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The Entertainers (radio Program)
''The Entertainers'' was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio and CBC Stereo from 1971 to 1992.Greg Quill, "The Entertainers a gem". ''Toronto Star'', October 6, 1989. Initially conceived as a magazine-style show on all aspects of popular culture,Blaik Kirby, "CBC radio steps on the road to...?". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 6, 1978. the show gradually narrowed its focus to concentrate almost entirely on musical culture, showcasing music from many different genres through documentary features on musical history, feature interviews with influential musicians and recordings of live concert performances. Initially airing only on CBC Radio, the show premiered on the CBC Stereo network on April 6, 1978 with a new host, Kevin Gillis. The first episode of the CBC Stereo show was devoted to the history of Canadian country music, featuring artists such as Don Messer, Hank Snow and La Bolduc. Other episodes that aired in the first several months were devoted to Mel Brooks, Muh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the " Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". Biography Early years Peterson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to immigrants from the West Indies ( Saint Kitts and Nevis and the British Virgin Islands); His mother, Kathleen, was a domestic worker and his father, Daniel, worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railway and was an amateur musician who taught himself to play the organ, trumpet and piano. Peterson grew up in the nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language '' Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Lynn Hammond
Marie-Lynn Hammond (born August 31, 1948) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, broadcaster and playwright. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Franco-Ontarian mother and an Anglo-Quebecer father, she is fluently bilingual and writes and performs material in both English and French. She began her career as a founder of the folk music group Stringband, and later pursued a solo career. She was also a host of programming on CBC Radio in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Dayshift'' and '' Musical Friends''. She has also written several plays, including the bilingual musical ''Beautiful Deeds/De beaux gestes'' and the drama ''White Weddings''."A spunky play for the age". '' Toronto Star'', November 21, 1991. On August 26, 2006, Hammond was thrown from her horse while horseback riding, and sustained serious injuries.Greg Quill, "Posse of folk artists to the rescue; Two benefits to aid Stringband singer on long recovery trail after riding mishap". '' Toronto Star'', January 25, 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Quill
Gregory Raymond Quill (18 April 19475 May 2013) was an Australian-born musician, singer-songwriter and journalist. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was an entertainment columnist at the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper from the mid-1980s until his death in May 2013. In Australia he came to popular fame as a singer-songwriter for the country rock band Country Radio (1970–73). Their biggest hit, "Gypsy Queen", co-written by Quill with bandmate Kerryn Tolhurst, was released in August 1972 and peaked at No. 12 on the ''Go-Set'' National Top 40. After getting an arts grant, Quill travelled to Toronto in 1974 and by the mid-1980s had become a journalist with the ''Toronto Star''. By 1983 he was married to Ellen Davidson, a public relations executive. Greg Quill died on 5 May 2013, at the age of 66, from "complications due to pneumonia". Biography Early life Gregory Raymond Quill was born on 18 April 1947 to Raymond and Doris Quill (née Markham). He grew up in Sydney with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere (born October 1957) is a Canadian lecturer, author, broadcaster, teacher, arts and media critic, currently the program director of the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival in Toronto.John Semley, "Can we play with madness?: Toronto's Rendezvous with Madness festival chips away at the lingering stigmas surrounding mental health". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 3, 2016. He is a former film critic, book columnist and cultural journalist for the ''Toronto Star'', where he worked from 1998 to 2011. His writing has appeared in several newspapers, magazines and arts journals, and he has worked as a broadcaster for both radio and television. He has lectured widely on cultural and media topics, and taught courses at several Canadian universities and colleges. In 2012, he contributed weekly pop culture columns to CBC Radio Syndication, which were heard in nearly twenty markets across Canada. He has also been a movie columnist and regular freelance contributor with ''The Globe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midday (Canadian TV Program)
''Midday'' is a newsmagazine television program broadcast on CBC Television, which ran from January 7, 1985Greg Quill, "Midday news show CBC's tool to grab noontime viewers". ''Toronto Star'', January 6, 1985. to June 30, 2000,"It's midnight for Midday". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 3, 2000. replacing local noon-hour newscasts on CBC stations. The program, which aired from noon to 1 p.m. on weekday afternoons, presented a mix of news, lifestyle and entertainment features. Overview Its original hosts were Bill Cameron, Keith Morrison and Valerie Pringle; Pringle hosted consistently while Cameron and Morrison alternated as her co-anchor, as both were also contributors to the CBC's nightly news program '' The Journal''. Dave Hodge was also auditioned as a potential host of the program. The program would open with a 10-minute CBC News summary, usually read by Sheldon Turcott in the news studio, and then move to another studio — the same studio, in fact, that was used for ''The J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time (radio Program)
''Prime Time'' was a Canadian radio series, which aired on CBC Radio in the 1980s and 1990s."Prime Time clicks with a new age of radio". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 29, 1990. The program aired weeknights at 8:05 p.m. Stan Carew (1986-1987) The program premiered on September 29, 1986 with host Stan Carew,"Prime cut". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 16, 1993. initially focusing primarily on celebrity interviews and musical guests. It was a companion to Carew's weekend variety series ''The Entertainers''. Ralph Benmergui (1987-1989) Ralph Benmergui took over as host of both ''Prime Time'' and ''The Entertainers'' in September 1987, adding a more irreverent and mocking tone to the program; one of his early coups was an interview with David Bowie."Mr. Cool's a refreshing change". ''Toronto Star'', August 27, 1987. Contributors to the program under Benmergui's tenure included Nils Ling as a video reviewer, ''Edmonton Journal'' critic Helen Metalla as a record reviewer, ''Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, southwest of the town of Woodstock. Billed as "an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music" and alternatively referred to as the Woodstock Rock Festival, it attracted an audience of more than 400,000 attendees. Thirty-two acts performed outdoors despite sporadic rain. It was one of the largest music festivals held in history. The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation. The event's significance was reinforced by a 1970 documentary film, an accompanying soundtrack album, and a song written by Joni Mitchell that became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Music events bearing the Woodstock name were planned for anniversaries, which inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Of Brian
''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (also known as ''Life of Brian'') is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish-Roman man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—Jesus, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah. Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films just days before production was scheduled to begin, long-time Python fan and former Beatle George Harrison arranged financing for ''Life of Brian'' through the formation of his company HandMade Films. The film's themes of religious satire were controversial at the time of its release, drawing accusations of blasphemy and protests from some religious groups. Thirty-nine local authorities in the United Kingdom either imposed an outright ban, or imposed an X (18 years) certificate. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monty Python
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and influence, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons' influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles' influence on music. Regarded as an enduring icon of 1970s pop culture, their sketch show has been referred to as being "an important moment in the evolution of television comedy". Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' was conceived, written and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach aided b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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