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Music City, Sault Ste. Marie… the time is now
the Music City concept has emerged under a determined Sault Chamber of Commerce and wider business community leadership. A simple, but evocative notion – the Sault as a recognised locale that embraces its music industry, leveraging its known talent, ass
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
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...
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
Young kept bands beating
Story on former drummer for Chris Belsito Band
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
"Foggy Style Volume 1" CD Review!!
...We have quite the throwback this month, as we're finally taking a look at "Foggy Style Volume 1", the compilation album put out by defunct local nightclub & concert venue Foggy Notions during the peak of their run at 704 Queen Street East!
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.
Ontario’s Country Music Pioneers: Gary Buck
Gary Buck was a leader on the Canadian country music scene as a “builder”, as well as a recording artist, songwriter and producer. His talents in all of these fields have been largely responsible for laying the groundwork and development of the Canadi
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
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"
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
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
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.

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Music City, Sault Ste. Marie… the time is now
the Music City concept has emerged under a determined Sault Chamber of Commerce and wider business community leadership. A simple, but evocative notion – the Sault as a recognised locale that embraces its music industry, leveraging its known talent, ass
Author: Bryan Davies
Published by: Saultonline.com
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

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