By Will McGuirk
So yes Tania Joy of Uxbridge, such a powerhouse and happy to know her and another fave of mine illustrator Tracy Walker is the photog!! Rody of Protest the Hero creating solo work speaks to the desire to make regardless of circumstances, and Devontee making beats, and Meaghan getting it on in Nashville, love it all.
There is also this year now the added element of the OMAs, which celebrates Durham Region musicians and music community. We call ourselves here Slowcity for a reason, and that is we are building slowly, methodically, something sustainable, something which builds on the terroir to borrow a wine term. Last year the OMAs pivoted from physical to online, and perhaps we may have to do so in 2021. Either way it is a new platform to celebrate all these folks you can hear here and those of the future, as well as the past.
I have spent the past 30 years in the D-Rawk and am still blown away at the so great culture community in Durham. Its one I am happy to be part of.
Bell Fibe TV are airing ‘Live at the Upstairs Basement,’ shot at Kops Records in Oshawa where I work. Its on demand if you subscribe. Link here. I am so very proud of this and so very proud of the folks including those here making waves, making sound waves.