Nick Buzz

Nick Buzz is a Canadian band composed of pianist Jon Goldsmith, violinist Hugh Marsh, guitarist Rob Piltch, and singer/songwriter Martin Tielli.^[1][2]

Nick Buzz
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Rock, classical
Years active	1995 (1995)–present
Labels	DROG, Six Shooter
Members	Jonathan Goldsmith Hugh Marsh Rob Piltch Martin Tielli

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.^[3] 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.^[4][5][6] 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.^[7][8]

Discography

• Circo (1996)
• Arnold Schoenberg and the Berlin Cabaret (2003)
• A Quiet Evening at Home (2013)