Peterborough Blogs
• At 9 p.m. on March 18th, 10 songwriters gather together. They are randomly paired off and have until 8 a.m. the next morning to write a 20 minute original set. This year's writers include Beau Dixon, Michael Bell, Kayla Howran, Sara Decarlo, Kate LeDuece, Nick Ferrio, Rob Wilkes, Dave Robertson, Kelly McMichael and Rob Swales.
This Year's WayHome Music Festival Features Killer Lineup
/The lineup for this year's WayHome Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ont., July 22 to 24th has just been released and it is amazing.
It features Arcade Fire, The Killers, Arkells, Third Eye Blind and a whole pile of other great acts.
Twitter is blowing up over the announcement of this year's lineup, which thousands of people from Peterborough and the Kawarthas attend each year.
Tickets go on sale February 16th. Watch their promo teaser video here...
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
Here Are The 8 Snofest Idol 2016 Finalists Who Will Perform At Showplace
/The 2016 Snofest Idol Finals take place Sunday, January 17th at Showplace Performance Centre at 2 p.m. Here are the finalists...
Kristin Taylor-Head
The 19-year-old has been singing since she was 5 years old, and plays piano and guitar. She attends Fleming College in Peterborough for General Business Administration, and recently performed in CATs: The Musical that was put on by Showplace Performing Centre.
Owen Wright
The 17-year-old attends Norwood District High School and is in Grade 12. He records and writes his own music and has produced his own CD called Owen Wright Uninvited.
Cameron von Criegern
The 17-year-old played the lead in his high school production of the Elton John musical Aida and is currently enrolled in Grade 12 at TASSS. He has competed at Centrepoint Theatre in Ottawa and The Opera House in Toronto.
Jamie Lavoie
The 22-year-old TASSS grad has a Child and Youth Worker diploma from Sir Sandford Fleming. Her hopes for the future are to go back to school to become a counsellor while singing and acting on the side.
Melissa Post
The 16-year-old Grade 11 student at TASSS is excited to be a part of this year's production of The Little Mermaid at the school. Melissa provides live sound effects for Andrew Root's production of Crime City at the Theatre on King and has sang the national anthem at a Peterborough Pete's game.
Emilie Thiel
The 22-year-old from Apsley has been singing since she could talk. Music has always been her passion. She was in the St. Peter’s Secondary School vocal’s class and jazz chorus, and was awarded the Vocal Music Award in Grade 12. She is a member of the Peterborough Children’s Chorus.
Jessica Wilson
The 18-year-old is currently attending Trent University, majoring in sociology. She has had a love for music ever since she was young. She made it to the Top 8 at last year's Snowfest Idol and didn't reach her goal of getting to the Top 3, but is determined to make it there this year.
Natasha Sokolon
The 15-year-old is a Grade 10 student at St. Peter's. She has previously been a member of the St. Peter's vocal group, and has performed with them on numerous occasions. She has always loved to sing and is extremely excited to perform.
Get out there to Showplace, Sunday, January 17th and support this amazing local talent! Bring the family. Pay what you can at the door.
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
Neil Young In Grade 1 At Omemee Public School
/Neil Young spent many of his formative years in Omemee, Ontario near Peterborough—and a museum, Youngtown Rock & Roll Museum, dedicated to the rock legend was there for many years before relocating to nearby Lindsay.
An awesome photo (see below) was posted to the Vintage Peterborough, Lindsay and the Kawartha Region Facebook page of Young in a Grade 1 class photo at Omemee Public School (1951-52). Neil is standing in the back row, third from the left (with that distinct Neil Young facial expression).
Neil Young, third from left, standing in the back row
Young's "Helpless"—with its lyrics "There is a town in North Ontario, with dream comfort, memory to spare"—was written as an ode to his Omemee childhood home.
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
New Bandwagon With Melissa Payne & James McKenty Filmed In Camper Van At Folk Festival
/Bandwagon's latest episode features Melissa Payne and James McKenty performing "Shake Me" in a Volkswagen bus at the Peterborough Folk Festival earlier this year.
"Melissa and James have both been featured before by us—James with the Spades, and Mel with Express & Co.—but this is something new and neat," Bandwagon producer Ryan Lalonde tells PTBOCanada.
Also, music personality Ken Elrick was kind enough to let them borrow his famous Patch Bus for the shoot.
Watch the episode below (and catch up with past episodes of Bandwagon here)...
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
Special Weber Brothers Christmas Album Release Party & Musical Play December 19th
/The Weber Brothers have a special night planned for Saturday, December 19th at the Market Hall you don't want to miss—a Christmas album release party as well as a self-penned Christmas play entitled When Christmas Falls on Peterborough.
The night is in support of their 10th album, A Weber Brothers Christmas. This self-penned, never-before-seen, one-night-only Christmas play—which happens to be set in Peterborough—will be the sleigh that delivers these songs to the good boys and girls at the Market Hall.
In keeping with the Christmas spirit of giving, a portion of proceeds will be donated to the amazing Peterborough Huskies Special Needs Hockey Team.
The Weber Brothers Christmas Play/Album Release—with special guest Brock Zeman—takes place on December 19th at Market Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8 p.m. An all ages event, tickets are $25 and available at the Market Hall box office at 705.775.1503 and Moondance Records, 705.742.9425.
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
PTBOCanada Pics & Review: The Irish Rovers At Showplace
/
Irish Rovers at Showplace (photo by Evan Holt)
It's remarkable how much energy The Irish Rovers, who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary, bring to the crowd. While they aren't retiring, they say they are just slowing down—poking fun at themselves while playing antics on each other on stage and telling funny yarns loaded with Irish humour.
Irish Rovers at Showplace (photo by Evan Holt)
They played Wednesday night (November 25th) to a sold-out crowd at Showplace, and didn't even need to coach the crowd to clap along because they were already taking part. This group of very talented artists really shined and it was great to see some of them switch through multiple instruments during a single song.
Irish Rovers at Showplace (photo by Evan Holt)
Fifty years is pretty remarkable, and their fans have been along with them for the journey. It was nice to see fans bringing original records (no re-presses here!) to be signed after the show.
Irish Rovers at Showplace (photo by Evan Holt)
Missy Knott's New Video "Letters To You" Filmed In Curve Lake First Nation
/Missy Knott has released a brand new video "Letters To You"—an emotional story of summer romance with everything that lingers behind.
"The entire video was shot in Curve Lake First Nation where I spent my summer in 2014," Missy tells PTBOCanada. "My sister Tiffany shot, directed and edited it like a home video and incorporated aspects of our summer there that she remembered and knew were close to my heart."
Still from Missy's music video "Letters To You"
This is the first video produced out of Wild Rice Productions, a new video production house run by Missy.
Watch the video below...
You can purchase the song on iTunes.
Engage with us on social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Write to us at tips@ptbocanada.com.
PTBOCanada Pictures: Barenaked Ladies & Alan Doyle Rock Peterborough Memorial Centre
/
Here are some photos taken by our Creative Director, Evan Holt, at the Barenaked Ladies concert at the Peterborough Memorial Centre Friday night (November 20th). The show was opened by Alan Doyle and the two bands guest appeared in each other's acts for a rockin' good time.
