69 results for tag: Originals
Award-winning Canadian fiddlers J.J. Guy and Gordon Stobbe have a long history of working together. The two also have a long history of playing The Bassment. JJ and Gordon are back to perform their collection of original tunes, written in the twin fiddle style. Cathy Sproule will provide expert piano accompaniment.
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Pianist and composer Ian Sinclair recently moved home to Saskatoon after spending 15 years living and working in Toronto. While there he completed a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Toronto, released an album entitled Know the Reflection, and was active in the city's jazz scene working with a number of award-w...
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Keyboardist Mary Ancheta is a Canadian / Filipina artist who steps into the spotlight with her genre-bending organic, modern take on jazz and electro-funk. Inspired by the likes of Squarepusher, The Meters, John Scofield, and Prince, Ancheta knows what’s up when it comes to arresting melodies and irresistible grooves. Her ...
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Daniel Champagne lives and breathes live music. Described as “a leading light in acoustic music,” Daniel picked up the guitar as a five-year-old following in the footsteps of his musical father. He began writing songs at 12, training classically throughout his teens, and performing wherever he could. At 18, he finished ...
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Toronto songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell returns with Anniversary, an evocative collection of original love songs produced by Great Lake Swimmers’ Tony Dekker. Lapell’s deft lyrics jostle with love song tropes, grappling with love’s finitude and the irony of how codependency and longing are revered in ...
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Hailing from a rough-and-tumble backwoods upbringing in Fishing Lake Métis Settlement in Northern Alberta, Dallas Alexander weaves his Métis roots with stories amassed over a decade-plus career serving in a tier-one special operations unit in the Canadian military. Dallas serves up a unique sound and country music lovers are ...
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Award winning vocalist/composer Andrea Superstein dominates the stage with a new multimedia tour de force inspired by real life stories of motherhood. The culmination of Andrea’s conversations with close to 100 mothers about their lived experience, the show highlights the seldom told yet very real stories mothers face and the ...
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With this year marking Heidi Munro’s 10th year of Bassment shows and 39th years in the music business, she has chosen to perform her favourite songs from her career. Known across Western Canada for powerful vocals and passionate performances, she’ll bring on the rockin’ blues, cool jazz hits, a selection of her original ...
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Led by composer/guitarist Ed Durocher, Winnipeg's Apollo Suns is a 9-piece instrumental collective that fuses the influences of jazz, rock, and psychedelic. Best known for its high-octane live show, the group has performed at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, the Vermont Jazz Fest, and the Calgary Stampede. The band has several ...
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Bassist RJ LeBlanc's new project HEYDAY showcases the talents of five of Montreal’s most versatile and prolific musicians: Erika Angell (vocals), Jérôme Beaulieu (keyboards), Kevin Warren (drums), Nicolas Ferron (guitar), and RJ (bass). With a wide range of influences from post-rock to R&B and beyond, HEYDAY is able to ...
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