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I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live , from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO , Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation, with Corey Lacy building on keys and lush guitar work by Zac Harmon and Kingston Livingston really setting the bar. Terrific opener. Blue Pill Thrill has super movement and soulful vocals by Harmon. Lacy on keys works the rhythm with Robinson and Iglehart and Livingston and and Harmon play stinging riffs on guitar really giving this track some kick. Deep blues track, Feet Back On The Ground features Albert King like stinging riffs and super soulful vocals by Harmon. Keeping the music floor low allows Harmon plenty of space to go dynamically from soft to wow quickly adding real emotion to the track. Excellent! Boogie Down is a strong jam with a firm piano base by Lacy giving Harmon plenty of headroom for vocal corralling. Lacy lays in some real tasty keyboar...
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DANNY MARKS TO HOST 18th ANNUAL MAPLE BLUES AWARDS
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DANNY MARKS TO HOST 18th ANNUAL MAPLE BLUES
AWARDS
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Performers include nominees Downchild, Joel Johnson,
Steve Hill, Angel Forrest, Brandon Isaak, and Harpdog
Brown
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Toronto, ON – Celebrated
guitarist, Toronto’s own Danny Marks, is set to take the stage for a second turn
as host of the 18th annual Maple Blues Awards on January
19th, 2015. A renowned musician and broadcaster with a lengthy career
on the Toronto music scene, Marks is the long-time producer/host of radio
program Bluz FM and the face of the 8-part series Cities in Blue on HIFI TV. The
not-to-be-missed gala is Canada’s national blues celebration, recognizing
outstanding musical achievement and gathering blues musicians and music fans
from across the country each year.
A cast of some of Canada’s
notable and emerging new blues talent will be performing at the gala concert and
are all current or past nominees. This year the performers include Ontario’s
Downchild, Joel Johnson, Montreal’s
Steve Hill and Angel Forrest. Also performing
are British Columbia’s Brandon Isaak and Harpdog
Brown. The performers will all be backed by The Maple Blues
Band, comprised of Gary Kendall, Michael
Fonfara, Teddy Leonard, Al Lerman,
Tom Bona, Chris Whiteley, Pat
Carey and Chris Murphy. Following the awards and
concert will be the popular after-party nominee jam with Irene Torres
& The Sugar Devils.
The January 19th
gala event is considered to be the premier blues event of the year. Tickets for
the Maple Blues Awards, held at The Royal Conservatory's Koerner Hall in
Toronto, are on sale now for $35 - $65 and can be purchased at the Weston Family
Box Office, located in the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning at 273
Bloor Street West, Toronto, by phone at (416) 408-0208 or online at https://tickets.rcmusic.ca/public.
Charter members of Toronto Blues Society can purchase tickets at a discount of
$28.00.
Voting for the Maple Blues
Awards started on November 5th and over 2000 Canadian blues fans have registered
their votes. Voting is open to Canadian blues fans 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time
on December 5, 2014. The Maple Blues Awards gala is presented on the final night
of Blues Summit 7. Blues Summit is a biennial music conference
for all members of the blues music community including artists, presenters,
agents, festival bookers, event organizers, and industry representatives of all
kinds. Blues Summit
7 will take place January 16-19, 2015.
Heading in to its
30th anniversary year, The Toronto Blues Society is
a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation
of the Blues. The Maple Blues Awards is Canada's national blues awards program.
Its goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding
achievement in the field.
Located along the Bloor Street
cultural corridor, The Royal Conservatory of Music is one of
the largest and most respected music performance and arts education institutions
in the world. Its breathtaking Koerner Hall, "the jewel in the crown of
Toronto's Cultural Renaissance," along with two other concert spaces, presents
70+ concerts annually from acclaimed classical, jazz, pop, and world music and
hosts an additional 100+ concerts and events from a wide range of not for profit
arts groups, charities, and corporate clients.
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