Wednesday November 21st, 2018

The lights are a little brighter at the corner of Toronto’s College and Spadina as the neon sign of the El Mocambo  https://elmocambo.com/  (Thursday November 15th, 2018)  turned on for the 1st time in four years.  The El Mocambo originally opened in 1948  became one of the most important launching pads for Canadian and International music acts.  The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, U2, Jimmi Hendrix and Bon Jovi are just some of the artists who have performed at the legendary club.  Toronto Mayor John Tory  https://www.johntory.ca/  was there for the exciting lighting event along with Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo  https://twitter.com/georgechuvalo?lang=en   and new El Mocambo owner and CEO, Michael Wekerle  www.michaelwekerle.ca/ (Best known for his role on CBC’s Dragons Den  https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/  ).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was at the lighting and also after party and speaks with musician James Bryan https://www.facebook.com/jamesbryanmusic/ of The Philosopher Kings  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Philosopher_Kings  and Prozzäk   www.prozzakofficial.com/  about performing at the iconic club back in the day, his thoughts on the nightclubs resurrection and upcoming tour with The Philosopher Kings.  

Tuesday November 20th, 2018

The lights are a little brighter at the corner of Toronto’s College and Spadina as the neon sign of the El Mocambo  https://elmocambo.com/  (Thursday November 15th, 2018)  turned on for the 1st time in four years.  The El Mocambo originally opened in 1948  became one of the most important launching pads for Canadian and International music acts.  The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, U2, Jimmi Hendrix and Bon Jovi are just some of the artists who have performed at the legendary club.  Toronto Mayor John Tory  https://www.johntory.ca/  was there for the exciting lighting event along with Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo  https://twitter.com/georgechuvalo?lang=en  and new El Mocambo owner and CEO, Michael Wekerle  www.michaelwekerle.ca/   (Best known for his role on CBC’s Dragons Den  https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/  ).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was at the lighting and also after party and speaks with Matt Auclair  https://www.facebook.com/matt.auclair.1 of Pride Signs Ltd  www.pridesigns.com/ on re-creating the iconic sign and what it can do now that it couldn’t do in the past.

Monday December 19th, 2018

The lights are a little brighter at the corner of Toronto’s College and Spadina as the neon sign of the El Mocambo  https://elmocambo.com/  (Thursday November 15th, 2018)  turned on for the 1st time in four years.  The El Mocambo originally opened in 1948  became one of the most important launching pads for Canadian and International music acts.  The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, U2, Jimmi Hendrix and Bon Jovi are just some of the artists who have performed at the legendary club.  Toronto Mayor John Tory  https://www.johntory.ca/  was there for the exciting lighting event along with Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo  https://twitter.com/georgechuvalo?lang=en  and new El Mocambo owner and CEO, Michael Wekerle  www.michaelwekerle.ca/   (Best known for his role on CBC’s Dragons Den  https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/  ).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was at the lighting and also after party and speaks with musician and radio announcer Bill King  https://www.facebook.com/billkingpiano (The Bill King Show on CIUT 89.5 FM  www.ciut.fm/shows-2/music-shows/the-bill-king-show/  )  about performing at The El Mocambo back in the day and his thoughts on the resurrection of the iconic nightclub.

Saturday November 17th, 2018

(This Interview is also on SoundCloud   https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/chat-w-the-tenors-on-santa  )

The Ambassadors of Canadian music,  The Tenors www.tenorsmusic.com/  have some special Christmas surprises for fans. 1st, they will be one of the feature attractions for tomorrows  (Sunday November 18th, 2018) 114th Edition of the Original Santa Claus Parade  thesantaclausparade.com/  .   2nd, they have a Christmas tour called Home for the Holidays https://www.tenorsmusic.com  that includes a performance at Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Monday December 17th, 2018  https://centrefortheperformingartstoronto.com/sony/Tickets-Active.php?eventID=2785972&venueID=760  and 3rd , they filmed a PBS special in Toronto.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with the members of the Tenors Clifton Murray https://twitter.com/cliftonmurray  , Fraser Walters  https://twitter.com/fraserwalters?lang=en  &  Victor Micallef  https://twitter.com/victormicallef?lang=en  about some of their upcoming events, holiday music including their single Santa’s Wish (Teach The World)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtrBcRJC2C8  and new music releasing in 2019.

Friday November 16th, 2018

The lights are a little brighter at the corner of Toronto’s College and Spadina as the neon sign of the El Mocambo  https://elmocambo.com/  (Thursday November 15th, 2018)  turned on for the 1st time in four years.  The El Mocambo originally opened in 1948  became one of the most important launching pads for Canadian and International music acts.  The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, U2, Jimmi Hendrix and Bon Jovi are just some of the artists who have performed at the legendary club.  Toronto Mayor John Tory  https://www.johntory.ca/  was there for the exciting lighting event along with Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo  https://twitter.com/georgechuvalo?lang=en  and new El Mocambo owner and CEO, Michael Wekerle  www.michaelwekerle.ca/   (Best known for his role on CBC’s Dragons Den  https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/  ).  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was at the lighting and also after party and speaks with Canadian musician Andy Curran  https://twitter.com/andyc60  of the rock band Coney Hatch  coneyhatch.com/  and new General Manager of the El Mocambo about the resurrection of the night club, it’s past history and some of the future surprises including the El Mocambo Record Label.  

Thursday November 15th, 2018

A new television series featuring rarely seen historic performances and candid interviews with  some of the biggest names in music over the past 60 years, including Sammy Davis Jr., The Guess Who, Leonard Cohen, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Buffy Sainte Marie, Bryan Adams premieres tonight (Thursday November 14th, 2018) at 9pm on CBC  https://www.cbc.ca/  . Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com speaks with show co-host  Amanda Parri  https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/amanda-parris  (Tom Power  https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/tom-power is also a co- host)  and Executive  Producer Sam Dunn of Banger Films  https://bangerfilms.com/  about the new back in time series  FROM THE VAULTS   https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/program/from-the-vaults   Trailer   http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1352081475716/  . 

Friday November 16ht, 2018

You better watch out and you better not cry. Why? Because Santa Claus is coming to Toronto as the 114th edition of the Original Santa Claus Parade  thesantaclausparade.com/     returns this Sunday November 18th, 2018. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was at Santa’s secret work shop in the North Pole to speak with the jolly old elf and his wife Mrs. Claus about some of the magical holiday fun that will be taking place at this years parade. 

Thursday November 15th, 2018

A magical holiday celebration returns to Toronto as the 114th Original Santa Claus Parade   thesantaclausparade.com/   Sunday November 18th, 2018.   It begins 12:30 pm and can be seen on CTV at 4:30pm.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com Chats with President & CEO Peter Beresford https://ca.linkedin.com/in/peter-beresford-661629b about the history behind the parade, the parade route and some of the new editions to this years GTA Christmas tradition.

Wednesday November 14th, 2018

Canadian recording artist RALPH  https://www.songsbyralph.com  performed last night (Tuesday November 13th, 2018) at Toronto’s Mod Club themodclub.com/  along with Ria Mae  https://www.riamae.com/  and Neon Dreams  https://www.neondreams.ca/  .  Before the concert Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com sat down with the pop star about her  sky rocketing career and new album A Good Girl including the single Tables Have Turned  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeWVpf6r2Zs  .

Wednesday November 14th, 2018

The kick-off to the holiday season begins this Sunday November 18th, 2018 as the 114th  Edition of the Original Santa Claus Parade  thesantaclausparade.com/    returns to Toronto. Start time is at  12:30 pm and can be seen on CTV at 4:30pm.   Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com   speaks with General Manager/Creative Director Alfred Iannarelli   https://thesantaclausparade.com/about/  about how a summer job 50 years ago became a dream come true, what it’s like to create the floats and some of the new additions for this years parade.