Tag: Music
Return of shoreline festival celebrates dance hall past
Pardon me boy, is that the Canadian Big Band Celebration? If you were in Saugeen Shores this weekend, you couldn’t miss it. Friday night there were five bands playing jazz and blues in three venues. And Saturday afternoon, the music of the ’40s and ’50s, like the famous big band Chattanooga Choo Choo tune with […]
John Till, last of a trio of legendary Stratford rockers, dies at age 78
There are only a handful of old-school Stratford rockers who could say they rubbed shoulders with as many legends and had as much influence on shaping the genre as guitarist John Till.
Youth mental health donation made in honour of late musician
The memory of James Cameron lives on at Lucknow’s Music in the Fields. “When they called and asked for our blessing to do this, we all just about fainted,” Cameron’s father Ken told the festival crowd on Aug. 27 about the tribute to his son, who passed away in 2020 following ongoing mental health issues. […]
PHOTOS: London Symphonia’s free lunchtime concert
How about a little lunchtime live music? Some of London Symphonia’s ultra-talented musicians performed on Market Lane, near Covent Garden Market, in downtown London from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Two downtown music festivals. 80,000 fans. One big reason for optimism
It’s as though two years of pent-up, music-loving frustration was let loose on London this weekend. Organizers say two city music festivals drew about 80,000 people to a pair of downtown parks for performances that wrapped up Sunday – this coming on the heels of about 100,000 attending Sunfest last weekend: Home County Music and […]
LFP ARCHIVES: A photographic history of Home County Music and Art Festival
The Home County Music and Art Festival returns this weekend in downtown London – a cultural rite of summer since 1974.
PHOTOS: A Rock the Park retrospective
One of London’s biggest summer events is Start.ca Rocks the Park – better known to most music fans simply as Rock the Park – and it returns Wednesday to Harris Park with five nights of big-ticket performers including Alanis Morissette and Dierks Bentley.
PHOTOS: Day One of Sunfest in downtown London
Sunfest has returned to downtown London for the first time in three years due to COVID-19. The international music and culture festival continues until Sunday. Thursday marked its opening day and LFP photojournalist Derek Ruttan was there:
PHOTOS: Forest City London Music Awards closing gala
The 20th London Music Week wrapped up with a roaring awards gala at London Music Hall.
Bringing Summerfolk back after changes sparks appreciation
Over the past two years, I kept thinking of a group that worked the festival circuit in the early 80s. They were called The Flying Karamazov Brothers, and their signature juggling stunt was the “Terror Trick.” Pieces for this part of the act were gradually introduced to the audience throughout the show and included keeping […]