JUST ANNOUNCED
We have three exciting announcements for you this week in the Buzz! Deep Purple will pay a visit to the Grand Ol’ Lady of Shuter Street on February 12, 2012 as part of their Smoke on the Nation tour. Canoe.ca has the details of the full tour if you won’t be in Toronto, but if you are, tickets go on sale to FriendsFirst members this Thursday and to the public on Saturday.
And we’ve also just announced two shows coming up in March. On March 9 and 10, Jann Arden returns to Massey Hall with friends for two concerts coinciding with the release of her eleventh album, Uncover Me 2. Check out her recent feature chat on CBC Q here (just click on “listen” under the listing for November 18). Then on March 16 funny-man Danny Bhoy hits the Massey Hall stage in a show presented by experts on funny, Just for Laughs. To get yourself ready for the big show, you might check out Danny Bhoy’s DVD from his live show at the Athenaeum which includes his theory on accents in Adelaide or you could check out his full YouTube channel here (fair warning: much of the content is NSFW).
PERFORMANCES Feist (Thursday): The lovely Feist returns to Massey Hall this week in support of her new album Metals and everybody is talking about the special occasion, including the fact that the opening slot features one Bry Webb (former lead singer of indie darlings, Constantines): Chromewaves recently posted a stream of the Constantines/Feist cover of “Islands in the Stream” (alongside the classic Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton version), Exclaim! reports on the special musical relationship the pair have (as well check out the Exclaim TV clip of Bry Webb performing the song “Undertaker”, embedded above), and the National Post features an article about Leslie Feist’s involvement in the creative process with Webb. Looking for some Feist-specific material out there in advance of the gig? Vancouver’s Georgia Straight has a recent interview with Feist about Metals, and don’t forget about her special concert from October at Glenn Gould Studio, available for your listening pleasure at CBC Concerts on Demand.
PERFORMANCES
Royal Wood (Thursday and next Saturday): What better way to start the long weekend and the month of April than with the delightful sounds of folkster Royal Wood, who performs at Glenn Gould Studio this Thursday, April 1. If you can’t make it this week, not to worry: Royal Wood plays a second show at the Gould on Saturday, April 10. A week and a half ago, we posted a blog entry written by Royal Wood where he concluded “Life is indeed what we make it.” Carpe diem friends: make yours a life filled with music. CONTINUE READING >
JUST ANNOUNCED:
Fresh off of his ‘Best Blues Solo Artist‘ win at this past weekends International Blues Challenge Awards in Memphis TN, New Brunswick-based Matt Andersen is coming to town on February 27 with his signature sprawling blues-roots-rock musical hybrid. Andersen has two East Coast Music Awards to his credit and a fan in Stuart McLean who just brought the singer-guitarist all over Canada on his National Vinyl Café tour. Check him out for yourself at Glenn Gould Studio and tide yourself over until then with the videos and tracks available on his site.
You already knew, I’m sure, that Blue Rodeo is playing a trio of dates next week, but did you know that on February 4 the ‘shwa’s own Cuff the Duke (http://www.cufftheduke.ca/) joins the guys as their special guests? Delightful six degrees of separation tidbit: Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor produced and mixed Cuff the Duke’s latest album, Way Down Here. Special guests for the February 2 and 3 shows are The Dustin Bentall Outfit. CONTINUE READING >
Jann Arden is no stranger to funny. The woman who has built a career on baring her soul and wearing her heart on her sleeve is quite frankly, hilarious. I’ve known this about Jann for some time, as does anyone who has seen her being interviewed or has witnessed her unscripted stage banter during one of her concerts. But when she began following Massey Hall on Twitter, and vice versa, I finally caught a glimpse of what it’s like to live inside Jann Arden’s head.
Every day, me and the over 10,000 people following her updates, are kept abreast of Jann’s whereabouts, her ponderings, conversations with herself and the, ummm, habits of her dog Midi, a regular fixture on Jann’s Twitter updates. CONTINUE READING >
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