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 [...]

‘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 [...]

The Triumphant Return of Nich Worby and the Milkwood Sparrows! w/ The Uncles (Ottawa surf-rock) and The Bensons (Toronto folk-rock jams) April 24 @ The Grad Club $8 with student card / $10 without / tickets only at the door. Nich Worby is returning to Kingston with new songs, but the same charm.  File next [...]

Old Man Luedecke CD Release Concert w/ Rueben deGroot Saturday, April 10, 2pm @ The Mansion $5 for students / $10 for adults / kids free! Juno Award Winner Old Man Luedecke appears at the Mansion on April 10th at 2pm with Apple Crisp artist Rueben deGroot and his band. Hit the jump to see [...]

Castlemusic / Muskox Wednesday March 17th, 8pm The Artel Gallery, 205 Sydenham Street All Ages / Free Part of the Apple Crisp Music Festival 2010 Her soothsaying voice is heady like summertime, her sparse arrangements are as icy as February.  Jennifer Castle is returning to Kingston.

Royal Wood with special guest Melissa McClelland Saturday March 27, 8 pm Octave Theatre (711 Dalton Ave. Kingston) Tickets: $20 in advance and $25 at the door (if available). On sale now at Brian’s Record Option (613 542-2452 for phone orders), Renaissance Music and Tara Foods. www.livewiremusicseries.ca | www.royalwood.ca | www.melissamcclelland.com Royal Wood’s music has been featured [...]

It’s been a year of presenting music seven nights a week in our fine live music venue and it is more apparent than ever that local bands combined with touring bands makes for a good mix.  For out-of-towners looking to build a fan base it’s a great opportunity to meet some Kingston musician kin and [...]

(If there’s a leading light in the local R&B scene, it’s the Limestone Lothario himself, RayJon Artemis IV. After three platinum albums, four double-platinum singles, and five triple-platinum heart attacks, Mr. Artemis has earned his place in the Kingston pop pantheon.  We were fortunate enough to sit down with Artemis a few weeks before the [...]

Clips from Music Maul, False Face (grand finale with Carlyn Bezic and Michael Davidge, on a Sonic Youth number) and PS I Love You.

Whether performing to thousands at the Royal Albert Hall or the lucky few who made it inside the packed past capacity speakeasy, C.R. Avery is a unique, raw and dynamic performer. His genius lies in many genres – blues, hip-hop, spoken word and rock & roll. He is a one-man band, but one for this [...]