Chantal Kreviazuk
PERFORMANCES
Chantal Kreviazuk (Tuesday): We mentioned Winnipeg-born Chantal last week because she has been selected to write, perform, and record one of the songs for CBC’s Great Canadian Song Quest, but today we mention the songstress because she returns to Massey Hall for a performance as part of her Plain Jane tour. Chantal has a heart that is anything but plain: she and her husband, Raine Maida, have done extensive work for War Child Canada, including participating in this fall’s Busking for Change event. More recently, Chantal recorded a song with other Canadians for compilation album War Child 10 called “People Have the Power.”
Il Divo (Friday): Il Divo takes the stage at Roy Thomson Hall, just after releasing their latest last Tuesday: a CD/DVD set entitled An Evening With Il Divo: Live in Barcelona. This performance in Toronto could well give Barcelonaa run for its money. Who needs romantic Spain anyway, when the sweet sounds of these gentlemen singing live are right here at home? CONTINUE READING >
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It was at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2008 that I first heard Jenn Grant sing. She was on one of the smaller stages at the massive, week-long festival. It was dusk, the sun was setting over the Ottawa River, and her voice stopped me dead in my tracks. Part Feist, part Patsy Cline, and all East Coast heart, Jenn’s voice and songwriting were truly unlike anything I had heard before. She moves between musical genres to create a sound that is full of intricate, subtle nuances. It is a sound that is uniquely hers. CONTINUE READING >
Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant
Musical news you can use…
JUST ANNOUNCED
We’re thrilled to let you know that The Wilderness of Manitoba will be the very special guest of one Jenn Grant this Thursday evening at Glenn Gould Studio. The Wilderness of Manitoba has been compared to Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver – which, if you ask me, is quite a compliment. The folks out there in the blogosphere are pretty excited about this group too: just take a look at It’s Not the Band I Hate It’s Their Fans, who put the group on their list of Top Ten Hottest Canadian Bands 2009, and North by East West. Between the recent mad props for The Wilderness of Manitoba and Jenn Grant’s Music Nova Scotia loot (she recently won Fem
ale Artist Recording for her latest, Echoes), this show is going to be a guaranteed good time. CONTINUE READING >
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Kailash Kher comes to Massey Hall on Thursday.
The lowdown on this week…
Bollywood sensation Kailash Kher’s Kailasa takes the stage at Massey Hall Thursday night – you can read all about it in the cross-post we featured from Mybindi.com yesterday. Meanwhile, Canadian blues sensation Downchild Blues Band celebrates its fortieth anniversary with a concert at Massey
Hall on Saturday featuring one of the original Blues Brothers himself, Dan Aykroyd. And next
Monday we have the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Long Yu and piano soloist Yuja Wang, at Roy Thomson Hall.
Lyle Lovett – who is performing at Massey Hall on Friday – just released a new album at the end of last month called Natural Forces. The album includes a number of original tunes and some covers of numbers by the likes of Eric Taylor, Don Sanders, and Townes van Zandt. The BBC is
calling it the “most satisfying record he’s made in many a year” and “a treat from start to finish.” Lyle, we can’t wait to see you on stage crooning the artful sounds of Americana at its finest.
Speaking of stuff newly out, Jenn Grant (who plays at the Glenn Gould Studio at the end of this month) just released a video for her track “You’ll Go Far.” Jenn’s website explains that she travelled to northern Newfoundland to shoot these beautiful scenes. And while you’re on the Six Shooter YouTube channel, check out some live clips of Royal Wood – who plays the Gould in April – performing at Capital Music Hall here and here.
Stefania Paterak is the Programming Coordinator for Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall.
Dan Aykroyd,Downchild Blues Band,Jenn Grant,Kailash Kher,Lyle Lovett,Royal Wood,Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
