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Nick Teehan & The Jessica Stuart Few play Supermarket Feb 3rd


Download Nick Teehan’s “Sidewalk Friend” & The Jessica Stuart Few “(Don’t Live Just For The) Weekend) here

Two Toronto treasures, orchestral indie pop singer-songwriter Nick Teehan and jazz-pop innovators The Jessica Stuart Few play Toronto’s Supermarket, 268 Augusta Ave, Thursday February 3 to celebrate the official launch of the title track video from The Jessica Stuart Few’s widely acclaimed CD Kid Dream. Check out the making of the Kid Dream video here!

Often likened to the fun, quirky genius that is Rufus Wainwright-cum-Tom Waits, Nick Teehan found some success as a saxophonist – playing the MuchMusic Video Awards, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Summerfolk Festival and performing with Toronto funk/rock bands Barbarella and Pure Finesse – before finding songwriting was his true calling. Nick plays supported by a talented six-piece band that includes two brass players, guitar and drums, and sometimes even includes a string section. Nick’s older brother, Juno-nominated composer Rob Teehan, plays sousaphone in the band. The pair enjoy a fruitful collaborative relationship and plan to co-produce Nick’s first full-length album expected in 2011.

Growing up in suburban Oshawa, Nick felt most free after dark, whether he was watching rented Charleton Heston movies, wandering the city’s forest paths, or trekking south to yell and throw rocks at the 4:00 a.m. train. His teenage afternoons were spent pushing carts at the local grocery store and cruising his rusty old bike across town on the sidewalk.

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Lauryn Hill @ Toronto’s Sound Academy 1/22

Words by guest columnist Adam Micallef

“I’m not coming back for everyone, but I’m coming back for you Toronto!” — Ms. Hill

On a frigid January night in Toronto with temperatures dipping down to minus 15, 2,500 dedicated Lauryn Hill fans lined up outside the Sound Academy. As they battled bone-chilling winds standing in a line that stretched half a block from the venue located on Toronto’s waterfront, fans clamored about the rumors surrounding Ms. Hill’s recent U.S. shows. “I heard she was four hours late for her New York show!” “As long as she does some Fugee tracks, I’ll die happy.” Once the doors swung open, the line moved quickly –perhaps Lauryn’s lyrical content caused security to forgo the pat down’s customary at most hip-hop shows; regardless, the fans who sold out the venue less then seven minutes after the on sale were just content to be out of the cold.

Just before midnight Ms. Hill, accompanied by her eight-member band and three backup singers, took the stage, much to the delight of a crowd that had begun chanting “Lauryn! Lauryn!”. After a quick greeting Ms. Hill informed the crowd that she wanted to start the night off with “loving vibes” as she belted out Bob Marley’s “Forever Loving Jah”. Performing it in typical “Marley jam-band fashion”, which turned out to be a prelude to the rest of the night. As she moved into her own material she warned some songs had been “reworked a bit.”

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