~ Peter Styles Press Reviews ~

Press Reviews of Peter Styles' Performances

"Peter is a warm-hearted guy who really knows how to find the core feeling in his audience and help make that part of the show." (Quoted from the "Welcome to to-nite" article below)

Read the full review done in the September, 2000 issue of Welcome to To-Nite, a Toronto area entertainment review. (Opens in a new browser window)

You've got to read this article, reprinted from Inside Toronto - all about Peter's 2008 Karaoke SuperStar contest, at the Gladstone!

Read the Toronto Star interview by Alyshah Hasham, Staff Reporter, with Peter Styles, on August 31, 2012. The article refers to Peter as a "Local Legend."

Read another article about Peter Styles in Karoake Korner #171

Here is another great review of Peter Styles activities in the Music Business in and around Toronto. His way: harmony and humour. Special to The Globe and Mail, by JOSEY VOGELS. Published May 7, 2005.

The following is an excerpt from Toronto Life Magazine article on Toronto nightlife, issued August 2003, text by Ryan Bigge:

"Cheesy in a good way, M.C. Peter Styles makes bad jokes about his ex-wife, flirts shamelessly, and holds aloft a sparkly applause sign when a virgin crooner (emboldened by cheap beer) requires moral support. Styles always has the last word and the last song, generally around 2:00 am."

This is an excerpt of an article about Peter Styles' Karaoke show, as used to be found on the Karaoke at the Gladstone web page.

The indomitable Peter Styles hosts award winning Karaoke weekly in the Gladstone's Melody Bar on Thursdays thru Saturday evenings. Karaoke performers can choose from a selection 5,000 songs. So whether you're into Neil Diamond, Bon Jovi, country music, rock, calypso, or disco ….chances are Peter's got your song. The Melody Bar karaoke crowd is a diverse blend of the young, artsy Queen Street West crowd and regular patrons.

Peter receives a visit from Jennifer Vallentine of City T.V's Breakfast Television (photo on left).

Peter Styles with Jennifer Vallentyne of City T.V.'s Breakfast Television

Photo by Thomas Norton

Peter, with Amy Price-Francis, who plays Jessica King in the hit Showtime Series King.
*Peter Styles with Amy Price-Francis

Tyler Stewart of the group Bare Naked Ladies with Peter Styles. Peter Styles with Tyler Stewart of the Bare Naked Ladies

Photo by Sandy D'Almeida

Peter Styles Fronting the Uptown Swing Band, at the Gladstone

Peter Styles with The Uptown Swing Band

Peter Styles thrilled the crowd, when he appeared as the Featured Vocalist with Russell Noseworthy and The Uptown Swing Band, at The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, on May 8, 2005.

Here is what Peter has to say about the band: Soundclip of ad for band

"We have put together a great program of Rat Pack Era swing tunes that is sure to be a delight to all who love Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and others of the time. No clones here, just myself and 2 members of the band (Elena and Mark) doing the songs we love to do, with the 9 piece Uptown Swing Band. Dancing, as always, is encouraged."

Links to Friends, Associates and Sponsors

The Gladstone Hotel - where Peter Styles acted as Karaoke Host every week for many years.
Wiztunes Steel Guitar Website - Wiz Feinberg's personal steel guitar website, documenting his history in the professional Country Music business, descriptions of his equipment and technical information about pedal steel guitars.
Wizcrafts Computer Services - Our Host - Expert computer troubleshooting, virus and spyware elimination and Webmaster services.
The Steel Guitar Forum, where amateur and professional pedal and non-pedal steel guitarists meet to exchange knowledge about their instruments, amplifiers and accessories, and discuss the state of the professional Country Music business in general.