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Canadian blues singer/guitarist David Gogo in 2011. Canadian blues is the blues and blues-related music (e.g., blues rock) performed by blues bands and performers in Canada. Canadian blues artists include singers, players of the main blues instruments: guitar (acoustic and electric), harmonica ("blues harp"), keyboards (piano and Hammond organ ...
The top Canadian blues artists gathered in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary. Hear Colin James, Shakura S'Aida, Jeff Healey, MonkeyJunk and more!
Oct 17, 2010 · Blues. African-American folk and pop music with a vocal and instrumental tradition; also a song form. Though by origin and nature a folk music, the blues enjoyed wider popularity with the advent of commercial recording. "Race records," as 78-rpm recordings made in the 1920s and 1930s by blues singers were known, were among the earliest pop records.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Garrett got his start in the 1960s playing alongside legendary Canadian folk and blues acts like Bonnie Raitt and Ian and Sylvia. But it was his 1973 album “Tough on the Border” that really cemented his status as a blues icon, blending traditional Delta blues with a uniquely western Canadian sensibility.
Sep 30, 2024 · The Toronto Blues Society acknowledges the annual support of the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage, and project support from FACTOR. and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Broadcasters, The Canada Council for the Arts, the SOCAN ...
This includes collaborations with Folk Music Ontario (FMO), Songwriters Association of Canada and Worlds of Music Toronto such as Music Money. These panels led to the creation of a national biannual conference called the Blues Summit where artists showcase for talent buyers, seminars address the evolving music industry landscape and some very social networking takes place.
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The Toronto Blues Society acknowledges the annual support of the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage, and project support from FACTOR. and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Broadcasters, The Canada Council for the Arts, the SOCAN ...
