inTO: Your Toronto Music Calendar for January

Gregg Lawless’ fans have long anticipated his return to the music scene.

Don’t let the minus 30 winds keep you from enjoying some good beats this January. Here’s a look at two picks from both sides of the music spectrum—folk and Electronica.

Toronto resident and folk-roots-rocker Gregg Lawless returns to the Toronto hotspot Hugh’s Room to release his new CD Footnote Jan 25^th after a 10 year medical hiatus. Highly anticipated by his fans, this will prove to be a sold out performance.

Gregg Lawless has an uncanny ability to win over audiences across countries with his career spanning more than two decades. He has garnered two JUNO nominations and founded World Vision’s ‘WorldSong’ sponsorship initiative. Audiences and critics alike love Gregg’s music, stories and showmanship with his ability to effortlessly mix musical flavours – from blues to pop, from folk to rock – into tight, catchy arrangements.

Featuring heartfelt, rootsy songs performed on castaway guitars, his latest solo release Footnote delivers original music from recycled instruments.

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If you like to electrify the dance floor then mark January 31^st on your calendar as the Hoxton heats up with a trio of awesome producers. Fresh out the gate of announcing their Yellow Year tour and armed with heaps of new material, Prefuse 73 is teaming up with Nosaj Thing

Catch the Yellow Year tour featuring Prefuse 73, Nosaj Thing and Falty DL.

and Falty DL. Yellow Year is just the latest creative chapter in Herren’s massively prolific career, encompassing forty individual releases spread across eight production monikers and eight record labels over the course of ten years.

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