Local Vibe

(taped message, received at the head office of Local Vibe, top secret) Your mission Scot and Ian, should you decide to accept it is to shoot 50 bands in 2 days in nine venues. We know that it is a daunting task, but we trust you can find enough recruits to assist you in getting [...]

Warning. This video contains raw, graphic footage of musicians being shot. It’s one thing to walk up to a musician, and tell him you are a writer, or if you pull out a camera and take a shot when they are onstage. That most of them are used to. It’s another when you a group [...]

We will be doing several live webcasts or “vibecasts” tonight, and invite you to join us. Ian R, Ian M, Kerry, Naku and I are going to The Boathouse to catch Lucas Stagg and Paul MacLeod. A few of The Stone Angels are going to stop in, then some of us are going to Molly [...]

These past months have seen many bands walk across the stage to collect their awards, and many of these very same artists have something else in common…They have recently played gigs in the Kitchener area. Divine Brown was nominated for a JUNO after she was booked to perform at Stardust Nightclub back in February, and [...]

Today at 11am legendary local blues artist Mel Brown was set to be taken off the breathing machines that have been assisting him since being admitted into hospital on March 1st with a collapsed lung. Brown has suffered with emphysema for years and has required the use of an oxygen tank. In a story in [...]