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Chris Brown (Canadian Musician)
Hugh Christopher Brown is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Early life Brown was raised in Canada. Career Brown was one of the primary singers and songwriters for the alternative rock band Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s and 1990s. When that band broke up, he continued performing as a duo with his Bourbon bandmate Kate Fenner. Brown has accompanied dozens of notable musicians on stage, including a six-month stint as a member of Barenaked Ladies in 1998 filling in for Kevin Hearn while Hearn battled leukemia. Brown released a solo album, ''Burden of Belief'', in 2003. He performs this material both solo and with Tony Scherr, Anton Fier, and Teddy Kumpel as Chris Brown and the Citizens' Band. The group's album ''Oblivion'' was released in 2007. Also in 2007, musical contributions from Brown were included on ''Salamandre'', the soundtrack for architectural designer Eric Clough's Mystery on Fifth Avenue apartment renovation project. Along with Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Range (album)
''Out of Range'' is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1994. Track listing Personnel * Ani DiFranco – acoustic guitar, percussion, piano, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals * Colleen Allen – saxophone * Chris Brown – piano * Stephen Donald – trombone * Scot Fisher – accordion * Alisdair Jones – bass * Sarah McElcheran – trumpet * Andy Stochansky – dumbek, drums, backing vocals Production * Ani DiFranco – producer, art director * Ed Stone – producer, engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ... * Scot Fisher – photography References {{Authority control Ani DiFranco albums 1994 albums Righteous Babe Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Collett
Jason Robert Collett is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. Early life Collett was born in Bramalea, Ontario, Bramalea, a Greater Toronto Area suburb. He began writing songs at a young age to escape the boredom of his suburban life, and cites Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Nick Lowe as influences. Eventually, Collett moved to downtown Toronto where he worked as a woodworker and carpenter, doing renovations and custom home building, while he pursued his music. In the late 1980s, Collett co-founded the band Lazy Grace with Kathryn Rose and Kersti McLeod,Michael Barclay, "A source of good sounds; Jason Collett, Michelle Shocked, Metric, Boy all have links to the Hillside stages". ''Guelph Mercury'', July 24, 2003. performing every Monday at Toronto’s Spadina Hotel at the popular indie music gathering, Radio Mondays, alongside The Weakerthans and artists on the record label Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Logic
DJ Logic (born Lee Jason Kibler, 1972) is an American DJ primarily known for his work in nu-jazz, acid-jazz, and with jam bands. Life and career Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Kibler displayed an early interest in hip hop, funk, and jazz music. He began practicing on the turntables and collaborating with various musicians, creating recordings best described as a contemporary soul jazz with a string hip hop feel. Kibler often tours with his own group, Project Logic, and has recorded or performed with Vernon Reid, moe., John Mayer, Medeski Martin & Wood, Bob Belden, Jack Johnson, Chris Whitley, Uri Caine, Christian McBride and others. On September 10, 2001, Project Logic performed the final official show at Wetlands Preserve before the closing of the venue, featuring special guests Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule, Stanley Jordan and Mike Gordon. On April 6, 2006, Kibler sat in with Bob Weir's RatDog, adding his style to the famous Grate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of The Unforgiven
''Songs of the Unforgiven'' is the seventh studio album recorded by Crash Test Dummies, released in 2004. Background Almost immediately after recording '' Puss 'n' Boots'', Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid and Dan Roberts (bassist), Dan Roberts proceeded to prepare recording the follow-up, with Roberts acknowledging he went "through this phase where I was extremely prolific and I wrote like three records worth of material in a space of months." The band pursued a decisively raw, acoustic, stripped-down sound for ''Songs of the Unforgiven'', and turned to the Internet in search of a recording studio that featured a pipe organ. By Googling "recording studios" plus "pipe organ", the first result revealed Sacred Heart Studios in Duluth, Minnesota: a church originally constructed in 1894 that was later abandoned and eventually restored and turned into a venue for concerts. Having discovered Sacred Heart Recording Studio included a 1493-pipe, Felgemaker pipe-organ, the band drove to Duluth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puss 'n' Boots (album)
''Puss 'N' Boots'' is the sixth studio album by Crash Test Dummies, released in 2003. The album began life as a Brad Roberts solo project. While the lyrics were written by Brad Roberts, most of the music was written by Stuart Cameron. Ellen Reid sang backing vocals and Dan Roberts played bass, though much of the music was performed by other musicians. Reception The album received generally mixed reviews. Allmusic writer James Christopher Monger gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and states that "the smoky rhythms and wah-wah guitar that permeate Puss 'n' Boots reflect Roberts' willingness to experience a place – he currently resides in Harlem – and to covet and use those experiences in his writing. However, it's the simple, sparse, and honest ''It'll Never Leave You Alone'', a winking look at the pros and cons of chemical indulgence, that leaves the listener with the clearest window into this shape-shifting jester's soul.". In addition, Darryl Sterdan of the ''Winnipeg Sun'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jingle All The Way (Crash Test Dummies Album)
''Jingle All the Way'' is a 2002 Christmas album by Crash Test Dummies. Reception Track listing Personnel *Brad Roberts – vocals on "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "We Three Kings," "The First Noel," and "Good King Wenceslas", electric guitar on "The Little Drummer Boy" and "The First Noel," baritone ukulele on "Jingle Bells" * Ellen Reid – vocals on "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "In the Bleak Midwinter," "We Three Kings," "Little Drummer Boy," "The First Noel," "Silent Night," "Good King Wenceslas," and "The Huron Carol" * Dan Roberts – bass guitar *Chris Brown – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer piano, universal organ, piano *Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion, chimes, sleigh bells, timpani on "Little Drummer Boy," tom tom on "Little Drummer Boy" *Andrew Hall – upright bass *Scott Harding – guitar, percussion, finger snaps on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" *Bob Hoffnar – pedal steel guitar on "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "Silen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
''I Don't Care That You Don't Mind'' is the fifth studio album by Crash Test Dummies. The album began as a solo album for Brad Roberts, while he was recuperating in the town of Argyle, Nova Scotia (community), Argyle, Nova Scotia after suffering a near-fatal car accident in September 2000. Crash Test Dummies' name was put on the album after the band (minus Benjamin Darvill) agreed to tour the album. Background Shortly after completing a solo tour in Canada (one of the performances would later be released as "Crash Test Dude"), Brad Roberts bought a 1989 Cadillac for $2,000 in the autumn of 2000. Having not driven for a long time, Roberts explained that, along a winding back road in Yarmouth, County, Nova Scotia, he took a corner too fast, resulting in a near-fatal car accident that resulted in a broken left arm, cuts all across hi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Anchored by Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice, the other band members have fluctuated over the years. Its most prominent line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is widely known internationally for their 1993 single " Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and in Canada for the 1991 single " Superman's Song". History Beginnings: 1988–1991 The origin of Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell. In 1986, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Hundred Pounds
''Five Hundred Pounds'' is an album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released in 1993 on Hypnotic Records. In 1995, the album was released in the United States as ''500 Pounds'', with an alternate album cover and an alternate track listing. Commercial performance Based on Big Sugar's burgeoning reputation as a live band, the album sold 10,000 copies solely by word of mouth before it garnered any significant radio airplay. The album was certified Gold in Canada in 1999. Influence Jack White is a fan of ''Five Hundred Pounds'', having bought the album at a Big Sugar concert in Detroit in 1993. He has stated that the album is "the best blues-based record to ever come out of Canada." White performed "Ride Like Hell" live during his concert in Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sugar (band)
Big Sugar is a band formed in Toronto in 1988 by Gordie Johnson, the band's lead singer, lead guitarist and main songwriter. Between 1996 and 2016, Big Sugar was among the top 25 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada. They are still active today, releasing new music, vinyl re-releases and touring. History Big Sugar originally consisted of Johnson, bassist Terry Wilkins, and drummer Al Cross. The three musicians had already played together for several years as a supporting band for Molly Johnson's jazz performances, and as an informal jam band with members of the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. When Molly Johnson returned to rock music with Infidels, she helped her former bandmates secure a record deal, leading to the eponymous debut album released in 1991 on Hypnotic Records. Success Wilkins left the band in 1993. Big Sugar recorded the album '' Five Hundred Pounds'' with the help of guest musicians, including harmonica and tenor saxophonist Kelly Hoppe, a.k.a. Mr. Chill. Hoppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born On A Pirate Ship
''Born on a Pirate Ship'' is the third full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies (BNL), featuring the songs "Shoe Box", " The Old Apartment", "When I Fall" and "Break Your Heart". "The Old Apartment" would become BNL's first US hit in 1997. Although a moderate hit in Canada reaching No. 12, the album managed No. 111 in the US. ''Born on a Pirate Ship'' was awarded gold status in the U.S. in 2000. Album information ''Born on a Pirate Ship'' was recorded as a four-piece quartet, following the departure of keyboardist Andy Creeggan. Kevin Hearn is not credited on the album, but joined the group for the 1995 tour preceding the album's release in time to be thanked in the liner notes for "injecting new spirit." Steven Page and Ed Robertson returned to writing together, as they did upon the band's formation, but had abandoned following the release of '' Gordon''. Regarding the recording of the album, Robertson stated:"I think the whole band was in a better place. We were al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
