Presented by the Toronto Blues Society, the 17 th Annual Maple Blues Awards brought together fans, musicians and those who support blues music from across Canada. Dawn Tyler Watson and JW-Jones hosted and performed at the celebration. The Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival, in Mississauga, which was founded by Chuck Jackson, won the Blues Booster Awards for its contribution to Canada’s blues culture and festivals’ scene.

Toronto’s Irene Torres & The Sugar Devils has released their second CD, In the Details. This full-length CD follows their well-received, self-titled, seven-track disc. The band performed songs from their new CD at the 2013 Wasaga Beach Blues Festival. In the details features 12 new, original songs with a mix of flavours from: a little ska and ...

Wasaga Beach was cool but the musicians rocking the Main Stage at the Wasaga Beach Blues festival were hot. Fans from across Ontario and the U.S. enjoyed a range of blues throughout the free, 3-day festival. The third annual Wasaga Beach Blues festival, held at the Stonebridge Town Centre Sept. 13 to 15, was launched with the Boogie Woogie Blues Banquet on Sept. 12. Over 175 people enjoyed the southern style food as well as dancing to the live music of the Mississippi AllStars and Chuck Jackson’s Big Bad Blues Revue.

The Devonleigh Story Devonleigh Homes is a small town builder that thinks big. Having built more than 2,000 homes since its inception in 1996, Devonleigh Homes has established itself in the towns that dot the picturesque landscapes between Georgian Bay and Highway 9: Alliston, Amaranth, Angus, Beeton, Collingwood, Mansfield, Midland, Mono and Orangeville.

Danny Harvey has always wanted to direct the classic play 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Presented in the intimate Rose Theatre Studio Two, the theatre-in-the-round style puts the audience in the jury room setting of the play. “The way we’re doing this, people will feel like a fly on the wall. Where you sit will determine the kind of show you see.” Harvey says.

Ain’t nothing blue about Stonebridge, except for the skies and the music. Stonebridge Blues a free a music festival at the Stonebridge Town Centre in Wasaga Beach takes place on Aug. 6 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. This free outdoor concert is hosted by the Stonebridge Building Group, creators of Stonebridge By the Bay. Perennial Canadian favourite, The Legendary Downchild Blues Band will headline the concert, which is part of a series of free shows at the music pavilion in the new Stonebridge Town Centre.

She started off spinning tunes at CKLN in Toronto, now Vivian Barclay, as the GM of Warner/Chappell Music Canada Ltd, helps determine what makes it onto the airwaves.

"For a lot of Black women, fibroids are extremely aggressive and it hits them younger (in their 20s)," says Dr. Gaylene Pron of the tumors that grow on the outside and inside of the uterus or within the uterine wall. "They create havoc with the bleeding and pain."

This story was originally titled ‘Haydain Neale is back’, it was about jacksoul’s newest album, SOULmate the long awaited return of this Toronto based R&B soul group. Instead it is a celebration of his life and music. Haydain Neale, the lead singer of jacksoul died on Sunday, Nov. 22 of lung cancer at Mount Sinai Hospital surrounded by his loved ones: wife Michaela, daughter Yasmin, brother-in-law Shawn Hudson and friends Davide DiRenzo and Jennifer Hyland.

11 August 2011 No Comments By Erica Phillips For those who missed Sade's live shows this year, pick up The Ultimate Collection. The two-disc set is a real treat for fans and features 29 tracks- 25 classics and four new songs. That moody, seductive sound Sade has been known for since 1984 permeates the digitally remastered collection.

By Erica Phillips Just when you think you've heard everything from the late Jimi Hendrix, more never-before-released tracks are being issued, providing further evidence of his guitar greatness and artistry, and a little insight into the man. Winterland [Highlights], which was just released, features 11 songs that transport you back to Hendrix's heyday.

29 March 2012 No Comments By Erica Phillips Adversity and the struggle to put out a second album frame Divide the Blackened Sky from The Veer Union, a Vancouver-based rock band featuring vocalist Crispin Earl and guitarist Eric Schraeder. Friends for about 10 years, the two formed the band in 2004 and last week launched a US tour in Texas.

Vancouver-based rock band The Veer Union is on a US tour to support the March 26 release of their latest album Divide the Blackened Sky. Sway spoke to vocalist Crispin Earl and band mate, guitarist Eric Schraeder, while on a tour bus somewhere outside of El Paso, Texas on their way to Cleveland for their next gig.

By Erica Phillips His career spans decades, generations and genres and, despite numerous accolades and memorable songs like Sometimes When We Touch, over the phone singer-songwriter, and now author, Dan Hill has a pleasantly unexpected grace and easiness. His warm energy is apparent in his mature yet youthful tone.

By Erica Phillips Hendrix in the West by Jimi Hendrix is another part of the recently released set of music. This live album features songs from several different performances first issued in the 1970s, previously unavailable performances, plus a 24-page booklet and more photos.