JUST ANNOUNCED
We’ve just announced that John Mellencamp will be performing at Massey Hall on Wednesday, February 9, 2010. A very special performance by the legend will include an “opening” act in the form of a documentary film by Kurt Markus entitled, It’s About You, chronicling the creation of his latest album, shot over the course of last year’s tour of minor league baseball stadiums with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson. The show itself will see Mellencamp perform acoustically, with a small combo, and then finally with a full rock band. Tickets go on sale to FriendsFirst members on Thursday, October 14, and then to the general public on Friday, October 15. Until then, check out Mellencamp, as well as Neil Young, Jeff Tweedy, Willie Nelson, and others in a series of videos on TwentyFourBit from Farm Aid’s 25th anniversary concert.
In other legendary musical-icon-show-announcement-news, the one and only Kenny Rogers will bring his Christmas & Hits Tour to Massey Hall on December 3 performing everything from “White Christmas” and “Let it Snow” to “The Gambler” and “Islands in the Stream”. With 50+ years of music-making and over 105 million albums sold worldwide, Kenny Rogers ranks #8 on R.I.A.A’s list of Top Selling Male Artists of all time! Tickets for this show go on sale to the general public on Saturday (Oct 16) at noon.
PERFORMANCES
Belle & Sebastian (Tuesday): By now, you’re all caught up on Belle & Sebastian’s new album Write About Love, but did you know that the lads and lasses from Scotland could well Write About You? The album drops today and inside the packaging itself is your chance to have Stuart Murdoch pay you a visit in order to write a song about you. All the details are here, but just in case you don’t win, the group pays a visit to Massey Hall tonight.
Sufjan Stevens (Wednesday): Like Belle & Sebastian, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens’ new album drops today; then, tomorrow you get to witness the music innovator live in person at Massey Hall. The new album just received four stars and was called the Disc of the Week by the Globe and Mail. Robert Everett-Green notes that the album is “delicately made and densely layered,” and we can’t wait to see it live.
The Amazing Kreskin (Wednesday & Thursday): What can we possibly say to express how excited we are to welcome The Amazing Kreskin for two nights this week at Glenn Gould Studio? Seriously impressing audiences for decades now, this mentalist and thought reader is a one of a kind entertainer and a true icon of the stage. Check out this clip of Kreskin on CBC The Hour and listen for him live this Thursday on CBC Q, The New Classical 96.3, JAZZ FM and CP24 Breakfast just to name a few.
Danny Michel & His Band (Friday & Saturday): Danny Michel’s latest album, Sunset Sea, was released in July to critical acclaim (and apparent dismay from multiple critics that he is “criminally overlooked”.) Danny Michel has won two Juno Awards and this summer, he also won the special honour of David Suzuki’s Playlist for the Planet for his tune “Feather, Fur & Fin”. Check him and his band out for one or both of his shows this week at Glenn Gould Studio.
ACCOLADES
Last week the nominations for the Canadian Folk Music Awards were announced and we are delighted CONTINUE READING >
