Homegrown Live is a full day music festival celebrating live music in Kingston, ON — this year’s festival will feature dozens of musical acts performing in 10 live music venues around town.  Homegrown will be raising money for the Joe Chithalen Memorial Musical Instrument Lending Library and collecting food donations for [...]

When tuning into CFRC 101.9fm, one is almost certainly in for a surprise. Perhaps you’ll come across some of the finest Canadian folkie strummers, perhaps some late-night noise rock, or maybe the newest electro-indie tracks. Regardless, you can be guaranteed to have quality music or spoken word content presented by a passionate Kingston community member.
Here [...]

Saturday, April 24, 8:30: Music mash-up on Wolfe island!
Each month Me Man Jack is hosting musical friends at The Island Grill, a great pub right next the ferry dock. MMJ is Kevin Bowers, Tully, Pete Bowers, Huw Davis & Rene Vermette. They’ve been making music together in Kingston for well over 10 years. Their members are [...]

Your Heart + Spook & Squash
Saturday, April 24th
2pm at The Mansion (506 Princess St.)
$5 / Kids under 13 get in free!
Your Heart is the pop/rock project of Andrew Huang, creator of cult-hit website songstowearpantsto.com. This month saw the release of “Autumn”, the second in their ambitious four-album project based on the seasons of [...]

‘Forgive or Forget’ features ten original new songs that sound not so much written as torn from the cloth of hard won experience. Whiteley’s integrity and commitment emanate from every syllable she sings as she shares her tales of life on the road less traveled. Her voice has taken on a deeper resonance than ever [...]

Each year, The Queen’s Journal compiles a darts and laurels list of high and low points of the year. On the list this year, Apple Crisp received a laurel for their Kingston music discussion held in the fall.
“Laurel: Apple Crisp Kingston music discussion: Fuelled by online comments on an Arts & Entertainment story in the Journal, [...]

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For your listening pleasure: a live recording of “The Happiness Project” performance from the Apple Crisp Music Festival 2010.

Charles Spearin’s “The Happiness Project” (Kingston ON, March 13, 2010) [mp3, 48min, 88MB]

(Recording by Michael Morreale of CFRC)
Listen while browsing Happiness Project photos.