Late notice: Tonight at the Glenn Gould Theatre

La Nuit Blanche en français venez chanter avec

Les Héritiers de Champlain,

Samedi, 4 octobre à 20 h, Studio Glenn Gould, 250 Front O.  (Edifice Radio-Canada). Présenté par Francophonie en Fête et le CSDCCS

Les Héritiers de Champlain

Un spectacle phare, pendant la Nuit Blanche !

Dans la foulée des festivitées du 400^e anniversaire de la présence francophone en Amérique ; six étoiles montante de la scène vous offrent un spectacle éblouissant qui rend hommage aux franco-ontariens passés et présents !

www.heritiersdechamplain.ca

ViVie et le dernier métro, En première partie

ViVie (Geneviève Cholette, artiste de comédie musicale) et ses deux musiciens (Éric-St-Laurent et George Meanwell) nous offrent Un cabaret de chansons originales, de grands classiques et de comédies musicales, aux odeurs de Berlin 1940 mais à saveur d'aujourd'hui.

Adulte: 15$   Ainés/étudiants: 10$   Gratuit avec le passeport du Salon du livre

Guichet Glenn Gould (Radio-Canada) (416) 872-4255  (pour ce spectacle seulement)      Achat en ligne :   www.francophonie-en-fete.com  ou    www.roythomson.com

CBC 2 this Sunday at 5:00

Jurgen Gothe will be playing some music from "Late" on his new weekly show "Farrago" this Sunday the 14th between 5 and 6 pm. I'm proud to say he's a fan.

Kind words from Jurgen Gothe + Concert alert

Apologies for the long silence. I was in Siena for most of the summer "resting", as they say in the theatre.

A warm endorsement from Jurgen Gothe, host of the new CBC 2 show "Farrago" (Sundays 5-6), is now up on the website on the "Reviews" page.

This is your early warning of a show I'm looking forward to doing with Stephanie Martin (www.stephaniemartin.ca) November 8 at the Enwave Theatre in Toronto. We're combining our bands for a great evening of original songs. She has a spectacular voice and compelling delivery of beautiful material, and it will be a memorable event.

Last weekend

A great weekend starting on Friday night at Eastminster United Church with a concert by Whiskey Jack and the Gala String Quartet, and MC'd by Erin Davis of CHFI. Like being on the radio, only better!
Saturday morning saw The Loss Leaders at Cedarvale Park for the Strawberry and Asparagus Festival - Ray and Rick came down from their cottages to play for an hour. That's dedication! Dave MacDougall came from Mississauga. That's dedication! Chad Irschick walked across the park. That's dedication!
Saturday evening our street band, The Appletones, played for a couple of hours for the annual barbeque. Street closed, neighbourhood open.
Sunday morning played cello at Metropolitan Community Church for the music director Diane Leah, accompanying Cindy Church, the great singer and member of Quartette.
Sunday afternoon I played the 5th Suite for Unaccompanied Cello at St. James' Cathedral.
The last gasp of this current madness is this Friday at 7:30 at St. James' Cathedral: The organist Andrew Ager has written a chamber work for violin and cello concertante accompanied by viola, flute, two oboes, bassoon, and piano. I'll also be playing the Bach again.

On the horizon: July 5th at The Rusty Snail in Peterborough with Clifford Maynes, guitar, Chad Irschick, bass, and Dave MacDougall, percussion.

Make sure you stay up all night on the 21st; it doesn't take as long at this time of year...

Stanley Fefferman's review of "Late"

From "ShowtimeMagazine.ca":

"It is a terrific album... The opening tune - “What Have You Done With My Heart” - is so good, it ought to be a big hit. I played it for my son-in-law, who likes Blue Rodeo and he liked it. I played it for my 16 year old grandson who likes Kanye West and Bob Marley, and he liked it. I like to let this tune haunt my head, which it does, quite a bit. And somehow, rhythms or bits of melody of the other Meanwell tunes are called to join the party in my head...
Behind it all is Meanwell’s flexible, gentle, capable voice giving music to words that feel sincere. This honest work is shared by Meanwell’s band, The Loss Leaders, which includes Rick Whitelaw, Ray Parker, Chad Irschick and Dave MacDougall."

Full text here.

Spring Cleaning

Somewhat new website appearance, with a header bar which lets you cycle through clips from both CDs, and click-throughs to Indie Pool's retail site. Let me know if there's anything I've missed...

A few things...

In the "just in time" model so favoured by hedge fund managers, we bring you the following news:

1. Tomorrow night (Monday April 28) at Mitzi's Sister (1554 Queen West) I'll be playing an acoustic set of about half an hour starting at about 10:45. (These are songwriters - you can add another "about" anywhere in the previous sentence.) My sound will be fleshed out (hand-drum joke) by the distinguished Loss Leader Dave MacDougall on conga.

2. Stephanie Martin, a great singer and songwriter (did I mention she sings on Late?), will be appearing with her band at the Rivoli (334 Queen Street West) on Tuesday at 6:00 pm sharp for a 45 minute showcase. All you hedge fund managers can stop off for your highballs there instead of your usual Bay Street watering holes.

3. We're repeating (only better) the Whiskey Jack / Gala String Quartet concert (so successfully floated last month) on June 13 at Eastminster United (310 Danforth Avenue - 8:00 pm). Whiskey Jack is a seasoned and talented folk / country / bluegrass band which will be strung out (!) by the Gala String Quartet led by Daniel Kushner. I'll also be playing a couple of tunes on guitar, unless they think better of it.

4. "Late" is now available on iTunes and Puretracks, so those of you who are technologically enabled can download some or all of it to your compatible device ("As I said to my compatible device yesterday morning during breakfast... etc.). Although, really, downloading only one track is like leaving someone a dollar in your will so they can't say that you forgot them.

5. Late is getting a fair amount of airplay on the CBC. All the shows both national and local have access to a copy so I'd be grateful if any of you who wouldn't regard it as just another knife in the corpse of classical music would email or call your favourite host and ask her or him to play a track or two.

And remember, Hillary's ahead in the popular vote if you count Florida and Michigan...