia Patients and Mass Shooter &More in New Album.
San Francisco, CA’s Folk Artist & Music Therapist SCOTT GARRED Mines the Minds of Dementia Patients and Mass Shooter & More in New Album Watch “Dementia/Blue” via YouTube Here “What is it like to be a mass shooter? Or a person living with dementia? What plea might a person deeply addicted to opioids make?” These…
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Black Crowes Drummer & Co-Founder Steve Gorman-NEW Memoir, Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes
Black Crowes Drummer & Co-Founder Steve Gorman-NEW Memoir, Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes For over two decades, the Black Crowes topped the charts and reigned supreme over the radio waves, even as hair bands, grunge, and hip-hop threatened to dethrone them. With hits like “Hard to Handle,” “She Talks…
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It’s Self Quarantine, Rock ’n Roll-style with Eric Schenkman’s “Locked In The House All Day”Spin Doctors Alum Releases New Video for Meta Single off Solo Album,&Who Shot John?
It’s Self Quarantine, Rock ’n Roll-style with Eric Schenkman’s “Locked In The House All Day” Spin Doctors Alum Releases New Video for Meta Single off Solo Album, Who Shot John? Watch “Locked In The House All Day” via YouTube Here When Spin Doctors mega music man Eric Schenkman penned his newest single “Locked In The House…
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The Go-Go’s KATHY VALENTINE – THE Music Bestseller of 2020: All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir
Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s story is a roller coaster of sex, drugs, and of course, music; it’s also a story of what it takes to find success and find yourself, even when it all comes crashing down. Kathy is available for Canadian media – now and into 2021!Amazon, Indigo and PDF copies available upon request Kathy Valentine…
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Moncton’s Blues Rockers SHORT FOR ARTHUR Are “Hanging Paintings” In The Bigger Picture For New Single
Moncton, NB’s psychedelic blues rockers Short For Arthur are out there “Hanging Paintings” when it comes to their new single — available now. But, of course, it’s not that simple — which is exactly the song’s point of view. “This track is about how there’s more to life than meets the eye,” frontman Jordan Best…
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‘First Lady of the Classical Guitar’ Liona Boyd Wants to Wish You a “Happy New Year”
Canada’s ‘First Lady of the Classical Guitar’ Liona Boyd Wants to Wish You a “Happy New Year” New Single Features Friend & Fellow Singer/Songwriter Amanda Martinez Multi-award winning and Gold- and Platinum-selling Canadian ‘First Lady of the Classical Guitar’ Liona Boyd — and her multi-talented friend, singer/songwriter Amanda Martinez — want to wish you a…
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Hamilton, Award-Winning Classical Guitarist EMMA RUSH Releases Third Album, The 19th Century-Inspired Wake the Sigh
Hamilton, ON’s Award-Winning Classical Guitarist EMMA RUSH Releases Third Album, The 19th Century-Inspired Wake the Sigh The award-winning Canadian classical guitarist Emma Rush has released her third solo album. It’s called Wake the Sigh and brings to light a plethora of relatively unknown female-written guitar compositions from the 19th century, including works from Emilia Giuliani, Delores…
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Schomberg, Ontario’s Pop/Jazz Artist CYTHNIA TAURO Explores New Ground, Starting With Release of “You Know Me”
“You Know Me,” says Schomberg, Ontario-based pop/jazz artist Cynthia Tauro with the release of her newly minted single — available now! “This song is about those people who truly know you,” Tauro says, getting to the heart of the matter. “It’s about those people where there is no need to be anyone but yourself around…
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Jazz-Pop Singer-Songwriter Laura Fernandez Says It’s Okay, Alright with Moving New Album
Canadian singer/songwriter, pianist, producer, artist, and JazzFM radio producer/host Laura Fernandez says it’s Okay, Alright in this, her stunning new album of deeply intimate lyrical sojourns — available now. Blending pop, jazz and classical influences throughout the vibrant collection, Okay, Alright navigates Fernandez’s varied styles and grooves through an expert rhythm section, string accompaniment, guitar, trumpet, and mandolin —…
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MAYNE CHAMPAGNE New Single “Joanna”
From Jail To The Top Of The Charts, MAYNE CHAMPAGNE Releases New Single and Video For “Joanna” Jermaine Lawrence describes himself as an anomaly: an R&B artist as Mayne Champagne and producer then-known as Jimmy Jump or Jump with GRAMMY and Platinum-selling artist co-works to his credit, including placement on Drake’s sophomore mixtape Comeback Season,…
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CMAOntario Awards – Oct 4, 2020
by Wayne Baggs Why would you drive to London’s Western Fairgrounds in the rain on a Sunday night? To watch live music with an actual stage, real lighting, real sound, and real people playing. A historical event. It’s the world’s first live drive-in-awards show! The “Country Music Association of Ontario” or the “CMAO” awards show. The CMAOntario…
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