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Stouffville steps out for Wintersong festival 2022
By Will McGuirk
Is this the first? A music festival? Just over the border of Durham Region, in the, I do have to say, lovely town of Stouffville Wintersong takes place Mar 25 and 26. The festival features Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and Stephen Stanley, formerly of Lowest of the Low, as well as Bif Naked, and The Darcys, in almost a dozen venues throughout the downtown.
There are several Durham Region artists performing, among them 2020 OMA winners Hollow Sage and the Three Mile Islanders, and Tania Joy, plus Cassie Noble, Chalk Lake, EDITH, Hunter Sheridan, and Matt Gunn. Mattie Leon as well as Jitensha, both acts are friends of Slowcity.ca are also performing.
The festival is organised by the good folks at Epidemic Music Group, whom you may recall were behind the Guinness Book of Records Longest Concert by Multiple Artists attempt.
Hunter Sheridan plays the Biltmore Theatre in Oshawa, Friday Oct. 22 2021
By Will McGuirk
Well if you want to see the next gen of musicians making things happen then check out this very fine line-up at the Biltmore Oct 22 2021. Hunter Sheridan, Hollowsage and the Three Mile Islanders, and Wooly are all scheduled to perform
Hunter Sheridan has been plugging away all over the D-Rock (he is currently based in Guelph) and its been a treat to see him emerge over the past years. This is his party and well deserved it is indeed.
I’m new to Hollowsage (Sagen Pearse of Uxbridge) but I did get to meet him at the OMA awards where he won a couple, and I am looking forward to more shows by this kat and his band.
Wooly have been a fave of mine since the outset, I have worked with them twice; once on the Bell Fibe TV show ‘Live at the Upstairs Basement’, and on a video shoot session previously at Blue Heron Books. Great folks, doing some inneresting things.
This is the one folks. These musicians have been making it all during lockdown, amid all the zoom and gloom, now they get to be back out, live and in-person, to perform whats been in their heads and bedrooms for almost two years.
Tania Joy
The OMAs - Slowcity.ca Open Mic with Meghan Patrick, Candace & Michael, Tania Joy, Crown Lands, Dizzy, Small Sins, the Joel Affair, and Hunter Sheridan
By Will McGuirk
Nominations for the OMAs, Durham Region’s celebration of local musicians, are now open. But who is local?
For the OMAs it is those who were born in the Region and those who reside in the area. Because of the lack of infrastructure in the Region many artists have to move away so they no longer reside in the Region. Not an issue, if you were born in Durham you qualify. What if you were born elsewhere but reside here? Answer is yes. How about if you were born elsewhere, and reside elsewhere, but did reside in the Region. This answer is more complex. One qualifies if one’s own music career came of age here, or if you work behind the scenes, for example in production, while you lived here, then yes you can submit. Best bet is to submit and lets see how it builds. Good luck.
Today we have local artists then from Nashville, Uxbridge, Oshawa, Toronto, and Guelph. Welcome home all.