Canadian Music Week: Where the Oshawa/Durham bands at?

By Will McGuirk

CMW kicked off Monday May 7 and continues right through until Sunday. Among the hundreds of acts playing there are a few well known acts but thats the key to CMW; its a showcase of the new, the emerging, the bubbling under. With scores of venues, affordable ticketing and a slew of activities and events such as panel discussions, award shows, trade shows, an international showcase focus on the USA for 2018, a hackathon, summits, and a film festival there's no excuse to not get out and enjoy the week. Go see the next big thing now and get the bragging rights. Some of the existing big things involved or performing include Mudhoney, Sloan, Nile Rodgers, Bob Lefsetz, Steve Horowitz and Denise Donlon.

Some of the Oshawa/Durham kats involved include

Directed by Christopher Mills (http://www.numberfourfilms.com/) Written by Anna Mernieks and arranged by Beams Recorded at Toronto's Union Sound Co by Ian Gomes As a true collective, the seven-piece ensemble's sound brings together elements of country, bluegrass, folk, and avant garde to create music that echoes long-dead Appalachian voices while bravely injecting that spirit into 21st century pop.

May 9 Beams @ Lee Palace, Lindi Ortega @ Mod Club

May 10 Jaunt @ Garrison, Do Good Badlies @ Dakota Tavern, West Hammock @ Adelaide Hall

I saw through the devil He promised to take our land I ran through the levee Seeds of the dream in hand They came 'cross the ocean With all their loaded guns Fear then swept my people Eclipsed in the hatred spun Oh Yea Mountain will shine again I get

May 11 Crown Lands @ Phoenix

May 12 Sarah Fazackerley @ Paddock, The Standstills @ Horseshoe

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Casper Skulls to grow with Audiotree North

Audiotree North will launch Friday May 11 as part of CMW at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern with Ought, Caspar Skulls, Begonia, Pkew Pkew Pkew and Pony performing. An Audiotree North live session with Casper Skulls has been released. It follows on the session by Lido Pimienta which can be seen here. 

Casper Skulls perform "Caught on a Wire" at the Longboat in Toronto, ON. An Audiotree North Production. Keep up with the band -- https://casperskulls.bandcamp.com/ Catch them during Canadian Music Week: https://bit.ly/2JB64Lu -- Subscribe to Audiotreetv: http://bit.ly/1LLy4ur Watch more -- http://www.audiotree.tv/

Lido Pimienta focus of Audiotree North video series, CMW launch at the Horseshoe May 11

2017 Polaris Music Prize winner Lido Pimienta performs "Fornicarte es un Arte" at Toronto's Revolution Recordings as part of a new collaboration between Audiotree of Chicago and Paquin Entertainment in TO. The goal is to create a new platform to showcase new acts. Audiotree North will launch Friday May 11 as part of CMW at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern with Ought, Caspar Skulls, Begonia, Pkew Pkew Pkew and Pony performing. Pup and Begonia have also been featured previously by Audiotree North.

Lido Pimienta performs "Fornicarte es un Arte" at Revolution Recordings in Toronto, ON. An Audiotree North Production Keep up with the band -- https://lidopimienta.bandcamp.com/ -- Subscribe to Audiotreetv: http://bit.ly/1LLy4ur Watch more -- http://www.audiotree.tv/

An Audiotree FAR OUT | Audiotree North Production PUP perform "Familiar Patterns" at the Great Hall in Toronto, ON. Check out exclusive behind the scenes photos and artwork: https://audiotree.tv/farout/pup Far Out is an Audiotree series where we step outside our studio to record artists in unusual environments.

Begonia performs "Out of My Head" at the Longboat in Toronto, ON. An Audiotree North Production Keep up with the band -- http://www.hellobegonia.com/ Catch them during Canadian Music Week: https://bit.ly/2JB64Lu -- Subscribe to Audiotreetv: http://bit.ly/1LLy4ur Watch more -- http://www.audiotree.tv/

Fabrizio Cammarata to play CMW at the Cameron House

By Will McGuirk

I miss Okkervil River, waiting for new tunes but Fabrizio Cammarata is a fair substitute. The Sicilian singer/songwriter last put out an album in 2011, "Rooms", and has released an EP in the interim. But he is touring still. He will be playing a few times at the Cameron House in TO over the course of Canadian Music Week. "Long Shadows" will feature on his upcoming album due November 2018.

Cammarata says on his website, the song features “total solar eclipse of memory. Two young women. They look alike… but not quite. It’s as if one was the idealized version of the other, the real one: in black and white, she’s naked, in the wild, like an angel, perfect. In color, she’s in a household context, where she can be smiling, crying, yelling at you, violent, let down. It takes a moment to understand. It only takes a total eclipse inside yourself.”

Fabrizio Cammarata - Long Shadows Taken from the album 'Of Shadows': https://fabri.lnk.to/sptfy_Of_Shadows Released Nov 17th 2017 on 800A/Kartel Music Group and Haldern Pop Recordings. Buy here: https://fabri.lnk.to/buy_Of_Shadows --------------------------------- Follow Fabrizio Cammarata http://www.facebook.com/fabriziocamma... http://www.instagram.com/fabriziocamm... http://www.fabriziocammarata.com ✈ Fabrizio is on tour!

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