In anticipation of their headlining debut at Massey Hall this evening (March 2,) Whitehorse and Six Shooter Records released a new live album, ‘The Road To Massey Hall,’ a series of cover songs that you’ll see here in video form. In their words, ‘The Road To Massey Hall’ is “a celebration of the venue’s history and a tribute to those legends that have made the iconic stage their own.” In this video series Whitehorse honour the greats and premiere tracks off the live album.
Last in this series here on Soundboard is a song by the one and only, Neil Young – “Winterlong.”
In anticipation of their headlining debut at Massey Hall on March 2, Whitehorse and Six Shooter Records released a new live album, ‘The Road To Massey Hall,’ a series of cover songs that you’ll see here in video form. In their words, ‘The Road To Massey Hall’ is “a celebration of the venue’s history and a tribute to those legends that have made the iconic stage their own.” In this video series Whitehorse honour the greats and premiere each track off the live album.
Third in the series is the treasured tune by the great Bob Dylan, “It Ain’t Me, Babe.”
In anticipation of their headlining debut at Massey Hall, Whitehorse and Six Shooter Records released a new live album, ‘The Road To Massey Hall,’ a series of cover songs that you’ll see here in video form. In their words, ‘The Road To Massey Hall’ is “a celebration of the venue’s history and a tribute to those legends that have made the iconic stage their own.” In this video series Whitehorse honour the greats and premiere each track off the live album.
Second in the series is “Strawberry Blonde” from the fantastic Ron Sexsmith album Other Songs from 1997. A true Toronto classic.
In anticipation of their headlining debut at Massey Hall, Whitehorse and Six Shooter Records announced a new live album, ‘The Road To Massey Hall,’ a series of cover songs that you’ll see here in video form over the next few weeks, leading up to their date at the Grand Ol’ Lady of Shuter St. In their words, ‘The Road To Massey Hall’ is “a celebration of the venue’s history and a tribute to those legends that have made the iconic stage their own.” In this video series Whitehorse honour the greats and premiere each track off the live album.
First in the series “Un Canadien Errant,” a folk song previously performed by iconic songwriters including Ian and Sylvia and Leonard Cohen.
What is so perfect about “Hôtel,” in regard to my Sins program, is that the singer is not really speaking of laziness, or Sloth, when they state their desire to avoid working and smoke all day, but simply of finding a deliverance from the pressures of the world. Similar to the exploration of the sin of Sloth in the Weill work that my program is centred on, the singer here feels that their life is caging them in, and CONTINUE READING >
We met up with the members of The Heartbroken this past week to give us a very special acoustic take and a sneak peek on some of their new material. Here, they debut the incredible new song titled “Going To Hell” filmed live from The Ace in Toronto’s west end:
In this special edition of the podcast, we hear from the iconic Canadian musician Burton Cummings, from a conversation I had with him backstage at Massey Hall. Listen in as he discusses his new live album Massey Hall, which was recorded over two nights at the historic venue, along with memories of performing at the Hall over the years and of seeing concerts here as a teenager.
I’ll be honest. There isn’t anything that I don’t find entertaining about Chilly Gonzales. And sure, I say that in this instance as a drummer who is also a fan of this video we’re about to present to you below.
We were able to meet up with The Musical Genius recently in Toronto’s Revolution Recording studio where Gonzales explained how a drummer might approach playing the piano. The results are here, for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
Massey Hall presents Chilly Gonzales on November 8, 2012 at the Winter Garden Theatre
A longtime favourite of the Halls, Danny Michel, has released what many are calling the album of his career (including us). Written and recorded in Belize in collaboration with The Benque Players, a collective of traditional Garafuna musicians, the album creates a sound that reflects the achievements of his fifteen plus year career. Mixed with hints of Paul Simon, Tom Waits and Fela Kuti, Danny’s music is featured in our 2012|13 Season Trailer and is an artist we are proud to present at Winter Garden Theatre in December.
We caught up with Danny (and his killer live band) on Tuesday, just prior to his Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me (Six Shooter Records)album release party at the Dakota Tavern and recorded an exclusive performance of the song “What Colour Are You?” for soundboard.ca
A Toronto treasure, Jay Douglas performs a stripped down version of an original song titled “Man to Man” in studio at Toronto’s Revolution Recording. Watch here from the Massey Hall soundboard:
You can also listen to Jay Douglas on the podcast:
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