TUNESMITH

MT's top 100 Spotify plays of 2020, many which have been my spins for years, although there is some new music in there. Old go-to standbys include Ellington, Strayhorn, Sakamoto, Barry, Satie, and Dylan. https://open.spotify.com/em/playlist/37i9dQZF1EMfE9fYkijUnN

The Pxrtals, who performed live at TUNESMITH in September 2018, have just released a video for their new song Collider. Have a look...

From the July 2018 TUNESMITH, Giant Hand performs his song Flaws, live. https://www.facebook.com/tunesmithTO/videos/481049115764460/

It would have been #JohnLennon's 80th birthday this month, so we thought we would share a live cover of Tomorrow Never Knows, featuring Alex Cheung on violin, Geordie Millar on percussion, Denis Gonzalez on bass, and MT on piano, performed at TUNESMITH last year. "Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream..." #LENNON80 cc. Alex Cheung

TUNESMITH LIVE PERFORMANCES PLAYLIST: https://www.facebook.com/watch/tunesmithTO/336748406845102/ #tunesmithTO #tunesmith #livemusictoronto... Photo: MTCD See more

TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS ( live ) by MICHAEL THORNER featuring ALEX CHEUNG Recorded live at TUNESMITH, Oct 28, 2019 Imperial Pub Backroom 54 Dundas St. E., Toronto... Michael Thorner, piano and vocals Alex Cheung, violin, photos Denis Gonzalez, bass Geordie Millar, percussion Alexandra Babiak, Sarah Choi, phone video captures Mikhial Gurarie, sound and mix MT, arrangement, video edit, and production TUNESMITH is a monthly celebration of songs, songwriting and the artists who perform them live. It takes place every fourth Monday of the month from 8-10pm at the Imperial Pub Backroom, 54 Dundas Street E. in Toronto. TUNESMITH is an MTCD production, curated by Michael Thorner. Live shows are on pause for now, so please enjoy what we have captured so far... https://www.facebook.com/tunesmithTO Music and lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1966 Northern Songs under license to Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. 2020 MTCD Productions

Here is a tone poem performed live by Philomene Hoffman Music at TUNESMITH last year, a song that touches upon the continuum of life, the transformative, cyclical renewal of the seasons, and so much more. It is also the title track of her 2011 studio EP.

Here's a live XTC cover we did at last year's TUNESMITH, Wrapped In Grey, a song originally found on the Nonesuch album from 1992. It was supposed to be their third single, yet Virgin pulled it at the last minute. The band went on a 7yr strike as a result. #TunesmithTO #Tunesmith #XTC https://www.facebook.com/2008133852782626/videos/373641709990401