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Ontarians: 'Bands often function similarly to families'
Ontarians has released its second album, rallied around of one of its founding members, hit the road for a tour across Ontario without missing a beat. This weekend they will be playing a show at The Loft
Room 206: Take a time machine to the 1993 Sault music scene
Soolebrity Records is releasing a vinyl re-issue of Room 206’s debut album, "2 Innies and 1 Outie", originally released on cassette, with bonus tracks that include members of No Doubt, Goldfinger and No Use for a Name
Going Underground: A Brief History of Punk Rock in Small Town Canada
The book officially starts with a six and-a-half page story on the "first wave" of the local punk scene in the 1980s, along with Paolo's beginnings as a photographer. He goes into detail about how his love for photography blossomed, his first experiences
Could the Sault become a destination for music tourism? These folks think it can happen
Sault Chamber hosts The Mastering of a Music City in Sault Ste. Marie event; working group established locally to look at economic benefits of creating a 'music city'
Punkers celebrate 35 years of brotherhood, bruises and beers in the Sault
Celebrating 35 years of brotherhood, bruises and beers, they’ll be hitting the road in July of 2019 with dates in nine cities across the province. ... The tour kicks off in Sault Ste. Marie on July 5 with local support from Destroilet and The Filthy Dad
Locals gather to celebrate Ed Young
It was a bittersweet celebration last night at Loplops as a crew of local musicians gathered to bid a fond farewell to Sault drummer extraordinaire, Ed Young.
A Maple Leaf On Every Turntable Means Made-In-Canada Pop Stars
Debbie Lori Kaye featured in a 1970 MacLean's article looking into the Canadian Radio-Television Commission's brand new Canadian content ruling - "by January 18, 1971, 30% of music played on AM radio in Canada should be, in some part, Canadian"
Defunct Local Band Profile Series: Amethyst
Amethyst were a clear bright spot on the local scene in their heyday, and if you love classic heavy metal or hair metal, you'd be well served to check out their available material
Dynowaves: the Sault’s surf rock band, releases new EP
When you’re the only surf rock band in town, you are most likely in a class of your own. For James Moss, Jefferson Childs and Jamie Vincent, it just about digging that reverbed guitar sound and energy.
The life and history of Jay Case and how he came to make the album, Foundation
For Jay Case, music has been his life and music is so intertwined with who he is as a person, there is no separation.
Although Jay Case will be debuting his first solo album Foundation at a CD release event in late December, this is far from his first al
The Early Days – Sault Ste. Marie, Balderdash …
The story of Balderdash on to Shama
My mother had passed away from cancer when I was nine. Being kind of a lonely kid, the next two years of my life were spent ‘noodling’ on every instrument my older brothers, Kenny and Jimmy, would bring home from t
Who the *bleep* reunites just to break up?
Formed as a wedding gift in 2000 to perform at a friend's Stag and Doe, popular Sault rock band Spiderback had big plans for the future.
Local musicians reminisce about memorable gigs
Ontario’s framework for Stage 3 reopening, concerts are officially allowed to happen.
But there are specific conditions and appropriate health and safety measures that are required to be in place (physical distancing, physical barriers between audien
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Documenting Sault's music scene nears end
This is The End of Shaun Antler’s efforts to document Sault Ste. Marie’s music history.
What started as a small-scale attempt to get names of members of groups through the years grew into a two-year project that now stands at 1,722 entries.
Author: Brian Kelly
Published by: Sault Star
Going Underground: A Brief History of Punk Rock in Small Town Canada
The book officially starts with a six and-a-half page story on the "first wave" of the local punk scene in the 1980s, along with Paolo's beginnings as a photographer. He goes into detail about how his love for photography blossomed, his first experiences
Author: Rob Figures
Published by: the Sault Metal Scene
