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

Nick Buzz
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresRock, classical
Years active1995 (1995)–present
LabelsDROG, Six Shooter
MembersJonathan Goldsmith
Hugh Marsh
Rob Piltch
Martin Tielli

History

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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]

Discography

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  • Circo (1996)
  • Arnold Schoenberg and the Berlin Cabaret (2003)
  • A Quiet Evening at Home (2013)

References

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  1. ^ H. Raymond Samuels I.I. (2005). Compendium of the Dominion: Canada's grassroots national newspaper : May 2003 to November 2004 editions. Agora Cosmopolitan. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-894934-14-5.
  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.
  5. ^ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 28215361". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  6. ^ Sean Carruthers. "Circo Review". www.allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  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
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