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Holly Cole Trio
Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963) is a Canadian jazz singer and actress. For many years she performed with her group The Holly Cole Trio. Background Cole was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her father, Leon Cole, was a noted radio broadcaster for the CBC Stereo network. Holly Cole Trio In 1983, Cole travelled to Toronto to seek a musical career. In 1986, she founded a trio with bassist David Piltch and pianist Aaron Davis. Offered a record deal in 1989, the Holly Cole Trio released an EP, ''Christmas Blues'', that year, which featured a version of The Pretenders' "2,000 Miles," which has proven to be very popular. This was followed by their first full album, ''Girl Talk'', in 1990. A succession of releases followed through the early 1990s. For example, 1991's ''Blame It On My Youth'', covered songs by Tom Waits ("Purple Avenue," aka "Empty Pockets") and Lyle Lovett ("God Will"), includes show tunes such as "If I Were a Bell" (from '' Guys and Dolls'') and "On the Street W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Halifax
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist, Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Costello number 80 on its Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Costello began his career as part of London's Pub rock (United Kingdom), pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album ''My Aim Is True'' was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temptation (Holly Cole Album)
''Temptation'' is a tribute album to Tom Waits, by Holly Cole. Originally released in Canada in 1995 on Alert Records, it was also released internationally in 1995 on the Metro Blue imprint of Capitol Records. Track listing All songs written by Tom Waits. # "Take Me Home" – 2:27 # "Train Song" – 3:26 # " Jersey Girl" – 3:45 # "Temptation" – 3:05 # "Falling Down" – 5:18 # "Invitation to the Blues" – 4:23 # "Cinny's Waltz" – 2:34 # "Frank's Theme" – 3:10 # "Little Boy Blue" – 2:58 # "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" – 4:30 # "Tango Til They're Sore" – 4:28 # "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" – 3:37 # "Soldiers Things" – 3:23 # "I Want You" – 2:56 # "Good Old World" – 1:35 # "The Briar and the Rose" – 5:28 # "Shiver Me Timbers" – 4:32 Personnel ;Musicians * Cyro Baptista – percussion * Anne Bourne – cello * Dougie Bowne – drums * Kevin Breit – guitar, national steel guitar, slide guitar * Holly Cole – vocals * The Colettes – backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blame It On My Youth (Holly Cole Trio Album)
''Blame It On My Youth'' is an album by the Holly Cole Trio. Originally released in Canada in 1991 on Alert Records, it was subsequently released internationally in 1992 on the Manhattan imprint of Capitol Records. Track listing # " Trust in Me" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman) – 3:23 # "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" ( Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:37 # "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 2:17 # "Smile" ( Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 4:13 # "Purple Avenue" (Tom Waits) – 3:57 # " Calling You" ( Bob Telson) – 4:38 # "God Will" ( Lyle Lovett) – 3:11 # "On the Street Where You Live" ( Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 5:33 # " Honeysuckle Rose" ( Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:20 # " I'll Be Seeing You" ( Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 5:54 Personnel * Holly Cole – vocals * Aaron Davis – piano * David Piltch – bass * Johnny Frigo – violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Due South
''Due South'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama television series created by Paul Haggis, and produced by Alliance Communications from its premiere on April 26, 1994, to its conclusion after four seasons on March 14, 1999. The series starred Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and Callum Keith Rennie. The show follows the adventures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser, who first came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, and has remained, attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate. He works alongside a detective of the Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. Both are aided at times by Fraser's deaf white wolf, Diefenbaker. The show's format mixed between elements of a police drama and comedy, derived from the stereotypical differences between Canadian and American culture at the time. It also included elements of fantasy derived from Gross' character being v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fairy Who Didn't Want To Be A Fairy Anymore
''The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore'' is a Canadian musical comedy-drama short film directed by Laurie Lynd, which premiered at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival before going into wider release in 1993. Made as an academic project while Lynd was studying at the Canadian Film Centre,"Contrary fairy tale is class work". ''Toronto Star'', July 2, 1993. it won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 14th Genie Awards. Plot An allegory for gender stereotypes and internalized homophobia, the film stars Daniel MacIvor as a fairy who approaches a surgical team (Holly Cole as the doctor and Micah Barnes as the nurse) to have his wings removed so that he can become a normal human being, after facing anti-fairy discrimination. Following a musical debate between the three, the doctor agrees to perform the surgery. As he leaves the clinic, the now-wingless fairy is initially happy to be just like everyone else around him, but soon comes to regret hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Genie Awards
The 14th Genie Awards were held on December 12, 1993."Glenn Gould Still Scoring Prizes". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 13, 1993. In a bid to increase the visibility of the Genie Awards in the francophone market in Quebec, the ceremony was held in Montreal and conducted in French for the first time."The 1993 Genies, live, from Montreal". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 11, 1993. Hosted by Marc Labrèche, the ceremony was broadcast live on Radio-Canada, following which CBC Television aired a live special conducting English language interviews with the winners. Nominees and winners The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold text. References External links Genie Awards 1993 on imdb {{Canadian Screen Awards 14 Genie Genie Genie Awards The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Lynd
Laurie Lynd (born May 19, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the director of the feature film ''Breakfast with Scot''. In his early career, Lynd made the short films ''Together and Apart'' (1986) and ''RSVP'' (1991), the latter of which was cited by film critic B. Ruby Rich in her influential 1992 essay on the emergence of New Queer Cinema.B. Ruby Rich, "New Queer Cinema" in Michele Aaron, ''New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader''. Rutgers University Press, 2004. . pp. 14-22. He then attended the Canadian Film Centre,Laurie Lynd at mediaqueer.ca. making the short film '' |
The Canadian Encyclopedia
''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage. Available for free online in both English and French, ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' includes more than 19,500 articles in both languages on numerous subjects including history, popular culture, events, people, places, politics, arts, First Nations, sports and science. The website also provides access to the ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada'', the ''Canadian Encyclopedia Junior Edition'', ''Maclean's'' magazine articles, and ''Timelines of Canadian History''. , over 700,000 volumes of the print version of ''TCE'' have been sold and over 6 million people visit ''TCE'''s website yearly. History Background While attempts had been made to compile encyclopedic material on aspects of Canada, ''Canada: An Encyclopaedia of the Country'' (1898–1900), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. The Juno Awards are often referred to as the Canadian equivalent of the Brit Awards in the United Kingdom or the Grammy Awards given in the United States. Members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), or a panel of experts, depending on the award, choose the award winners. However, sales figures are the sole basis for determining the winners of nine of the forty-two categories like Album of the Year or Artist of the Year. CARAS members determine the nominees for Single of the Year, Artist and Group of the Year. A judge vote by experts in the relevant genre, determines the nominees for the remaining categories. The names of the judges remain confidential. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MuchMusic
Much (an abbreviation for its full name MuchMusic) is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults. MuchMusic launched on August 31, 1984, under the ownership of CHUM Limited, and was originally focused on music programming, including blocks of music videos and original series focusing on Canadian musicians. In the years since its acquisition by Bell, Much has cancelled the majority of its music programming due to budget and staffing cuts. The channel's full name was retired in 2013 in reflection of its decreasing reliance on music-related programming. History Under CHUM (1984–2006) MuchMusic was licensed on April 2, 1984 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to CHUM Limited. It had faced competition from two other proposed services. One of them, ''CMTV Canadian Music Television'', was deemed not to have sufficient financial reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can See Clearly Now
"I Can See Clearly Now" is a song written and recorded by American singer Johnny Nash. It was the lead single from his album I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash album), ''I Can See Clearly Now'' and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and ''Cashbox (magazine), Cash Box'' charts. It also reached number one in Canada and South Africa. The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years, including a hit version by Lee Towers that reached no. 19 in the Dutch Top 40 in 1982, and another recorded by Jimmy Cliff for the motion picture soundtrack of ''Cool Runnings'' that peaked at no. 18 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1993. Writing and recording After Nash wrote and composed the original version, he recorded it in London with members of the Fabulous Five Inc., and produced it himself. The song's arrangements and style are both heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
