Watch: Melissa Payne In Downtown Peterborough Covering "Downtown" By Matt Mays
/This song produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor was recorded live in downtown Peterborough. It's from Melissa Payne's High and Dry album.
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Serena Ryder Playing The Venue July 3rd In Support Of Five Counties Children's Centre
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image via @SerenaRyder on Twitter
BIG news posted to the Five Counties Facebook page today (June 16th): Serena Ryder is playing The Venue on Thursday, July 3rd!
She's doing the concert in support of Five Counties! Tickets go on sale this Thursday (June 19th) at 10:00 a.m.
It wiill be an amazing night for amazing cause.
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Peterborough's Chris Culgin Releasing New Album "It's Only Time" June 5th
/Peterborough musician Chris Culgin is releasing a new album It's Only Time June 5th, with the launch party that night at The Gordon Best Theatre on Hunter Steet. Culgin will be kicking off a two-month Canadian tour this summer, with his backing band that includes Brandon Humphrey on electric guitar, Rob Foreman on upright bass, and Matt Greco on drums. The band is featured on the cover of this month's The Wire MEGAzine. Have a look at the excellent new video released in support of the album. Directed by Michael Morritt, it was filmed at locations all over town.
Rock Star Jason Dunn Pens Love Song About Peterborough
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Jason Dunn (photo via his Twitter page)
Jason Dunn lives in New York City—the "second greatest city in the world," he says—but wrote this song for his first love, Peterborough, the city he grew up in and to which he often returns to visit family and friends. "I love it more than a friend," Jason jokes at the beginning of the video.
Goes to show once again you can take the person out of the Peterborough, but you can't take the Peterborough out of the person. Ever.
Have a listen yourself below to Jason's song "Peterborough"...
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Bowskill & Fewings Cover 'Wait On Down' by Garry James White
/This was filmed at The Spill by Jeremy Kelly...
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Peterborough Musicfest 2014 Launch Party
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Join Peterborough Musicfest at Lansdowne Place Centre Court at noon on Wednesday, April 23rd for their 2014 Launch Party. Learn this year's lineup and how to win VIP tickets.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Carrie Underwood Makes Surprise Appearance Onstage At Peterborough Rocker's Concert In Tulsa
/As Peterborough celebrity Twitter account PMZ first reported, Carrie Underwood made a surprise appearance at a Thousand Foot Krutch concert during their Winter Jam Tour stop at the BOK Centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma last night (March 9th), completely shocking the sold-out crowd. Thousand Foot Krutch's lead singer Trevor McNevan (pictured in the pics below via Twitter with Underwood) was born and raised in Peterborough and the band was formed in town in 1997.
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Band To Watch RobotEyes Playing The Historic Red Dog February 28th
/Peterborough synthpop band roboteyes—which released their debut album last year (have a listen to the awesome "Break My Heart" if you haven't yet heard it)—are playing a gig on Friday, February 28th at the Historic Red Dog. Admission is free and the show starts at 10 pm (doors open at 9 pm). They have also begun to put out a short series of cover songs in the build-up to the release of their new EP, which is due out later this spring. Have a watch of one of them below...
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Snofest Idol Winner Nathan Jackson Sings "Be The Change" About Bullying
/Peterborough's Nathan Jackson, 14, recently won the Snofest Idol competition. Here he is singing his original song "Be The Change" that he performed there.
[via MyKawartha YouTube]
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