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Translated from Japanese to mean ‘descent from Heaven,’ Amakudari was the brainchild of Winnipeg’s Greg Gardner, a multi-instrumentalist who began playing piano by the age of seven. He moved over to guitar and then drums by 13. His first professional gig was when he was still only 15. By 1985, his credits included The Love …
From the ashes of what the band describes as “the burned down and out London, Ontario rock scene” rises the soulful and dynamic sound of Backline Revival. The group was formed in the late 2000s and consists of vocalist Nikki James, guitarists Houndog and Chuck Rocks, AJ on drums and bassist Rickie Lee. Combining a …
Big Daddy Shad Mark Macmillan: Lead Guitar, Organ,Vocals, Songwriter Gregory Siddall: Bass Guitar, BackupVocals Ron Sims: Lead Guitar Tom Cooke: Drums Big Daddy Shad was formed in early December 2000 in Amherst, NS. After playing some blues cover tunes at a few of the local bars, the membersrealized that Big Daddy Shad was indeed something …
Jean Charbonneau (guitars and vocals) and Bob Dufour (bass and vocals) grew up in Laval, Quebec with a lot of the same musical influences – generally the bulk of the heavy part of the British Invasion. They formed Blind Ravage in the fall of 1969 with drummer Danny Gorman, and began doing Deep Purple, Cream, …
Performing together since 1964 in The Marcatos, brothers Francis and John Webster moved to Toronto in ’67 where they revamped the line-up into a seven-piece orchestrated pop ensemble. They released one album later that year on Sound Canada Records called DAVID, which featured covers of “Hey Jude” and “House of the Rising Sun.” It got …
Husband and wife team of Corey and Trina (nee Fufford) Crewe grew up in St John’s and became one of Newfoundland’s most popular duos around the island pubs and up and down the East Coast in the early 1970s. They were also renowned for mixing comedy routines into their shows which made them one of …
Cory Tetford CD review: GRACEBy Rachel Jagt This is the perfect record to listen to really loud with a really good pair of headphones. The sounds range from loud and boisterous to quiet and melancholy; but on every track, Tetford’s trembling voice and get-lost-in-the-rhythm guitar playing sweep you away. I suppose this is a blues …
Taking their name from the document that helped establish the Canadian constitution, The British North-American Act was formed in Montreal during the mid 1960s around the guitar duo of Rick Elger and Bob Allen (both British immigrants), Kirk Armstrong on bass, drummer Dave McCall, and Andy Bator on organ, originally from Hungary. They played the …
The pride of rural Alberta when the province was still finding its country roots in the early ’70s, Buck Swan’s music mirrored his life, with a small town atmosphere that rang true in his songs like a cool night breeze during harvest season. A livingroom crooner at night, he was a regular at most every …
Originally called The Colonials, The Charlottetown, PEI’s Gary Weeks and Newmarket, Ontario’s Dave Beckett met in grade school and played in several bands – Edgar And The Allan Poes and The Diplomats – right through their post-Secondary education at the University Of Western Ontario. It was in London, Ontario in 1966, as part of a …