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By Kandel Kindred Arkells – “Private School” [Listen] Around you I feel like swine You’re divine Being someone who grew up in the public school system there was always hogwash being spread about the private school kids having the most “expensive toys,” and gadgets on the playground. That being said, this song was a flashback to … Read more
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk (unless otherwise stated) As I said in the beginning, this was my fifth Supercrawl. Now in its seventh year, it is so rewarding and exciting to watch the tradition grow and I’m honoured to be part of it in any way! Part 4: Sunday, September 13th A … Read more
Harvest Picnic Christie Lake Conservation Area 1000 Highway 5 West, Dundas By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk The Greenbelt Harvest Picnic just celebrated its fifth year and I was happy to make this one my first. Having heard so many wonderful things about it, I now fully understand the magic of this festival. Harvest Picnic … Read more
By Kristin Archer Supercrawl is almost here (September 11-13)! It’s making me anxious just thinking about how close it is. The annual free festival is my absolute favourite time of the year in Hamilton. Once again, the Sonic Unyon team delivers an impressive roster of musical acts, along with art installations, fashion shows, food trucks, … Read more
By Kristin Archer The 5th annual Greenbelt Harvest Picnic is this Saturday, August 29th! To get you in the spirit, a Playlist featuring some of the acts you’ll see live at Christie Lake. Tickets are available now at Dr. Disc, Picks & Sticks, and online at Ticketbreak. Harvest Picnic 2015 from ihearthamilton on 8tracks Radio. … Read more
Episode 078 (May 22/15) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer In this episode: Interview and live performance by Hamilton Music Award nominee and performer Laura Cole (and Chris Chiarcos) + interview with alumni of Hamilton Children’s Choir, Gillian Nicola & Spence Newell (HCC 40th anniversary events May 29-30) … Read more
By Kristin Archer The 2015 Hamilton Music Awards are coming up quickly! This year, the HMAs are taking place in the spring once again and are back at Theatre Aquarius. Events run from May 21-24th. Here’s a quick rundown: HMA Music Industry Conference – Thursday, May 21st @ Dofasco Centre for the Arts HMA Rising … Read more
Playlist – Best of 2014 It was particularly difficult this year to narrow down I Heart Hamilton’s “Best Of” Playlist. There were so many fantastic releases in 2014 across the board, that I had to extend my usual Top 10 to Top 20 (plus bonus track!) out of the multitude of local releases I listened … Read more
The next Art Crawl is coming up next week. This fall Crawl marks the last Raise the Roof concert of the series at Dr. Disc, presented by I Heart Hamilton and Hamilton Magazine. Performers: 6PM – Laura Cole 7PM – Brett Klassen presents Les Czars 8PM – Dizzy Spells 9PM – The Foreign Films Music starts … Read more
Rich Aucoin – “Are You Experiencing?” [Listen] This heart is all that keeps us up, this heart is beating Ah, Rich Aucoin! His music just makes me so happy. Back with his second album, Ephemeral, Rich is in full force and the record is even better than the last. It comes closer to representing his … Read more