Paulie Boy Blues performs live at Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Zoobia Ilyas By: Jay Broderick - Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern has hosted legends for decades... The Rolling Stones, Roy Buchanan, the Blues Brothers, and a long list of artists who shaped the DNA of modern rock and blues. On November 4, 2025, rising American blues guitarist Paulie Boy Blues added his name to that lineage with his first-ever Canadian performance. Unfortunately, it was not a show

By: Michael Drukarsh - As we enter into 2026, the world is in need of more music. To answer the call, Ryder has put out a live recording, Live From The Dark . This 9 track release, slated for February 13th, puts the listener face to face with the band out of Queens, New York. The first thing one notices about the quality is that it sounds live, like kick you in the teeth live! This, as the band proudly brags, is because there are “no overdubs, corrections, or post-performan

Winners of the February 2025 Toronto Edition of Canada's Teen Jam. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick - In February 2023, I took my general interest photography website and created LoudTO. We had some small growth in 2024 as far as number of monthly readers, but in 2025, our number of readers doubled. ASTONISHING for this little thing we got going on here, and we are so grateful to you, our readers! With that, I thought it would be great to revisit LoudTO's Most Read

By: Michael Drukarsh - If you are a child of the 70s then you were a teen of the 80s... and chances are, if you are here checking out this site, you were - and perhaps still are - a metal head. And , if you were a teen metal head of the 80s then chances are you owned these four influential albums; British Steel (1980), Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Number of the Beast (1982), Kill 'Em All (1983). And , if you were a teen in the 80s, then you were a young adult in the 90s, and

Jeff Martin performs live at Biltmore Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Oshawa, Ontario - Oshawa’s Biltmore Theatre is arguably the city’s premier room for live music, yet it felt more like an intimate gathering of old friends than a formal concert on December 18th. With no opening act and no theatrics beyond a few pedals and a single acoustic guitar, Jeff Martin , the frontman of one of Canada's most loved rock bands, walked onstage alon

The Trews & Gord Sinclair perform live during The Edge Holiday Rocktail Party 2025. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick (with thanks to Corus Entertainment and 102.1 The Edge for the approval to post their event) Toronto, Ontario - The Edge ’s Holiday Rocktail Party (and the previous iterations) has always been a coveted ticket. And it's not one that you just purchase... the event is exclusively for contest winners, making the 100-capacity theatre at Corus Q

Sacrifice perform live at The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick - Man... where does one even start? When I shot my first concert back in 2018 (a blues festival called The Canal Bank Shuffle), I never dreamed where the road would lead me. I shot the same festival again in 2019, and a seed was planted. I knew then that this is where I wanted to take my photography. I mean, still images PLUS music, all wrapped up in one? It wasn't going

All Them Witches perform live at History in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Toronto’s History was buzzing on December 9, 2025, as All Them Witches brought their stoner rock magic to a sold-out crowd. Originally slated for Danforth Music Hall, the show was upgraded to History due to overwhelming demand, a testament to the band’s growing cult following. The venue was packed wall-to-wall, with fans eager for a night of heavy groove

image generated by AI By: Michael Drukarsh - 2025 has been a rough year for heavy metal fans. Our heroes are getting older, as we all are, and the time has come to say good-bye to many. With the loss of Ozzy Osbourne on July 22, followed by Ace Frehley on October 16 , I thought it might be nice to share some Ozzy and Ace gift ideas to help make the holidays a little brighter. After all, they may have left us but thankfully the music they created will live on forever. Books