Local Vibe

The drummer for The Salads was also one of the organizers, so like he said in our interview (Organizers interview), he just assumed they’d play. The Salads recently worked with Choclair and they felt it would be great to feature him. They also decided to tailor a song for the specifically for the fundraiser, so I just had to record that song and keep it in its entirety for you to listen to.

Tremendous appeal with young people is why U. S. S., also known as Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, would be invited to an event like this. One member stands virtually still and plays the acoustic guitar and does the vocals, while the other member uses turntables, laptops, synthesizers, and figuratively the kitchen sink while racing around the whole stage and climbing on everything, plus he contributes some vocals. These two did not disappoint with their performance.

It is unfortunate that we are unable to bring you a sample of their performance that evening to go along with the interview, as we did with many other artists. They really rocked the house, so check out their new CD, or see them live as they tour the East Coast of the United [...]

As I said to Kenny during our interview with Moneen (link below), when my 17 year old son wants to raise the tempo and get his blood moving while working out at the gym his number one choice is Moneen songs. Brampton’s Moneen has 4 albums, 4 EPs and a DVD, so isn’t it [...]

Die Mannequin had been working in LA when they got the call that the organizers needed them to help out the cause in Toronto for Haiti. Of course they were winging their way back here to show their support and to give their fans what they want the most. We weren’t able to get an interview with Care Failure, but we did stick our noses into another interview so that you can see her up close.

Maestro Fresh Wes was doing some film work in LA and preparing to release his first book, to be published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Gaining fame with hip hop and rap as early as the late 1980’s, he continues to impress including his work with Kardinal Offishall, and even on stage in Cannes, [...]

Alex, the lead singer for the Ska band illScarlett, is interviewed by the Local Vibe, prior to his band performing for this Unicef charity event in early February 2010. If you’ve enjoyed Reggae music, but like to kick it up a notch, then this music, which actually preceded Reggae, is infectious. A live [...]

The Local Vibe staff were elated to interview the videographer’s favourite live rock band, and we’ve included some exerpts from their performance. Did you hear John-Angus and Jack Syperek say that they were begining work on a new electric album…? Yes!
To get an idea of the potential for this band, they should be [...]

James Cybulski of TSN, Darrin Pfeiffer of 102.1 The Edge plus drummer for The Salads, and Zeke Meyer who owns the Sound Academy got together to raise funds for the earthquake victims of Haiti. They asked some well known artists, athletes and celebrities to gather down on Polson Pier on February 2nd, 2010, and [...]

I had the huge honour of interviewing members of Finger Eleven for the Local Vibe e-zine (http://localvibe.ca).  We met backstage and while their lead vocalist, Scott Anderson, warmed up, I chatted with Rick Jackett and Rich Beddoe (their guitarist and drummer).  Their passion was infectious.  They had such exuberant candor when it came to talking about their [...]

Let me tell you, this was a wonderful event. I was there on Saturday and again on Sunday. The musicians that I liked the most were Colin White who performed early on Saturday, and Cheryl Lescom who was slated to fill all day Sunday.
The Ribber that won first place in every [...]

Steve Strongman was raised in the Tri-Cities region of K-W and Cambridge and he still refers to it as his home, even now that his residence is in Hamilton, Ontario. He came out to Waterloo’s Starlight Nightclub to promote his new CD called Blues in Colour on Friday April 24th. The CD Release party was [...]

Busted Flat Records artists brought Maxwell’s Music House in Waterloo alive, as part of the Beat Goes On presentation of the 3rd annual GO! Music Festival, on Friday April 17th.  You missed a great show and should really try to catch these artists soon at Maxwell’s or another local venue.  Kudos to Maxwell’s for having [...]

Steve Strongman’s releasing a new CD “Blues in Colour” on March 21st, 2009. Support this local talented singer, composer, and outstanding guitarist by purchasing your own new CD, his second masterpiece (following on the heals of “Honey” in 2007). Nominated as the Best New Artist in 2007 at the Maple Blues Awards, and last year [...]