by Brian Gladstone | May 21, 2014
Reprinted from Toronto Moon Magazine Although it’s still a very new event, the weekly Saturday Sessions at the Swan 2 p.m. acoustic open mic/jam at Black Swan (not to be confused with the Saturday Sessions hosted for many moons by Bill Heffernan at Gate 403) is...
by Brian Gladstone | Feb 10, 2014
Brian Gladstone Interview, V1 Had a chance last week (on a snowy afternoon no less) to sit down with Brian Gladstone and discuss the upcoming Winterfolk Festival. Now in its 12th year the festival features a wide range of musical styles including Zydeco, cajun, blues,...
by Brian Gladstone | Sep 16, 2013
Monday Sept 16,2013 – If you’re a fan of Roots music or a performer of that persuasion (and really, what isn’t “Roots” music or at least related to/derived from it, when you think of it?) then you want to get yourself to Danforth Ave. just east of the corner of...
by Brian Gladstone | Sep 11, 2012
Reprinted from Toronto Moon Magazine Sept 12, 2012 Since emerging onto the Toronto and international Roots scene with his debut 1999 album Back To The Dirt, Brian Gladstone has on countless occasions performed with Juno-winning, exquisitely talented guitarist Tony...
by Brian Gladstone | Jun 25, 2011
Where Have All the Protest Songs Gone June 28, 2010 – Includes Interview with Brian Gladstone – Sometime in the late 1960s, Pete Seeger — in his prime with just a banjo and a 12-string guitar — stepped up to a single microphone on the concert stage of the...
by Brian Gladstone | Mar 31, 2011
Brian Gladstone was a well respected Electrical Engineer but when his ‘Roots’ music grounding called him to return he could not resist. Brian Gladstone was an accomplished, self taught, Electrical Engineer specializing in the design of electrical...