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Over The Top Diary #2

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) May 11, 2006 5:30 pm
We sent writer Pras Rajagopalan to cover last week's Over The Top Festival in Toronto. Here is his coverage of Friday and Saturday's action at the fifth edition of the event... Friday It's Friday, and I am woefully groggy. I can count on one hand the hours of sleep I've had during the past three nights. Undeterred, I soldier on to the Music...
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Mayor McCa — Me Is He

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) June 12, 2001 10:44 am
If the attention-deficit Me Is He is any indication, the citizens of Hamilton are lucky that Mayor McCA only got 394 votes in his campaign to become Hamilton's Mayor. Sure, it would've been an amusing ride to have someone that mercurial as the town leader, but it's unlikely that he would've had the focus to accomplish a single thing....
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Mayor McCa — "Drinkalottawater"

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By CHARTattack Staff February 17, 2010 4:57 pm
Here's the new stop-motion animation-filled video for Mayor McCa's "Drinkalottawater." The track will appear on his upcoming new album, Double You Ex Why Zed. It took McCa almost eight months to create all the props in the video, which was shot over two gruelling 16-hour days.
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Mayor McCa's New Stop-Motion Video Is Full Of Life Lessons

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) February 17, 2010 4:05 pm
Mayor McCa has released his new music video for "Drinkalottawater," the first single from his upcoming sixth album, Double You Ex Why Zed. Now based in England, the Canadian one-man band held a launch party for the stop-motion video on Feb. 15 at Notting Hill Arts Club in London.   "At the moment I think 'Drinkalottawater' is...
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Mayor McCa Has Noisettes, Rumble Strips On New Album

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) December 16, 2009 5:42 pm
It has been three years since Mayor McCa has gigged in Canada. The Hamiton, Ont. native lives in England and is returning to his hometown to visit family this month and will play a pair of concerts in southern Ontario while he's back. The shows will give fans a sneak peek at material from the always entertaining, eccentric one-man band's...
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Mayor McCa Will Work Hard Right Across Canada

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) September 22, 2006 4:30 pm
Back in May, we told you that one of Canada's most creative performers, the one-man band known as Mayor McCa, was changing his nickname from "One-Man Band Singing Sensation" to "The Hardest-Working Man In Show Business." Without even getting into his ever-expanding list of musical and artistic accomplishments, one simply...
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On The Road Again: The Hylozoists, Mayor McCa And Square Root Of Margaret

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By CHARTattack Staff September 20, 2006 5:30 pm
Toronto's Hylozoists are on the road in support of their La Fin Du Monde album that came out in June through Boompa Records. The Paul Aucoin-led orchestral pop ensemble — who incorporate vibraphones, glockenspiel and flugelhorn, along with some more mundane instruments used by most other groups — will include at least seven members at all of...
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Mayor McCa Works Harder Than James Brown

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) May 2, 2006 5:30 pm
It's been just over a year since Hamilton's Mayor McCa moved to the U.K. After taking his wildly imaginative one-man band act across Canada countless times, he decided to make a change. After packing up his wide array of musical tools, he eventually settled in London and got to work at establishing himself in his new home. It took a while to...
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On The Road Again: The Lovely Feathers, Mayor McCa And The Ryan Luchuck Band

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By CHARTattack Staff April 26, 2006 6:00 pm
Montreal's The Lovely Feathers will traverse eastern Canada over the next six weeks supporting their engagingly quirky full-length debut, Hind Hind Legs. The album was produced by Metric's James Shaw, who took the young band under his wing and on the road last year, and was released earlier this month on the new Equator label. Take flight with...
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Mayor McCa Launches Western Canada Tour

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By Amanda Factor (CHARTattack) June 22, 2001 10:30 am
CA Smith a.k.a. Mayor McCA is planning to tour around Western Canada in late June following the release of his third solo album, Me Is He, that came out June 12 on Sonic Unyon Records. This "One-Man-Band Singing Sensation" has attracted crowds of more than 250 people to his gigs at NXNE and Canadian Music Week. Could be worth checking...
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