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Local rap artists throw frequent shows at local bar

November 28, 2017 at 2:12 pm

By Demii Niles BELLEVILLE – The Belle Pub in downtown Belleville has become a showcase for local rap artists trying to get their music heard by a wider audience. “The[…]

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Quinte Rotary Music Festival celebrates 49th anniversary

April 6, 2017 at 1:00 pm

By Joseph Carin and Jake Watson and Jessica Clement BELLEVILLE – The 49th annual Quinte Rotary Music Festival put on by the Belleville, Trenton and Quinte Sunrise Rotary Clubs is being held this week. The[…]

Arts

Bancroft music teacher recognized as best in Canada

January 27, 2017 at 11:14 am

By Justin Medve BANCROFT – The music teacher at North Hastings High School has been recognized by education charity MusiCounts as the best in the country. Dianne Winmill has spent the last couple of[…]

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The last Sam the Record Man fighting for recognition

January 17, 2017 at 8:17 am

By Justin Medve BELLEVILLE – The last Sam the Record Man still in operation has another plan to stay spinning. Spencer Destun, who has run a handful of the stores[…]

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A Belleville band had ‘One Shot’, but missed

December 10, 2015 at 3:34 pm

By Candice-Rose Gagnon BELLEVILLE – A local band had “One Shot’ at fame, but missed out, this time around. Session X One Shot was a reality show filmed in Toronto where[…]

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Pianist echoes First World War classics

November 19, 2014 at 11:03 am

By Greg Murphy BELLEVILLE – “The last Canadian soldier to die in the First World War was killed at two minutes to 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918,” Rick Penner[…]

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Local musician talks about government support for the arts and what the downtown proposal is missing

May 15, 2014 at 2:57 pm

By Bevan Hamilton BELLEVILLE – Local musician Andy Sparling says the government shouldn’t be expected to support the arts community. QNetNews spoke to Sparling, band leader of ‘The Commodore Orchestra’,[…]