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AL WOOD DUO @ THE SOUTH BRANCH BISTRO
Wood’s versatility delivers a personal flare by capturing the Chicago style blues traditions and merging a journey of hard core real country, melodic jazz with a diverse array of other influences.
Mining the Sault’s rich musical history
Local music aficionado, Shaun Antler, has taken on the daunting task of gathering information about the city’s rich musical history... Coming from a region so rich in music, it was destined that a teenaged Antler gravitated towards the many popular Detr
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
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
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.
Just Chico does music in all fields
Just Chico is at the Porter House. That's not meant derogatorily, that is the name of the act - Just Chico.
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
Debbie Lori Kaye 50 years ago today
picking through the 45s at various second hand places around town you can still find her music. It was 50 years ago that she released two 45s on Columbia Records: Come on home / Help me love you and Ride Ride Ride / Break my mind.
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
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.
Debbie Lori Kaye and Penn Watkinson
One Thursday night we went to the local Ramada inn and caught a new act called “Parade”. It starred a young Canadian girl named Debbie Lori Kaye. She was about 4 feet 11 inches tall, cute as a button, and had a voice unlike any we had ever heard...
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
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Documenting the Sault's music history
Special event being held to launch the Soo Music Project's multi-media directory and present it to the Sault Ste. Marie Museum
Author: Chris Belsito
Published by: SooToday.com
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
