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Moondoggy a DIY indie band that should be played loud

  • November 17, 2021
  • Laura Conning
This is the kind of band you want to host at your backyard concert.  Can you picture it?  Great summer laidback indie rock while people mingle and dance and soak…
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Ian Haworth on his EP Runaway and the welcoming nature of the Collingwood music scene

  • October 27, 2021
  • Laura Conning
Ian Haworth is the warm-natured fellow you’ve probably chatted with at Blue Mountain Music. I first met him a few years back when he was a last-minute fill in for…
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Collingwood Poet Claudia Ferraro on the small details, vulnerability, and appreciating our land

  • October 20, 2021
  • Laura Conning
Claudia Ferraro is a very well spoken young woman, born and raised in Collingwood, ON.  Currently finishing her BA in English and Creative Writing with an Honours in Poetry at…
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Josh Ritchie’s EP a trilogy of songs reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement

  • October 1, 2021
  • Laura Conning
“I talked weird because I couldn’t move the right side of my face,” Josh Ritchie explains.  He was speaking at the Black Lives Matter protest in his hometown of Wiarton,…
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Geoffrey James of Third Development and his “4 Minute Escape” music

  • February 25, 2021
  • Laura Conning
“For me, it wasn’t darkness,” answers Geoffrey James of Third Development, “it was a burning desire to offer light.”  I had asked him about choosing optimism through his music at…
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Space, time, and the subtraction method: Ontarians release their debut album

  • January 25, 2021
  • Laura Conning
Frank Deresti and Craig Smith are, individually, prolific songwriters.  They’ve been doing this for years, they have their own styles, and their own sounds.  So what happens when you put…
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