Forte Artists

04/18/2018

04/12/2018

This is for all you modern day train-ridin', music-lovin' hobos. Check out Gary Stoller's piece in Forbes about an upcoming trip in Vermont featuring songs by Susan Werner, Livingston Taylor and Peter Mulvey. Brings new meaning to the idea of enjoying life on the rails, when your box car playlist is performed *live* and brought to you by these talented three! All you'd need is a stop at The Alchemist and you'd be all set for this excursion!

If you love music and are looking for a unique vacation, hop aboard the musical choo choo and the world's best singer-songwriters are yours.

04/09/2018

Love for Levon Helm. This is where you'll find me next weekend (Sunday, April 22 in Toronto) ~ http://hughsroomlive.com/event/levon-helm-5th-anniversary-celebration/

Wish you all could join! Ken Carpenter Barbara O'Brien Tony LoBue Jim Weider Brian Mitchell Marty Grebb Albert Rogers Michael Bram Brian Hetherman Nicholas DiSpagna

In honour of Toronto’s adopted son Levon Helm, who with his fellow Hawks, tore up Yonge St. in the early sixties and laid the foundation of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Rhythm and Blues in T.O., we have gathered an all-star cast of some of the country’s top musicians and singers, to play the music Helm...

03/23/2018

to a couple concerts w. Bruce Cockburn, Juno Award Winner and Canadian Music Hall of Famer. '89 show in Ann Arbor was an epic, poetic 26-song salute to humanity. Happy to see him out on the road again - I'll be at Daryl's House Club on 4/26. Pick up your tickets and join me! We'll hear cuts from his latest release, Bone on Bone, produced by Colin Linden.

https://www.ticketweb.com/event/an-evening-with-bruce-cockburn-daryls-house-tickets/7729045?pl=daryl

Pat Ryan, John Barry, Jim Weider

02/22/2018

A clip of my impromptu interview with Don LaSala, owner of the legendary house "Big Pink" in West Saugerties, NY -- the place that inspired some of the greatest music. Here, Bob Dylan and the Band recorded The Basement Tapes, and later, The Band composed their album, Music From Big Pink. The house was also featured as the album cover art by Peter Max for The Band's Jericho record. https://youtu.be/hWAytzSmlxM The Weight Band

Don LaSala has owned the Big Pink house since 1998. Big Pink is a house in West Saugerties, New York, which was the location where Bob Dylan and the Band rec...

02/11/2018

Standing room only at The Warehouse FTC with The Weight Band- playing BAND classics and new songs off . Thank you Marty Grebb Jim Weider Michael Bram Albert Rogers Brian Mitchell!

02/09/2018

Wait til you hear this!

01/29/2018

Been busy this month getting a radio promotions campaign ready. Around 250 CD packages assembled for a big mailing to stations across the country. CD artwork by the impressive team of John Halpern (Eagles, moe., Five for Fighting) and Larry Freemantle (Led Zeppelin, Yes, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Johnny Winter).

01/24/2018

Wonder how concert-goers will respond and adjust to this measure ....

Guitarist Jack White will employ a controversial service as part of a plan to ban phones at his upcoming headlining concerts.

12/11/2017

How'd they get everyone in there?! haha ... have you ever seen THIS many perform a Tiny Desk Concert?

March 25, 2016 by FELIX CONTRERAS When singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi sings and plays, you can hear the sound move from the Mississippi Delta up to Chicago....

12/07/2017

Congrats to House of Hamill's Rose Baldino & Brian Buchanan for their successful Kickstarter campaign! I pledged, and not only will I get their new album, I'll also get a cool t-shirt!