Come join us at This Aint Hollywood, in the Hammer, as we support the Barry Mack and the One Eye'd Jacks, in their second Hamilton show. Carolyna is joined by Frank Koren on guitar and Karen Johnson on BG Vox. Show starts just after 9. Come!

1000 Is. Music Festival August 09 Carolyna: Eric (Alper), I want tickets. Eric: I can give you a pair, Carolyna. Carolyna: Excellent, Ill set up an interview with The Warped 45s and a a few other bands and would love an interview with you. Eric: Ill arrange All-Access media passes for you +2 and i look forward the interview. ... and that is how this fabulously entertaining weekend started. Now, Ive never been a fan of most of the acts performing on the main stage, but then I had never seen them live, and THAT is always where the standard is set and the fandom begins, for me. Ill return to the best performance, Snoop, soon... but first to one of my new favourites from the Toronto/Waterloo areas. I bought an EP from the Warped 45s tent at the Burlington Music Festival where they were opening for Tom Cochrane. I immediately heard what i love to hear... a band that sounds as though they recorded live-off-the-floor with the core of a unit, a tight unit, then only added what made it sweeter. Man is this a good listen. My first favourite was, Why Have You Passed Me By Grim Reaper. I am always enamored with an act that makes old-time, gospel-blues sound new again. Fresh. LOVED it! Then slowly creeping up was the track on the album, that i, humbly, consider to be the world class track of their newest work, Radio Sky. This track is the one that the whole world can hear and enjoy and nothing too heavy or harsh of too soft or smarmy is here. The best of musicianship on the album is found on this track and it stands out from the rest to me because it feels good always. No matter what mood i was in the entire month long THIS track was always great! Now that i have heard the pre-release there are a few other standouts. The album is HOT! The New Depression is a very, Memories Of The HIP piece, but really great lyrics found here. Now to their LIVE show at the 1000 Is. festival. The boys of The Warped 45s, Alex, Dave, Ryan, Kevin, Hamal, and JP, are players. Fun, dynamic, tight, songwriters and players that move with their music and move their audience. It was a small but grateful crowd in attendance. We watched for the better part of 45 minutes while they played their album with a sound remnant of the cd - enough to make me very pleased to have been there. The 45s were great backstage as they interviewed for the Vanhattan Project Podcast. I was very disappointed to have burned a hard drive right in the middle of editing their interview, pre-back-up. *** Watch here as Ill get an interview at The Warped 45s show at This Aint Hollywood, in Hamilton, on September 24th, and post it afterward *** The Photos remain and can give you an idea of the beauty of the festival with these boys in it! Flickr for Warped 45's photos by Carolyna The Warped 45s ONLINE: Official Site, Myspace, The Ampersand - National Post or just GOOGLE them! *Onstage with Snoop Dogg coming up in the following blogs. ALSO, Kardinall Offishall, Akon, The Arkells, KO, Randy and Mr. Lahey, The Joys... oh THE JOYS!!! Free download at Swamp Folk Records Password: CarolynaLovesEverybody x