FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOHN FRASER MANN (OBC) – Sep 18, 1962 – Nov 20, 2019 With deep sadness we announce that John Fraser Mann (OBC) has passed away peacefully in Vancouver, the inevitable result of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease … Read More
It’s been some months now since January 2019, when we participated in another “Spirit of John” benefit concert for the Alzheimer’s Association of Toronto. These concerts are for their Music Project, which help give dementia patients access to the music … Read More
Opening pathways for experience and expression. A few years ago, when SOTW’s singer and main song co-writer John Mann was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s, a ripple went through the fairly close knit CDN music community. While it was clear … Read More
John Mann’s Go Fund Me Campaign Spirit of Canada | A Benefit for John Mann It was Barney Bentall that started it. In his gentle way he floated the idea of putting on a benefit show to raise … Read More
On September 13, 2017 in Toronto there’s going to be a very special event in support of the Alzheimer Society of Toronto’s initiative to provide music to dementia sufferers by way of personal media players. It’ll be a rare chance … Read More
From the Desk of Vince Ditrich Vinyl Village is finally on the map! After 25+ years in storage we have discovered a very small selection of LPs, some of which are exceedingly rare. As I’ve mentioned already, I do not … Read More