Nick Buzz is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter

Martin Tielli Martin Tielli is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was a member of the Rheostatics, and has also released material as a solo artist and with the side project Nick Buzz. As well, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Barenaked Ladies, K ...

History

Goldsmith, Marsh, Piltch and Tielli came together in 1992 to collaborate on a cover of

Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ...

's "

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" for the 1992 Mitchell tribute album '' Back to the Garden''."A Quiet Evening at Home unique and adventurous"
''Caper Times '', Sep 15, 2013 page 6 The four began practising and performing under the name Nick Buzz, a nod to Tielli's chain-smoking habit ('

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buzz'). Nick Buzz released a full-length album, ''Circo'', in 1996 through Dark Light Music. It was rereleased in 2002 by

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, with the music magazine ''

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'' calling it a "virtually unheard-of 1996 classic". In 2003, they got back together to perform four songs by

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

, originally for Andrew Burashko's Art of Time series in

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. The group released a recording of these songs for Tielli's ''Tielli 2003'' subscription series on Six Shooter. In 2013 Nick Buzz released the album ''A Quiet Evening at Home'' on Six Shooter Records."Nick Buzz - A Quiet Evening At Home"
''NOW Toronto'', by Sarah Greene August 29, 2013

Discography

* ''Circo'' (1996) * ''Arnold Schoenberg and the Berlin Cabaret'' (2003) * ''A Quiet Evening at Home'' (2013)

References

External links

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