Listen: Millbrook's Serena Ryder Sings Official Song For Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games

The official song for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games is "Together We Are One". It's performed by Platinum recording artist—and the pride of Millbrook—Serena Ryder.

In addition to radio play, "Together We Are One" will be featured in much of the promotion for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games, and will be used to close the event in a live performance by Ryder at the closing ceremonies. It will also be heard at torch relays, the Athletes' Village and even as the score to a nightly fireworks display at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.

Watch and listen below...

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Listen: Ptbo State Of Mind

LOL, some guy has done a mini Peterborough version of "Empire State of Mind". Watch out Jay-Z.

Actually, Jay-Z does not need to worry.

You'll see why below...

Downtown Peterborough Ontario

**If you do a parody of this song to Peterborough, email us.

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Listen: Karl Lawson's Love Song About Ptbo "The Lift Lock City"

Karl Lawson (aka Kawartha Karl) has released a touching new nostaglic song about his Peterborough called "Lift Lock City".

Lawson, who lives and breathes Peterborough, has done road work with the likes of Ronnie Hawkins, Gord Downie, Greg Keelor and the Sadies.

Listen below...

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"Before We Arrive: The Story Of The Weber Brothers" Music Documentary

Peterborough's The Weber Brothers have been together for 15 years, performing many coast to coast tours. Like any band, they have gone through ups and downs.

A documentary six years in the works on the band, Before We Arrive: The Story Of The Weber Brothers, is now in post-production. It's directed and produced by Rob Viscardis, and the producer/directory of photography is Jeremy Blair Kelly.

The team behind the doc are launching a crowdfunding campaign to go towards their post­production budget.

For The Weber Brothers, what matters most in their rollercoaster ride of being a band is not fame, fortune, or mainstream success. It's simply about making music. Something this upcoming documentary explores.

"Before We Arrive" is a culmination of events, performances and interviews that have been collected over the past decade and a half from The Weber Brothers’ career.  

Watch the teaser trailer below for the doc, which is slated for release later this year...

First teaser trailer for the film. Stay tuned to http://beforewearrive.com for the films progress.

For more information on the documentary, click here. Visit their website here. Check out their crowdfunding campaign here.

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Watch Nick Ferrio's Brand New Video Filmed In Peterborough From His Forthcoming Album

Peterborough-based musician Nick Ferrio has a brand new video out called "Come Hell or High Water", directed by Rob Viscardis. It's from his forthcoming album Amongst the Coyotes and Birdsongs, due out May 28. The video was filmed in the beautiful Trent Nature area, Ferrio tells PTBOCanada. The single can be pre-ordered here. Watch the video below...

We interviewed Ferrio last December on "PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson". Watch the interview here.

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Radius Project Music Documentary On Peterborough Launches Kickstarter Campaign

Serena Ryder photo by Michael Hurcomb

A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched for The Radius Project, which was born out of a simple question: "So which famous people would I know from your hometown?" The hometown in question is Peterborough and the answer was endless. Directed by music photographer and director Michael Hurcomb and produced by Mexican Cheesus—the team behind the hit web music video series Bandwagon—the Radius Project looks at the wealth of musicians that came from the radius around a small town and went on to national and international acclaim. A short list of people that grew up or relocated to the area are Neil Young, Thousand Foot Crutch, Royal Wood, Three Days Grace, My Darkest Days, Cale Gontier (Art of Dying / Thornley), I Mother Earth, Greg Keelor, Ronnie Hawkins, The Leahys (and Natalie McMaster), producers Greg and Rob Wells, Sebastian Bach and Serena Ryder.

photo by Michael Hurcomb

The doc will feature one on one interviews with some of these artists about their experiences here, a look into how a small city and the surrounding towns created so many acclaimed artists, interviews with outsiders looking at what makes a music scene work, a history of the music scene, interviews with some local legends, and a look at the future. 

The end result of the project will be to showcase this music scene to the world and tell an untold story to the residents too.  

I Mother Earth photo by Michael Hurcomb

The Radius Project team wants to make this documentary look and sound as great as possible. They want to use the high quality gear they have, rent some external gear, have an essential and talented shooting team, and travel when necessary for interviews.

Metric at PMC by Michael Hurcomb

The Radius Project is currently in production with plans to showcase the documentary at film festivals in 2016. The film is slated to premiere and be available by digital download early 2016.  

Watch a teaser campaign video here...

Teaser Trailer for the Radius Project music Documentary. For more information visit: http://theradiusproject.com Directed by Michael Hurcomb Produced by Mexican Cheesus

Click here to to help with the Kickstarter campaign. You can find the Radius Project on Facebook here, Twitter here and more info on their website. We interviewed the Radius Project's Michael Hurcomb on a recent episode of PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson. Click here to watch it.

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Watch: Melissa Payne's Amazing New Music Video "Bring Me Back"

Photo Bryan Reid

Peterborough-based songwriter Melissa Payne has a new album out High and Dry, her second full-length album. Payne and her five-piece band play with passion and graceful restraint that speaks to the ebb-and-flow pacing of life, especially the Millennial-age relationships and struggles that inspired much of her writing on the album.
 
"Bring Me Back", the second single off of High & Dry—which she performed on Episode 4 of PTBOCanada Live With Mike Judson—was produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor and James McKenty from Seventh Fire Records. The song was a natural choice for Melissa and videographer Rob Viscardis to put to film and you'll see why in this excellent video below...

Official video for Melissa Payne's song "Bring Me Back" from the album "High and Dry" Song written by: Melissa Payne Song Produced by: Greg Keelor and James Mckenty Label: Seventhfire Records Directed and Edited by Rob Viscardis https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/high-and-dry/id875163205

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