Nick Buzz
{{Short description|Canadian band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| years_active = {{Start date|1995}}–present
| label = DROG, Six Shooter
| associated_acts = Art of Time Ensemble
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| current_members = Jonathan Goldsmith
Hugh Marsh
Rob Piltch
Martin Tielli
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Nick Buzz is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter Martin Tielli.{{cite book|author=H. Raymond Samuels I.I.|title=Compendium of the Dominion: Canada's grassroots national newspaper : May 2003 to November 2004 editions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wljuAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Agora Cosmopolitan|isbn=978-1-894934-14-5|page=115}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170820114847/http://www.vueweekly.com/album/old_sounds_nick_buzz/ "Nick Buzz: Nick Buzz"]}}. Vue Weekly, July 23, 2009
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.[https://issuu.com/capertimes/docs/2013-09_caper_times_sept._16 "A Quiet Evening at Home unique and adventurous"]. Caper Times , Sep 15, 2013 page 6 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.{{cite book|author1=Michael Barclay|author2=Ian A. D. Jack|author3=Jason Schneider|title=Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLIiOE_jCpAC&pg=PT910|year=2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-968-1|pages=910–}} 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.[http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/4305959-a-buzz-that-demands-attention/ "A Buzz that demands attention"]. Waterloo Region Record, By Michael Barclay[https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/nick-buzz-a-quiet-evening-at-home/ "Nick Buzz - A Quiet Evening At Home"]. NOW Toronto, by Sarah Greene August 29, 2013
Discography
- Circo (1996)
- Arnold Schoenberg and the Berlin Cabaret (2003)
- A Quiet Evening at Home (2013)
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/circo-r258073 |title=Circo Review |author=Sean Carruthers |publisher=Allmusic |work=www.allmusic.com |date= |accessdate=20 January 2011}}
{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T05%3A22%3A43Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=28215361&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 28215361 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all |publisher=canada.gc.ca/main_e.html |accessdate=20 January 2011}}
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External links
- [http://www.rustyspell.com/buzz/index.html Rusty Spell's USA Nick Buzz Page]
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Category:1995 establishments in Ontario
Category:Canadian classical music groups
Category:Canadian rock music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1995