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Toronto Moon Magazine A daily digital magazine published by Gary 17 about the GTA/Ontario live music scene, with copies of posts delivered to subscribers via. email.

Subscriptions cost $60 for a year. Trial subscriptions available for $20 for 3 months. Toronto Moon Magazine is a digital magazine about the GTA/Ontario music scene published on an ongoing basis by Gary 17 since starting as a hard copy publication in 1992. Full-colour pages are received by subscribers as jpg or pdf email attachments and pages are archived and accessible to subscribers on two web g

roups. Subscribers also receive access to Gary 17's "Open Season" podcast, venues database and other benefits.

One wonders what bad restaurant experience caused Doug Ford to put York Region in the Stage 2 penalty box along with Tor...
17/10/2020

One wonders what bad restaurant experience caused Doug Ford to put York Region in the Stage 2 penalty box along with Toronto and Peel but whyever he did, some shows there will continue, as we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers earlier today via their email copy of this post:
https://www.torontomoon.ca/york-region-open-mic-and-showcases-a-go-today-despite-new-rules-shows-for-201017sa-saturday-october-17-2020/

Although York Region (somewhat arbitrarily it would seem) is now, like Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Regions, back to Stage 2 rules that prohibit indoor dining, the York Region Open mic show scheduled f…

A heartfelt thanks to those who put their money where their heart is: https://www.torontomoon.ca/thank-you-to-our-subscr...
12/10/2020

A heartfelt thanks to those who put their money where their heart is: https://www.torontomoon.ca/thank-you-to-our-subscribers/

I want to take a minute on this Thanksgiving Monday to say “Thank You” to our subscribers, who have stood by be during the last very difficult weeks I’ve spent in hospital. Your s…

If you’re looking for something uniquely interesting and engaging to listen to on a holiday Monday, this new album, whic...
12/10/2020

If you’re looking for something uniquely interesting and engaging to listen to on a holiday Monday, this new album, which we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers about earlier this week, might be just the ticket.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/howard-gladstones-promise-is-a-voyage-through-your-mind/

-By Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca With the official release tomorrow, October 9, of Howard Gladstone’s new album, The Promise, I figured it was a good time to check out the video of one of the songs, “Pa…

The big-band outdoor benefit concert we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers about earlier in their email copy of today’s pos...
29/08/2020

The big-band outdoor benefit concert we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers about earlier in their email copy of today’s post is a GO and there are still a few tickets left you can buy before the 5pm start time.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/big-band-backtrack-shows-big-heart-performing-for-carrie-chesnutt-today-torontomoon-ca-200829sa-shows-for-saturday-august-29-2020/

\ ETOBICOKE \ A band I’ve written about several times now —most recently when they closed out last year’s Beaches International Jazz Festival— the BackTrack Motown/Soul/R&B unit always puts on …

Yesterday we had to share more sad news with TorontoMoon.ca subscribers in their morning email copy of the day’s listing...
12/08/2020

Yesterday we had to share more sad news with TorontoMoon.ca subscribers in their morning email copy of the day’s listings post, telling them about another iconic music club that’s expected to close this month.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/iconic-paddock-on-the-ropes-but-only-partly-due-to-covid-torontomoon-ca-200811tu-shows-for-tuesday-august-11-2020/

\ TO CENTRAL \ Another iconic live music room looks to be likely to close, but it’s an intractable landlord and possible redevelopment plans rather than the COVID-19 pandemic that appears to be pri…

A new video that can help lighten your spirits from the gloom of the COVID lockdowns was the focus of yesterday morning’...
11/08/2020

A new video that can help lighten your spirits from the gloom of the COVID lockdowns was the focus of yesterday morning’s email copy of the day’s TorontoMoon.ca listings post received by subscribers
https://www.torontomoon.ca/elanas-hope-shines-for-all-the-world-on-new-vid-torontomoon-ca-200810mo-shows-for-monday-august-10-2020/

A passionate believer in the power of love and connectedness who puts her actions where her heart lies, Elana Harte has been someone whose regular activities have been curtailed more than most duri…

While you can’t attend a long running popular Sunday jam as usual these days, a new compilation album helps re-create th...
10/08/2020

While you can’t attend a long running popular Sunday jam as usual these days, a new compilation album helps re-create the experience, we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers in their morning email copy they received of yesterday’s post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/now-you-can-relish-a-mix-of-stir-it-up-songwriters-from-home-on-sundays-torontomoon-ca-200809su-shows-for-sunday-august-09-2020/

I was happy to see the other day that Relish Bar and Grill in east TO has started to bring musicians back to its stage. The club, which offers amazing tapas food that now you can actually enjoy whi…

It’s not the same experience we were used to before March 17, but live music is returning to clubs across the GTA, as To...
08/08/2020

It’s not the same experience we were used to before March 17, but live music is returning to clubs across the GTA, as TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned in their morning email copy of yesterday’s post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/floodgates-are-opening-for-live-musics-return-torontomoon-ca-200807fr-shows-for-friday-august-07-2020/

It may be still more like a trickle than a flood, but from Hamilton to Oshawa, north from Lake Ontario to cottage country, live music is starting to return to bars and restaurants now in the Stage …

Some good news out of Peterborough where an iconic room that seemed doomed is now set to reopen, as we told TorontoMoon....
06/08/2020

Some good news out of Peterborough where an iconic room that seemed doomed is now set to reopen, as we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers this morning in their email copy of today’s post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/peterboroughs-black-horse-lives-will-reopen-soon-owner-says-torontomoon-ca-200806th-shows-for-thursday-august-06-2020/

\ PETERBOROUGH \ Some good news from Peterborough this morning as the owner of Black Horse Pub, which had closed seemingly permanently on Saturday, now says he should be able to reopen fairly soon,…

Live music is continuing to make a tentative return to some GTA clubs, as TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned this mornin...
04/08/2020

Live music is continuing to make a tentative return to some GTA clubs, as TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned this morning when they opened their daily email copy of today’s listings post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/tuesday-rockpile-blues-jam-returns-live-with-a-catch-torontomoon-ca-200804tu-shows-for-tuesday-august-04-2020/

\ ETOBICOKE \ Live music continues to creep back onto the scene, with Rockpile in Etobicoke going full-force ahead with local jams if not yet with concert shows on its indoor stage. Tonight the “Tu…

TorontoMoon.ca subscribers got a heads up this morning on this live show in Etobicoke tonight when they opened their ema...
02/08/2020

TorontoMoon.ca subscribers got a heads up this morning on this live show in Etobicoke tonight when they opened their email copy of today’s post:
https://www.torontomoon.ca/live-show-to-honour-mcallister-and-two-others-in-etobicoke-tonight-torontomoon-ca-200802su-shows-for-sunday-august-02-2020/

Assuming that the weather clears up as predicted and a drenching thunderstorm doesn’t wash it out, tonight will see a live band and jammers once again toast the memory of the late Colin McAllister,…

To start the long weekend yesterday TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned about a number of virtual music festivals happeni...
01/08/2020

To start the long weekend yesterday TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned about a number of virtual music festivals happening over the holiday when they received their daily email copy of the day’s post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/blue-skies-nonfestival-a-lovely-long-weekend-tonic-torontomoon-ca-200731fr-shows-for-friday-july-31-2020/

“Nothing but blue skies from now on,” goes the refrain of the 1926 Irving Berlin vaudeville classic song first popularized in one of the earliest “talkie” films, The Jazz Singer, and a staple of ma…

Toronto and Peel have finally today entered Stage 3 of the COVID pandemic reopenings but as we told TorontoMoon.ca subsc...
31/07/2020

Toronto and Peel have finally today entered Stage 3 of the COVID pandemic reopenings but as we told TorontoMoon.ca subscribers yesterday in their email copy of the day’s listings post, it won’t do much to help live music venues.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/killjoy-rules-bring-little-delight-to-stage-3-covid-reopenings-torontomoon-ca-200730th-shows-for-thursday-july-30-2020/

Toronto and Peel Regions may finally have reached “Stage 3” of the Province’s reopening schedules in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, but it’s not going to bring much joy to music fans,…

Describing how an acclaimed songwriter has adapted to COVID conditions was the focus of yesterday’s TorontoMoon.ca listi...
23/07/2020

Describing how an acclaimed songwriter has adapted to COVID conditions was the focus of yesterday’s TorontoMoon.ca listings post, received by subscribers in their morning email.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/will-buffy-be-watching-when-magnum-visits-birkett-torontomoon-ca-200722we-shows-for-wednesday-july-22-2020/

In addition to the Summer of COVID, so far this season has also been the Summer of Summer, with temperatures befitting beachwear everywhere. So it’s not surprising, perhaps, that after completing h…

Live music braves a precarious perch to keep going in a video to which we shared a link with TorontoMoon.ca subscribers ...
20/07/2020

Live music braves a precarious perch to keep going in a video to which we shared a link with TorontoMoon.ca subscribers in their email copy of yesterdays listings post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/check-out-new-streaming-video-of-towering-live-balcony-performance-from-the-senator-torontomoon-ca-200719su-shows-for-sunday-july-19-2020/

\ TO CENTRAL \ We’ve told you a couple of times now, including most recently on Friday, about the new live music shows taking place Friday afternoons from the tiny second-floor balcony outside the …

More actual live shows are starting to poke through the cracks of COVID protocol rules as some venues are allowed to con...
19/07/2020

More actual live shows are starting to poke through the cracks of COVID protocol rules as some venues are allowed to conditionally reopen, TorontoMoon.ca subscribers learned in their morning email copy of yesterday’s post.
https://www.torontomoon.ca/live-music-finds-a-way-to-grow-despite-covid-rules-torontomoon-ca-200718sa-shows-for-saturday-july-18-2020/

As far as I can determine the concept of people listening to live (or loud broadcast) music while in or on patios at bars and restaurants is still, due to the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, verboten …

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Deanna Fae Prall Trio singing "Come Clean" Nov. 15, 2011
Deanna Fae Prall Trio singing "Come Clean" Nov. 15, 2011

Here's another in my video snippet series, part of a song sung by Deanna Fae Prall, with Chad Campbell on guitar, Chris Mills on percussion and Stevie McLaughlin also joining on percussion, recorded at a jam last night (it's just part of the song). Soon I'll be adding videos of local singer-songwriters and bands to the package that only subscribers receive. Subscribers receive pages regularly as jpg or pdf attachments via email and there are two web groups they can join where pages are archived. They also receive copies of the index to past pages and my database of clubs across Ontario containing about 1200 entries. Soon I'll also be upgrading my torontomoon.ca website to include my revived audio show, videos, ongoing listings and lots more. Subscriptions are still just $52 per year (that will rise in the near future) and a $20 three-months trial subscription is also available, with the option to extend to the full year for the $32 balance when it expires. Contact me at [email protected] for full details.

Pete Otis @ Black Swan Mon. Nov. 14, 2011
Pete Otis @ Black Swan Mon. Nov. 14, 2011

This is really just a little unedited test snippet of Pete Otis at Sebastian Agnello's Black Swan open stage last night that may form part of a forthcoming video cast I'll be sharing with subscribers only starting in the near future. Note how his eyes sparkle towards the end!

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Toronto Moon Magazine is a digital magazine about the GTA/Ontario music scene published daily by Gary 17. It began as a free hard copy monthly publication in 1992, initially known as ‘The Open Season’ for its first year (specializing in covering jams and open stages) then as ‘to-nite’ covering the GTA music scene bi-weekly and eventually weekly from 1993 through till 2010. In 2010 the publication again increased in frequency, switched to a subscriber-funded model, and became ‘Toronto Moon’. In 2013 we went to daily publishing as TorontoMoon.ca in 2013. In addition to receiving full access to all areas of the webite, subscribers also receive all post content delivered via email in advance of any postings on social media. For more details email [email protected].