Monday, May 6, 2024

East Coast Music Award Winners Including an Album with Vineland's Suzie Vinnick


The 2024 East Coast Music Award winner were announced at an amazing festival in Charlottetown, PE from May 1 - 5, 2024. International Roots & Blues Kitchen Party, an album featuring East Coast musician Charlie A'Court with Vineland's Suzie Vinnick and Australian Llyod Spiegel won in the Blues Recording of the Year category.

Below is the East Coast Music Awards 2024 Awards Ceremony



Below is a complete listing of winners.

Music Listings: May 7-9, 2024

Tuesday, May 7


---- Before 7:30pm ----






6pm: Open Mic @ Falls Road on Victoria (Kitchener) (Weekly)

6:30pm: Irish Night (Open Stage) @ Corktown Pub (Hamilton) (Weekly)

7-10pm: Open Mic with Brennagh Burns @ Lukaya Cafe (Hamilton) (Weekly)



7pm: Juneyt @ Easy Pour (Cambridge) (Weekly)

---- After 7:30pm ----





7:30-11:30pm: Open Mic @ Sip Club (Guelph) (Weekly)

8-11pm: The Treblecasters @ Casbah Lounge (Hamilton) PWYC

8-11pm: Open Jam with the Boom Babiez @ Ale House (Hamilton) (Weekly)


8-11pm: Taylor Laslo @ Spyce Lounge (Niagara Falls) 

8pm-1am: Indie Jam Night @ Manny's Place (Brantford) (Weekly) 

8-11:30pm: Open Mic @ Bobby O'Brien's (Guelph) (Weekly)

Wednesday, May 8 






2pm: Rock of Ages (Musical) @ St. Jacobs Country Playhouse (Waterloo) $57.75 1ST PERFORMANCE


6-9pm: James Anthony @ Piazza Bistro (Oakville) (Weekly)



7-9pm: Chris Vander @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)


7-10pm: Open Mic @ The Bullring (Guelph) (Weekly)

7-10pm: Open Mic @ DeBar (Guelph) (Weekly)

7-10pm: Open Mic @ Caledonia Legion (2nd & 4th Wed of month)


7:30-11pm: Open Mic with Dano @ Iron Horse Restobar (Hamilton) (Weekly)


7:45pm: Jazz Night (Open Stage) @ Corktown Pub (Hamilton) (Weekly)



8pm: Bad Decision @ Moonshine Cafe (Oakville) $10

8-10pm: Ruby Anderson @ The Underwing (Georgtown)

8-11pm: Taylor Laslo @ Spyce Lounge (Niagara Falls) 


8-12pm: Open Jam with Kevin Douglas @Frankie's (Brantford) (Weekly)

9pm: Open Mic @ The Dickens (Burlington) (Weekly)

10pm-2am: Open Stage @ NV (Guelph) (Weekly)

Thursday, May 9

#hblgigs #OntMusic #HamOnt #HamOntMusic

---- Before 7:00pm ----







3-6pm: Mike Saracino @ Spyce Lounge (Niagara Falls) 


6-9pm: Open Mic @ Crystal Chandelier (Crystal Beach) (Weekly)

6-9pm: Lucas Stagg @ Aging Oak (Cambridge) (Weekly)



---- 7:00pm - 7:29pm ----






7-10pm: Josh Coulter @ Judge & Jester (Grimsby) (Weekly)

7-10pm: DON SEXSMITH @ Teddy's (Grimsby)


7-9pm: Taylor Laslo @ Doc Magilligan's (Niagara Falls)

7-11pm: LMT Connection @ Spyce Lounge (Niagara Falls) 



7pm: Michael Maguire @ Easy Pour (Cambridge)

7-10pm: Open Stage -Mic Up @ Silvercreek's (Guelph) (Weekly)

---- After 7:30pm ----


7:30-10:30pm: Moonlight Co @ Irish Harp (Niagara-on-the-Lake) 




8-11pm: New Rebel Westerners @ Casbah Lounge (Hamilton) FREE



8-11pm: Kim Foo Band @ BLK Swan, Brant St (Burlington)




8-11pm: Open Mic Night + Jam @ Temple Bar (Oakville) (Weekly)

8-10pm: Ruby Anderson @ The Underwing (Georgtown)






9-11pm: Open Mic with Anthony Vaughn @ King George (Hamilton) (Weekly)

9-1pm: Open Jam with Greg Gingerich @ Manny's Place (Brantford) (Weekly)


Sunday, May 5, 2024

Happy World Accordion Day ft Videos by Ed Roth

Update of 2019 Post




Links: Noah Zacharin, More Bob Dylan Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of tranestationtoronto



Links: Michelle Lecce, More Pink Floyd Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of tranestationtoronto



Links: Alex Shain, Video above courtesy of tranestationtoronto



Links: Brian Jantzi, Video above courtesy of tranestationtoronto

Links: Ed Roth (on Accordion)More Ed Roth StoriesMore Accordion Day Videos

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Please Support Local Charities



From the Diabetes Canada website: Our mission is to lead the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while working to find a cure. HBL is placing this in honour of our Aunt Annie (Nan) Fraser.

The Hamilton Blues Lovers (HBL) want to showcase a deserving local charity every week.  HBL is not affiliated with these charities nor does it fund raise for them.



Saturday, May 4, 2024

Happy World Laughter Day! Videos by Red Green, Scott Faulconbridge, Gordie Tapp

Links: Red Green, More Red Green StoriesVideo above courtesy of RedGreenTV

Links: Scott FaulconbridgeVideo above courtesy of Scott Faulconbridge - Topic

Links: Gordie Tapp, More Gordie Tapp Stories, Archie CampbellVideo above courtesy of McPepper

More World Laughter Day Videos


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Happy Cartoonist Day!

Update of 2011 post





Click here for more of our Cartoons

Local Cartoonists:
Please email us at blueshamilton@gmail.com if you know of any other cartoonists that should be on our list.

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Friday, May 3, 2024

2024 Living Blues Award Nominees Including Local Artists! VOTE!


Recently, Living Blues Magazine announced the nominees for their 2024 awards. A few local artists received a nod. The public can vote for their choices by clicking here. Deadline to vote is June 15.

Below is a complete list of nominees (voters are allowed write in choices though). 

* signed to Waterdown's Stony Plain Records

Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard) 

Best Blues Album of 2023 (New Recordings) 

  • Eric Bibb: Ridin' (guest starring Hamilton's Harrison Kennedy)*



    Links: Eric BibbMore Eric Bibb StoriesHarrison KennedyMore Harrison Kennedy StoriesVideo above courtesy of Eric Bibb Official 

  • Taj Mahal: Savoy*
  • Cash Box Kings: Oscar's Motel
  • D.K. Harrell: The Right Man
  • Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling: Get Your Back Into It!
  • Bobby Rush: All My Love for You
  • Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia: Blood Brothers
  • Ally Venable: Real Gone
  • Selwyn Birchwood: Exorcist
  • Buffalo Nichols: The Fatalist
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram: Alligator
  • Candice Ivory: When the Levee Breaks: The Music of Memphis Minnie
  • Larry Taylor & the Taylor Family with the Soul Blues Healers: Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy
  • Chris Thomas King: Big Grey Sky
  • Arthur Adams: Kick Up Some Dust
  • Jimi "Primetime" Smith & Bob Corritore: The World in a Jug
  • Stan Mosley: No Soul, No Blues
  • Walter "Wolfman" Washington: Feel So at Home

Best Live Performer 

  • Duke Robillard*
  • Bobby Rush
  • Shemekia Copeland
  • Buddy Guy
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
  • Victor Wainwright
  • Cedric Burnside
  • John Primer
  • Mr. Sipp
  • Selwyn Birchwood

Blues Artist of the Year (Female) 

  • Rory Block*
  • Sue Foley (Ottawa)*
  • Diunna Greenleaf
  • Shemekia Copeland
  • Irma Thomas
  • Trudy Lynn
  • Ally Venable
  • Candice Ivory
  • Anne Harris
  • Anna Popović

Blues Artist of the Year (Male) 

Most Outstanding Musician (Guitar) 

  • Duke Robillard*
  • Eric Bibb*
  • Lurrie Bell
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
  • John Primer
  • Buddy Guy
  • Ana Popović
  • Mr. Sipp
  • Joe Louis Walker
  • Kirk Fletcher

Best Blues Album of 2023 (Reissue Recordings) 

  • Floyd Dixon: Time Brings About a Change
  • Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
  • Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Anthology
  • Billy "The Kid" Emerson: My Blues are Red Hot
  • James Booker: Behind the Iron Curtain Plus . . .
  • Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep – Mountain High
  • Down Home Blues – Chicago, Vol. 3: The Special Stuff
  • The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings, 1914–1969
  • Eddie Bo: The Other Side of Eddie Bo
  • Lazy Lester: All Over You

Best Blues Book of 2023 

  • Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey by Robert "Mack" McCormick and John Troutman
  • The Chicago Blues of Washboard Sam by Guido van Rijn
  • The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records: A Great Migration Story, 1917–1932 by Scott Blackwood
  • Tell It Like It Is by Aaron Neville
  • Hot Time Blues: On the Trail of Long-Gone Blues and Gospel Singers by Alex van der Tuuk
  • Dynamite! Ike Turner's Recorded Legacy by Fred Rothwell
  • Deep Inside the Blues: Photographs and Interviews by Margo Cooper
  • The Chicago Blues of Jazz Gillum by By Guido van Rijn
  • Big Joe Turner: Feel So Fine by Derek Coller
  • Notes from the Road by Robert Mugge

Most Outstanding Blues Singer 

  • Shemekia Copeland
  • Trudy Lynn
  • Sugaray Rayford
  • Mavis Staples
  • Diunna Greenleaf
  • Oscar Wilson
  • John NĂ©meth
  • Stan Mosley
  • Alabama Mike
  • William Bell

Most Outstanding Musician (Harmonica) 

  • Billy Branch
  • Bob Corritore
  • Phil Wiggins
  • Big Harp George
  • Mark Hummel
  • Andrew Alli
  • Charlie Musselwhite
  • Rick Estrin
  • Jason Ricci
  • Omar Coleman

Links: Living BluesMore Living Blues Awards Stories

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Get the Hamilton Blues Lovers E-Mail Newsletter


Want to be kept up to date with what's going on in the local area (Hamilton/Halton/Brant/Niagara/Waterloo/Norfolk/Haldimand)? Then get all the Blues News You Can Use with our new weekly e-mail newsletter.

Every Wednesday or Thursday night, the Hamilton Blues Lovers send out an e-mail blast with the latest happenings in the local Blues/Folk/Jazz/Roots/Country scene. Find out about new music releases, upcoming shows, our exclusive videos and much more. 

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Strong Debut from Hamilton's Garnetta Cromwell


As a former Olympic weight-lifter, Hamilton musician Garnetta Cromwell knows all about strength. Actually, strength can be the main theme of her incredible debut solo album, Time to Shine. There are songs about strong women, tunes about having a strong will and more. Even the slower songs have a strong vibe to them. Powerful Funk, Soul and Blues beats flex their way into each and every number throughout this brawny album.

Her band, DaGroovmasters:
Guests: 
Available: live shows, Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube

Stream the album below



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Sunday, April 28, 2024

Buy Holiday Smile Cookies This Week to Help Local Charities

 


This week (April 29-May 5) all sales from Tim Hortons' Smile Cookies will go towards local charities, A tasty way to give.

The Hamilton Blues Lovers (HBL) want to showcase a deserving local charity every week.  HBL is not affiliated with these charities nor does it fund raise for them.