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Not to be confused with the mid 60’s British group of the same name, The Jitters were formed when guitarist friends Blair Packham and Danny Levy along with bassist Matthew Greenberg left their individual groups in 1981, shortly after recruiting school friend Glenn Martin on drums. They began playing every possible gig in the Toronto …
A native of Winnipeg, Joey Gregorash grew up in a musical family, where his first interest was the violin, which his father played. But as he got older, his interests turned more to rock and roll and the drums, fuelled by seeing The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” As the drummer and eventually the …
John Allan Cameron memorial Generally regarded as the godfather of Celtic pop, John Allan was born in Inverness County, Cape Breton Island on Dec 16, 1938 He grew up in a musical household, and his mother Katine Anne MacDonald was the only sibling of renowned east coast fiddler and composer Dan Rory MacDonald. In 1957, …
Born in Tilsit in what is now Germany in 1944, Joachim Fritz Krauledat and his mother spent what was the remainder of the Second World War fleeing one occupied part of Europe to another. Armed Forces Radio fuelled Kay’s musical fire, where he was first exposed to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and the …
After releasing a handful on vinyl in six years, The Florida Razors had become one of Hamilton’s steadiest and most dependable acts. But unable to land a major deal, they’d run their course in ’87. Dejected, frontman and guitarist Tom Wilson retreated from the business until early the next spring, when he formed a new …
Born in 1943, John Mills-Cockell first rose to prominence as an up and coming piano prodigy in the 1960s. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, and won a BMI Award in ’67, given to student composers for his work in orchestral music. By …
Indisputably Fort MacLeod, Alberta’s most famous native, Joni Mitchell was born in 1943 as Roberta Joan Anderson. Her mother was a teacher, and her father was in the Air Force, and once WWII was over, the family moved around while her father worked at various jobs throughout western Saskatchewan, eventually settling in Saskatoon. She contracted …
TMichaele Jordana Canadian artist and New Wave singer and her band The Poles, with synthesizer/keyboardist Doug Pringle, performed in Toronto and New York and recorded with producer Jim Frank at Nimbus 9 Studios. She is specially known for her single CN Tower and album Romance at the Roxy. JOSHUA’S HABIT (2002)Who Am I Flipside Hold …
As The Cranston Foundation, bassist Jeremy Dow and guitarist/singer Alex Black broke ground with their ‘in your face’ charged energy, now they’re simply looking for new challenges as The JR’s. When the Calgary-based trio takes the stage Dow commented that people who’ve followed them before will get some of the intense vibes they’ll expect, but …
Born in 1963 in Sussex, New Brunswick, Julian Austin had what some would consider a troubled youth, having more than one brush with the law. But it was that culmination of experiences that years later would help lead to him writing the honest, heart-felt lyrics he’d become known for. He began writing and playing music …