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David Eisenstadt
Column VIEWS 

Deer Park PR professional fills gaps of entertainment reporting with book

April 12, 2022May 5, 2022 Brian Baker Blast Radius, Community Jewish News, David Eisenstadt, Jewish community, music

David Eisenstadt pulled together stories about Jewish Canadian musicians who have faded or fly under the radar of mainstream reporting.

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Yellow Dog music studio
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30th anniversary celebrations cancelled, music studio carries on

May 22, 2020May 27, 2020 Monique Thompson COVID-19, Moore Avenue, music, music lessons, Yellow Dog Music, Yonge Street

Yellow Dog Music should be celebrating its 30th anniversary, but COVID-19 had other plans for them. The music studio and its party plans were shut down.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

Sept. 22: French and Mexican song at Heliconian Hall

September 8, 2019September 19, 2019 Streeter staff Hazelton Avenue, Heliconian Hall, music, Renée Bouthot

The sonorities of France and Mexico fill the air, when Canadian soprano Renée Bouthot and Mexican-American pianist Ana Cervantes join forces in concert.

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NEWS 

Lytton Park chanteuse ready to bring Ella (and Louis) to jazz festival

June 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Barbra Lica, jazz, music, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, University Of Toronto

Barbra Lica is ramping up for a performance at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival on June 22 at Home Smith Bar inside the Old Mill.

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Emilie-Claire Barlow to celebrate 20-year career at jazz festival

June 14, 2019October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Emilie-Claire Barlow, jazz, music, Steve Webster, TD Toronto Jazz Festival

This year’s Emilie-Claire Barlow show at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival is 20 years in the making. It’s been that

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Locklyn on Warrior cover
NEWS 

19-year-old singer pours painful emotions into cathartic album

March 22, 2019March 27, 2019 Brian Baker Locklyn, music

Former Windfields and Don Mills resident, Locklyn, 19, has distilled all of her raw creativity and emotion into a new album, Rel8te, released March 8.

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Sharon and Bram have surprises in store for fans on national tour

October 6, 2018October 8, 2018 Brian Baker Bram Morrison, children's entertainers, Lois Lilienstein, music, Sharon Hampson, Sharon Lois and Bram

Two-thirds of the children’s entertainment trio, Sharon, Lois and Bram are kicking off their farewell tour this October, and it’s an exciting time for them.

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Petrowska Quilico
NEWS 

Petrowska Quilico releases two CDs this fall

September 25, 2018September 27, 2018 Brian Baker Christina Petrowska Quilico, classical music, music

Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico lost a beloved recording 20 years ago. But in 2018 she put together the same track listing to record a two-disc album.

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Arts & Music Events 

Apr. 28: The music we love to recall

April 14, 2018April 19, 2018 Streeter staff Donway Covenant United Church, music, Nina Richmond

Spring has arrived and also the Music on the Donway with Danny’s 7 — Sweet Music We Love to Remember, featuring Nina Richmond.

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Peter Goddard at home
Column VIEWS 

When two pop culture lovers get talking

April 3, 2018October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Glenn Gould, music, Peter Goddard

An old grandfather clock ticks out its rhythm like a metronome atop a piano­­, as former Toronto Star pop culture columnist Peter Goddard sits across from me in his Annex home.

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Kids & Families 

Sharon and Bram re-release a classic, talk of new garden

April 30, 2016August 1, 2017 Brian Baker music, music garden, Sharon Lois & Bram Playground

The re-release of 1,2,3,4 Live on April 15 has stirred up some warm memories for Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison. They’re

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NEWS 

Ratchford shares his life with friend Rita MacNeil

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 Brian Baker music, Raymond Ratchford, Rita MacNeil

Singer and Cape Breton ex-pat Raymond Ratchford shrouds his mourning under a large-brimmed hat and amber-hued sunglasses. The Davisviller is

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NEWS 

Legge’s new rock project is a la mode

October 24, 2014 Brian Baker Ally Mode, Dillon Spencer, Jason Legge, Kaila Baker, music

North Toronto’s Jason Legge is standing in a second-floor hallway at the Rehearsal Factory at Sherbourne and Front when he makes a bold statement of his new band, Ally Mode.

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NEWS 

Isabel Fryszberg plays her Heart-strings out

October 11, 2014October 16, 2014 Brian Baker Isabel Fryszberg, music, the Uncommons

There’s a small shoe rack tucked beside the apartment door that’s home to singer-songwriter Isabel Fryszberg’s footwear.

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Kids & Families 

The arts are more than electives to midtown schools

September 26, 2014October 7, 2014 Brian Baker art, Film Making, Havergal College, music, University of Toronto Schools, York School

When it comes the required courses at the high school level, it’s always the maths, science and Englishes that take precedence. But what of the electives: visual arts, drama and film making?

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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