Local Vibe

This year the Kitchener Blues Festival was another solid success that thousands of people were in attendance for. It has been called the most successful one yet, and we were there to catch it for you. Just after the Festival we posted our Interview with David Wilcox which you can find by clicking on David’s [...]

On Saturday August 7th David Wilcox was in town for the 2010 Kitchener Blues Festival. We were lucky enough to sit down with him for a few minutes before he took to the main stage to provide free entertainment for thousands of spectators completely taking over King Street in downtown Kitchener.

The Kitchener Blues Festival regularly brings in top shelf entertainment, and David Wilcox fits the bill perfectly.

The 2010 TD Kitchener Blues Festival has something for everyone! The free 4-day event celebrates the best of the blues – electric, R&B, gospel, swing, acoustic on 5 stages with a spectacular variety of unique bbq foods in a vibrant urban setting. The event always follows the weekend of the “Civic Holiday” in Canada, and [...]

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 performance by illScarlett is high energy, full of passion and that great beat keeps your body moving. When the organizers of Toronto Plays For Haiti began their search for talent to draw music fans, the first call they made was to illScarlett and the snowball started to form.

I believe that this summer has been the best, thanks to LocalVibe. Instead of sitting around doing absolutely nothing, dying in the heat , I had LocalVibe to keep me busy. The best part is I love what I do. This summer I started off with going to small events like The Cave for some [...]

I am not one to usually bitch and whine about other players in the industry, however I feel that the actions of the person I have been dealing with are severely hampering my ability to provide you, our readers, with the quality information you are looking for. We have had many interactions with the artists [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This band kicks ass with no apology their fans know every song and scream it back to them word for word. I had trouble shooting because their sound was so intense. I had to put the cam down and just enjoy the show at The Hive 200 King St. E. Kitchener. Afterwards in an exclusive [...]