12 results for tag: Americana
When Romi Mayes first heard Lucinda Williams’ album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, she found Lucinda’s songs to be gritty, sexy, loose, and breathy and that they were for her inspiring and achievable. Now after more than 20 years of talking about it, Romi has rounded up her band to celebrate Lucinda Williams’ 70th birthday ...
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Born in Brooks, Alberta and raised in Independence, Kansas, Little Miss Higgins (aka Jolene Higgins) began her life in music early. “When I was about four my dad brought home an old mini-grand piano and told me it was mine. I carved my name in the side of it and then I had to start taking piano lessons.” Now with guitar and ...
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With five Western Canadian Music Award wins and a plethora of nominations for JUNO Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards, Del Barber has spent the past 14 years patiently shaping the folk music canon in Canada. Del’s previous six albums have been critically acclaimed and the latest, Stray Dogs, finds him bridging the past and ...
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Joe Callahan and Tim Campbell perform a soulful and spirited combination of folk, roots, and blues music with a strong jazz underpinning, much of it drawing on Joe’s material from his 3 CDs of original music, (Watching the Light, Street Level High, and Mystery).In addition to performing Joe’s original material, the duo ...
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Born in Brooks, Alberta and raised in Independence, Kansas, Little Miss Higgins (aka Jolene Higgins) began her life in music early. “When I was about four my dad brought home an old mini-grand piano and told me it was mine. I carved my name in the side of it and then I had to start taking piano lessons.” Now with guitar and ...
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For over 20 years Ray Elliott has been charming audiences with his storytelling and lyrical and musical turns of phrase. Ray’s original songs have been turned into plays, provided theme music for films, and graced the airwaves of the CBC and numerous community radio stations across the continent. The evening's set list will ...
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Whether he’s turning heads on the concert circuit with his incendiary playing, or pulling the best possible performances out of the many artists that he works with in the studio, Steve Dawson is always striving to take things to the next level. One of the hardest working musicians Canada has ever produced, Steve he has ...
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The story of Lee Ferris and Bianca Caruso (aka Freddy and Francine) sounds like a script for a movie. They met on the set of the musical Hair, formed a band, fell in love, recorded several albums, broke-up, and got back together after a three-year separation. Raised on everything from Bob Dylan’s folk storytelling to En ...
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Roustabout, maverick, spiritual, gritty, amazing, genius, wild, bad-ass, and soulful. These are just some of the words that have been used to describe Texas blues and roots musician Randy McAllister. A much-revered, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer, Randy returns to The Bassment to play his unique brand of ...
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Hailing from way up in the Rocky Mountains, singer songwriter Ray Elliot moved to Saskatoon 15 years ago. And so it makes sense that his songs call to mind the rugged mountains of Alberta and the vast, open prairies of Saskatchewan. Ray is a natural storyteller, also able to find that common thread. Cidne Treen and Harmonica ...
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