Live baby live: summer 2025
July-August gig diary
This summer I saw more legacy acts than I anticipated—including the two incongruous artists in Rust Never Sleeps—mostly spontaneous decisions. Plus, two underrated Toronto legends, an Okie folkie, and a full report from this year’s Hillside Festival in Guelph—where marimbas, Afrobeat and flamenco led the way.
And I found myself at this show, where the GenX-er in me took this video getting weepy thinking about how this song has followed me through my life:
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