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T.O. Music Pix Newsletter #13: July 1/06
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In this issue:
1. Live Music highlights upcoming
2. Live music broadcasts on CIUT
3. Music, Peace, & War
4. CD Sale
5. Were you at the Last Pogo?

 

1. MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC....

Most of us look forward every year to the summer for great live music; this year is shaping up to be terrific.  This is just a reminder of some of the amazing shows coming up in just the next couple of weeks.

Visit www.to-music.ca/events.htm for more information, and links for these and many other shows. Check the number of listings I have for July alone!

Harbourfront, Jul 1-3: packed with FREE events. Check www.harbourfrontcentre.com/wr/festivals/pop.php for details. Sunday night features what should be one of the highlight shows of the summer: Amadou & Mariam from Mali, with the Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone opening. See my events page for more.

Also, Ska Cubano should not be missed for anyone who loves Ska, big-band Cuban music, or just great high-energy dance music.

Others over the weekend include Nididi Onukwulu, Ceu from Brazil and lots more...

 

Elsewhere, celebrate Canada Day Ethiopian style with A late night show featuring Kemer Yousef & Nouvel Expose at the Lucky Moon Club on St. Clair.

July 6: Salif Keita. Don't need to say anything more about the greatest voice from Africa -- except to point out a recent interview with him on the Afropop Worldwide website. http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/93. Get your tickets if you haven't yet.

 

Weekend Jul 7-9: a true test of your music capacity:

Afrofest: the 18th annual. I have a full list of performers with info and links. Includes the African Guitar Summit, Sekouba Bambino, Mamadou Diabate and many many more. Jul 8-9

The event page also lists several Afrofest "after parties", including live & DJ music at The Cottage, Arabic music and bellydancing, and Kenyan hiphop.

Also the same weekend: the Toronto Street Festival, Mariposa, and "Beats, Breaks and Culture" at Harbourfront including Konono #1 and Tumi and the Volume. All free.

July 8: Solomon Burke plays Massey Hall.


The following week is still busy:

The annual Global Cafe Festival, Jul 10-16 includes a CD release by Femi Abosede, shows by Daara J (Senegal), Sara Tavares (Cape Verde) and many more. See www.smallworldmusic.com

During the week, the legendary Texan singer-song writer Alejandro Escovedo plays 2 nights at the El Mocambo (Jul 10 & 12), Buffy Sainte-Marie is at Hugh's Room Jul 12.
 

And still to come in July: the great Congolese rumba band Kekele at Harbourfront Jul 16, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks at the Horseshoe Jul. 17

Too much more to list here. Check www.to-music.ca/events.htm for more events and details of the above shows.

 

2. LIVE MUSIC ON CIUT

CIUT-FM 89.5 (www.ciut.fm) continues to expand its live music coverage in Toronto. A couple of examples:

a) "It's Alive", the weekly show that rebroadcasts live concert and club events (Tue, 9pm & Mon. 1pm) is considering expanding its scope, with live-to-air broadcasts.

To test the interest in this, host Andy Frank is broadcasting live, a special two hour show at the Tranzac club with a wide range of acoustic acts including  Lingalad from Italy, The Audresy from Australia, Janine Stoll, Kevin Zarnett and Kirsten Jones from Toronto.

Tue. Jul 4, 8pm. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave. at Bloor. See www.itsalive.info for more details.
 

b) Live Broadcasts
Other live broadcasts on CIUT include both days of Afrofest as usual, as well as many shows from Harbourfront July 2, and much of the weekend of Jul 14-16 including legendary Afro-Flipino Joe Bataan, Seckou Keita, "Jamaica to Toronto" and Kekele. They will also broadcast part of the annual Jamaica Day on Saturday, Jul. 29, 2-11pm.

 

3. MUSIC, POLITICS, PEACE & WAR

An old, but still relevant reminder of the force of music is a new film to be released this September, The U.S. vs John Lennon. Described on the website as a "compelling and provocative look at Lennon's transformation from beloved musical artist to anti-war activist to iconic inspiration for peace that also reveals the true story of why and how the U.S. government tried to silence him... the issues and struggles of that era remain relevant today".

Information, and a trailer are available at http://www.theusversusjohnlennon.com

 

4. CD SALE

Always good news, especially when the sale is being held by one of the foremost roots music websites, RootsWorld. Cliff Furnald has run this site for many years -- an invaluable resource. He recently announced "the first public sale in 5 years of cdRoots, and probably the last for quite a while. The sale will end when everything is gone or when I just decide it ends."

http://www.cdroots.com/sale.shtml
 

 

5. PUNK?

Punk music doesn't make many appearances in this newsletter or website, but if you were punking in 1978, this may be of interest:

The Day the Music Died: Dec. 1, 1978 "The bands were all there. The music was loud, the Horseshoe was packed, and the atmosphere coarse and smokey. It was The Last Pogo., punk's answer to The Band's Last Waltz." -Peter Goddard, Toronto Star

Were you there? Onlookers, participants, press, police... Were you at Toronto's most riotous party, Toronto punk's last stand? If so, Colin Brunton (director of The Last Pogo, producer of Puppets That Kill, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Roadkill, Highway 61, Cube...) wants to interview you for his new doc feature... The Last Pogo Jumps Again, Cha Cha Cha Cha! Contact Colin thelastpogo@mac.com  http://www.thelastpogo.net

 

John Leeson
www.to-music.ca

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