Shan Bricker News Today

Along with a career in natural medicine, faith, music and family were also big parts of her life.

  KITCHENER -- Kitchener’s Blues Festival will return this summer, but like many events, the experience will be a little different. Organizers are calling it “Crossroads 2021.” The festival will take place over two days, from August 6 to August8, and include 58 shows at eight different venues in downtown Kitchener. Cheryl Lescom, a local blues artist, is set to play alongside the Tucson Choir Boys. “I get a lot back from the live audience, and I’ve missed it terribly,” she say...

  KITCHENER -- A pair of Kitchener musicians have created a podcast to help promote local musicians, comedians and venues that have been silenced by pandemic-related closures. Kitchener Famous is the name of the podcast, hosted by musicians Jay Carraro and Jesse Webber. The duo helps connect a musician or comedian with a venue owner to discuss their passions and future goals. In their first episode, Carraro and Webber paired singer-songwriter Jesse Parent with Lana’s Lounge in Waterloo,...