Fergus Hambleton: Summertime Fun
The veteran Toronto pop/reggae/folk singer/songwriter previews an upcoming album with a well-crafted and suitably sunny tune that captures the mood of the season.
By Kerry Doole
Fergus Hambleton - Summertime Fun (Current Records): This is the first single from Neighbourhoods, an upcoming (October) album from the veteran Toronto singer/songwriter.
Call its title truth in advertising, as this is a sunny and catchy pop track to match the vibe of the season perfectly. It's the equivalent of a well-written thriller providing escapist beach reading. Hambleton's warm and melodic voice is to the fore, and the pace lifts halfway through with a scorching guitar solo. The tune is mixed by Terry Brown (Rush, Blue Rodeo).
Long a popular figure on the Toronto scene, the songsmith is best known nationally as leader of The Sattalites, long one of Canada's premiere pop-reggae outfits. That Juno- winning group still plays every week at The Orbit Room in Toronto, while Hambleton continues to work in a variety of genres, from jazz to folk and pop.
His first real gig was playing keyboards and singing with popular Yorkville psychedelic folk band A Passing Fancy, back in the late '60s. Five decades later, he's still going strong.
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Publicity: Gerry Young, Current Records
Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett.
Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett.
Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett. On Diljit: Hermès shirt & pants.
Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett. On Diljit: EYTYS jacket