In Memoriam: Salome Bey, Canada’s First Lady of the Blues, 1933-2020
Canadian Legend and First Lady of the Blues, Salome Bey passed away on August 8. She was 86 years old. Born in 1933, she performed with her siblings as Andy…
S.A.C. Playlists
S.A.C. Celebrates International Women’s Day: Lorraine Segato
Lorraine Segato was born in Hamilton, on June 17, 1956, but made her home in Toronto’s Queen West neighbourhood. Home to some of the city’s longest standing live music venues…
S.A.C. Black History Songwriters Series: Bullen Family
Eddie Bullen’s birthplace of Grenada is better known for The Mighty Sparrow and calypso grooves than jazz music. Arriving in Canada in 1980, Bullen has since worked to add jazz…
S.A.C. Black History Songwriters Series: Bucky Adams
Born April 25, 1937 to a large family in Depression era Halifax, Charles “Bucky” Richmond Adams was fortunate to find himself in a musical household. Bucky Adams started teaching himself…
S.A.C. Black History Songwriters Series: Joe Sealy
Joe Sealy’s role as a fixture on the Canadian jazz scene started in his hometown of Montreal, but his status grew after heading east. Instead of heading for Toronto or…
Featured Member: Damhnait Doyle
“Liquor Store Flowers” is the first solo oeuvre from Newfoundlander Damhnait Doyle in 11 years; Doyle was working with The Heartbroken, doing film work, and participating on Boards of the…
Featured Member: Shari Ulrich
Long before her induction to the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame, Californian-Canadian Shari Ulrich entered the world in San Rafael, California on October 17, 1951. At the age of…
The Artz of Schwartz – Eddie Schwartz inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
The keyboards were turned up. New synthesizers kept hitting the market. The guitars were getting pushed back, the horns started to sound more like keyboards, and keyboards began to emulate…
Spotify Ep. 8. West Coast
Greetings, fellow Songwriters! Here we have another cool playlist for this year – Ep. 8. West Coast. This playlists consists of submissions we had over the course of the last…
S.A.C. International Women’s Day Focus: Salome Bey
She’s won awards for her stage work – singing, acting, and writing. She toured the U.S. with her brother and sister, billed as Andy and the Bey Sisters. The sibling…