{{Short description|Canadian band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Nick Buzz | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Rock, classical | years_active = {{Start date|1995}}–present | label = DROG, Six Shooter | associated_acts = Art of Time Ensemble | website = | current_members = Jonathan Goldsmith<br/>Hugh Marsh<br/>Rob Piltch<br/>Martin Tielli | past_members = }} '''Nick Buzz''' is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter Martin Tielli.<ref name="II.2005">{{cite book|author=H. Raymond Samuels I.I.|title=Compendium of the Dominion: Canada's grassroots national newspaper : May 2003 to November 2004 editions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wljuAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Agora Cosmopolitan|isbn=978-1-894934-14-5|page=115}}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170820114847/http://www.vueweekly.com/album/old_sounds_nick_buzz/ "Nick Buzz: Nick Buzz"]}}. Vue Weekly, July 23, 2009</ref>
==History== Goldsmith, Marsh, Piltch and Tielli came together in 1992 to collaborate on a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" for the 1992 Mitchell tribute album ''Back to the Garden''.<ref name="issuu.com">[https://issuu.com/capertimes/docs/2013-09_caper_times_sept._16 "A Quiet Evening at Home unique and adventurous"]. ''Caper Times '', Sep 15, 2013 page 6</ref> The four began practising and performing under the name Nick Buzz, a nod to Tielli's chain-smoking habit ('nicotine buzz').
Nick Buzz released a full-length album, ''Circo'', in 1996 through Dark Light Music.<ref name="BarclayJack2011">{{cite book|author1=Michael Barclay|author2=Ian A. D. Jack|author3=Jason Schneider|title=Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance, 1985-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xLIiOE_jCpAC&pg=PT910|year=2011|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-968-1|pages=910–}}</ref><ref name="libraryandarchivescanada"/><ref name="allmusic"/> It was rereleased in 2002 by Six Shooter Records, with the music magazine ''Chart'' calling it a "virtually unheard-of 1996 classic". In 2003, they got back together to perform four songs by Arnold Schoenberg, originally for Andrew Burashko's Art of Time series in Toronto. The group released a recording of these songs for Tielli's ''Tielli 2003'' subscription series on Six Shooter.
In 2013, Nick Buzz released the album ''A Quiet Evening at Home'' on Six Shooter Records.<ref>[http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/4305959-a-buzz-that-demands-attention/ "A Buzz that demands attention"]. ''Waterloo Region Record'', By Michael Barclay</ref><ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/nick-buzz-a-quiet-evening-at-home/ "Nick Buzz - A Quiet Evening At Home"]. ''NOW Toronto'', by Sarah Greene August 29, 2013</ref>
==Discography== * ''Circo'' (1996) * ''Arnold Schoenberg and the Berlin Cabaret'' (2003) * ''A Quiet Evening at Home'' (2013)
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<ref name="allmusic"> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/circo-r258073 |title=Circo Review |author=Sean Carruthers |publisher=Allmusic |work=www.allmusic.com |date= |accessdate=20 January 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="libraryandarchivescanada"> {{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2011-01-20T05%3A22%3A43Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=28215361&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Aamicus |title=AMICUS No. 28215361 |author=Library and Archives Canada |author-link=Library and Archives Canada |date= |work=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all |publisher=canada.gc.ca/main_e.html |accessdate=20 January 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.rustyspell.com/buzz/index.html Rusty Spell's USA Nick Buzz Page]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nick Buzz}} Category:1995 establishments in Ontario Category:Canadian classical music groups Category:Canadian rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1995 Category:Musical groups from Toronto Category:Rock music groups from Toronto Category:Six Shooter Records artists