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Each show is posted on its own
album page, linked below. Alternatively, you can go to one of the
month links, or go to the
Main Gallery Page
When viewing an album, you can
select individual pictures, or click the "slideshow" link in the upper
right. Right below the "slideshow" link,
you'll see other links that take you up a level, e.g. from an
individual show album to the album grouping all the shows that month (or months).
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Highlights:
Some favourite photos /and or concerts and shows
(updated Oct. 2006) |
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AFRICAN
MUSIC: Includes Baaba Maal, Oliver Mtukudzi, King Sunny Ade,
African Guitar Summit, Orchestra Baobab, Bembeya Jazz, Tinariwen,
Mahmoud Ahmed and lots more. |
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OTHER:
Includes Sidi Goma, Trio Jourban, Billy Joe Shaver, David Murray, Radio Kabul, Buddy Miller, Leon Russell, Lhasa, Lila Downs, and more. |
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2005: November |
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Nov 12: AFRICAN BLUES and Dec 16: NDIDI
& SLIM: See "AGS"
photo page. |
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Nov 29: CATARINA CARDEAL & MIKE
SIRACUSA at the Lula Lounge |
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Nov 28: BETTYE
LAVETTE at Lee's
Palace. See my review of the show
here. One of the very
best shows of the year; one of the very best CD's of the year (I've
Got My Own Hell to Raise). Don't miss the CD; don't miss her if you
get a chance to see her perform live. |
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Nov. 19: DHOAD GYPSIES OF RAJASTHAN
(India)
at Jane Mallett Theatre |
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Nov. 18: MALIAN ACOUSTIC MUSIC at
the NOW Lounge.
Another "Acoustic" night by Music Africa, featuring Tapa
Diarra and Kassoum Diamoutene |
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Nov. 3: TEI FOUNDATION BENEFIT at
the Crystal Room |
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2005: October |
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Oct. 22: ERNEST
RANGLIN (Jamaica) at Hugh's Room
In 1958, this great Jamaican guitarist was the first artist to
record for Chris Blackwell's new Island label. One of the inventors of ska, he was also a bedrock for the early years of reggae,
and has recorded in a wide range of musical idioms.
In 1998, he
recorded the wonderful album, In Search of the Lost Riddim in
Senegal, with Baaba Maal among other guests. (And he was featured on
Baaba Maal's Live at Royal Festival Hall). His most recent
album, Alextown was recorded in South Africa. Songlines
magazine described it as "an audacious collision of dub, jazz, electro
and global beats" |
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Oct. 21: PARIS TO KYIV (Canada/Ukraine) at the Jane Mallett Theatre |
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Oct. 10: WANDA
JACKSON at the Cadillac Lounge
The Queen of Rockabilly sure made her case to get in to the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame when she rocked Parkdale for 2 nights.
The Cadillac Lounge was packed, the
audience was whooping and sweating. Wanda was still dynamite ("Well
you can talk about me, say that I'm mean/ I'll blow your head off, baby,
with nitroglycerine!"), and she had a wonderful, gracious and easy
rapport with the audience.
Nobody left that place who didn't feel
a heck of a lot better than when they went in.
Click here for
a show report and more info on Wanda. |
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Oct. 7: RALPH IRIZARRY
(Cuba/USA) at the Lula
Lounge. Hot salsa from NYC
See The Live Music Report for a review of his show |
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Oct. 4: Bring back
our CBC The Lula Lounge hosted an evening in support of the
locked-out CBC workers. The evening turned into a bit of a celebration,
as it appeared the end was in sight. The long fight opened many people's
eyes, and put CBC management in a pretty poor light.
A number of local musicians performed
in appreciation of what CBC has meant to their careers: Amanda Martinez
+ Kevin Laliberte, Slim et Donne with Ndidi Onukwulu,
Catarina Cardeal + Mike Siracusa, Cache, dj Medicine Man |
(Shows Sep. 22- Oct
2 were part of the 2005 Small World Music Festival) |
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Oct 2: SIDI GOMA (India) at the Al Green Theatre. The "black sufis"
of Gujerat, India put on a spectacular show, combining their two
cultures of Africa and India. A great ending to the Small World Music
Festival. See
http://www.zanzibarmusic.org/sidigoma2.htm for more info. |
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2005: September |
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Sep 28: ASH DARGAN (Australia)
at the Drake Hotel. An Australian aboriginal artist mixing digideroo
music, stories and images from the land, along with film and images.
More on his music and background
here.
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Sep 25: TRIO JOUBRAN
(Palestine) at the Lula Lounge. Three brothers all playing the
oud (their instruments made by one of the brothers).
Breathtakingly good. One of the musical highlights of 2005. |
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Sep 24: LURA
(Cape Verde) at the Lula Lounge. Small World Festival.
More info here. Lura is one of the four
nominees in the Africa category of the 2006 Planet Awards (BBC World Music
Awards).
Click here for their artist profile, audio clip and commentary.
For audio of her full 2005 Womad concert,
click here. |
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Sep 22: SEU JORGE
(Brazil) at the Lula Lounge. He packed the Lula for 2 shows on the
opening night of the 2005 Small World Festival.
Click here for more info. |
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Sep 2: FOJEBA CD Release Party,
(Cameroon/Toronto) also with Kassoum Diamoutene
and
Kwame Stephens at the NOW Lounge |
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2005: August |
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Aug 31: JANE BUNNETT with Jumpin' Johnny Sansone & Kevin Breit
at Hugh's Room |
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Aug 28:
FRED EAGLESMITH at Hugh's Room |
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Aug 19: SOUL BROTHERS (South Africa) at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre
A legendary South African band for the last 30 years. See
www.sasoulbrothers.com |
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Aug 13: BILLY JOE SHAVER
(Texas)
at Harbourfront
Click here
for my bio/appreciation
of Shaver, and more info. |
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Aug 13: LUKE DOUCET
at Harbourfront. See his website here |
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2005: July |
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Jul 17: ISSA BAGAYOGO
(Mali)
at
Harbourfront |
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Jul 15:
TINARIWEN
(Mali)
at
Harbourfront
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Jul 15:
DAARA J
(Senegal)
at
Harbourfront. Senegalese hip-hop. |
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Jul 13: OLIVER MTUKUDZI
(Zimbabwe) at the
Phoenix
The great singer from Zimbabwe packed the Phoenix, just 3 days after
playing a free concert for thousands at Afrofest. |
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Jul 9: AFROFEST:
Part 1: music
Part 2: around
the park
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Jul 2:
JAIPUR BRASS BAND (India)
- One of Britain's colonial legacies in India is the brass band.
& BA CISSOKO (Guinea) at Harbourfront.
Updating traditional west African kora music. |
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2005: June |
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Jun 30: GANGBE
BRASS BAND (Benin) at Toronto Jazz Festival. You don't see many
brass bands from Africa. Too bad -- this was a great show. |
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Jun 28:
K'NAAN
(Somalia / Toronto) CD Release Party at
The Music Gallery |
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Jun 25: Fundraiser for YAN KUBA SAHO
at Theatre Passe Muraille |
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Jun 24:
DAVID MURRAY and the GWO-KA
MASTERS (US and Guadaloupe) at Jazz Festival |
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Jun 23: SOUL INFULENCE
(Toronto & various African countries) & JABULANI
(S.
Africa/Toronto)
at the NOW Lounge |
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Jun 17: QUEEN SALAWI ABENI
(Nigeria)
(& NOUVEL
EXPOSE) |
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Jun 3: OOJAMI
(England/Turkey) & ROULA
SAID AND THE ROULETTES
at Lula Lounge |
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Jun 2:
FOJEBA (Cameroon/Toronto) & MOTO KAPIA (Congo) at Lula Lounge (Afrofest pre-launch).
See AGS album (above) for Donne Robert performance. |
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2005: April -
May |
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May 14: V.M.
BHATT (India) at Glenn Gould Studio |
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May. 12: FOJEBA at NOW Lounge |
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Apr. 10: ZAP MAMA (Belgium/Congo) at the Mod Club |
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Apr.7: FOJEBA at the Lula Lounge.
See AGS album above for Slim et Donne performance |
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Mar. 31: KING
SUNNY ADE (Nigeria) at the Opera House.
Click here for my notes on his
concert. |
OLDER
PHOTOS Pre-April, 2005
These photos are still stored on an
external website, but will be moved here ... when I have time! Apologies for the pop-ups. They'll be
gone when I get the photos moved here. Multiple shows are grouped
into single albums, arranged by month. Click on the month heading.
With these photos, you can also click
a slideshow link (and adjust the speed of the show):
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MUSICIAN(S) / SHOW: |
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2005:
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Mar.
11: USTAD MAHWASH & ENSEMBLE KABOUL (Afghanistan) at the St. Lawrence Centre
Winners of the 2003 BBC World
Music Award for Asia. Check the link for info and audio. To read the amazing story of
Aziz Herawi, dotar and rabab player (in photo to right), click here. |
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Mar.
6: BOB WILLS 100th BIRTHDAY BASH at the Lula Lounge hosted by the Bebop Cowboys,
with a night full of guests including Oh Susannah, Alex Pangman, Chuck Jackson, and lots
more.
Check the Bebop Cowboys' Links
Page for the list of artists, along with some Bob Wills links |
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Mar.
5: AFRICAN BLUES at the Silver Dollar with Adam Solomon, Madagascar Slim, Donne
Robert & Ndidi Onukwulu |
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Mar.
3: ADALBERTO ALVAREZ (Cuba) at the Lula Lounge
See The Live Music Report for a review of the show |
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2005:
January / February |
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Feb.
23: BUDDY MILLER at the Horseshoe
From the Feb. 22 Toronto Star: "...the very embodiment of soulful
American folk and country music. His handful of albums, including those on which he has
collaborated with his wife, country music diva Julie Miller, are seminal reference works,
plotting a righteous course through the miasma of fads and fashions back to the purest
sources of American traditional music." |
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Feb. 4: "AFRICA SINGS" at the ROM
Music Africa's annual Black History Month event at the ROM. Photos include
Modesto-Mawulolo Amegago, Eid Ismail, Abdulla Issa Khamis, Adam Solomon & Southern
Volta Association Cultural Group
See The Live Music Report for a report on the night |
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Jan. 29: NEWAY DEBEBE (Ethiopia) |
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Jan. 27: SMALL WORLD MUSIC'S TSUNAMI RELIEF BENEFIT
Including Andrew Timar, Tasa, Nadhaswara Tavil Ensemble, Nyai Madu Sari |
