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Listen & Follow on Spotify Kojo “Easy” Damptey – “See The Light” ft. Onglish, Chris Bruder & Tom Altobelli [Listen]The darkness has held me downAnd I can’t stand it anymore Hamilton-based musician Kojo “Easy” Damptey has been rolling out brand new music which leads the way for his upcoming album, Radical Thoughts, due out this fall. The third … Read more
Let’s go! This year I celebrated the 10th Anniversary of I Heart Hamilton. What a ride! Music has been such an incredible part of the journey. If you missed it – give the 10th Anniversary Playlist a spin to commemorate the milestone. I had a really nostalgic time putting it together. So many memories are … Read more
The Crowleys – “Slowly” [Listen]Fun for me is when I’m with youPsych-pop band The Crowleys just dropped their first single of the year, signalling more to come with Wel-Pel Records! With this song, the Hamilton band shares “an experience in nostalgia of the minor rebellions from our youth and the feelings that come with it. Skipping … Read more
It’s time to wrap up another year! 2019 marks the eighth year of I Heart Hamilton. Once again I urge you to get out there, go to shows, buy music/merch, and become invested in your local music scene. It’s always so difficult to narrow down and rank a list and get to as many artists … Read more
The Crowleys – “Clarice” [Listen]I was so lonely with youI’ve had my eye on The Crowleys for years and they are one local band that’s next out of the gate for their well-deserved and much-earned moment! “Clarice” is a perfect introduction to the band’s next chapter. They were so stellar on the main stage at Supercrawl … Read more
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Here we go! This year marked the 9th annual Supercrawl, and my 7th year attending. To get me into the Supercrawl spirit I like to invite Supercrawl performers onto my show on 93.3 CFMU, and this year I had the pleasure of chatting with Tyler Kyte of everyone’s favourite supergroup cover band, Dwayne … Read more
93.3 CFMU’s SUPERCAST Live-To-Air during Supercrawl 2017 A portion of 93.3 CFMU‘s SUPERCAST Live-To-Air from the AGH Annex during Supercrawl 2017 with Kristin Archer, Rachel Connell, Daniel Dell, Jamie Tennant Interviews with: – Dan Edmonds [00:45] – The Inlet (Thomas Allen, Biljana Njegovan, Kristin Archer) [11:00] – Tricia LeClair (Hamilton Children’s Choir) [22:15] – Rob … Read more
* Contest is now closed * Heart Of Ontario presents The Quilt Of Belonging at The Cotton Factory (270 Sherman Ave. N)) from July 10-August 16th. Along with daily activities and programming, there is an awesome musical lineup every weekend. I Heart Hamilton is giving away a pair of tickets to each show this weekend! Friday, July 21, … Read more
By Kristin Archer Poppsy Cole – “Hell To Pay” [Listen] Brother can you feel those winds of change Fans of local band The Human Orchestra know the unmistakable voice of singer JB Reed – the band was a big part of our Hamilton music community and a total party onstage! JB and her husband/bandmate Luke moved to … Read more
By Kristin Archer Compiling my “Best Of” local releases of the year is one of my favourite things to do on I Heart Hamilton – it’s crazy to know this is my 5th year of it. It’s a testament to our incredible scene that it gets more difficult every time to narrow it down to just my … Read more