In anticipation of our 2010|11 Season at Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, we created a video (with the help of Stephen Chung of Still Moving Images and Brent Kitagawa) as an introduction to the year ahead at our Halls. We hope you enjoy and please feel free to share it!
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Mark Knopfler (Thursday): On the eve of releasing his latest album (and fifth this decade), Knopfler performs at Massey Hall this Thursday. In fact, it should be mentioned that those who choose to purchase their tickets online, should do so in even numbers only – for every pair of tickets purchased online, purchasers will receive one free copy of the album, Get Lucky. Knopfler has had a most comprehensive career – he was the band leader of the Dire Straits (check out this video of Knopfler performing one of my faves, The Ballad of Romeo and Juliet, in London, wrote the score for such films as the classic Princess Bride, and, according to the Rolling Stone is the 27th best guitarist of all time. CONTINUE READING >
Michael Kaeshammer performs at Glenn Gould Studio last year.
Just for fun, we’re trying something a little different with the Buzz this week: you’ll still get a weekly dose of all the good stuff, just packaged in a shiny new format. We’ve got show highlights and announcements, and we’ll also let you know about awards, news items, and other inside scoop details about the artists and presentations at the Halls. Let us know what you think!
**JUST ANNOUNCED**
C. R. Avery is coming to Glenn Gould Studio on Thursday, February 25. This guy is something else: his bio calls him a “one man hip hop beatbox blues harmonica americana iconoclast,” and when Tom Waits gave C.R. a listen he said “blowin’ my mind.” Avery impressed this year at the Hillside Festival in Guelph and a new album, The Great Canadian Novel, is due out in 2010. CONTINUE READING >
