Nick Buzz

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Nick Buzz
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Rock, classical
Years active1995 (1995)present
Labels DROG, Six Shooter
Members Jonathan Goldsmith
Hugh Marsh
Rob Piltch
Martin Tielli

Nick Buzz is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter Martin Tielli. [1] [2]

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History

Goldsmith, Marsh, Piltch and Tielli came together in 1992 to collaborate on a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" for the 1992 Mitchell tribute album Back to the Garden . [3] The four began practising and performing under the name Nick Buzz, a nod to Tielli's chain-smoking habit ('nicotine buzz').

Nick Buzz released a full-length album, Circo, in 1996 through Dark Light Music. [4] [5] [6] It was rereleased in 2002 by Six Shooter Records, with the music magazine Chart calling it a "virtually unheard-of 1996 classic". In 2003, they got back together to perform four songs by Arnold Schoenberg, originally for Andrew Burashko's Art of Time series in Toronto. The group released a recording of these songs for Tielli's Tielli 2003 subscription series on Six Shooter.

In 2013 Nick Buzz released the album A Quiet Evening at Home on Six Shooter Records. [7] [8]

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References

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  2. "Nick Buzz: Nick Buzz". Vue Weekly, July 23, 2009
  3. "A Quiet Evening at Home unique and adventurous". Caper Times , Sep 15, 2013 page 6
  4. Michael Barclay; Ian A. D. Jack; Jason Schneider (2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995. ECW Press. pp. 910–. ISBN   978-1-55490-968-1.
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  7. "A Buzz that demands attention". Waterloo Region Record, By Michael Barclay
  8. "Nick Buzz - A Quiet Evening At Home". NOW Toronto, by Sarah Greene August 29, 2013