For some 30 years, Oakville born Andrew Aldridge has lent his guitar textures to many a song from a myriad of performers.
"Koetta Black started back in 2008 when i was 13 or 14 years old when I signed up for a rock band class
As a full time artists in multi-media and acrylic painting, her murals and more are displayed around Hamilton.
“I like writing songs and getting weird sounds — the experimenting is the real attraction for me,” says Bowden.
Hamilton native, family man, mortgage broker and founder of Twin Within, Steve McKay is always an interesting interview.
“It’s been quite a while since our debut so we’re due for a new recording but we've gone through a lot of changes since then,”
Some scene veterans came together in some different roles to offer a slightly more novel kind of music than their previous efforts.
While they were probably listening to more City and Colour when in Burlington, the new location broadened the duo’s musical horizon.
“We signed to MCA in Los Angeles because Attic Records in Canada wasn’t able to get our music around the world,” says Mahon
Divided on two different stages, a variety of Hamilton acts are showcased while you sample the culinary delights of ribs.
“It’s a surreal hip hop experience, spreading a message of self–love and it’s manifesting dreams and positive energy flows,”
“I’ve had one toe in the music industry and my feet firmly in Hamilton hanging out with the family and working"
“We speed up, we slow down but we’ve never given up,” says Howard on the career arc of Threat Signal who released their fifth album, Disconnect in 2017.
“Knowing all of the people I’ve met from going to shows over the years, it’s amazing the rolodex of names you collect”
“There’s really a movement happening at Mohawk — there are so many people there who want to be in bands,” adds Woodcroft.
While you can see her in that Ellis video, it’s Dong’s work with SACHA and this weekend’s benefit concert that is the current focus.
Only Human, otherwise known as the duo of Geoff Carmichael and Joe Conti, release their sophomore CD this weekend
Some twenty years ago, a fourteen year old kid named Jason Hachey was living upstairs at the Corktown Tavern
I wasn’t feeling music for a while because the business side of things brought me down but then we started doing Rules
“It’s worked out well as we’ve all been friends for like twenty or twenty–five years and it’s been fun to make this music"
Sonically speaking, Silvertone Hills are a rare breed in Hamilton as they mine less hard rock and more Brit Pop for their music.
“It’s funny, we met them 35 years ago when both of our bands played the Police Picnic,” recalls Deppe on his association with A Flock of Seaguls
“I started playing guitar at eleven years old but it wasn’t until I was fifteen that I started to compose and write mature songs”
“I fell in love with writing, lyrics and music so it pushed me to learn language more — to write poetry I had to reach a higher level of language”
David Byers is one of the unsung names in Hamilton's musical history although his influence and participation would shape some serious milestones.
"It's been about two years since our last EP, "Youth Decay", and unfortunately our old bass player has a problem with his wrist and was unable to continue"
"Because I've blossomed a little later in life, perhaps I set some deadlines to have things done at a certain time but sometimes it doesn't work out"
Some veteran punk rockers took it upon themselves to organize an event to bring together community, foster its growth and develop its future
One of the newer names on the local stage is not only prick up ears for their style of music but also for their altruistic goals.
The more eclectic and underground sounds of the city are heading to the country this weekend thanks to a collective of promoters and performers
“Swingin’ in St. John’s was such a success we're going to be mounting it for a third time this year with the same cast we have for Diamond in the Rough,”
He was a rock icon, a promoter of Canada and a larger than life character that helped shape a national identity
“We grew up playing music and decided to study music after high school but Brad did his undergrad at Western and then moved to the University of Toronto"
Pip had released some twenty–four albums in his discography with the last dozen or so created his time in the last decade or so
“I joined the later incarnation of Cry Baby in Toronto in the ’ 90s,” recalls drummer Lucky Pete Lambert who recently helped Billing revive that band
The world of classical guitar comes to Hamilton with a festival that features concerts, workshops vendors and culminates with a guitar competition.
Songs from the Bishop offers a novel stage for some Hamilton indie rockers to get in front of a different kind of audience
Balogh was there when Jackson Square opened in 1972 and wanted to book bands on the rooftop and that got his foot in the door.
Juno Award winner and 2019 International Blues Challenge Best Guitarist (solo/duo) Steve Strongman returns to his hometown to offer his newest album.
“After our last record, we lost a couple of members in the band and around the same time, our deal with our old record label fell apart”
“We were in a band together called Toothpick Hercules, we were pals, went to the same high school and played music together”
Reminiscing about the music from nearly three decades ago is like looking through an old year book for Maurice
“ArtsFest is such a popular festival that attracts tens of thousands of people from across the province and the northern US”
Whether it’s something more adventurous, experimental or just downright different, Zula Presents’ Something Else!
Established to foster the arts in the city, the Hamilton Arts Council offers a special week long schedule of events for Arts Week.
Sarah Good: “These are songs that I’ve written whereas the other projects are much more collaborative,”
A special gathering of more eclectic music, art and culture has been happening in tribute to a fan and booster
“We left Nova Scotia in 2001, I was freshly out of high school, and we decided we were going to see Canada,”
Making it in brick and mortar retail these days is a tough go for the most part but for Brad Germain, opening up his record store was what he had to do.
Hamilton, Ontario: It was something that probably blossomed from his own dreams of being a musician himself.
“I wish it was sooner but I went to school for a little bit and the scheduling meant it ended up taking a few years,”
“I had the Will Ross Band for the Freeloader album I released back in 2014 and that was a really fun run"
“Persons has been busy touring a lot and work–shopping new songs on the road and recording with different people in the studio,”
The story of Hamilton’s Mark Howard was ripe for a biography but it wasn’t until a life altering epiphany that he actually decided to put pen to paper
She was trained in classical voice and forged her performance skills on classic rock, Gillian Nicola Alexander has been on a search for her own sound
Brian Griffith was a staple on the local music stage for decades. Most musicians are dealing with the minutiae of every day life and their art
He may have seem like a local Hamilton musician through residencies at local venues, Lindy Vopnfjord will only become an official Hamiltonian this summer.
The young don’t notice the seismic changes that occur over time but the city and the world were quite different just ten years ago.
With a change up in membership, the Beelays didn’t feel at a disadvantage with two front people instead of one and have since fashioned a new EP
Joel Cumby’s musical introduction on the local music stage is rather novel even though the singer and songwriter has lived in Hamilton for nearly a decade
Veteran music fans will be well familiar with the Vapids as their musical career spans past two decades with this year actually marking 25 years
Darby Mills was crowned the ‘Queen of Scream’ over 3 decades ago and while the Headpins made her famous, the band is only a part of what she wanted
This weekend marks another James Street Art Crawl but with the warmer weather, Mark Furukawa and Dr Disc open up their roof to celebrate 28 years
Embracing a traditional country sound but not without some humorous perspectives, the Handsome Devils ingratiated themselves into the Hamilton scene