19 results for tag: Stories. Humour

Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys

There’s no other band around like Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys. With a slight bend of his knee and guided by the sharp cuts of his fiddle, Gordie will launch into a song, the whole time his famous crazy legs shaking and twisting with a laughing disregard for the laws of physics. The Rhythm Boys are all-star pickers ... Read More

Jeffery Straker’s A Very Prairie Christmas – SOLD OUT!

A Very Prairie Christmas is a holiday themed evening with Saskatchewan’s own award-winning singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker and his band. Bring a friend, wear an ugly Christmas sweater and get into the festive spirit. Featuring classic and contemporary Christmas songs, story-telling, and maybe even an audience ... Read More

Big Dave McLean & the Northern Muddy Tones

Big Dave McLean is a living blues legend. The Member of the Order of Canada has been spreading the good news about the blues since he broke on the scene in Winnipeg in the early 70s. Since then Big Dave has played every blues club in the land and has at least influenced two generations of Canadian blues musicians along the way. ... Read More

Big Dave McLean & the Northern Muddy Tones

Big Dave McLean is a living blues legend. The Member of the Order of Canada has been spreading the good news about the blues since he broke on the scene in Winnipeg in the early 70s. Since then Big Dave has played every blues club in the land and has at least influenced two generations of Canadian blues musicians along the way. ... Read More

Richard Inman & Zachary Lucky

In the Austin, Texas music scene of the ’70s there were two dominant songwriters—Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt. Fast forward 40 years and you have two Canadian independent roots songwriters picking up the thread that Townes and Guy left behind. Richard Inman and Zachary Lucky have been developing their chops in bar ... Read More

David Essig

Since moving from Maryland to Canada in 1971, David Essig has become one of our country's most enduring and literate roots singer-songwriters. Possessing an authentic voice that bridges the blues and country music traditions, he is proficient on mandolin, finger style guitar, and slide guitar. Choosing tunes from his impressive ... Read More

Joe Callahan & Tim Campbell

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 ... Read More

An Evening with Jeffery Straker

Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in small town Saskatchewan, raised by a church organist mother, and an auctioneer father. Today he performs over 100 shows a year in Canada, Europe, and Latin America. With critical comparisons to Harry Chapin, Kris Kristofferson, and Billy Joel, his song ... Read More

An Evening with Jeffery Straker

Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker grew up taking piano lessons in small town Saskatchewan, raised by a church organist mother, and an auctioneer father. Today he performs over 100 shows a year in Canada, Europe, and Latin America. With critical comparisons to Harry Chapin, Kris Kristofferson, and Billy Joel, his song ... Read More

The Burko Band

A familiar face on The Bassment stage as one half of AndersonBurko, Darrell Burko makes a solo Bassment appearance to debut 10 new songs. Recorded by engineer and producer Daryl Pierce remotely in the privacy and relative safety of each musician’s home, these songs will be released, performed, and available for purchase at ... Read More