by Brian Gladstone | Jul 1, 2018
By Ruth Schweitzer – June 12, 2018 printed in Canadian Jewish News – Brian Gladstone may still favour tie-dye T-shirts that were fashionable when he came of age in the 1960s, but musically the singer-songwriter has moved with the times, updating the...
by Brian Gladstone | Jan 17, 2018
Annual roots and blues festival held at several east Toronto venues Reprinted from Inside Toronto East York Mirror – Fans of folk, roots, and blues music can get a glimpse of what’s to come at this year’s Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival on Sunday, Jan. 21....
by Brian Gladstone | Sep 24, 2016
Summer is officially over and, as if watching the calendar, Mother Nature has begun offering a taste of the cooler weather to come. While many will cope with the change in part by getting flu shots over the coming couple of months (I’m glad I did last year, I can say...
by Brian Gladstone | Aug 27, 2016
Reprinted from Toronto Moon – I’ve written a few times now about the remarkably diverse talents of Tony Quarrington, a composer, arranger/producer, guitar virtuoso, singer-songwriter and ubiquitous musical sidekick to highly regarded artists like Noah...
by Brian Gladstone | Aug 18, 2016
From Toronto Moon As I mentioned in the introduction to the heartfelt obituary that Brian Jantzi wrote about Folk songwriter Christine Gaidies after her untimely passing last month, I never knew her, even though we were friends on social media for a little while....
by Brian Gladstone | Apr 13, 2016
Reprinted from Toronto Moon Magazine – An open stage or jam can be successful because of a variety of factors that make it particularly appealing to the performers who participate and audiences who regularly support the event. Some events rely upon the...