Post by Leo on Nov 29, 2007 9:56:41 GMT -5
What's up?
'Tis the season (seems 'tis been the season since Labour Day! at least in the malls), really. Music is a great gift. Give a concert. Give a CD, there are so many great bands these days, whatever your (acoustic!) taste. Give an evening's babysitting so your friends can take in a great show. Give music to a kid, nothing is better - CD, concert, instrument, lessons. Lots of really good local bands have "projects" out there now.
(I might have to buy Mom the Hot Club of Mars CD for Christmas so I can get my copy back from her!)
Want Bluegrass lessons at your convenience? Check out www.bluegrasscollege.org.
I've listened to quite a few tunes. Well done, most tunes are not "dumbed down". Great players on all instruments doing both instrumentals and vocal tunes, not at breakneck speed but above the slow pitch level.
Thurs Dec 13 would be a great night to shop for Bluegrass at St. James Hall, check out www.roguefolk.bc.ca
But long before Dec 13....
Thurs Nov 29, the Harmony Mountain Singers, Home Cookin', Plough and the Drum Divas! at 7:30 at St. Clements Church -3400 Discovery Road North Vancouver. Take Mountain Highway exit - go along until Lynn Valley Road - turn right on LV Road and then take your first left onto Discovery Rd. The church is down the street on the right hand side, across from a big playing field).
As some of you may know Karla has been directing two choirs since September - HARMONY MOUNTAIN SINGERS and HOMECOOKIN'. These two choirs existed under the direction of Dale Rasmussen for the last few years who just recently moved to Kamloops. This show will include both choirs singing folk, bluegrass, gospel and songs from the 60s. We will also have very special guests - PLOUGH - old time band featuring Linda Bull (vocals, fiddle, banjo) Partrick Metzger (vocals, guitar, bass) James Scholl (vocals, bass, guitar) and Karla Mundy (vocals and banjo). The DRUM DIVAS will also be joining in the concert - an all female drum/rhythm/vocals quartet playing original funky arrangements of Latin and Afro-inspired music. This is the first performance for Navaro, Sandi, Sacha and Karla in their new expanded line-up!
Tickets are minimum $5 donation (children are free) - Money raised goes to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation and St. Clements Church. There will be snacks and drinks at the break. Get there early!
Friday November 30, 2007, 7:00pm, Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street, Vancouver.
Fundraiser for PAWS - Positive Action With Students - a unique program administered by Westcoast Teams (www.westcoastteams.com) which matches at-risk youth with service dog puppies and works its magic, which you can imagine. Sue Turner (www.sueturnermusic.com, http://www.singingpodiatrist.com) willbe performing with Artie Devlin, along with many other fabulous acts, including:
Hot Club of Mars
The Wheat in the Barley
Rosemary Campbell and Don Fraser
Larry Wahl
Rueben Gurr
Sarah and Gil Jaysmith
Barb Fraser with Dennis Henderson and Leah Williams
Dave Symington
My Lady's Chamber
featuring Leanne Bolton, M.C.
This is a great night at the Cottage Bistro. All money raised goes to Sharon and Ryan Hill, who work tirelessly to organize and administer their program, which benefits so many people. Please come out and share this wonderful evening. Thanks Sue.
Also Fri Nov 30, Don Ross and Brooke Miller at St. James hall, W10thAve, thanks www.roguefolk.bc.ca
Also Fri Nov 30, the start of Ravish Momin's TRIO TARANA west coast tour. Downtown NYC jazz meets Middle-Eastern, Indian and other worldly influences. Born in India, based in New York, creative percussionist/composer Ravish Momin brings together his creative music, folk and jazz influences in fresh, unorthodox ways with Trio Tarana, an exciting project with interesting instrumentation and stellar musicians, Brandon Terzic on oud & Skye Steele on violin.
TRIO TARANA SOUTH COASTAL BC TOUR:
Friday, November 30 (9 pm) — The Gumboot, 1057 Roberts Creek Road, Roberts Creek
(Tickets at Coast Books, Tailwind Books & Melomania Music - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Saturday, December 1 (8 pm) — The & Loan Gallery, 33 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
(Tickets at Fascinating Rhythm - $10 advance / $13 at the door)
Sunday, December 2 (8 pm) — The Roxy, 560 North Road, Gabriola Island
(Tickets at Artworks & Village Liquor Store - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Monday, December 3 (8 pm) — Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street, Duncan
(Tickets at Ten Old Books - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Tuesday, December 4 (8 pm) — Joe King Ballpark, Hornby Island
($12 at the door / $10 for members)
Wednesday, December 5 (8:30 pm) — Joe’s Garage, 115 Fifth Street, Courtenay (co-produced with Cumberland Village Works)
(Tickets at Joe’s Garage - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Thursday, December 6 (8 pm) — Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View Street, Victoria
($15 at the door / $12 for students & seniors)
Saturday, December 8 (9 pm) — 1067 Granville, 1067 Granville Street, Vancouver
($10 & up at the door)
For more information and many links, please visit www.zula.ca
Feeling dancey? Contra dance Sat Dec 1, thanks to Rogue Folk.
Also Sat Dec 1, 7:00 pm, Dyad at Blue House. Old-time Appalachian songs and tunes from the superb and recently-expanded Dyad - now a quartet with Mark Beaty (La Candela, Be Good Tanyas) on cello and vocals. Two full sets of great music in an intimate venue. $15 (donation) for chairspace or $10 for floorspace, please bring cushion. Range of refreshments available. Space is limited. To reserve at no charge, email: tonymontague@telus.net or call Tony at 604 254 2066. BLUE HOUSE, 1624 Salsbury Drive near East 1st Ave & Commercial, in the heart of East Van.
If you're south of the border on Sat Dec 1 don't miss the Butch Baldassari benefit concert at Dusty Strings in Seattle. www.dustystrings.com John Reischman, John Miller, many more. See the attached poster.
Sun Dec 2, Guy Davis and the High Flying Rockets at Cap Theatre, see www.roguefolk.bc.ca
Monday Dec 3, first Monday of the month means it's Slow Pitch night at the Anza Club, Sue Malcolm and friends, brought to you by your Pacific Bluegrass & Heritage Society.
Monday Dec 3, I think the Bruce Molsky concert is totally or nearly sold out. But at last notice, still room in his workshop, check with bull.linda@gmail.com
What else?
Ron Roth is bringing Cadillac Sky to the area, specifically Maple Ridge in February. Now that tickets are up for sale as of Nov 26 at The ACT, you can buy premium seating before the broad advertising campaign begins. The show is already on The ACT website, posters are going up in the local area early next week, a brochure goes out to 30,000 people in the first week of January. So to get the best seats, people must act now. www.theactmapleridge.com
Thanks Ron. I saw them at Wintergrass and, except for a bit of plugged-in problems, they were great. One of the up-and-coming bands not to miss.
Sometimes the brain is slower than...well, almost anything. Speaking for myself of course. Forgot to mention a great concert at the start of November where I got to pick with a bunch of friends and back Rossetta Paxton at a SRO CD release concert in her home town of Williams Lake. Which is a long way to say Rossetta has a CD out, www.rossetta.org
Jamming on Wednesday nights now from 6:30 to 10:30. This will take place in Langley at Mountain Secondary, 7755-202A St. Langley, B.C. V2Y1W4. If you play BLUEGRASS you can choose the large choir room or one of the 6 rooms that are attached. If you play OLD TIME FIDDLE OR OLD TIME COUNTRY you can choose the other large choir room with 3 rooms that are attached. So Come on out. Admission $5.00 each, members of the PBHS and the VBMS $3.00 each and students are free. allbluegrass.proboards84.com/ Thanks Leo.
And (small plug for Children's Hospital) the 2008 (Nov07 to Jan09, actually) Balding for Dollars calendar is now available. You can order on line at www.baldingfordollars.com Thanks Dan. Yep, that's Dan's mug inside the cover, well before or after he "balded".
(Please, no return emails telling me I'm balding for free, I've heard them ad nauseum)
Cheers,
Garry
'Tis the season (seems 'tis been the season since Labour Day! at least in the malls), really. Music is a great gift. Give a concert. Give a CD, there are so many great bands these days, whatever your (acoustic!) taste. Give an evening's babysitting so your friends can take in a great show. Give music to a kid, nothing is better - CD, concert, instrument, lessons. Lots of really good local bands have "projects" out there now.
(I might have to buy Mom the Hot Club of Mars CD for Christmas so I can get my copy back from her!)
Want Bluegrass lessons at your convenience? Check out www.bluegrasscollege.org.
I've listened to quite a few tunes. Well done, most tunes are not "dumbed down". Great players on all instruments doing both instrumentals and vocal tunes, not at breakneck speed but above the slow pitch level.
Thurs Dec 13 would be a great night to shop for Bluegrass at St. James Hall, check out www.roguefolk.bc.ca
But long before Dec 13....
Thurs Nov 29, the Harmony Mountain Singers, Home Cookin', Plough and the Drum Divas! at 7:30 at St. Clements Church -3400 Discovery Road North Vancouver. Take Mountain Highway exit - go along until Lynn Valley Road - turn right on LV Road and then take your first left onto Discovery Rd. The church is down the street on the right hand side, across from a big playing field).
As some of you may know Karla has been directing two choirs since September - HARMONY MOUNTAIN SINGERS and HOMECOOKIN'. These two choirs existed under the direction of Dale Rasmussen for the last few years who just recently moved to Kamloops. This show will include both choirs singing folk, bluegrass, gospel and songs from the 60s. We will also have very special guests - PLOUGH - old time band featuring Linda Bull (vocals, fiddle, banjo) Partrick Metzger (vocals, guitar, bass) James Scholl (vocals, bass, guitar) and Karla Mundy (vocals and banjo). The DRUM DIVAS will also be joining in the concert - an all female drum/rhythm/vocals quartet playing original funky arrangements of Latin and Afro-inspired music. This is the first performance for Navaro, Sandi, Sacha and Karla in their new expanded line-up!
Tickets are minimum $5 donation (children are free) - Money raised goes to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation and St. Clements Church. There will be snacks and drinks at the break. Get there early!
Friday November 30, 2007, 7:00pm, Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street, Vancouver.
Fundraiser for PAWS - Positive Action With Students - a unique program administered by Westcoast Teams (www.westcoastteams.com) which matches at-risk youth with service dog puppies and works its magic, which you can imagine. Sue Turner (www.sueturnermusic.com, http://www.singingpodiatrist.com) willbe performing with Artie Devlin, along with many other fabulous acts, including:
Hot Club of Mars
The Wheat in the Barley
Rosemary Campbell and Don Fraser
Larry Wahl
Rueben Gurr
Sarah and Gil Jaysmith
Barb Fraser with Dennis Henderson and Leah Williams
Dave Symington
My Lady's Chamber
featuring Leanne Bolton, M.C.
This is a great night at the Cottage Bistro. All money raised goes to Sharon and Ryan Hill, who work tirelessly to organize and administer their program, which benefits so many people. Please come out and share this wonderful evening. Thanks Sue.
Also Fri Nov 30, Don Ross and Brooke Miller at St. James hall, W10thAve, thanks www.roguefolk.bc.ca
Also Fri Nov 30, the start of Ravish Momin's TRIO TARANA west coast tour. Downtown NYC jazz meets Middle-Eastern, Indian and other worldly influences. Born in India, based in New York, creative percussionist/composer Ravish Momin brings together his creative music, folk and jazz influences in fresh, unorthodox ways with Trio Tarana, an exciting project with interesting instrumentation and stellar musicians, Brandon Terzic on oud & Skye Steele on violin.
TRIO TARANA SOUTH COASTAL BC TOUR:
Friday, November 30 (9 pm) — The Gumboot, 1057 Roberts Creek Road, Roberts Creek
(Tickets at Coast Books, Tailwind Books & Melomania Music - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Saturday, December 1 (8 pm) — The & Loan Gallery, 33 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo
(Tickets at Fascinating Rhythm - $10 advance / $13 at the door)
Sunday, December 2 (8 pm) — The Roxy, 560 North Road, Gabriola Island
(Tickets at Artworks & Village Liquor Store - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Monday, December 3 (8 pm) — Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street, Duncan
(Tickets at Ten Old Books - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Tuesday, December 4 (8 pm) — Joe King Ballpark, Hornby Island
($12 at the door / $10 for members)
Wednesday, December 5 (8:30 pm) — Joe’s Garage, 115 Fifth Street, Courtenay (co-produced with Cumberland Village Works)
(Tickets at Joe’s Garage - $12 advance / $15 at the door)
Thursday, December 6 (8 pm) — Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View Street, Victoria
($15 at the door / $12 for students & seniors)
Saturday, December 8 (9 pm) — 1067 Granville, 1067 Granville Street, Vancouver
($10 & up at the door)
For more information and many links, please visit www.zula.ca
Feeling dancey? Contra dance Sat Dec 1, thanks to Rogue Folk.
Also Sat Dec 1, 7:00 pm, Dyad at Blue House. Old-time Appalachian songs and tunes from the superb and recently-expanded Dyad - now a quartet with Mark Beaty (La Candela, Be Good Tanyas) on cello and vocals. Two full sets of great music in an intimate venue. $15 (donation) for chairspace or $10 for floorspace, please bring cushion. Range of refreshments available. Space is limited. To reserve at no charge, email: tonymontague@telus.net or call Tony at 604 254 2066. BLUE HOUSE, 1624 Salsbury Drive near East 1st Ave & Commercial, in the heart of East Van.
If you're south of the border on Sat Dec 1 don't miss the Butch Baldassari benefit concert at Dusty Strings in Seattle. www.dustystrings.com John Reischman, John Miller, many more. See the attached poster.
Sun Dec 2, Guy Davis and the High Flying Rockets at Cap Theatre, see www.roguefolk.bc.ca
Monday Dec 3, first Monday of the month means it's Slow Pitch night at the Anza Club, Sue Malcolm and friends, brought to you by your Pacific Bluegrass & Heritage Society.
Monday Dec 3, I think the Bruce Molsky concert is totally or nearly sold out. But at last notice, still room in his workshop, check with bull.linda@gmail.com
What else?
Ron Roth is bringing Cadillac Sky to the area, specifically Maple Ridge in February. Now that tickets are up for sale as of Nov 26 at The ACT, you can buy premium seating before the broad advertising campaign begins. The show is already on The ACT website, posters are going up in the local area early next week, a brochure goes out to 30,000 people in the first week of January. So to get the best seats, people must act now. www.theactmapleridge.com
Thanks Ron. I saw them at Wintergrass and, except for a bit of plugged-in problems, they were great. One of the up-and-coming bands not to miss.
Sometimes the brain is slower than...well, almost anything. Speaking for myself of course. Forgot to mention a great concert at the start of November where I got to pick with a bunch of friends and back Rossetta Paxton at a SRO CD release concert in her home town of Williams Lake. Which is a long way to say Rossetta has a CD out, www.rossetta.org
Jamming on Wednesday nights now from 6:30 to 10:30. This will take place in Langley at Mountain Secondary, 7755-202A St. Langley, B.C. V2Y1W4. If you play BLUEGRASS you can choose the large choir room or one of the 6 rooms that are attached. If you play OLD TIME FIDDLE OR OLD TIME COUNTRY you can choose the other large choir room with 3 rooms that are attached. So Come on out. Admission $5.00 each, members of the PBHS and the VBMS $3.00 each and students are free. allbluegrass.proboards84.com/ Thanks Leo.
And (small plug for Children's Hospital) the 2008 (Nov07 to Jan09, actually) Balding for Dollars calendar is now available. You can order on line at www.baldingfordollars.com Thanks Dan. Yep, that's Dan's mug inside the cover, well before or after he "balded".
(Please, no return emails telling me I'm balding for free, I've heard them ad nauseum)
Cheers,
Garry