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Hey kids, I’ve been asked for advice on what’s worthy at this year’s CMW - from a visiting Bulgarian sound man. Apart from Bedouin Soundclash, Xavior Rudd, Hot Toddy and SF&NFTT, I don’t even know who’s playing! I’m going to start researching, but any advice or direction would help.

I’m so out of touch from the new music scene, it’s not even funny ::

Cheers!

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Jay's Top CMW Picks:

check the official list Here: www.cmw.net

Thursday, March 3

Phoenix

10:00 PM Xavier Rudd

Club Rockit

8:00 Sing That Yell That Spell

9:00 Better Than Everyone

10:00 Wintersleep

Holy Joe's

10:00 Ruthy Minikin

Horseshoe Tavern

12:00 The Illuminati

Pipers at Fairmont Royal York

9:30 Great Lake Swimmers

11:30 Elliot Brood

Revival

1:00 AM God Made Me Funky

Friday, March 4

El Mocambo Dowstairs

9:00Great Lake Swimmers

12:00 Sixtoo

1:00 LAL

Healy's

12:00 Elliot Brood

Lee's Palace

10:00 The Novaks

12:00 The Golden Dogs

Pipers at Fairmont Royal York

11:30 Hot Toddy

Rivoli

9:00 Craig Cardiff

Saturday, March 5

Clinton's

11:00 Stephen Franke and The Noises from the Toolshed

Drake Hotel

9:00 Madrid

10:00 Beneath August

Healy's, CMW Break Thru Series

11:00 The High Dials

12:00 Telepathic Butterflies

1:00 The Frontier Index

Rex Hotel

3:30 The Newfeld Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra

7:00 Tricycle

Silver Dollar

10:30 African Bles Summit

Rivoli

10:15 Caledonia

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Yo! I'm down with most of Jaydawg's picks, particularly Golden Dogs and Craig Cardiff. Personally I'd add these:

THURSDAY

The Rex Hotel

6:30pm - Kevin Quain

FRIDAY

The Drake Hotel

10:00 - Crash Continental

SATURDAY

Cameron House

12:00 - Russell Leon Band

Reverb

12:00 - The Junction

Peace,

Mr. M.

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I should have said that Craig Cardiff is good if you've never seen Keller Williams, really bad if you HAVE seen Keller Williams. He uses a lot of loops and stuff, but not anywhere near as creatively or to the same effect as KW

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Isn't that a bit harsh AD? I mean, again I haven't heard Cardiff but from what I know about him I doubt he's trying to rip off Keller, he's just doing his own thing which happens to involve loops. Can't more than one guy use loops?

(Unless I'm wrong and you totally thought he was trying to rip off Keller, in which I case I'd probably agree.)

- M.

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No, I don't think it's a bit harsh, it was just my opinion... Maybe I could have stated it differently...

I don't think he's trying to rip off KW, but an analogy would be listening to me play banjo or listening to Bela Fleck or Tony Trischka... Same tool and same kind of goal for the music (to my ears anyways) but waaaaay less results compared to Keller.

That's what I mean by saying if you've never heard Keller you'll think that what Cardiff is doing is pretty interesting and creative. If you have heard Keller you'll think that what Cardiff is doing is less than stellar.

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