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Sunday, 06 January 2008 |
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October 2007, Mississauga, Ontario Each year, Community Cultural Impresarios Centre for Social Innovation (CCI) hosts Ontario Contact which showcases over fifty performing artists from across Canada. And to put it simply, the talent is amazing. Featured below are what I think what the top five performers from Ontario Contact 07 held in Mississauga at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre.
 1. Charlie A’Court
2. Kelly Lee Evans
3. The Shuffle Demons
4. David Francey
5. Garnet Rogers
Number 1
Charlie A’Court
Wow, what a powerhouse and such a stage presence. This Dartmouth native from Nova Scotia is winner of the East Coast Music Awards, 2007 Pop Recording of the Year for his new album Bring On The Storm and 2003 Best Blues Artist for his debut album Colour Me Gone. Charlie A’Court’s performance is something you do not forget. He sings soul and blues like it was made for him and I just have figured why we have not heard more about him. You can listen to him at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=76115215
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 January 2008 )
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Written by Kelly Smith
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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The Legends Live On in Nashville
Within the downtown core of Nashville, Tennessee, lies the stuff of which legends are made. While the Grand Ole Opry helped many a career for the likes of Hank Williams Sr., the Everly Brothers, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks and Patsy Cline, many of these artists started at Nashville’s honky tonks in an area called “lower broad”. Even today, tourists pilgrimage from all over the world to listen to the pure and electrifying sounds of rockabilly, honky tonk and bluegrass that began here 50 years ago. They come to see where these country greats were discovered and where the new country singers still come in for jam sessions.
Near the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, country music emanates through the air from the speakers outside the Honky Tonks - small country bars decked out in country gear and memorabilia. Inside the atmosphere is cozy, smoky and revved with stomping feet and clapping hands keeping in rhythm with an original sound. All kinds seem to turn out; locals, young and old, meet in crowds to give ear to country music’s newest and brightest while tourists gawk and listen in wonderment.
Situated closest to the Ryman Auditorium (which housed the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974 ) is Legend’s Corner, open from 10 a.m. - 3 a.m. Monday to Saturday and 12 p.m. - 2 a.m. on Sunday. Legend’s is a treat for the senses: LP record covers of country artists cover the interior as far as the eye can see, the aroma emerging from the pizza oven is enough to make the mouth water, and the live rockabilly and hillbilly music pleases every ear in the house.
According to Rubel Sanders, owner of Legends, the tradition of aspiring singers looking to be discovered in Nashville’s Honky Tonks still transpires. Each day, hopeful artists from as far away as Denmark and Australia travel to Nashville by plane, train and bus to sing for a record deal and tips that grateful audience members stuff into a tip jar. Of course, the apparel is country casual topped with rhinestone, denim and wide brimmed Stetsons. And for those tourists who feel a tad out of place without their country threads, they can mosey two doors down to Robert’s Western World.
Owner, Robert Moore, not only has three hundred pairs of cowboy boots on display, but live country music bands to boot. “This location began as a boot store before it became a honky tonk,” Moore explains. “The most popular boot selling here now is Deerskin by Justin retailing for $149 U.S.” Steak and burgers are on the menu and breakfast is served at 8 a.m. everyday, the music begins at 10 a.m. and ends at 3 a.m. The country band BR5-49 got their start here and George Jones, Marty Stuart and Alan Jackson have come here to play a few tunes.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 January 2008 )
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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Welcome to My Music Cities. If you enjoy
traveling and or listening to music, you will love this site. Music tells the
story of a country and its people, it’s diversity and history and it makes each
city come alive! Over the next while, I would like to introduce visitors to
some of my music cities. There are great stories I would like to tell you. I
hope you are inspired.
Kelly Smith
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 January 2008 )
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