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Rachelle Van Zanten Will Be Carlos Del Junco Hosts the TBS Harmonica Workshop at Dominion on Queen, 1Pm Saturday, February 15 February 2014 www.torontobluessociety.com Published by the TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY since 1985 [email protected] Vol 30, No 2 Carlos del Junco hosts the TBS Harmonica Workshop at Dominion on Queen, 1pm Saturday, February 15 CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT #40011871 MBA Winners Loose Blues News Dominion on Queen Voxxy Lady John’s Blues Picks Event Listings Rachelle Van Zanten will be a featured vocalist at the Women's Blues Revue November 30 at Massey Hall TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY 910 Queen St. W. Ste. B04 Toronto, Canada M6J 1G6 Tel. 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You will be helping MARK YOUR CALENDAR to support events like the annual Women's Blues Revue at Massey Hall, The Blues in the Schools program, The monthly Gladstone Blues Series, numerous workshops and carreer development activities for the musician community as well as the Maple Blues Awards and the Blues Summit conference, the most important blues industry gathering in Canada that occurs every other year. Networking events within this conference allow for industry discussion alongside artist discovery through the showcase In addition to receiving the Lee Oskar Harmonica Player Award at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, program. Jerome Godboo is also the 2014 recipient of the Amy Louie Grossman`s Music Scholarship. Jerome Godboo accompanied by daughter Chloe accepted the award from Christine Louie at Grossman`s Tavern, Spadina Ave. Toronto on Jan.16th. Sanctioned by The Toronto Blues Society, Jerome and his bandmates, Gary Craig and Eric Schenkman used the funding to participate in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Jerome Godboo will headline a TBS organized fund raiser for ALGMS this spring. Photo: Eric Fefferman MARK YOUR CALENDAR Saturday Feburary 15, Dominion On Queen: Harmonica Workshop Carlos Del Junco will be hosting the harmonica workshop from 1-5pm. Jerome Godboo, Roly Platt and Mike Stevens will give you the inside track on harmonica playing. The event will be $10 for TBS members and $12 for the general public. Thursday, February 20 , Dominion On Queen: Jack de Keyzer (solo) "Like" us on Facebook! https://www.facebook. TBS Third Thursday Blues. Shows begin at 9:30 pm and there's no cover. It's the third Thursday of com/TorontoBluesSociety the month. Upcoming guests include Curley Bridges (celebrating his 80th Birthday - March 20), Suzie Vinnick (April 17), Morgan Davis (May 15) and Harrison Kennedy (June 19) April 6-13 2014, The Mississippi Blues Trail: Memphis, Tunica, Indianola, Jackson, Cleveland and Clarksdale TBS blues trip to Mississippi. Highlights of the trip will include Juke Joint Festival, the Civil Rights Museum, the Delta Museum, an hour and a half river trip on the Tunica Queen, and a visit to the Blues Foundation headquarters in Memphis, TN. Hosted by knowledgable blues artist and TBS board member Mark "Bird" Stafford. To process your deposit of $200 and guarantee your seat, please contact Insight Vacations at 416-849-7159 or contact TBS headquarters for more information including the complete itinerary. Price: $1895 per person (Air travel not included) Follow us on Twitter Nov 22, 2014 Women's Blues Revue @tobluessociety Jan 16-19, 2015 Blues Summit and Maple Blues Awards www.torontobluessociety.com MapleBlues Ferbruary 2014 3 New Home for TBS Blues Thursdays started the series on January 25th, with that week a Friday bonus of D.B. Buxton . February The Dominion 8th sees James Anthony’s CD release party and on the 15th is the TBS Harmonica Workshop, hosted by Carlos del Junco and on Queen featuring Jerome Godboo, Roly Platt & Mike Stevens, always a great event especially for The word Dominion, has been in use in harp and budding harp players. Canada since 1867 when we became the For the first Saturday each month, starting Dominion of Canada. When a hotel was in March Paul James and his band will be built at the corner of Queen and Sumach, the playing and on the third Saturday monthly 20th Anniversary! Dominion Hotel, not surprisingly in those D.B. Buxton brings his Sonic Blues BBQ to the July 3-13 days, was the name chosen. Next door to stage. Al Lerman is booked for March 29th the hotel was the Dominion Brewery, which Lebreton Flats and we can expect to see more quality blues delivered its lagers and porters to the hotel. Ottawa, ON acts added on an ongoing basis. Since 1998 The Dominion on Queen has Dan Ackroyd, Sean told me, lived across been owned by the Duranovich family, with JOIN US as we the street from the Domion and was a Sean managing this good local bar, that frequenter of the bar and has recommended CELEBRATE has a grand red limestone & brick exterior, it in print. With the Dan Ackroyd wines being #20yrsofbluesfest in Corktown (named after County Cork promoted in MapleBlues, Sean is hoping to because Irish immigrants populated the ottawabluesfest.ca get some spin-off or recommendation from neighborhood). The Dominion has been a @ottawabluesfest Dan that will help the Dominion promote the musical oasis east of Yonge for many years blues events. now. A raised stage in the main room, and a In the past few weeks Sean has been back room that hosts The Wee Folk Club, starting a new blues policy with Toronto two Thursdays a month makes music a big Blues Society moving their Thursday Blues part of the raison d’etre of The Dominion. Series to the Dominion. Chris Antonik Where Hot Club of Corktown has a “Django Jam” opened the series on January 16th to an every Tursday, The Corktown Ukulele Jam appreciative audience, in the bartender’s on Wednesdays draws a large following of the Music words, with Jack de Keyzer, Suzie Vinnick, that instrument, Sunday Rockabilly Brunch Curley Bridges, Morgan Davis and Harrison sometimes followed by an afternoon jazz Kennedy rounding out the musicians for Begins set and on the 16th of February D.B. Buxton February to June. An extremely talented performs at night. On February 22 the Don group of musicians to draw in the crowds and River Blues Band will perform. For this writer make for as good an evening of blues as can Experience Canada’s Sean is to be commended for making music be found in Toronto, especially with no cover a big reason to head to The Dominion. #1 Music Store charge for any of these evenings. Sales - Rentals - Repairs - Lessons - In-Store Financing Sean is adding to his Dominion blues lineup with a Saturday show, Blues & Troubles - Razani Fulwell 925 Bloor Street West, Toronto 416.588.7886 Shop online at www.long-mcquade.com The Dominion on Queen is the east end destination for Blues Lovers 4 MapleBlues February 2014 www.torontobluessociety.com Congratulations to the Winners of the 17th Annual Maple Blues Awards ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Internationally renowned Canadian blues MonkeyJunk artists from Coast-to-Coast were honoured ELECTRIC ACT OF THE YEAR by their peers at the 17th Annual Maple MonkeyJunk Blues Awards gala in Toronto as a full ACOUSTIC ACT OF THE YEAR house of blues lovers gathered to Dawn Tyler Watson & celebrate Canadian blues at Koerner Paul Deslauriers Hall. MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Ottawa’s MonkeyJunk and its Jim Byrnes members took home five awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Electric FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Angel Forrest Act of the Year, Recording of the Year for All Frequencies, Songwriter of the Year NEW ARTIST OR GROUP OF THE YEAR and Harmonica Player of the Year for Steve The Mackenzie Blues Band Marriner. RECORDING OF THE YEAR “All Frequencies” MonkeyJunk, Quebec’s thriving blues scene was well Producers: Steve Marriner, Ken represented with awards for Dawn Tyler Friesen Watson and Paul Deslauriers for Acoustic Act of the Year, and Guitar Player of the Year BLUES WITH A FEELING (Lifetime Achievement) for Deslauriers and Angel Forrest for Female Matt Minglewood Vocalist of the Year.
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