Pukka Orchestra

A Canadian New Wave band formed in Toronto in 1979. They became fixtures in Toronto's Queen St. West music scene and their debut came out in 1984. They had chart hits with "Cherry Beach Express", which is the maybe fictional account of a codename the Metro Toronto Police used of where they used to take their detainees to a deserted waterfront site in Toronto. And allegedly beat them up. They also had hits with "Might as Well be on Mars" and "Listen to the Radio". The core of the band consisted of vocalist Graeme Williamson and guitarists Neil Chapman and Tony Duggan-Smith, although the band made frequent use of guest musicians. Following the album, Williamson developed kidney problems and moved to Scotland. The band recorded a four-song EP in 1987. However, in the midst of recording their second full-length album in 1988, the band broke up. In 1992, Pukka Orchestra released their final album Dear Harry, consisting of three tracks from the 1987 EP, and several other tracks from the abortive 1988 sessions. The first Pukka Orchestra album was reissued in CD format in 2000.

Domenic Troiano

Five years ago today we lost a great Canadian guitarist and musician Domenic Troiano. He was a member of the James Gang, the Guess Who and had his own solo career. His biggest hit was "We All Need Love".
From the 1980's on, he mainly concentrated on helping others with their music, as a musician and a producer, instead of his own career.

Leonard Cohen

Singer, songwriter, poet, novelist and musician. A wonderful storyteller and a very cool person. I wish I knew more about his work. Something to explore I guess. Enjoy the video.

Great Team-Ups Part 2... Jeff Healey and Colin James

Another fantastic performance from 2 of Canada's best guitarists

Great Team-Ups Part 1...Bruce Cockburn and Rik Emmett

Two fantastic Canadian Musicians, Rik Emmett from Triumph and Bruce Cockburn(pronounced CO-BURN)

Ian Thomas

Ian Thomas, born in Hamilton Ontario is a musician, songwriter and author. He is also the younger brother of SCTV's Dave Thomas. He is most known for his only US Top 40 hit, Painted Ladies. But he also wrote and performed such great songs as "The Runner" which was covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, "Hold On" which was also covered by Santanna, "Right Before Your Eyes" which was also performed by the group America. His songs have also been performed by Chicago and Bette Midler. Ian wrote lots of great songs that should have been hits such as "Pilot", "Liars", "Coming Home", "Time is the Keeper" and "Levity". He is a great songwriter and musician, and he was also blessed with the comedy gene. Watching some of his live clips, he is one of the funniest people ever. Enjoy the clip.

Joni Mitchell

Just going to let the music speak for itself. I couldn't begin to say enough wonderful things about her.