Here is this week's Music Singles Chart #8. The #1 spot hasn't changed this week. Two new debuts, two hold steady, three risers, three fallers. Decided to add a classic Arcade Fire tune as the double a-sided track. Since its World Cup 2010 right now, it is a great time to use this song while the game is happening. Also check out the music video for The Belle Game's Shoulder & Turn. Check out the chart. This Week Last [...]
This Sunday, the Garrison will host Wavelength Music Arts Projects' 500th weekly show -- a milestone celebrating the amazing longevity of the series, which will be reformatted after a five-night anniversary festival leading up to the final PWYC concert. Having provided artist-focused, grassroots promotion for independent musicians in Toronto over the past decade, Wavelength has remained true to its DIY ethos and has fostered the growth of local talent from the ground up. The 10th anniversary of the series represents its rebirth -- making way for the new, as-yet-to-be-determined format that Wavelength will take in [...]
Filed under: Exclusive , You Oughta Know , Canada Writer's block is a common plague of the wordsmith. But small-town Ontario musician Jonas Bonnetta, better known as Evening Hymns , feels blessed by the excruciating experience because it led to the creation of his current album, 'Spirit Guides.' Distraught over his father's lengthy illness -- he passed away last February -- throughout 2008 the writer's block was preventing Bonnetta from expressing himself as he usually did, through his music. So his friends stepped in. First, members of [...]
In a recent National Post article , Jonas Bonnetta explains that he stopped recording under his own name because he didn't want to get pigeon holed as just another dude with a guitar. So, the story goes, Bonnetta began recording under the moniker Evening Hymns - something that suggests more of a collective effort... maybe it's the use of the plural... I'm not sure. On the album, Spirit Guides ( Out of This Spark ), Bonnetta certainly differentiates himself from the countless other guys w/ guitars that are [...]
In a recent National Post article , Jonas Bonnetta explains that he stopped recording under his own name because he didn't want to get pigeon holed as just another dude with a guitar. So, the story goes, Bonnetta began recording under the moniker Evening Hymns -- something that suggests more of a collective effort... maybe it's the use of the plural... I'm not sure. On the album, Spirit Guides ( Out of This Spark ), Bonnetta certainly differentiates himself from the countless other guys w/ guitars that are [...]
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