Wayne Petti

Sunparlour Players Underwhelm Live

It's safe to say there aren't a lot of bands that display their vibraphone as prominently as The Hylozoists. The Paul Aucoin-fronted Toronto collective — in to warm up the crowd for the Sunparlour Players — opened their set with what would be the night's most epic tune: "Bras D'Or Lakes," from their latest disc, L'Ile De Sept Villes...
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Sunparlour Players

Wayne Petti

Cuff The Duke frontman Wayne Petti has broken out of the Oshawa alt.country outfit as an acoustic singer-songwriter with this surprisingly low-key debut. As a troubadour, his vocal delivery is slight, airy and suited to this collection of innocuous tunes, which are mostly mournful or boyishly romantic in tone. Petti demonstrates a sense for...
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Wayne Petti

Cuff The Duke, Lowest Of The Low Members In New Documentary

Cuff The Duke's Wayne Petti and former Lowest Of The Low members Ron Hawkins and Stephen Stanley are among five musicians that are the focus of the new Born 2 It documentary. The film, which also features Alun Piggins and singer/songwriter Elissa Mielke, will premiere Nov. 8 at Toronto's Royal Theatre. Born 2 It screens at 7:15 p.m. that day, and...
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Cuff The Duke

Wayne Petti Doing Double-Duty These Days

When Wayne Petti picked up the phone, there was a nerve-rattling din of disconnected voices and instruments clattering about, all of it firmly in the foreground. I was struggling to figure out if I even had him on the phone. "It's just chaos here," he explains. "I'm rehearsing and we were about to take a break, but where we...
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Wayne Petti

New Wayne Petti And Old Cuff The Duke Both On The Way

Outside Music will reissue Oshawa, Ont. alt.country group Cuff The Duke's first record and release the solo debut by frontman Wayne Petti in the coming weeks. Petti, Cuff The Duke's principal songwriter and vocalist, launches Untitled on March 13. The album takes Cuff The Duke's blend of country and folk and adds a more personal and stripped-...
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