By Will McGuirk
Honest Heart Collective, The Wilderness, at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. Tickets here.
Gigs: Honest Heart Collective, The Wilderness at the Horseshoe Tavern
Gigs: Primus: Tribute to Kings, Black Mountain at Massey Hall May 13, 14
By Will McGuirk
Primus, Black Mountain at Massey Hall Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14, 2022. Tickets here.
Get thee to the County; County Pop Saturday May 7 with Charlotte Cornfield, Taylor Knox, Kat Burns
By Will McGuirk
There’s been a lot of changes in Prince Edward County over the last few years. It has become a thriving economy based on its own local culture and terrain and County Pop is a wondrous fest which celebrates all that makes the County the County. With an emphasis on family and local, the fest runs Saturday May 7 - doors open 4 p.m. - and includes some fab talent on stage and just as fab talent on the vendors tables.
Charlotte Cornfield, our pal Taylor Knox, and our pal Kat Burns with a new trio, will be rocking that stage and food and beverages include Parsons Brewery, the delightful Kinsip Distillery, Idle Wild PEC, Papa Ghanoush, Kaledoscope Catering, and the pop behind the Pop, Lemonade Dave.
County Pop take splace at the Crystal Palace in Picton and tickets can be found here.
Radio Zeitgeist: New vinyls this week from Caroline Marie Brooks, Mom Jeans, Rowan, Alison Wonderland, and Bob Vylan
By Will McGuirk
Lovely new album from Caroline Marie Brooks; get real with Bob Vylan cos its time to get up and shit is real; Mom Jeans still fit well; Rowan skids into his roots, and Alison Wonderland melts the EDMs.
Summer fun at Springtide 2022 in Uxbridge July 21 - 23
By Will McGuirk
The little festival that could is back and with a heavy emphasis on local, and thats just how they do it in Uxbridge, ON. Springtide has announced its line-up which beside nationally known acts Bedouin Soundclash, Danny Michel, and Spencer Burton, includes many top-notch acts from the area; Tania Joy, Hollowsage, Matt Gunn, Wooly, Hunter Sheridan, Band of Weeds, and Skye Wallace, among them
The festival runs July 21 to 23 in venues throughout the downtown, The Second Wedge Brewery and the Uxbridge Music Hall being the main ones.
And good news those who purchased tickets for the 2020 fest will have their billets honoured. If you don’t have them yet get them here.
Gigs: Land of Talk at Lee's Palace
By Will McGuirk
Land of Talk at Lee’s Palace Friday May 6 2022. Tickets here.
Gigs: Mad Ones, Shook Boys, CATL at Dakota Tavern
By Will McGuirk
Mad Ones Thursday May 4 at the Dakota Tavern. Tickets here.
Shook Boys Friday May 5 at the Dakota Tavern. Tickets Here
CATL Saturday May 6 at the Dakota Tavern. Tickets Here
Gigs: The Hold Steady at the Horseshoe Tavern
By Will McGuirk
The Hold Steady at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Wednesday to Saturday, May 4 to 7 2022. Tickets Here
Tami Neilson announced for the Biltmore Theatre Oshawa
By Will McGuirk
A “fire-breathing R&B belter” according to Rolling Stone magazine, Tami Neilson will be belting it out at the Biltmore Theatre Oshawa on Thursday July 14 2022. Tami is touring her latest album, ‘Kingmaker’ recorded at Neil Finn’s studio in New Zealand and featuring a duet with Willie Nelson. The record drops July 15 so the Shwa will get a preview.
Sampa The Great
Slowcity.ca Open Mic: Bonnie Raitt, Margo Price, Abigail Lapell, Ada Lea, Ken Yates, JAD, Henry Chadwick, and Sampa The Great
By Will McGuirk
"all dressed up" is a fever dream of isolation and claustrophobia, circumscribed by all these obsolete media machines -- but with a semi-hopeful note, too, about making the best of an absurd situation, or at least, 'this too shall pass'.” - Abigail Lapell
“The only thing to do is ride out your last few moments with the people you love.” - Ken Yates
"We’re not going to stay in one lane, we’re going to create multiple ones. . . My truest self encourages me to explore different lanes, and go beyond what I think I know of myself.” - Sampa The Great
Ada Lea @ the Axis Club, Toronto Tuesday May 10 2022
Ken Yates @ the Cameron House Toronto Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Gigs: Antibalas at Lee's Palace, The Surfrajettes, Ichi-bons at the Legendary Horseshoe
By Will McGuirk
Antibalas at Lee’s Palace Friday, April 29 and April 30, 2022. Tickets here
Surfrajettes, Ichi-bons, the Mooks at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern Thursday, April 28, 2022. Tickets here
Gigs: Olivia Rodrigo at Massey Hall
By Will McGuirk
Olivia Rodrigo Friday Apr 29 and Saturday Apr 30 2022. Tickets here
River and Sky 2022: OMBIIGIZI, Austra, Dilly Dally, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, plus more more more!
By Will McGuirk
Oh its been a time of it but happy to hear River & Sky festival in Fisher’s Paradise, Field, ON., is up and running and the good folks at R&S will do it all once again Thursday, July 21 through to Sunday July 24, 2022. This has been a festival I’ve packed up the car and drove the several hours north, with joy and tunes, to settle in for an amazing weekend of boreal loveliness. I’ve done so for a decade or so and I would encourage all and anyone to take the trip.
Set along a bow of the Sturgeon River, among the pines and with a beach! R&S has hosted bands such the Sadies, Altin Gun, Mdou Moctor, Antibalas, - I’ve probably sold a dozen or so of Moctor’s record ‘Afrique Victime’ at Kops Oshawa, where I manage, but R&S had him a couple of years back. It speaks to the organizers uncanny knack of nabbing up and coming acts pretty well before most people have even heard of them. So if some of the names on the bill are unfamiliar, don’t let that be a deterrent - take on the adventure of trying the new; with R&S, I’m guaranteed you will not be disappointed. There have been of course familiar names such as Chad VanGaalen, Daniel Romano, Metz, and Pink Mountaintops, among them who have performed under the sky and down by the river.
This year, after the two year hiatus, the fest welcomes back Pink Mountaintops, along with electronica artist Austra, and alt-rockers Dilly Dally. Also on the line-up OMBIIGIZI, Wine Lips, Casper Skulls, and psych-rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers. Lots of the area’s local acts are also in on the act so yeah, settle in for a real taste of what the scene north of the Great Lakes has to offer. Its always something special.
