Andy Johnson

News Anchor, Classical Mornings with Mike and Jean at The New Classical FM

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BEATBOXING NUN VIDEO GOES VIRAL

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on There is video that’s gone viral on the internet showing two Brazilian nuns and a priest dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television show. The video has now been seen by millions on social media in Brazil and around the world. The nuns say beat boxing, dancing and the songs themselves are tools god uses to reach the hearts of the people.
MUSIC LEGEND RICK DERRINGER DIES AT 77

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on He was a Grammy Award-winning producer, guitarist and songwriter who worked with a veritable whose who in the music business. Rick Derringer was a true music journeyman. He scored his biggest hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” but kept busy working with the likes of Johnny and Edgar Winter, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan. Bonnie Tyler and Cyndi Lauper. He also produced Weird Al Yankovic’s first six albums.
TORONTO HISTORY GOES TO AUCTION

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on An important piece of Toronto’s architectural and artistic history is going to auction tonight. It’s the The Bridge Builders, 1915, a major, museum-quality canvas by Toronto-born artist and Group of Seven affiliate Peter Clapham Sheppard.
TTC ENDS TOKENS AND TICKETS THIS SUNDAY

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on If you are a TTC rider and still holding tokens, tickets or day passes, you won’t be able to use them after this coming Sunday. The transit system is phasing them out as it continues to modernize its fare collection methods. The TTC says less than 1% of riders still use tickets and tokens. But, with the TTC almost a 100 years old, some collectors are holding on to what’s seen as a piece of Toronto history.
FAMED FRENCH DOCUMENTARIAN DIES AT 97

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on The Oscar winning filmmaker who forced France to face its Second World War past with his 1969 documentary, “The Sorrow and the Pity,” has died. Marcel Ophuls was the German born documentarian, whose family fled to France to escape the Nazis and who later forced France to faceĀ the truth. “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the myth that most of France had resisted the Nazi invasion and occupation between 1940 and 1944.
BLUE DANUBE HEADS TO SPACE

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on It’s been heard all over the world and is now going to be launched into space to mark the creator’s 200th birthday. The Blue Daube Waltz by Johann Strauss II will be beamed into the cosmos as it’s performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on May 31st. It will also be livestreamed with free public screenings in Vienna, Madrid and New York and coincides with the European Space Agency’s founding 50 years ago.
NOTED FEMENIST AUTHOR DIES AT 90

1 week ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on The American author of the landmark book on sexual assault has died. Susan Brownmiller was a prominent feminist and author in the 1960s and 70s whose 1975 book “Against Our Will” was a watershed and a intensely debated bestseller. She was a journalist, anti-war protester and civil rights activist before joining the “second wave” feminist movement in its formative years which included Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan.
Andy Johnson’s (soon to be world famous) Raisin Bran Muffins

1 week ago | classicalfm.ca | Andy Johnson

For the recipe for Andy Johnson’s (soon to be world-famous) Butter Tarts, click here. This my take on a recipe that delivers a healthy, tasty and easy to make raisin bran muffin. It makes the right amount of batter for six of the large size preferred by my colleague Jean Stilwell or 12 smaller muffins, depending upon your preference.
SPACE COWBOY TO BE HONOURED

2 weeks ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on He’s now 81 and a music legend and he’s not done yet. Steve Miller’s legacy will be celebrated when he receives the Les Paul Spirit Award next month. It’s given to someone who “exemplifies the spirit of the late, great Les Paul through innovation, engineering, technology and/or music.”It’s named after Les Paul, the guitarist who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar.
COULD HE BE MAYOR MENDICINO?

2 weeks ago | zoomerradio.ca | Andy Johnson

Share on The former Liberal MP for Eglinton-Lawrence, who agreed to stick around as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Chief of Staff, will be leaving that post in the summer. Until then, Marco Mendicino will continue to lead the transition team in the Prime Minister’s Office. The 51-year old lawyer represented Eglinton-Lawrence for ten years and served as Minister of Public Safety.