New Episodes of Ensemble on YouTube, Part 1

These are the first batch of videos from Season 2



Links: Lynn Jackson, Jesse Parent, Meghan Webber, Matthew de Zoete



Links: Jacob Moon, Brad Germain (Dinner Belles, Marble Index), Rae Billing, Tim Gibbons



Links: John DiBattista, Wayne Janus, Corey Lueck, Dan Walsh

More videos to come . . .

More episodes of Ensemble

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Locke Street Festival (September 8, 2012)

Links: Rae Billing - More Rae Billing Stories



More Muddy Waters cover/stories



Links: Wayne Janus, More Wayne Janus Stories



Links: Dinner Belles, More Dinner Belles stories

Click here for pictures

Blast from the Past: Harrison Kennedy@Locke Street Fest 2011

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Canada Day Weekend 2012 (Part 1) (Dinner Belles, David Wilcox, Smoke Wagon, Chad Pilon)

Unless specified all videos courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers





Links: Dinner Belles, More Dinner Belles stories



More from this show coming soon . . .

Links: David Wilcox, More David Wilcox Covers/Stories



More from this show coming soon . . .

Links: Smoke Wagon Blues Band, More Smoke Wagon Blues Band Stories



Links: Chad Pilon - More Chad Pilon Stories , We Got Blues, Video courtesy of ChrisLabonville

Blast from the Past: Sonny Del Rio@It's Your Festival 2011

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Hamilton Music Award Winners

The Hamilton Music Awards were handed out on Sunday, November 20, 2011. Big winners included the Dinner Belles (New Artist, Alt-Country, Piano - Greg Brisco), Rita Chiarelli (Female Artist, Blues), and Jeremy Fisher (Male Artist, Songwriter) Congratulations to everyone.

Female Artist of the Year: Rita Chiarelli

Male Artist of the Year: Jeremy Fisher

Local Group of the Year (People’s Choice): Live How You Live

New Artist of the Year: Dinner Belles

Roots Recording: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Kings & Queens

Alternative Country Recording: Dinner Belles, West Simcoe County

Folk Recording: Scott Orr, Where I Live And What I Lived For

Blues: Rita Chiarelli, Music From The Big House

R&B/Soul: Chris Jackson, Action

Religious: Jamie Barnes, Wilderness

Songwriter: Jeremy Fisher, Flood

Female Vocalist: Rosanna Riverso

Male Vocalist: Jon Harvey, Monster Truck

Piano/Keyboard: Greg Brisco, Dinner Belles

Special Instrumentalist: Yiannis Kapoulas

Guitarist: Luke Doucet, Whitehorse

Drummer: Chris Sindrey, Aerith

Bassist: Sean McNab, Creepshow

Canadian Recording of the Year (People’s Choice): Finger Eleven, Life Turns Electric

Record of the Year: Jeremy Fisher, Flood

Lifetime Achievement: Ian Thomas

Lifetime Achievement (Industry): Kim Cooke

Alternative Indie Rock: Dark Mean, Dark Mean

Rock Recording: Monster Truck, The Brown EP

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Dinner Belles CD Debut: West Simcoe County

Call it infectious country, folk rock, roots rock, or whatever you like; the Dinner Belles' debut CD, West Simcoe County, will defintely get you in a good mood.

The hooks are catchy, the harmonies are wonderful and there's a whole mess o' sounds for variety. Mandolin, banjo, piano, slide guitar, ukelele, harmonica and more add to the richness of the music.

The band is a supergroup of sorts, boasting such local vets as Terra Lightfoot (Secret Heights), Brad Germain (Marble Index), Greg Brisco (keyboards for several local players) and more.

Together they have created some incredible toe tapping, finger snapping numbers and a few beautiful, soft, slow ones as well.

The disc is available at their live shows, as a download on Bandcamp.

Below are a few live performances from the latest Supercrawl. They feature songs from the CD. Videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music.







More Supercrawl Videos

• Caretakers
• The Rest
• Photos

Click here for the Dinner Belles site.

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