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A.W. Cardinal was for most of the performance hidden in the dark. He gave the limelight to his partner Jass. Even his name A.W. is a bit of mystery. Southside Shuffle blues festival reserved the best for the last; at least it was for me the 'Blue Moon Marquee'. Normally it's a duo Jasmine Colette and A.W. Cardinal, but they added an excellent keyboard player. Both write songs, both have great voices and are excellent musicians. Rather then being just another blues band their music had depth and originality. The Albertans travel the world now for several years. Cardinal raspy voice is very distinctive. Playing together for 10 years, there is nothing stale in their performance. Alexander Wesley and Jasmine are now on my radar.
134. Port Credit P1420184; Taken 2022 Sep 10. Upload 2022 Sep 13.
The Noonans were a sentient mammalian species native to the Outer Rim planet Noona in the Noona orbit system. Their homeworld became part of the Relgrim sector, an area of space explored between 3,000–25 BBY, (Galactic history). Contrary to popular belief The Noonans are not completely extinct; they come out at night and perform strange rituals in pockets of urban areas disguised as pubs.
Here some of the Noonans, under the name 'Swinging Black Jacks' playing for Saturday night revelers. Matt Allen, Gary Kendall and Adam David are the usual protagonists.
Noonan's Pub, renamed after current owner in Jan 2022, is an established Irish Pub since 1997.
166. Noonan's. P1480441; Taken 2022 Dec 11. Upload 2023 Jan 02.
Castro's is a small bar, but popular with east-end crowd. 'The Reverend' is not a great singer or a mesmerizing trumpet player. He is fun, has charisma and showmanship. His band is excellent. They play for the tip jar and when people have fun, they are generous.
The Sunday Blues was very joyful with the help of Mike Sedgewick (guitar), Mark Ansara (drums) and bass player Justin Snikkar and Walter on vocals and trumpet. Paul Renaud (harp) and Janet Christie (violin) guesting on few tunes. Castro's is around for over 35 year, the historic photos (over 200) on the wall feature Lenin, Marx, Che, Ghandi, Churchil, but not Putin yet. Of course Fidel is on few of them.
187. Castro's. P1540750; Taken 2023 March 12. Upload 2023 March 19.
Alfie Smith is a singer, prolific songwriter, an accomplished performer and talented multi-instrumentalist. He was on the stage at least at 4 performances at the recent 'Winterfolk Festival' in Toronto. He is more into folk and blues, so since I prefer jazz, I do not get to see him often.
'Winterfolk Festival' featured some 80 shows on one weekend and for $30 all inclusive pass you get introduced to some interesting music. OK, food and drink is not included. He performed with a living legend of Canada's folk scene David Essig and Kevin Breit, one of the most versatile jazz and blues guitarist in the city.
186. Taco Taco. P1520334; Taken 2023 Feb 25. Upload 2023 March 07.
Garnetta Cromwell led her troops to a great party at Taco Taco and perfect finish of the Winterfolk festival. Aretha, ah sorry Garnetta, has the energy of 10, and she with her competent band made the audience dance. Garnetta Cromwell took an interesting path to music; from being an officer in the Canadian Army, to being Canadian weightlifting champion and record holder. Recently this group represented Canadian blues at the finals in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Taco Taco is a relatively new music venue in Toronto with a large room for concerts in the back. Mexican themed food is obviously the choice there.
188. Taco Taco. P1540080; Taken 2023 Feb 26. Upload 2023 March 22.
"Frankie Foo and the YoYo Smugglers" is a fun Ska band, who plays once or twice a month in the city. The 8, 9 or 10 member band plays love songs and dance song with weird titles like: "Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me", "Monster Mash", "Mighty Ruler", "Duck Soup". The band is super entertaining and has an almost a cult following. Sax player Toby Hughes leads the band for the last 22 years. Here Wham Gritty on steeldrum and Trumpet Roy are part of a band which also includes Thumbs, Skip, Shaggy, Gonzo and other characters. The personnel may be slightly different every time they get together, but it is always fun and the spirit is more contagious than Omicron latest variant. By the 2nd or latest 3rd set, everyone is on dance floor.
167. Grossman's. P1490148; Taken 2022 Dec 30. Upload 2023 Jan 04.
'Rough Riders' - Frankie Foo at Grossman's.
Drummer Dimitrios Jim Doxas was born in Montréal, into an artistic family (brother Chet Doxas plays sax, père George -bass) and established himself as a versatile percussionist. Heavily influenced by rock, jazz, Motown and world music, his credits range from drummer, percussionist and composer. He is also a recording engineer and a lecturer at McGill University. Doxas is a popular featured artist at jazz festivals worldwide and has worked with top jazz musicians. He has recieved the highest awards from Grammy (film score) to Juno (Canada) and Felix (Quebec). I have seen him first time posibly 10 years ago, and he did not age. He often plays at Upstairs Jazz Bar, the best place to hear jazz in Montreal except the festival stages.
Adrian Vedady -bass
Lex French -trumpet
Kate Wyatt -piano
Jim Doxas -drums
222. Montreal P1660583; Taken 2023-July 06. Upload 2023-July 28.
In Mount Dennis neighbourhood this proliferation of street lamps is either due to an extra dangerous corner, or somebody ordered extra light fixtures and the city did not really know what to do with those. The building is very narrow and is from 1919 which is old for Toronto. Actually the light fixtures was a project called "Nyctophilia” (Christian Giroux and Daniel Young) installed in 2014.
The building is called sometimes Mount Dennis Flatiron Building, but I could not find much history about it.
703. TMR Toronto 2021-June-01, P1480359. Uploaded 2021-Jun-06. Lmx -ZS100.
One of the most dangerous activities in 2020/2021 was hair cutting and eating outside your home. Ontario is the slowest area in the world to permit its population basic freedoms.
730. TMR Toronto 2021-June-29, P1500143. Uploaded 2021-Jul-04. Lmx -ZS100.
House of Moses is not a church as you may interpret from the name. It is a Rastafari family run retail store founded in 1992 and is located on Baldwin in Kensington Market. Specializing in natural products and focusing on personal needs of black community in Toronto. Mel Lastman (ex Mayor of Toronto) grew up in this home and owned grocery store there. This neighbourhood was first Scottish and Irish, after WWII Jewish immigrants moved in. In the 1980's many Jamaican stores opened. Lately it became unaffordable not only for new immigrants, but also for average Torontonians. Pandemic measures killed many restaurants, but I am pretty sure that new owners will swoop in.
618. TMR Toronto 2021- March -04, P1450059. Uploaded 21- March -07. Lmx -ZS100.
Probably the best concert, I have seen in Montreal this year. The cave (as I call the former Astral theatre) was full, so we waited with my friend for 30 min outside and were let in about 15 minutes before the scheduled end. Totally worth the wait. Melanie Charles, a dynamic and versatile artist with a great voice and the band were excellent. Wished it has been longer! Fortunately, the very next day, Melanie Charles had a show with slightly different band of expats Haitians. I had made sure to be early and got a good spot and even a seat!
Melanie Charles is a Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter, actress, and flutist of Haitian descent. Charles has strong ties to her Haitian culture and is one of the most important women in Haitian music today. She performs all over the world. Her second concert did not have her name as the headliner, instead it was entitled 'Haitian Revolution Through the Jazz'. Montreal has strong Haitian Community (150,000) and the place was again filled to rafters.
352. Montreal P1150765; Taken 2024-Jun 30. Upload 2024-Aug 01.
Cheryl Lescom is a proof that music keeps you young. (OK, Keith Richard exempted). Born in 1953, she has a great voice and stage presence. I seen her twice this year, and at both concert she gave her all. I was attending a fundraiser for 'Red Door Family shelter' in November and was happy to see that the vocalist was one of the musicians featured. I hope to hear her again soon, as she does not play in Toronto very often. She was supported by the 'Social House' Band: Margaret Stowe- guitar, voice, Roberta Hunt on keys, voice, Rebecca Hennessy - trumpet, voice, Russ Bosswell on bass, Jamie Stager - trombone and Michelle Josef - drums.
391. Toronto. P1240849; Taken 2024-Nov 10. Upload 2024-Dec 07.
Gene Hardy added some wonderful saxophone notes to Ben Harvey accordion and his band Ornamentals. Ben always dresses up and his bandmates have to keep up. Benson Lee on jazz banjo, Great Bob Scott on drums and Gram Whitty -bass upright bass. Gene Harvey is an in demand studio musician and teacher when not performing with various bands. His next gig is in Japan. This was the first time, I seen him play, but know about him for few years. At this show he also played on a saw, which was quite a treat. He usually finishes a tune with a musical joke.
236. Distillery. P1690699; Taken 2023-Aug 20. Upload 2023-Aug 27.
The age of the musicians varies at Grossman's. This is quite unusual in the rest of the city. Smokin' Joe van Rossem and Josh Williams are more than 60 years apart in age, but connect on the musical stage.
Joe is an esteemed musician in the traditional jazz community, and respected sailor in the regatta community. Josh started to come to with his mom to Grossman's few years ago and sometimes they would let him sit-in on the drums. Now, he is a regular guest on the drums and he also sings: Mackie Messer, Aliza Jane and few other standards, with great enthusiasm. From a shy boy, he became almost an extrovert. Audiences also range from babies to centenarians. I want to celebrate my 100th birthday there. Still have few years to plan it...;-)
316. Grossman's P1100284; 2024-March 31. Upload 2024-April 05.
La edad de los músicos varía en Grossman's. Esto es bastante inusual en el resto de la ciudad. Smokin' Joe van Rossem y Josh Williams tienen más de 60 años de diferencia, pero se conectan en el escenario musical.
Joe es un músico estimado en la comunidad del jazz tradicional y un marinero respetado en la comunidad de regatas. Josh empezó a venir con su madre a Grossman's hace unos años y, a veces, le dejaban sentarse en la batería. Ahora es un invitado habitual en la batería y también canta: Mackie Messer, Aliza Jane y algunos estándares más, con gran entusiasmo. De niño tímido pasó a ser casi extrovertido. El público también abarca desde bebés hasta centenarios. Quiero celebrar mi centenario allí. Aún me quedan algunos años para planificarlo...;-)
He usually performs solo and appropriately uses just one name. He wore Raptor's T-shirt (Toronto basketball team), but he seem to have enough fans even without this gesture. From San Diego (1992), he studied jazz at UCLA (Kenny Burrell) and played and recorded mostly solo and lately with several hip-hop groups. Interesting Fact: Samsung released their Galaxy ringtone, 'Over the Horizon', which was produced by Kiefer.
Kiefer (his last name is Shackelford) and in Montreal actually played with CARRTOONS (also uses just one name) - Bass and Luke Sangerman – Drums. It seemed that they really had fun playing together.
228. Montreal P1650990; Taken 2023-July 05. Upload 2023-Aug 11.
Genevieve (Gigi) Marentette is a singer with wide repertoire, but sticking mostly closer to jazz. She had a long career in Asia and Europe, but came back to Toronto to establish herself at home. She has a killer voice, looks and fashion is her domain. Gigi is one of the founders of Kensington Jazz Festival (Since 2016) and can be found doing million things preparing the festival and even more, when the festival is happening. I saw her this month at great event at Old Mill Inn, where she prepared a special program of song of one of her mentors Don Francks. On the photo she is the one with black & red dress, Dione Taylor (with the hat) joined her from the audience on improptu duet.
Surprisingly, I seen her at Jazz Festival in Cuba in January, where she was featured performer (and only Canadian) in Bobby Carcasses showcase of his best fifty, or there about, musical friends. She is a true performer, not famous yet, but well known in Toronto musical community.
323. Old Mill; Havana P1110028; Taken 2024-Jan 27. Upload 2024-April 22.
I thought that the guy was sleeping there, as he did not move in several minutes. I have it from reliable source, that he was actually scratching a lottery ticket. Dundas Street East is an sketchy neighbourhood, but full of interesting photo opportunities.
445. TMR Toronto 2020- June -13, P1390739; Uploaded 17. July 2020. Lmx -ZS100.
One of the most consistent photographers on Flickr and 500px is Stuart Allen. His simple uncluttered photographs are executed to perfection. Hope he forgives me my plagiarism, as it is meant as my poor attempt for a compliment.
SIM is the place, where all the sim cards come from ;-). Port Lands area east of Toronto is undergoing tremendous development. Almost all buildings like this are gone.
408. TMR Toronto 2020- June -13, P1390778; (2020 June) Uploaded 14. June 2020, Lmx -ZS100)
The trombone seem to go forever and Charlotte is using every bit of it to make a wonderful music. I first seen her at 17 and now, at a ripe old age of 21, she leads her own band (or 2) and plays almost everyday of the week in one of the local clubs after a summer of playing in the parks and streets of Toronto.
94. Grossman's 02. Oct 2021, P1560326; Uploaded 29. Oct 2021. Lmx -ZS100.
The Metropolitan Opera Building illuminated in Lincoln Center Plaza at New York City during twilight.
Spanish Baroque Revival style / 1921. The Lucas Theatre’s grand opening event was a showing of the movie Camille. The Lucas became a favorite venue for Savannah locals for catch a movie. Touring vaudeville acts also made sure to stop in Savannah and perform at the Lucas Theatre.
This sculpture of a musician did not have much life. There a 4 sculptures on this building opposite the beach in Nha Trang. The simply named 'Khanh Hoa Center of Political and Cultural Events' (sounds better in Vietnamese) shows some of French colonial influence, but the sculptures are more socialist realism. Cong-Chieng, or gong, is a traditional Vietnamese musical instrument made of alloy bronze, with an occasional additional composition of either gold, silver, or black bronze. The photo was taken at night. There was no programming shown up front, but I was reading that Water Puppet Theater has shows in there. Nah Trang is a popular beach town with people from Russia, but it was the least favorite place for me in Vietnam. The photo was uploaded for May 2020 contest 'Sculptures in Asia' on Flickr.
141. TMR Vietnam 2020- Feb-22, P1370433; (2020 Feb, Art) Uploaded 06. May 2020. No.141, Lmx -ZS100)
Voici mon oncle Stephen. C’est un artiste peintre et il est l’auteur de plus de 15 000 œuvres, à ce jour. Il y a quelques calendes, j’ai eu l’idée de lui offrir un shooting dans mon studio. Nous n’avons pas fait beaucoup de « shots », ce ne fut pas nécessaire !
This is uncle Stephen. He is a painter and is the author of more than 15,000 works to date. A few days ago, I had the idea to offer him a shoot in my studio. We did not do a lot of shots, it was not necessary!
Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded.
Jimi Hendrix
Close up of one of the thousands lanterns at Nara's annual (mid-summer) lantern festival. For over 800 years, these Kasuga Taisha lanterns have been lit to guide ancestors back to earth on their annual pilgrimage, Obon.
There's a second one here.
isted 11/27/2018
Madison, Tennessee
Reference number: 100003154
Rainbow Ranch (Hank Show House, Office, and Studio), located in Davidson County, Tennessee, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Rainbow Ranch is closely associated with the rise of the Nashville music business and recording industry in the post-World War II period from 1950-1979. As well, Rainbow Ranch is closely associated with musician Hank Snow, as his former home, office, and studio.
National Register of Historic Places Homepage
The Performing Arts block at Oxstalls Campus of the University of Gloucestershire.
Picture by Clint Randall www.pixelprphotography.co.uk