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Both natives of Toronto, Mike McKenna and Joe Mendelson grew up fans of the blues, and both emulated their idols early in life while learning to play guitar. After McKenna left Luke & The Apostles in the mid ’60s, he was a brief footnote in The Ugly Ducklings‘ story, then began working the local club …
Born in Hamilton, Matt Mays moved to Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia while young, and joined his first professional group, The Guthries, after moving to Halifax once he was out of high school. The band released a pair of albums beginning in 2000, but Mays struck it out on his own after the second album two …
Originally from Burnaby, BC, Matthew Good first had aspirations of being a folk singer, and in 1992 was fronting the Rockester Kings after moving to Vancouver from Coquitlam. While he and guitarist Simon Woodcock attended an open mic night one night at Simon Fraser Univesity, they were seen by manager Brent Crhistensen, who got them …
Hailing from Whitehorse, Claire Ness has made her mark as one of the hottest commodoties, and most versatile performers the Yukon has ever offered up. It takes a special performer to get a crowd to join in the song and enjoy itself. And Pierceland was treated to two of them on Thursday night, March 3rd …
Before the formation of Men Withouts Hats, Ivan Doroschuk was experimenting with combining electronics & music. He played in several bands with brothers Stefan & Colin during the mid Seventies in Montreal . It was while in High School that he met Jeremy Arrobas. Along with the Doroschuks’ other brother Igor, they played some concerts …
courtesy of Nick Warburton One of the less known Canadian groups to work on the 1960s US West Coast scene was the short-lived Merryweather, a talented bunch of Ontario musicians, fronted by former Mynah Birds member, bass player Neil Lillie (today better known as Neil Merryweather). Slightly reminiscent of the early Steve Miller Band, Merryweather …
Arguably Canada’s most prolific reggae group, Messenjah was formed in 1980 when Kitchener, Ontario natives Errol Blackwood and Rupert “Ojiji” Harvey, both Jamaican born, grew weary of their gigs and wanted to do something different. Blackwood had bounced around different rock groups for several years, and Harvey at the time was in the R&B group …
Born in Nicolet, Quebec in 1960 as Michel Pepin, his family moved to Trois Rivieres when he was still young, and for the most part he taught himself how to play guitar and piano while growing up. He left for Montreal at 17 and before long found himself playing in the French prog-rock band Concert. …
div> Michael Gregtheodeg Waite was struck by the rock and roll bug the first time he heard The Beatles as a kid, then seeing them live at Maple Leaf Gardens. By the early 1970s he was the singer and bassist for local experimental electronic/pop band, Breathless, which lasted a few years on the underground Toronto …
Athough she was always musically inclined, Michaele Jordana Berman began her artistic journey as a painter. Originally from Winnipeg, she moved to Toronto after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba, determined to make it as an artist. She debuted her first solo exhibtion at Isaacs Galley in the fall of …