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High times in Victoria: Remembering the Summer of Love
Remembering the Summer of Love
Author: Mike Devlin
Deb Rhymer is dedicated to the blues
Deb Rhymer has worn numerous hats over the years, from Bette Midler impersonator to daycare operator. But the one that fits her best is blues booster.
Rhymer, a Victoria native, spends almost all her waking hours dedicated to blues, eith...
Author: Mike Devlin
Welcome to rock 'n roll city
Local historian Glenn Parfitt was determined to create a website chronicling the early days of rock ’n’ roll in Victoria — despite the challenges involved in tracking down material.
Author: Mike Devlin
Published by: Times Colonist
Victoria educator Jerry Bryant was ‘giant musical force,’ taught at Esquimalt High
Jerry Bryant, a blues musician who had a knack for opening doors into the world of music for generations of local students, has died at age 98. The singer and jazz pianist, who was born in Kansas City on April Fool’s Day in 1923, died Aug. 19.
Author: Pedro Arrais
Published by: Times Colonist
Nomeansno at the Royale Banquet Hall
Nomeansno at the Royale Banquet Hall
April 3rd By Allan MacInnis
Tom Holliston of Nomeansno is a baseball fan, so it was fortunate for him that the band’s recent Japanese tour - only their second in their 30 year history - took plac...
Published by:
The Skinny Magazine
Author: Allan MacInnis
Documentary tells story of Dishrags, Central Saanich all-female punk band
Red and Madame Dishrags are bios of Vancouver’s Red Robinson, the most famous radio disc jockey in B.C. history, and the Dishrags, a key but little-known female punk group from Victoria.
Author: Mike Devlin
Focus by Brad Nugent February 1968
Focus by Brad Nugent
Author: Brad Nugent
Published by: Victoria Daily Times
Victoria educator Jerry Bryant was a giant musical force, taught at Esquimalt High
Author: Pedro Arrais
Published by: Times Colonist
Summer & The Sinners – Can’t Keep a Good Girl Down
Let me preface this review by saying I’ve known Summer since she was barely out of her teens and coming out to sit in or jam at various venues I was playing at around Victoria BC. I’ve watched her career with great interest and she has ...
Published by: FaceBook
Author: Dave Harris
At 90, Jerry Bryant's not feeling blue
Jerry Bryant celebration concert with the Island Big Band
Author: adrian chamberlain
Published by: Times Colonist
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A passing of the torch for Victoria's rock music history archives
Royal City Music Project co-founder Glenn Parfitt wants valuable cultural material preserved
Published by:
Monday Magazine
Author: Don Descoteau
