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It’s
always wise to check with
the venue
to confirm the show!
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SPECIAL EVENTS THIS
WEEK
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George Thorogood
& the Destroyers
Opening – JW Jones
National Arts
Centre, 53 Elgin Street
Monday, May 9 @ 8
pm
In 1973, a barely-out-of-his-teens Wilmington guitarist
piled his gear into the drummer’s Chevy van to play their very first gig at a
University of Delaware dorm. More than 4 decades, over 8,000 live shows, and
some 15 million albums sold worldwide later, that same maverick guitar-slinger
is still making electrifying music, still thrilling audiences, and still the
most bad-to-the-bone performer in rock.
It’s 2016, and George Thorogood & The Destroyers
are Badder Than Ever. For George and his longtime band – Jeff Simon (drums,
percussion), Bill Blough (bass guitar), Jim Suhler (rhythm guitar) and Buddy
Leach (saxophone) – their new Badder Than Ever Tour is indestructible proof
that staying true to yourself and the music can still mean something. And with
a catalog of classics that includes “Who Do You Love”, “I Drink Alone”, “One
Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”, “Move It On Over”, “Bad To The Bone” and more,
being able to share it with audiences is what will always matter.
Special Guest: Ottawa’s own JW-Jones, JUNO Award
nominee, singer/guitarist, who tours constantly and is known for his
high-energy show. “Like his music, he’s smooth on stage, the band always
swings.” (Mike Moss, Callahan’s Music Hall, Detroit MI)
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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
THIS WEEK
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JW-Jones
Rainbow Bistro, 76 Murray Street
Friday, May 13 @ 9:30 pm
Just finished up a tour opening for George
Thorogood, JW-Jones will be bringing good luck to the Rainbow on Friday the 13th.
Only a few more weeks until he and his band mates travel to Nashville to record
his 9th CD, to be produced by Colin Linden. If you’d like to get in
on the ground floor for this CD, please check out the kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/2039600773/jw-jones-new-cd-2016
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AREA HIGHLIGHTS
THIS WEEK
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The 23rd edition of Virée Blues Boréale presents
Mike Goudreau & the Boppin Blues Band
Mike Goudreau & the Boppin Blues Band
Le Petit Chicago, 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau QC
Wednesday, May 11 @ 8 pm; tickets $20
Ottawa Blues Society members - $15 with OBS card
Just back from a 50 show/10 week tour which involved a
3 night performance at Paris’ Palais des Congres, with over 18 000 km
throughout Europe performing and being recorded for TV and Radio, in a blockbuster
show ‘Forever Gentlemen’, also
featuring Garou, Rock Voisine and
Corneille, our prolific Eastern Townships composer / singer / guitarist
and producer Mike Goudreau & his
Boppin Blues Band, our Gentlemen Of The Blues, will be back at Virée
Blues Boréale to present the all new compositions that shall grace the 18th
opus in their 25 year career!
Hailed by his peers as a virtuoso guitarist, the actual instigator of your faithful producer, Alexandre Petit’s deep love of the Blues, Mike Goudreau’s guitar playing stands out among hundreds and his groove sparkles at length. He never gets into never-ending guitar solos though; he concentrates instead in bringing his guitar part to impact in the center of his carefully tailored arrangements and to complete it all with his bluesman and crooner voice.
Eighteen albums in 25 years, with the previous, “Je reste accroché”, launched here at Virée Blues Boréale in 2015, in a rather unusual genre. Many consider Mike Goudreau to be one of the very few Bluesmen to master this genre without spoiling it, the French-rooted Blues. More than 7 music projects successfully driven together on top of performing at thousands of concerts – including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Tremblant in Blues and Virée Blues Boréale – numerous prizes, nominations and rave reviews, and more than 700 original compositions which can be found either on his 17 albums or on many Jazz and Blues compilations and on credits listings of programs sold around the world. This is the shortest and most humble version of this Blues mainstay’s track record that we could come up with.
Mike Goudreau will be accompanied by highly skilled musicians that are as well long time friends: Maxime St-Pierre (Michel Cusson, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Alain Caron) on trumpet and brass arrangements, outstanding saxophonist Dany Roy (Garou, Bet-E & Steph, Suzie Arioli), the composer and arranger Benjamin Deschamps on alto and baritone sax and in the rhythm section, Alain Bourgeois on drums and Normand Lachapelle (Gilles Vigneault, Karen Young) on bass. These guys shall present us with the all new original compositions that will grace Mike’s opus 18 and excerpts taken from the six albums recorded with the Boppin’ Blues Band. Some original swing, Chicago and Texas Blues, sometimes almost leaning toward Funk, Gospel and Jazz but they will also include some covers of the classic Blues repertoire of B.B. King, Louis Jordan as well as Bluesy arrangements of The Beatles and Chuck Berry tunes that should create quite a stir!
Hailed by his peers as a virtuoso guitarist, the actual instigator of your faithful producer, Alexandre Petit’s deep love of the Blues, Mike Goudreau’s guitar playing stands out among hundreds and his groove sparkles at length. He never gets into never-ending guitar solos though; he concentrates instead in bringing his guitar part to impact in the center of his carefully tailored arrangements and to complete it all with his bluesman and crooner voice.
Eighteen albums in 25 years, with the previous, “Je reste accroché”, launched here at Virée Blues Boréale in 2015, in a rather unusual genre. Many consider Mike Goudreau to be one of the very few Bluesmen to master this genre without spoiling it, the French-rooted Blues. More than 7 music projects successfully driven together on top of performing at thousands of concerts – including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Tremblant in Blues and Virée Blues Boréale – numerous prizes, nominations and rave reviews, and more than 700 original compositions which can be found either on his 17 albums or on many Jazz and Blues compilations and on credits listings of programs sold around the world. This is the shortest and most humble version of this Blues mainstay’s track record that we could come up with.
Mike Goudreau will be accompanied by highly skilled musicians that are as well long time friends: Maxime St-Pierre (Michel Cusson, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Alain Caron) on trumpet and brass arrangements, outstanding saxophonist Dany Roy (Garou, Bet-E & Steph, Suzie Arioli), the composer and arranger Benjamin Deschamps on alto and baritone sax and in the rhythm section, Alain Bourgeois on drums and Normand Lachapelle (Gilles Vigneault, Karen Young) on bass. These guys shall present us with the all new original compositions that will grace Mike’s opus 18 and excerpts taken from the six albums recorded with the Boppin’ Blues Band. Some original swing, Chicago and Texas Blues, sometimes almost leaning toward Funk, Gospel and Jazz but they will also include some covers of the classic Blues repertoire of B.B. King, Louis Jordan as well as Bluesy arrangements of The Beatles and Chuck Berry tunes that should create quite a stir!
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Music by the Bay
Live presents
Alvin Youngblood
Hart
St. Francis Centre,
78 Church Street South, Ajax
Friday, May 13 @ 8
pm; tickets $50 advance, $60 at the door
Alvin Youngblood Hart was born in Oakland, California,
and spent some time in Carroll County, Mississippi, in his youth, where he was
influenced by the Mississippi Country Blues performed by his relatives. His
music has been compared to a list of diverse artists ranging from Lead Belly,
Spade Cooley to acoustic and electric guitar as well as banjo and sometimes the
mandolin. Bluesman Taj Mahal once said about Hart: "The boy has got
thunder in his hands." The cosmic American love child of Howlin’ Wolf
and Link Wray! Known as a "musician's musician," Alvin Youngblood
Hart's praises have been sung by everyone from Bob Dylan to Brit guitar gods
Eric Clapton & Mick Taylor. This trio brings a very eclectic music
experience that you will be telling all of your music loving fans about the
next day and for years to come.
Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory is a live
explosion of roots rock that is a test of time in the world of music. He
creates a blurred line of Blues, Roots, Country and Rock music that has been
enjoyed in our culture for decades. The band bends the strings and drops the
groove to a level that is only achieved with experience and true love of
playing with such passion.
For more information, visit www.musicbythebaylive.com
email musicbythebaylive@rogers.com
or call 905-831-8661.
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LOCALS THIS WEEK
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Friday, May 13
JW-Jones
@ the Rainbow, 9:30 pm
Jesse Greene Band @ Irene's, 9:30 pm
Jesse Greene Band @ Irene's, 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 14
Three
Times Lucky @ Moose McGuire’s, 9 pm
Sunday, May 15
Jimmy
Cochrane hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
BD
and the Blu-Tones @ the Atomic Rooster, 6-9 pm
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LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
(almost) EVERY WEEK
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Jeff and Shane
Tuesdays in the Irish Village
Heart & Crown,
Byward Market, Clarence Street
Every other Tuesday
Every
other Tuesday, you can find Jeff Rogers accompanied by Shane McEwan playing at
The Heart and Crown Downtown.
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The Jam @ Kaffé
1870, Wakefield QC
Every Wednesday @ 9
pm, no cover
6
rotating hosts, each specializing in a different genre
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John Carroll
Chateau Lafayette
(The Laff), 42 York Street
Wednesdays, 8 pm
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Irene’s Blues
AllStars
Irene’s Pub, 885
Bank Street
Thursdays, 9 pm – 1
am; no cover
A bonafide grass roots event that has grown out of the
very floorboards of Irene’s Pub and has become a real crowd pleaser for
musicians and music lovers alike, this weekly Thursday night jam features Corky
Kealey on drums with Vince Halfhide on bass and a host of great local players
who rotate according to availability.
Each week the cast is topped up with a guest host who steers the song
selections in whatever way they're inspired and the jamming begins. It's a great concept and the proof is in its
continuing popularity.
Hosted by Corky
Kealey and Vince Halfhide.
Special
guests:
May 12 – Elyssa Mahoney
May 19 –
Rob Alexander
May 26 –
Mark Crissinger
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Weekly jazz jam
Options Jazz
Lounge, Brookstreet Hotel, Kanata
Thursdays, 7-11 pm;
no cover
“…
February 11, was the third anniversary of weekly jazz jams at the Brookstreet
Hotel's Options Jazz Lounge in Kanata – and the HML Trio will be keeping the
music going, as they have from the beginning.
There
are not many jams that last without a break for that long, and with the same
host band. But the Ottawa jazz trio – Jamie Holmes on drums, Alex Moxon on
guitar, and J.P. Lapensée on electric bass – has built a steady following for
the Thursday jam, week in and week out.”
Check
out the full article on this jam at
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Roddy Ellias
Caveau
Mediterranean, 1638 Bank Street
Every Saturday
night
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The Allaire Show
with John Allaire & special
guests
Quinn’s Ale House,
1070 Bank Street
Last Saturday of
the month, 3-5 pm
Songs and stories from around the world.
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Jeff Rogers
Deacon Brodie’s,
247 Elgin Street
Every Sunday, 2-6
pm
Every
Sunday afternoon, you can find Jeff playing some tunes at Deacon Brodie's on
Elgin.
Downtown
Ottawa, come for brunch (till 2pm) and then stay for tunes as Jeff takes
requests and kicks off your Sunday Funday!
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Open Blues Jam
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Every Sunday, 4-7
pm; cover $3 (jammers free)
The jam is open to all ages. Jammers sign up on the jam sheet at the door
& each jam session lasts for 3 songs.
Drums & amps are provided, you only need to bring your instruments
(but you can bring your amps if you want to).
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Sunday Blues, 6-9
pm, no cover
Atomic Rooster, 303
Bank Street (at MacLaren)
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VIRÉE BLUES BORÉALE
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23rd
Edition of Virée Blues Boréale
Le
Petit Chicago, 50 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau QC
May 11 – Mike
Goudreau & the Boppin’ Blues Band
May
25 – Raoul & the Big Time
June
8 – Dawn Tyler Watson
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AREA HIGHLIGHTS
ONCE A MONTH
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Blues On Tues
The Granary Beizli,
3270 County Rd 10, Vankleek Hill ON
Third Tuesday of
every month@ 7 pm; $10
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Blues On The Rideau
The Cove Inn, Westport ON
Dinner & Show
Fundraisers
Once a month 7-11 pm; $65
Blues On The Rideau is a Dinner and Show Fundraiser
Series that has been running at The Cove Country Inn in Westport, Ontario for
the past 10 years. The shows start in September and run once a month through to
May (December excluded) and feature some of the best Blues bands in Canada (and
a few American ones too). It has come to be recognized as one of the
premier Blues Series in Canada. Every show is a fundraiser for a different
local charity. To date the Series has raised over $55,000. The goal for this
season is another $5K.
The Cove Inn is located in the beautiful village of Westport on Upper Rideau Lake - about a 90 minute drive from Ottawa, 45 minutes from Kingston. All BOTR shows run from 7 to 11 pm and include a delicious full course buffet dinner. The staff at The Cove are very friendly and the venue is small, intimate and relaxed. After dinner you get to see and dance to the bands up close and personal – the way Blues is best enjoyed – all for a very reasonable price – $65 (plus tax). There are door prize giveaways at every show and 2 Grand Prizes drawn at the end of the season from all of the Comment Cards filled in by attendees over the year.
The Cove Inn is located in the beautiful village of Westport on Upper Rideau Lake - about a 90 minute drive from Ottawa, 45 minutes from Kingston. All BOTR shows run from 7 to 11 pm and include a delicious full course buffet dinner. The staff at The Cove are very friendly and the venue is small, intimate and relaxed. After dinner you get to see and dance to the bands up close and personal – the way Blues is best enjoyed – all for a very reasonable price – $65 (plus tax). There are door prize giveaways at every show and 2 Grand Prizes drawn at the end of the season from all of the Comment Cards filled in by attendees over the year.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS are required and it is wise to
book well ahead especially if you want to stay overnight. Rooms at The
Cove and nearby B&Bs and motels frequently sell out for Blues nights. Call
The Cove at 613-273-3636 or 1-888-COVEINN to reserve.
More info on the Series, including Bios, LINKS to
websites and YOU TUBES of all the artists can be found at www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca
2015/16 SEASON – our 11th year!
May 13
From Hamilton
HARRISON KENNEDY BAND
One of the best Soul/Blues/R&B singers this country has ever produced - period. Lead singer in the Detroit supergroup “Chairmen Of The Board” in the 1960s Harrison semi-retired when the band broke up, took a “real job” and only played Blues on the side for a few decades. He re-emerged full time in the early 2000s and since then he’s released 7 albums (4 of which earned Juno nominations), been nominated 15X for Maple Blues Awards and an American Blues Music Award. Harrison has been here twice before - now you get to see him with his full R&B band behind him. I guarantee this will be a night to remember. Reserve early!
PROCEEDS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
From Hamilton
HARRISON KENNEDY BAND
One of the best Soul/Blues/R&B singers this country has ever produced - period. Lead singer in the Detroit supergroup “Chairmen Of The Board” in the 1960s Harrison semi-retired when the band broke up, took a “real job” and only played Blues on the side for a few decades. He re-emerged full time in the early 2000s and since then he’s released 7 albums (4 of which earned Juno nominations), been nominated 15X for Maple Blues Awards and an American Blues Music Award. Harrison has been here twice before - now you get to see him with his full R&B band behind him. I guarantee this will be a night to remember. Reserve early!
PROCEEDS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Bands and dates are subject
to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Check the website or call The
Cove closer to the shows to confirm.
BLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca
BLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca
in cooperation with The Cove Inn, Westport www.coveinn.com
Sponsored by Dan Aykroyd Wines www.danaykroydwines.com
Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca
101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
LAKE 88.1 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca
Please visit and LIKE us on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/ChooseTheBluesProductions
Please visit and LIKE us on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/ChooseTheBluesProductions
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SPECIAL EVENTS
AHEAD in 2016
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Tunes for Fort Mac
Irene’s Pub, 855 Bank Street
Tuesday, May 17 @ 9 pm; $5 or
pay what you can
Lost to the River Presents - Tunes for Fort Mac - A Benefit for the people
of Fort McMurray. Special Guests include Sean Tansey of Lost to the River,
Jamieson Mackay of How Far To Mexico,
Max Cosette of The Sick Sick Sicks,
Case Bakker of The Wicked Mercy,
Ketura Johnson of The Heavy Medicine
Band, Brandon Allan,
Joseph Perry of Dear Blackwolf,
Lucas Haneman of The Lucas Haneman
Express.
Proceeds go to The Red Cross. There will be prizes to
be won from our favourite Breweries ABC, Mill Street, Beau's, Moosehead and
Labatt.
**********Steve Dawson & Michael Jerome Browne
Irene’s Pub, 885
Bank Street
Wednesday, May 18 @
8 pm
As
one of Canada’s most sought-after producers, session musicians and guitarists,
Steve Dawson spends much of his time helping other songwriters and musicians
bring their creative visions to life. Based in Nashville for the past few
years, he occasionally tours with the Black Hen Revue, mostly in Western
Canada, so his appearance in Ottawa is a special treat.
“A
clear labour of love, it’s easy to hear the blood, sweat and tears that went
into creating his latest release, “Solid States and Loose Ends”; it’s filled
with beautiful melodies, killer grooves and exceptional playing ….” The
recording has just gone to #11 on the US-based Roots Music Report Blues chart
and the song ‘Broken Future Blues’ has just been picked as Elwood’s Blues
Breaker of the Week. http://thebluesmobile.com/elwoods-blues-breaker-steve-dawson/ (there
is also a solo performance video of the song at this link).
Michael
Jerome Browne has been playing roots music for over thirty years and was
nominated for Acoustic Act and Guitarist in this year’s Maple Blues Awards. His
latest release, “Sliding Delta” is a collection of 1920s & 1930s rural
blues.
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2nd
Ottawa River Blues Cruise ***CANCELLED***
Saturday, May 21
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Samantha Martin
& Delta Sugar
Black Sheep Inn,
Wakefield QC
Saturday, May 21 @
8 pm
In the spring of 2014 Delta Sugar
emerged fully formed featuring Samantha Martin, Mikey McCallum, Sherie Marshall
and Stacie Tabb and … recorded the masterful, spine tingling “Send the
Nightingale”. Released in February 2015, the album represents a quantum leap
for both Martin and her group. As a vocalist her roots lie squarely within the
wellspring of powerful, strong woman’s voices embodied by such forbears as
Marion Williams, Mavis Staples, Etta James, Tina Turner, Bettye LaVette,
Lucinda Williams and, perhaps most closely, Bonnie Bramlett. As a songwriter,
she draws on black gospel and southern soul with a hint of roots country and
sixties pop while her lyrics suggest an old soul with wisdom beyond her years.
While Martin is a powerhouse unto
herself, “Send the Nightingale” is not the work of a single talent. In combination
with what she likes to term her “co-vocalists,” Sherie Marshall and Stacie
Tabb, the vocal blend Delta Sugar produces is pure, unadulterated
gospel-tinged, neuron-tingling magic where the sum is even richer than the
already soul-melting parts. Add to that guitarist Mikey McCallum’s
Delta-inspired and mystery-inflected guitar lines and Samantha Martin and Delta
Sugar emerge as one of the most powerful new artists to emerge on the roots
music scene in many a year.
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Wild T and the
Spirit
Greenfield’s Pub,
900 Greenbank Road, Barrhaven
Saturday, May 21 @
9 pm
A power trio from Toronto,
Canada that just know how to rock! Mixing the styles of blues, rock, funk &
reggae, the band has thrilled & captivated audiences all over North America
& Europe for the past 25 years! The band has released 7 albums and
their renditions of some Hendrix classics have left their fans awe-struck! Guitarist/lead
vocalist Wild T is joined on stage by bassist/vocalist Guenther Kapelle and
drummer Dave Langguth (Nelly Furtado, Gilby Clark, Kim Mitchell). ‘Wild T &
the Spirit’ continues to rock everywhere they go!
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Steve Strongman
La Basoche, 120 rue
Principal, Gatineau
Friday, May 27 @ 8
pm
Le public de Gatineau en demande
encore et encore! Lauréat du Maple Blues Award du meilleur guitariste de
l’année (2012 et 2013) et du prix JUNO du meilleur album de l’année (2013), Steve
Strongman sillonne
la planète depuis plus de vingt ans, séduisant tous les publics par son
charisme, sa voix puissante et son jeu de guitare incomparable. Son plus récent
album, “Let Me Prove It To You”, est
en nomination pour un prix JUNO du meilleur album de l’année au Canada (2015).
Il sera de retour à Gatineau avec un nouveau spectacle et un CD! (PR from Ovation Events)
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David Gogo
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Saturday, May 28 @
10 pm
David Gogo's groove-fueled blend of
blues and rock is the basis for a singular and storied music career. His songs
have been featured in film and television and are regularly played on blues
radio programs the world over. He has earned numerous Canadian blues accolades,
including JUNO nominations, a Western Canadian Music Award, a CBC Saturday
Night Blues Award, and multiple Maple Blues Awards. He has thirty years of
performing and hundreds of thousands of tour miles under his belt. He's played
on stage with Johnny Winter, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins and Bo
Diddley. He has opened for George Thorogood, ZZ Top, The Tragically Hip, Buddy
Guy, Charles Bradley, Robert Cray, and Jimmy Vaughan among many others. Gogo
can swap road stories for as long as you can listen!
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Cecile Doo-Kingué
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Friday, June 3
An exceptional stage presence, guitarist /
singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué blends blues, afro-roots and soul to create
a unique sound. Born and raised in New York City, first generation from
Cameroon, she has lived in the USA, France, and is now an adopted Montrealer.
In February 2015, Doo-Kingué released her third solo album “Anybody Listening Pt. 1: Monologues”, the first chapter of a trilogy exploring blues, roots and life in their myriad of aspects (Monologues solo acoustic, Dialogues full band, Communion live), showcasing Doo-Kingué’s songwriting in its rawest form. The album earned her accolades and multiple Maple Blues Award nominations for her exceptional guitar playing, soulful vocals, and powerful songwriting.
In February 2015, Doo-Kingué released her third solo album “Anybody Listening Pt. 1: Monologues”, the first chapter of a trilogy exploring blues, roots and life in their myriad of aspects (Monologues solo acoustic, Dialogues full band, Communion live), showcasing Doo-Kingué’s songwriting in its rawest form. The album earned her accolades and multiple Maple Blues Award nominations for her exceptional guitar playing, soulful vocals, and powerful songwriting.
In January 2016, Doo-Kingué released the second chapter of her trilogy exploring blues, roots, and life in their myriad of aspects. “Anybody Listening Part 2: Dialogues” features her strength and versatility as an all-around guitarist and musician, from blues to jazz to folk to soul to rock n’ roll. Fiery licks and seamless melody compliment her deep, laid-back voice throughout the album, leaving no doubt as to the guitarist’s oneness with the instrument, nor the unity of her sound. Surrounded by a stellar cast of Montreal’s finest musicians, Doo-Kingué presents an eclectic collection of contemporary blues adding to the social commentary of “Anybody Listening Part 1:Monologues”, and celebrating life and music with fellow artists she is a fan of, in spaces that exude positive energy.
Cécile Doo-Kingué isn’t just another token “chick” guitarist; her talents are measured not by gender lines, but by the fact that she is quickly earning a stellar reputation and a place alongside Canada’s current roster of great guitarists. Powerful and raw, Cécile Doo-Kingué’s guitar prowess, lyrics, and sound make for enthralling and intimate communion.
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Morgan Davis
The Branch,
Kemptville ON
Thursday, June 9
For 45 years, Morgan Davis has been on the road travelling
across Canada, the United States and Europe. His performances draw from a rich
tradition of country blues, as well as his own contemporary songs infused with
wit and a large dose of humour. Morgan’s passion for the Blues has never
wavered … and he fully expects to be on the road for the rest of his life.
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Johnny A
Rainbow Bistro, 76
Murray Street
Friday, June 10
Lots of folks throw around the phrase
“let the music do the talking,” but only a few have the fortitude to really do
it – to just go out there and play, shunning flash, shrugging off image and
reeling in the listener on the strength of the songs alone.
Johnny A. is that kind of performer. For the better part of three decades, the Massachusetts-based guitarist and bandleader has proven himself capable of generating heat at venues from working-class bars to international amphitheaters – and every sort of venue in between. And when the house lights are turned up, he’s just as adept at captivating serious students of the six-string with a virtuosity that earned him the rare honour of having his name placed on a signature Gibson® guitar.
“I want to create instrumental music and deliver it like a vocalist,” he says “You can be a great player, on any instrument, and people will take notice for a while…but what people really remember is someone who brings them a great melody.”
Johnny A. is that kind of performer. For the better part of three decades, the Massachusetts-based guitarist and bandleader has proven himself capable of generating heat at venues from working-class bars to international amphitheaters – and every sort of venue in between. And when the house lights are turned up, he’s just as adept at captivating serious students of the six-string with a virtuosity that earned him the rare honour of having his name placed on a signature Gibson® guitar.
“I want to create instrumental music and deliver it like a vocalist,” he says “You can be a great player, on any instrument, and people will take notice for a while…but what people really remember is someone who brings them a great melody.”
On
“Driven”, his fourth outing as a solo performer – which is due for release this
June -- Johnny serves up plenty of that, in more flavours than Baskin-Robbins
and Ben and Jerry’s combined. From the Motown-inflected party-starter ‘C’Mon,
C’mon’ to the introspective ‘A Mask You Wear’ (a song that’s flecked with
subtle slide playing redolent of George Harrison’s vintage work), he paints
vivid landscapes, scenes that create an emotional connection without words.
Nowhere is that more evident than on the album’s sole cover, a languid take on
the Bee Gees’ ‘To Love Somebody’, which fuses the original’s mournful poignancy
with a gentle jazziness – not to mention an underlying swing that’s all the
more impressive when you consider that it, like the rest of “Driven”, is the
product of a one-man band.
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Vince Halfhide
Watson’s Mill, 5525
Dickinson Street, Manotick ON
Wednesday, June 15
@ 7:30 pm; tickets $30
Solo concert with Vince Halfhide … two 45-minute sets
of his own songs and some old acoustic blues.
For tickets and info, email Terry McGovern at mcgovet@rogers.com
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Music by the Bay
Live presents
Devon Allman
St. Francis Centre,
78 Church Street South, Ajax
Friday &
Saturday, June 17-18 @ 8 pm
tickets
$60 advance for each show, $110 for both shows
Spend the weekend with Devon Allman for a
very special 2 Night Event – June 17 & June 18
Devon Allman will be
performing an Electric Show on Friday night and an Intimate Acoustic
Storytelling show on Saturday night. Both evenings, Devon will be
backed by Bobby Schneck (guitar), Pedro Arevalo (bass) and Anthony Nanney (drums)
is support of his latest CD to be released in Spring 2016. Join us for 2 nights
to receive your VIP laminate.
One can never leave a name as famous as “Allman” very
far behind. There are traces of his father in his soulful voice and his uncle
Duane in his innovative guitar playing. The dirty blond hair is the same, the
body posture is also the same, and there are touches in the voice that have a
similar genetic connection, but Devon Allman has
toiled long and hard to establish his own musical identity, separate from his
mega-famous dad, Gregg Allman.
The best thing for me to do is to concentrate on being
the best musician I can be regardless of who my family is.” Thus as one Allman
institution (Allman Brothers Band)
has “retired,” Devon Allman is
poised to grow his family’s musical legacy.
For more information, visit www.musicbythebaylive.com
email musicbythebaylive@rogers.com
or call 905-831-8661.
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KINGSTON SPECIAL
EVENTS
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Wicked Grin
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Saturday, May 14 @
8:30 pm
Building on the success of their sophomore album “Shame
On Me” released in 2013, and following their 2014 Maple Blues Award for Best
New Group, Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin released “Stormy Water” in November
2015. Featuring 11 road-tested tracks, 10 of which were written by Kinsley,
this tight group of experienced musicians have stepped up their game. “Stormy
Water” features spirited upbeat, danceable numbers while expanding on the
heavier and grittier sound the band has been developing over the past few
years. “Stormy Water” was named Best Canadian Blues Rock Album of 2015 by the Blues
Underground Network and bassist Leigh-Anne Stanton was named The Maple Blues
Awards “Bassist of the Year” for 2015.
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River City Junction
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Friday, May 20 @
8:30 pm
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Angelique Francis
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Friday, May 27 @
8:30 pm
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KINGSTON REGULAR
EVENTS
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KBS Monthly Jam
The Standeasy
RCHA Club, 193
Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Third Saturday each
month @ 8:30 pm, $3 at the door
The KBS monthly jam is
always full and both the musicians and the audience always have a great time.
Always one of the best nights of entertainment Kingston has to offer – come
early as seating is limited. Sponsored by the Kingston Arts Council and the
City of Kingston.
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For more, please
contact Kingston Blues Society
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BLUES ON THE RADIO
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101.9 DAWG-FM, CIDG, is ON
THE AIR! Blues 24/7
Live
streaming on the website at http://www.dawgfm.com/
Sundays, 8-9 pm: Ottawa
Blues Society DAWG’ON BLUES
Each week OBS hosts keep you up to date on what’s
happening on the Ottawa area blues scene, play some great blues from local
bands and showcase regional and Canadian talent.
This week, May 15 – OBS DAWG’ON BLUES – Dylan Tribute with Steve Lund
Next week, May 22 – OBS DAWG’ON BLUES – with Larry Deszcz
Sundays, 7-8 pm: INSIDE THE BLUES
with James Doran
Inside The Blues features music and interesting
backgrounder information on today’s top Blues artists with a strong focus on
Canadian talent mixed in with some great Blues classics. All Shows are archived
on www.insidetheblues.ca
after broadcast and can be listened to there at any time.
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On CKCU-FM 93.1
The Mighty 93.1
Community Radio
serving the Ottawa Carleton Region
Sundays: 9-11 pm
Black and Blues
with John
Tackaberry
The show features a heavy dose of electric blues and
rhythm and blues, with the occasional selection of sixties soul. The first hour
is dedicated to artist profiles and reviews of recordings on particular labels.
In the second hour there is a blues calendar, a rundown of events in Toronto,
Montreal and Ottawa, and interviews with “new and reissued blues and rhythm and
blues tracks on wax”, alternating with “live blues and R&B for a Sunday
night” in the last half hour of the show.
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Wednesdays: 9-11 pm
In A Mellow Tone
Hosted by Bernard Stepien, Ron Steeds, Allan
Wigney, Jean-Michel Labatut and Aidian Thomas, ‘In A Mellow Tone’ introduces
listeners to the entire history of jazz, from its beginnings to the latest
innovations. Every program has a focus; on a musician, a city, a festival, an
instrument, a record label or on recent releases. The hosts draw on their large
personal CD and LP collections to supplement CKCU's extensive resources.
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On CBC Radio Two
103.3 FM
Saturdays: 6-8 pm
On CBC Radio One
91.5 FM
Saturdays: 9-11 pm
Saturday Night
Blues
Host Holger Petersen has been a broadcaster, record
producer, album collector, and serious blues fan for over 35 years. His collection of blues records numbers in
the thousands. On Saturday Night Blues each
week you’ll hear a mix of classic blues from the ‘Petersen Vaults’, concerts,
interviews, artist features, new releases, plus anything that boogies, jumps,
or swings, plus your requests from the Bluesline.
And check out SNB videos here http://www.cbc.ca/snb/video/
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The Bluesmobile
with Elwood Blues, CHEZ FM 106.1
Sundays 6-7 pm;
Wednesdays 11 pm – midnight
May 14-15 – Blues Reinventions with
C.C. Rider
May 21-22 – Bob Dylan’s 75th
Birthday
May 28-29 – Blues Fests with Lisa
Mann
June 4-5 – Ana Popovic
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On CJHR 98.7 Valley
Heritage Radio
Thursdays, 8-10 pm
Got The Blues
Pat Watters is your host for this blues only radio
show, now in its 7th year. It
can be heard throughout the Ottawa Valley and streaming on the internet at valleyheritageradio.ca.
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Sunday Morning Soul
with Johnny Max
Check www.sundaymorningsoul.com
for times … and you can hear the best in Brand New Blues, Roots, Soul and
R&B, each and every Sunday morning.
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Streaming great Blues,
Roots, Soul, R&B, Folk, East Coast and Celtic music across Canada and
around the world 24/7/365.
Check out their Canadian
Blues shows and hosts, including James Doran’s ‘Inside The Blues’, Brant
Zwicker’s ‘At The Crossroads’, along with Mark Stenzler's ‘Blues Zeppelin’ from
Switzerland … and lots more Canadian and international Blues shows.
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"Spektakel"
with MissRepresentIT
Airs on Radio
Tonkuhle
Every 2nd Saturday
of the month @ 11 am EST
Live stream on www.tonkuhle.de
Infos and and
playlists are on her blog at www.abroadcom.net
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LOCALS LOOK AHEAD
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Friday, May 20
Tony
D Band @ the Rainbow, 10 pm
Saturday, May 21
Ball
and Chain & the Wreckers + Chatterbox @ Irene’s, 9:30 pm
Tribute
to Prince hosted by The Split @ the Rainbow, 9:30 pm
Sunday, May 22
Unchained
hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Blues
& Company @ the Atomic Rooster, 6-9 pm
Friday, May 27
Lucas
Haneman Express @ the Black Sheep Inn, 8 pm
Saturday, May 28
Wicked
Grin @ Irene’s, 9:30 pm
Sunday, May 29
River
City Junction hosts the Open Blues Jam @ the Rainbow, 3:30 pm
Ria
Reece Band @ the Atomic Rooster, 6-9 pm
Friday, June 3
Lucas
Haneman Express @ the Black Sheep Inn
Saturday, June 4
MonkeyJunk
@ the Rainbow, 10 pm
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