Ian Kamau is a Toronto based artist performing in Montreal for the Suoni per il Popolo festival at a concert organized by Howl!. Kamau is a key underground hip-hop artist creating today in Canada. This interview focuses on Kamau’s approach and specifically on the Traffic, a soul track from his
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – E minor: The Handsome Rogue
Paolo Pietropaolo brings back the Signature Series for the Summer. Today’s selection gives us insight into the dramatic key of E minor. Enjoy. Filed under: Music Tagged: E Minor, The CBC Signature Series, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PRISM: Tap It
Some really excellent criticism of wide swaths of the MSM, from… Gawker??? Let’s be honest: Edward Snowden (pictured), the man who made a calculated decision to risk everything he has in order to reveal the NSA’s secret spying program, did something heroic. You don’t have to believe Edward Snowden himself
Continue readingwmtc: my role model, joni mitchell
Next week, Toronto’s Luminato arts festival will present “Joni: a Portrait in Song,” various musicians performing and celebrating the work of Joni Mitchell. For months, speculation flew about whether or not Mitchell herself would attend, and if she did, whether she would perform. Finally, a few weeks ago, it was announced:
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: 21 Balançoires (21 Swings)
This is something I have to try! 21 Swings Exercise in musical cooperation Every spring, an interactive installation takes over a high-traffic area in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles and sets a collective ritual. The installation offers a fresh look at the idea of cooperation, the notion that we can
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: The Cautioneers
Hello Friday! We made it! As the NXNE music festival has been invoking joyous, creative revelry inside AND outside of venues throughout downtown Toronto over the last three days, we’re now in the thick of it and I’m excited for the second featured Band in the last week. Today’s band
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – “Only” by NIN
This space usually hosts a classical selection of music that I find appealing in one way another. But the genesis of today’s video lies in the dark sorcery better known as the CD wallet the resides i my car. As I was driving to my voice lesson I was perturbed,
Continue readingknitnut.net: Something to warm your heart
You may have already seen this, since it’s making the rounds, but I’m sharing it just in case. Besides, I’ve watched it a bunch of times and I’m not tired of it yet. This little Brazilian guy is almost two years old.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Human Bodies
This week, I will be featuring two bands as a small highlight of the 1000 plus talented bands from all over the globe performing in Toronto’s upcoming NXNE music festival that runs June 10-16. The first of two bands is Human Bodies. Patient, lush, and explosive all rolled into a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: End Point
If we pass the point of no return, we will have runaway global warming and the end point is human extinction. I don’t think people quite get that yet. I know many who don’t take the issue of civilization’s survivability very seriously. Most of my peers have grown up hearing
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Thursday Musical Interlude – The Rite of Spring’s 100th Anniversary.
The base 10 anniversaries are always important. 🙂 Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring debuted 100 years ago today. Enjoy his music visualized by Stephen Malinowski and the info from Wikipedia. Part I: The Adoration of the Earth The opening melody is played by a solo bassoon in a very
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO]
An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal: 21-year old Corey Charron dishes out on fictional experience smoking cocaine with the beleaguered Toronto Mayor. The post An Ottawa rapper’s song inspired by Rob Ford’s crack cocaine scandal [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Hey I sang that!
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day. Just finished singing this in choir, great piece and as usual, the tenor part is the hardest.. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Choral Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hard Rock – Hallelujah
We need more of this in our music scene because frankly, the omnipresent bland radio pop (A big unthankyou to CBC radio 2 for adding more of this soul withering drivel to my listening day) bores the everliving fuck out of me. So hit me with some hard rock hallelujah
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Bury the Hatchet
Happy Friday……We’ve made it! Today’s band is Bury the Hatchet. This Toronto ensemble translates tales through warm and wordy, infectiously honest melodies spoken by a wide array of instruments such as cello, guitar, clarinet, flute, and keyboard. Poetic and powerfully driven, Bury the Hatchet is a band deserving of an
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
New awesome set by Kaskade with lots of great stuff. A free download to boot. Have a good night!
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
New awesome set by Kaskade with lots of great stuff. A free download to boot. Have a good night!
Continue readingImpolitical: Friday night
New awesome set by Kaskade with lots of great stuff. A free download to boot. Have a good night!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bolero
Love it it or hate it, Bolero is a fine piece of music. I try and post work that make me stop what I’m doing and just listen. This performance by Hong Kong’s Orchestra did just that. Enjoy 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Bolero, Flash Mob, The DWR Friday
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Why you should choose Sound in Motion for your EDM fix in Toronto
I’m not gonna lie. I’m pretty excited that Toronto is getting it together with more electronic music festivals. Last year was the first mainstreaming of multi-day electronic music festivals with pretty big names coming to entertain hundreds. Digital Dreams and VELD are the big ones. And I’m glad they exist.
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