Artist: Jay Allan Year: 2020 Genre: Country Home: Bothwell
Notes: Born in Strathroy and raised in Glencoe. A well seasoned performer, Jay Allan has been writing & entertaining audiences for over 15 years. His debut album ‘Please Don’t Change’ was released in 1998 by North Street Records. His follow up release ‘The Wrong Direction’ took him yo Nashville and was produced by Doc Walker’s Murray Pulver. Despite the album title, Jay was planted firmly in the right direction, with two successful radio singles “Rumourville” and “She’s A Tease”. The latter, became his first Top 40 single.
Today, Jay is a dedicated and driven songwriter with an original sound, an accomplice to many local aspiring songwriters and musicians and a dedicated member of the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), SOCAN and the Songwriter’s Association of Canada (S.A.C.)
Some 2020 music credits
Jason Mercer – “Nobody But You”. Written by Jay Allan, Shawn Meriano (Chatham) and Jason Mercer from London Ontario.
Jay co-wrote ‘Never Alone’, ‘Mourning After’ & ‘The End’ with Sarah Smith.
Jay co-wrote ‘Wondering’ with Justine Chantale.
Link to Videos below:
* Jason Mercer – “Nobody But You”. Link here. * Sarah Smith – Never Alone. Link here. * Sarah Smith – Mourning After. Link here. * Sarah Smith – The End. Link here. * Justine Chantale – Wondering. Link here.
Official Jay Allan Links * Website link here. * Youtube link here. * Facebook link here. * Instagram link here.
Artist: Bushman Release: My Old Guitar Year: 2021 Genre: Country Home: Chatham-Kent, Ontario Contact: bushboismier@yahoo.ca
Notes: Bushman is a staple of the local country music scene. Along with his two brothers and a close friend, he fronted the Koboys in the 90’s. Often performing solo these days, Bush has been pumping out many songs, most of them in line with witty humour, and posting them to youtube to share with friends.
*Recorded, Engineered, Mixed, Mastered, Produced and Arranged By Dave Fitz. South River, NL
Tracks:
Chugging Of A Choo Choo
Show A Little Mercy
Old Outlaw
The Best Mama
Yeah I Love You Too
My Old Guitar
Knees In The Breeze
Life’s Just A Fairytale My Friends
Who To Blame
Will It Be Upstairs Or Downstairs
Sawyer’s Song
Watch the video preview/sampler below, of the release.
Artist: Mitch Robinson Release: In The Shadows With Mr. Johnson Date: 2021 Home: Chatham Genre: Rock, R&B.
Tracks 01 Locked out 02 Time 03 Entice 04 You Know What I Mean 05 Mamas Blues 06 The Shadows 07 Social Climb 08 Thinking of you 09 TV Days 10 Little Girl Blues
Musicians: Guitars & Vocals – Mitch Robinson Drums: D. Foulon, S. Eyres, D. Major, G. Church. Bass – D. Davidson, M. Robinson, T. Willmore. Saxophone – B. Harrett Percussion – M. Drew Keyboards – N. Novosad, M. Calcott. Female Vocals – L. Weaver Backing Vocals – ‘The ‘Alley Kids’. M. Drew, D. Major, M. Robinson.
Notes: Mitch currently performs live in a few bands including Physical Graffiti (Rock) & Steve Oriet Band (Country) Mitch also fronted a Jimi Hendrix tribute show called ‘Electric Voodoo’. The trio was very popular and spent allot of time on the road.
Previous Releases
Mitch Robinson – Brother With A Record (2000)
Electric Voodoo – Synthetic Sin (1995)
Links: * Facebook link here. * Steve Oriet Music link here. * Phyzikal Graffiti link here. * In 2021, Mitch also performed the guitar solo in a fun local project called the Good Robots, covering ‘Hot Child In The City’, by fellow Canadian Nick Gilder’. Video link here.