“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