Tag: music

  • Harmonium Once Banned By All Indian Radio

    Harmonium Once Banned By All Indian Radio

    There is general disagreement on whether Indian music can be performed on the harmonium and public interest in the debate is accordingly intense, as the controversially written articles and discussions prove to this day. The matter has evaded scientific scrutiny until now…….click the following link to learn more about the harmonium in North Indian music:…

  • Collective Establishes HAVN For The Arts In Hamilton

    Collective Establishes HAVN For The Arts In Hamilton

    I learned about the Hamilton Audio Visual Node (HAVN) a few years ago by doing the rounds during Art Crawl. Since then it’s become obvious they’re hosting some of the most innovative music and visual art in Hamilton. I sat down with Connor Bennett and Chris Ferguson at the beginning of July to learn more…

  • Gadget Autopsy Smartphone Versus Smartwatch

    Gadget Autopsy Smartphone Versus Smartwatch

      At time of posting 1 pound = $1.84 Cdn & $1.46 US Infographic design via- http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/  

  • Jack White’s Guacamole Recipe Was Rider “Inside Joke”

    Jack White’s Guacamole Recipe Was Rider “Inside Joke”

    FOR GOD SAKES! dear journalists and other people looking for drama or a diva, even in the age of the short attention span internet article, it’s still hard to believe you are STILL writing about this: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/15/386409331/for-musician-jack-white-any-old-guacamole-just-wont-do wow. classy. seems like there’s a new rule number one for up and coming journalists: dont let the…

  • Griots And A Strong Sense Of What Hip-Hop Means

    Griots And A Strong Sense Of What Hip-Hop Means

    Hip-hop is not rap, although rap is part of hip-hop. Hip-hop is a culture and style that was born in the American city, growing out of the minds and experiences of predominantly African-American communities in late ’70’s New York. But by now it is everywhere. They love hip-hop in India and South America and here…

  • Country Music Of Johnny Mac Slater

    Country Music Of Johnny Mac Slater

    For those in the country music scene, talented Johnny Mac has a song for you. Known first to family and friends as John McIntosh, he added ‘Slater’ as a surname, hence his stage name is Johnny Mac Slater. It is a handle that fits his style well. He writes stories from the heart and magically…

  • 29 Years Young And On A Quest To Learn To Play The Guitar

    29 Years Young And On A Quest To Learn To Play The Guitar

    As a younger man, I was like a cat in a bag, probably not unlike most, scratching for meaning and adventure. So when I got the chance for a job teaching in the Bahamas, I decided to go for it. Before I went out to my post on the island of Andros, I stopped over…

  • Electronic Jazz Collective Hits SOMA FM charts

    Electronic Jazz Collective Hits SOMA FM charts

    The music collective GANFUNKEL released the 5-song-EP Fighting Music with Music following the successful 2013 release of Machine Coincident Jazz.  The former album produced one song that reached #1 on jazz radio charts, 2 songs that reached #2, and one song that reached #3. Ganfunkel is California-based and led by Simcoe native Rik Ganju.  Personnel…

  • Window Fishing Or The Night We Caught Beatlemania

    Window Fishing Or The Night We Caught Beatlemania

    A Silo Canuck Book Review I’ve never particularly been a Beatle’s fan. I like some of their songs. I like a number of them very much, but if I was asked the now proverbial question, “The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?” I would probably say, Oh, I don’t know, maybe The Who? The body of…

  • Fish Quill Poetry Boat tour returns to the Grand River

    Fish Quill Poetry Boat tour returns to the Grand River

                     Toronto, ON – A group of artists is setting out on a ten-day poetry and music tour by canoe down the Grand River in southwestern Ontario. For the fourth year running, the group, calling itself Fish Quill Poetry Boat, will be paddling from Elora to the Six…