Thursday October 3rd, 2019

(This Interview is also on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/interview-w-t-thomason-on-his  )

This Toronto singer/songwriter became a national recording artists after becoming one of the winners of the CTV series The Launch Season 2 https://www.ctv.ca/The-Launch-S2/Artists/T-Thomason and the release of his hit single Hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5gQ2Q6GRuU  .  T. Thomason  https://www.t-thomason.com  has released his self titled album .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with the Canadian star about life after The Launch, his new look,  upcoming performances including in Europe and his new self titled album including the single Birdsong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JkPD80urRg  .  

Wednesday October 2nd, 2019

(This Interview is also on  SoundCloud  https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/interview-w-roger-mooking-on  )

This media personality is a combination Canadian chef, musician, television host, restaurant owner and a Juno Award winner with the ground breaking Canadian trio, Bass is Base under the name MC Mystic (Bass is Base – I Cry  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOXqrAv6eEQ ).  Roger Mooking  https://rogermooking.com/chef/  has just released a new album.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with multi entertainment moral about his career and latest release “Eat Your Words” featuring the single “2 Bad 2 B Tru”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyVuSwR3eo  .

Monday September 30th, 2019

It’s one of the most elaborate, spine tingling, monster, ghoul, ghost and zombie filled theatrically designed Halloween theme experiences in Canada and it’s  in a real castle right here in Toronto!  The indoor/outdoor special effects filled thriller “Captain Morgan Presents Legends of Horror 2019  https://casaloma.ca/project/legends-of-horror/  returns to Casa Loma  https://casaloma.ca  for another scary season (September 27th to October 31st, 2019). Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com  was on location to speak with George Briggs, Operations Manager at Casa Loma for Liberty Entertainment Group www.libertygroup.com/ about some of the goulish fun you will expect this season including a visit by one of the scariest clown of all time…  Pennywise (From the horror film “IT”) (Legends of Horror at Casa Loma 2019  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv8qOSazvmc  )

Friday September 27th, 2019

Last night(Thursday September 26th, 2019) was the 1st elimination of the CBC series Battle Of The Blades  Season 5  https://www.cbc.ca/television/battleoftheblades .  Battle Of The Blades  combines athletes from two of Canada’s favourite sports, figure skating and hockey as they pair up in a live, high-stakes figure skating competition for the charity of their choice.  The Hockey Players participating are  Amanda Kessel, Brian McGrattan, Bruno Gervais, Colton Orr. P.J Stock, Natalie Spooner & Shelden Kennedy.  The Ice Skaters are Amanda Evora, Andrew Poje, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Eric Radford, Kaitlyn Weaver, Vanessa  James and  Violetta Afanasieva.  Hockey Night In Canada’s Ron MacLeanreturns as host and   four-time Canadian and four-time World champion figure skater Kurt Browning is also back   as head judge. Also on the judging pane for select episodes, Canadian Olympic Games ice dance champions, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. The competition was fierce and entertaining but there has to be an elimination and it was Olympic Games gold and silver medal-winning ice hockey player Amanda Kessel  https://twitter.com/AmandaKessel28  and her partner, two-time World pairs champion and three-time Olympic Games medallist Eric Radford  https://twitter.com/Rad85E  .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on location at Toronto’s CBC building to speak wth Amanda Kessel  & Eric Radford about taking part in the completion and their charities SickKids Foundation, in support of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. www.sickkidsfoundation.com/‎  and Egale Canada, which works to improve the lives of all LGBTQI2S people  https://egale.ca .

(Amanda Kessel and Eric Radford perform to ‘Juice’ | Battle of the Blades  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6vGPOtYac )

Tuesday October 1st, 2019

One of the reasons Quebec is becoming a hot bed for great Canadian Country artists has to do with the music by singer/songwriter Matt Lang mattlangmusic.com  .  Lang was recently in Toronto to promote new music from his upcoming 2nd English speaking album.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on location at Corus Entertainment to speak with Lang about his career, winning the SiriusXM’s Top of the Country competition https://topcountry.siriusxm.ca , working with Canadian country music singer and multi-genre songwriter Tebey https://www.tebeyofficial.com  and his new single Water Down The Whiskey  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rifc0IHQYA0 .

Thursday September 26th, 2019

Rudy Blair will be the host for KISS CF Goodbye 5)

(This Interview is also on SoundCloud  https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/chat-w-paul-taskas-on-cystic )

A rock n roll fundraiser, originally organized by a father for his daughter who has Cystic Fibrosis https://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/  , is taking place  this Saturday September  28th, 2019 at Toronto’s Opera House http://theoperahousetoronto.com/event/kisscfgoodbye-5/  (doors open at 7:30pm).    Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with Paul Taskas https://www.facebook.com/paul.taskas.1 (who is also the lead singer of a Kiss tribute band “Rock and Rollover” ) about ”KISS CF Goodbye 5”  www.kisscfgoodbye.com/   and how this event not only helps his daughter Tori but other families  across Canada and what to expect at the concert including raffell prizes, tribute bands ,  Ozone Baby(Led Zeppelin)  http://www.kisscfgoodbye.com/?page_id=163 , for the 1st time Loonie Tunes(Canadian Rock) http://www.kisscfgoodbye.com/?page_id=787 the headliner Rock and Roll Over http://www.kisscfgoodbye.com/?page_id=157  and making a special appearance this Saturday on CP24

Friday September 27th, 2019

(This Interview is also on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/chat-w-grace-peacock-on-2   )

One of the scariest and most fun places to be this and every weekend leading up to Halloween is Canada’s Wonderlandhttps://www.canadaswonderland.com/  (Opening weekend is this Friday September 27th, 2019(to October 27th).   Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with Grace Peacock https://twitter.com/GracePeacock   Director of Communications at Canada’s Wonderland about the 2019 season  with 25 haunted attractions https://www.canadaswonderland.com/play/haunt/attractions  including  nine mazes, seven scare zones, four live shows and an all-new ‘Toxic’ Party Zone., for the kids Camp Spooky  https://www.canadaswonderland.com/play/camp-spooky 700 ghastly monsters, zombies and creatures of the night and a preview of their  winter family fun Winterfest  https://www.canadaswonderland.com/play/winterfest .

(Halloween Haunt Is Back at Canada’s Wonderland!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-U8lcdyVj0  )

Thursday September 26th, 2019

This Toronto duo are an R&B act I’m declaring the group to keep on your radar and definitely one of the best performers I’ve seen in several years.  They recently performed at the free summer music showcase City Hall Live (Wednesday September 11th, 2019) at Nathan Phillips Square where Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com spoke with Phoenix Pagliacci & Truss who together are now as TRP.P  https://www.wearetrpp.com  about performing at CHL and their latest album  2TRP.P featuring the single “Love, Calm Down”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1JVnhvZEPo

Wednesday September 25th, 2019

The Toronto-based alt-rock band, Birds of Bellwoods www.birdsofbellwoods.com  recently performed at a sold out concert at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern  https://www.horseshoetavern.com  (September 20th, 2019).  Before the show Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on location to speaks with Birds of Bellwoods band member Stevie Joffe  about the bands success, their latest single Easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMQNLWG-5z4 , their upcoming rock concert/figure skating nation wide tour featuring Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko… Rock The Rink  http://rocktherink.com   and a personal message to Max Kerman https://twitter.com/Max_Kerman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor of the Juno award winning band Arkells www.arkellsmusic.com .  

Tuesday September 24th, 2019

International recording artist and one of the nations best Canadian Latin performers,  Alex Cuba https://sublime.alexcuba.com   was in Toronto to promote his 7th studio album.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  was on location to speaks with the Juno and Latin Grammy winner about his latest LP …”Sublime” featuring the single Yo No Sé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XukYR3UUHYA  .