Tag: Music
WATCH: London plays key role in folk song heard around the world today
Ten cities around the world, including London, are urging people to combat climate change with a nifty jazz video on International Jazz Day
PHOTOS: 21 Thames Valley schools. 900 students. One big concert
About 900 student-musicians from 21 schools across the Thames Valley District school board performed at Budweiser Gardens on Thursday night during the Variety Is . . . Showcase Concert, which featured concert bands, jazz bands, choirs, orchestras and guitar ensembles. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: London Jazz Festival concert series
The new London Jazz Festival is happening throughout April with 19 concerts at five venues across the city, including on Sunday – when the Hilary Welch Quintet performed at Toboggan Brewing Company downtown. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: London Jazz Festival concert series
The new London Jazz Festival is happening throughout April with 19 concerts at five venues across the city, including on Sunday – when the Hilary Welch Quintet performed at Toboggan Brewing Company downtown. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
London musician’s addiction battle inspires just-released songs: ‘Ongoing fight’
Ricardo Dos Santos had his first beer at 15 years old. For much of the next decade he was ruled by an alcohol and drug addiction.
Organizers book ‘biggest act in Rock the Park history’ for 20th anniversary
How’s this for celebrating your 20th anniversary?
Q+A: Musician Beau Dixon on blending gospel and blues with an orchestra
London Symphonia is partnering with musician Beau Dixon’s ensemble of bass, drums, guitar and three singers for the Spirit and Legacy of Black Music, an event celebrating songwriters who marked the civil rights era of the 20th century.
Organ recital of Ukrainian music set to benefit war relief efforts
As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine looms, support from the London community continues to make a difference in the war-torn country.
‘It’s crazy!’: Band with London ties ‘stoked’ over Junos nomination
An Indie band — which includes two members who met through Fanshawe College’s music industry arts program — is “absolutely stoked” it has been nominated for the first time for a Juno award.
Q+A: June Carter Cash’s daughter on deep London links, new documentary
June Carter Cash, the musician often overshadowed by husband Johnny Cash, is the subject of a new documentary titled, June. They were married after The Man In Black famously proposed to her during a 1968 performance at London Gardens, a moment now immortalized by a downtown mural. Carlene Carter – June’s daughter and Johnny’s stepdaughter […]