Sorry folks, the The Highway 3 Roots Review show is now sold out.

FRIENDS, FEARS AND PRAIRIE FIRES TOUR

Having gained his first taste in shoegazer anthem rock from some early millenial jaunts to Halifax and recordings with his friend & producer Charles Austin (producer of Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, Buck 65), Matt has honed the Graven sound many times over and is not afraid to tread over new musical terrain. Having played live with Dave Marsh (Joel Plaskett's drummer), The Wooden Sky and Kirk Comstock (Madhat, Air Traffic Control), Matt has earned respect from a unique voice and a sonic range of country, folk and a self-described cottage rock sound.

Highway 3 Roots Review - at the Bruno Arts Bank, Sunday Dec 12, 2010.  $20 at the door.  Reserve your seat via email: brunoartsbank@gmail.com
The Highway 3 Roots Review project is John Wort Hannam, Dave McCann, and Leeroy Stagger, all southern Alberta songwriters who live on Highway 3.  They're touring a Nashville Bluebird Cafe style show with the three on stage performing together as songwriter's in the round.

November 26th, 2010.  Doors 7:30, show 8PM, $10.  David Essig was introduced to Canadian audiences in 1971 as a "talented newcomer" at the legendary Mariposa Folk Festival. Now, nearly 40 years later, he has an international career as one of Canada's finest interpreters of original, contemporary folk music. Always paying homage to his roots in Bluegrass and Country Blues, David uses these traditions to create timeless new songs.

David is highly respected as a thoughtful and intelligent songwriter, with Canadian folk standards like "Albert's Cove" and "High Ground" to his credit. His work moves from pieces as contemporary as today's news, to songs that sound as if they were rediscovered from old country blues 78's. These are songs that tell stories that will start you laughing and leave you crying.

Equally renowned as an instrumentalist and traditional performer, David is a master of the blues and slide guitar. Whether on the lap-style Weissenborn or the electric slide guitar, his spontaneous style crosses all the borders between country, blues and the avant-garde. With his 5/8" socket and a sound that could peel the petunias off your mother’s porcelain, he is considered one of Canada's finest slide guitarists.

David's masterful songwriting is the theme of A Stone in My Pocket, the milestone double CD project released in 2004 by WEA in Canada and by IRD in Europe. For this project, David recorded fresh new versions of 30 of the most popular and moving songs from his 35 years of writing. He was joined by renowned musicians Oliver Schroer on violin and Tobin Frank on bass. A Stone in My Pocket has received critical acclaim as a landmark recording in Canadian roots music.

In 2007, a collective of alt-country Winnipeg musicians, led by Romi Mayes, Jaxon Haldane, and the D-Rangers, recorded the acclaimed CD Beverly Street: an album of their new performances of some of the best of David's original songs. David joined in for cameo appearances on the CD and contributed the title song for the project.

In 2008, David teamed up with fellow roots performer Rick Scott to record and release Double Vision, a duo CD of original songs that has garnered enthusiastic praise across Canada. David and Rick have toured together and performed at festivals across Canada, adding bassist Shelley Brown as a third member of the group.

While continuing to perform with Essig, Scott and Brown, David's primary focus is once again on his international career as a solo songwriter and performer. He touring in Canada in the Fall of 2010 and in Europe in the Spring of 2011.

JD EDWARDS & GRAVEN

FRIENDS, FEARS AND PRAIRIE FIRES TOUR

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http://thejdedwardsband.com

http://myspace.com/gravencanada

 

After losing touch for over a decade, old friends and musicians JD Edwards of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Matt McKechnie (Graven) of Port Hope, Ontario were randomly and mystically re-connected. JD has been a furious soul-poet workhorse of the Winnipeg folk scene for years and has shared the stage with the likes of The New Meanies, The Weakerthans, JP Hoe and many more. JD has a wailing voice that stirs up dust from the heart of the hardest working man. Having gained his first taste in shoegazer anthem rock from some early millenial jaunts to Halifax and recordings with his friend & producer Charles Austin (producer of Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, Buck 65), Matt has honed the Graven sound many times over and is not afraid to tread over new musical terrain. Having played live with Dave Marsh (Joel Plaskett's drummer), The Wooden Sky and Kirk Comstock (Madhat, Air Traffic Control), Matt has earned respect from a unique voice and a sonic range of country, folk and a self-described cottage rock sound. Also teaming up with the two man train for a chunk of the BC leg of the tour is rising folk queen Trish Jamieson (http://myspace.com/trishjamieson) - Trish also just happens to be another old friend of both of the lads whom they had both also lost touch with for over a decade. You won’t want to miss the eclectic JD, Graven and Trish on their upcoming ‘Friends, Fears and Prairie Fires Tour’ coming to a town near you this November!

 

DATES (* = with Trish Jamieson):

11/03 – Breeze Bar, Vernon, B.C.

11/04 – The Chop House, Whistler, B.C.*

11/05 – Minstrel Cafe, Kelowna, B.C.

11/06 – Howe Sound Brew Pub, Squamish, B.C.*

11/07 – Cafe Deux Soleils, Vancouver, B.C.*

11/08 – Duncan Garage, Duncan, B.C.

11/11 – The Pemberton Hotel, Pemberton, B.C.*

11/15 – The Cellar, Vancouver, B.C.*

11/17 – Beatniq Jazz and Social Club, Calgary, AB

11/18 – Vern’s, Calgary, AB

11/19 – The Times Changed, Winnipeg, MB

11/20 – All Citizens, Bruno, SK

11/21 – Caffe Sola, Saskatoon, SK

All Citizens hours for the winter of 2010-2011 are: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 12PM - 6PM. Saturday 10AM - 5PM. 

Bruno’s very own Jim Anderson will read from his book, Darkling Fields of Arvon Friday October 29th at All Citizens, 517 Main St., Bruno at 7 p.m. Admission is free! Please join us! Darkling Fields of Arvon is the second novel in the epic fantasy series, “The Legacy of the Stone Harp”, co-written by Franciscan alumnus Jim Anderson and Mark Sebanc. Darkling Fields of Arvon hit the shelves in bookstores across North America on May 4, 2010.

November 4th, 2010.  Doors 7:30, show 8pm, $10.  Jon McPhail and his Family Band ... is a small family.  In fact it's just Jon, but don't hold it against him.  McPhail is from Ochre River Manitoba and has been exploring the musical world of alt country, folk, pop and retro fuzz rock for five year now.  Jon started singing and performing as a young boy in his family's band.  The McPhails traveled and performed at different churches and halls in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  As the son of a United Church Minister, Jon spent al lot of time in the back of a car driving for  church service to church service, singing hymn after hymn, and waiting for after service coffee to finish before it was off to the next small town.









When she was in grade 4, Rylee's (a.k.a Feed The Birds) dad bought her a bass guitar. He wanted a family band. Each of the kids got an instrument and a few gigs in churches and town halls followed. The band slowly became Ryelee and her two brothers recording music in their grandmother’s 100 year old farm house. Cords all over the green shag carpeted floor, life magazine covers plastering the walls. A picture of Grandma and Grandpa watching the kids make music using an 8 track recorder, cymbals they hand hammered themselves and 99cent microphones bought at Value Village.

Stubborn too much alike siblings got distracted with their own lives and music fell by the wayside. But it wasn’t too long before Ryelee Started worked on a solo project. She recorded with the help of her two brothers and released her debut album, “the Fall”, in June of 2008. Ryelee has played numerous shows since, including Kelwood’s Harvest Sun Festival as well as performed on several local television and radio stations.

Ryelee has completed preproduction for her forthcoming album, “Catcher”, which has an anticipated release of Fall 2010.

October 30th, 2010.  Doors 7:30, show 8PM, $15. Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds are gaining momentum intently and tenaciously. In a short amount of time, they've fostered a loyal following of concert goers eager to move to their relentless offering of raw energy and euphonious melodies. Their accessible fusion of folk and alternative music has allowed them to play with a variety of groups such as Said the Whale, The Novaks, Elliott Brood and Hey Rosetta! They released their debut album in February 2010.
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Voted "Best New Band of 2009" by readers of The Scope in their annual Best of St. John's issue.

The Newfoundland Herald's "Band to Watch in 2010".
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"Hornell is intimate with his audience...people are dancing and singing along to his catchy folk songs. Seemingly out of nowhere, Hornell has established not only a fan base, but a community around his music."
The Scope

“They have an energetic radiance that fills the largest of rooms and warms the coldest of hearts. It would be a challenge to find anyone in the audience who isn't smiling after one of their uplifting performances.”
North By East West

"The music is marked by Hornell's honest and poetic lyrics, sometimes elegiac and often esoteric, and consistently infectious upbeat melodies attributed to a vivacity rooted in the band's live performances.."
The Telegram

“Like all great songwriters Hornell has captured the ability to tell stories. Rarely does a band get buzz and hype surrounding them this big and this fast...the album has great depth, it’s more than songs to dance and sing too – that’s just the bonus. ”
Current Magazine
http://www.myspace.com/mhornell

October 28th, doors 7:30, show 8pm $15.  Warm folk ambiance comforts the palate while the sweet aftertaste of jazz lingers… Alexis Normand carries her audience away on a journey to places where one discovers her reflections and observations: she is perplexed by love in a bus station ; she finds renewal in an inner space; Saskatchewan’s vast horizon is home to her roots. Notes twinkle on the piano, rhythms groove on the guitar and a vocal interpretation charged with emotion brings it all together. One settles into this poised intimacy to discover a delicate humor, an inviting glance and a cordial smile… the invitation is yours to discover this emerging talent! « Simplicity and assurance, that is what makes the strength of Alexis Normand. A promising future awaits this
young determined artist.  » - José Deschênes, L’eau vive (weekly French-saskatchewan newspaper)