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S Whether she was sitting in front of the ivories, singing solo, or performing with her sisters in theatre, local area resident Christina Sawchuk was a staple of the Cold Lake Music Festival for 11 years. She left to attend Concordia University in Edmonton, and recently completed her four year Master of Arts in Music, …
The Chocolate Bunnies From Hell were heralded as leading the second Winnipeg Music Wave, and burst on the scene when former The Smarties frontman PJ Burton moved from Edmontonian in 1984 and hooked up with guitarist Clayton Alverson. Jamming together led to the addition of Bob Filep on keyboards, drummer Eric Goodmanson, and bassist Gary …
At the age of 24, Chrissy Steele (real name Christina Southern) was already a veteran of the British Columbia bar scene with her bands Room Service and Reform School when she was asked to join The Headpins in late 1989, following the departure of Darby Mills. Along with Brian MacLeod on guitars, they did two …
Ward began writing songs with fellow student Stephen Stohn while both were attending college in Toronto in the mid ’70s. They played the local coffee houses as a duet when they caught the attention of Warner Bros Records executives. Stohn opted to continue his studies, but Ward signed a record deal and was taken to …
Following the demise of Blue Shadows after only a pair of albums, Billy Cowsill (also a member of the family band of the same name that spawned The Partridge Family), bounced around between Vancouver and Calgary for a couple of years looking for a new project. He settled in Calgary in 1998 and enrolled at …
His first musical influences were his parents’ love for folk & bluegrass. But after picking up the penniwhistle and mandolin by age 9, Colin Munn graduated to guitar and began immersing himself into the blues, evolving his own pop spin on it while being influenced by the likes of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie and …
After a pair of singles and a regular spot on the CBC’s weekly showcase program “Let’s Go” with The Classics (sometimes known as The Canadian Classics), Howie Vickers decided a new directions was in order, and from the ashes of that group rose The Collectors – one of Vancouver’s most groundbreaking groups of the mid …
Colleen Peterson memorial Originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Collen Peterson moved with her family to Ottawa when she was 10. By 13, she’d saved enough green stamps to buy her first guitar, which she learned to play while getting involved in music at Ridgemont High School. In 1966, and only 16 years old, she began performing …
It’s good fortune for country music fans that Colter Wall didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps and get into politics. Although it might too have one day led him to the Premier’s chair, instead the Swift Current, Saskatchewan native picked up a guitar when he was just a toddler and followed a musical path, and …
Named after a lunatic asylum outside London, England, Coney Hatch was formed in Toronto in 1980 by singer/bassist Andy Curran, Ed Godlewski on guitars and drummer Dave Ketchum. By the time guitarist Carl Dixon left Firefly to join them in February of ’81, Steve Shelski had replaced Godlewski and the band was already on their …