International Women’s Day: Patsy Gallant
Quebec dominated the Canadian disco scene in the 1970’s. Quebec disco singles often sold well in Europe, and to hipper American d.j.’s, and left a string of cult favourites. The…
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S.A.C. Black History Songwriters’ Series: George Hector
George Hector’s life gives one a glimpse of the music which permeated the challenging lives of African Canadian Maritimers. Former Poet Laureate of Canada, George Elliott Clarke, coined the term…
S.A.C. Black History Songwriters’ Series: Mel Brown
At the age of 50, a second career in music beckoned established guitarist Mel Brown and found him relocating from Texas to Canada for a 20-year career making and supporting…
Farewell, Jo Jo Bennett.
Farewell, Jo Jo Bennett Jo Jo Bennett, one of the first people to record soul records in Toronto, who went on to make reggae an integral part of the city’s…
Willie Dunn
By the time he passed in 2013 at 71 years, Willie Dunn was finally getting a belated taste of a renewed interest in his music. It had been a long…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 3
Round Dances, Blues Dancing and Club Music – A few Six Nations selections. Pappy John’s Band – The Bar Road Band was where Don Powless and Murry Porter Mohawks from…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 2
Most early recordings of Indigenous people were done at the behest and with sponsorship from The Smithsonian Institute, followed by folkloric and archival endeavours. The Smithsonian Institute recorded George Buck…
Some Six Nations Sounds – Part 1
As June flies by, S.A.C. considers Indigenous Peoples Day, from a musical angle. Following the horrific discovery of 215 children’s graves at the Kamloops Residential School, it seems fitting to…
S.A.C. Women’s History Month Series – Ruby Waters
Still in her early 20’s, Ruby Waters is a successful songwriter, seasoned live performer, and certainly eager to resume her live concerts like everyone else on either side of the…
S.A.C. Black History Songwriters Series: Vancouver Soul History
Most early Canadian soul music came from Ontario. Canada’s Black population was concentrated in the country’s biggest cities, as well as parts of Nova Scotia. Of the few Canadian soul…