Archives for the 'Music' Category
Livegreen Toronto: David Usher, Chantal Kreviazuk
There was a hidden gem in Toronto last weekend: a free open-air downtown street concert, featuring David Usher, Chantal Kreviazuk, and Kardinal Offishall. The Green Toronto Festival was Toronto’s celebration of “everything green”. Yonge street was closed from Dundas to Queen, lined with green exhibitors displaying their environmentally friendly products and services; a bevy of […]
Over the Top Festival 2008
Live Indie music in a church? I found myself in St. Stephen-in-the Fields Church, at College and Bathurst, on a Friday night for day two of the Over the Top Festival. The festival, now in its seventh year running, features a series of all-ages concerts (as well as some films). Performing this night were Rebekah […]
The Framework at the Drake Underground
(see all 6 photos of The Framework) This is the fourth The Framework show I’ve been to. From humble beginnings in the summer of 2007, The Framework’s popularity has snowballed — as evidenced by the large crowds and interest garnered at each of their monthly shows. Limiting themselves to only one live show per month, […]
CMW: Hey Ocean! at the Tattoo Rock Parlour
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CMW: Lights at the Rivoli
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CMW: Lindi Ortega at the Rivoli
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CMW: Melissa Bel at the Rivoli
(see all 6 photos of Melissa Bel) She was billed on the Canadian Music Week official schedule as “Melissa Bellm”, but this was changed soon after taking the Friday night opening stage at the Rivoli. “I’m changing my name to Melissa Bel,” she announced, carefully spelling out her new MySpace address. “Bellm was just too […]
CMW: Econoline Crush at the Tattoo Rock Parlour
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The Framework at the Mod Club
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B and the North People at the Horseshoe
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