2009 February Archive

Young Performers live at The Folk Exchange

Published by brenda on February 26, 2009 in Concerts & Events, Education programs, Folk Exchange Events and Live @ The Folk Exchange. 0 Comments

Join us at the Folk Exchange on February 26 and 27, 2010 for two nights of exceptional up-and-coming talent.

A selected group of past participants from our Young Performers Program will take the stage to showcase and celebrate young talent, supported by the Ron Oswald Endowment Fund. Admission is $2.

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Friday February 26: Doors 6:30pm, show 7:30pm

Jay Rhan
Brodie Sanderson
Matt Ward
Carly Dow Band
Ingrid Gatin

Saturday February 27: Doors 6pm, Show 7:00pm

Wil Grierson
James Struthers
Mason Weselowski
Micah Erenberg
From The Moon
Evan Reeve Band

All proceeds from this show will go to the Ron Oswald Endowment Fund, created by Ron’s family and friends to help support young emerging musicians. For more information on this fund, call Carolyn Basha at (204) 231-0096.

Open Mic with host Jaylene Johnson - Feb. 27

Published by becca on February 24, 2009 in Concerts & Events, Folk Exchange Events, Live @ The Folk Exchange, News and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
February 27, 2009
7:00 pmto11:00 pm

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Open Mic with host Jaylene Johnson
Live @ The Folk Exchange
Friday, February 27
Doors & Sign-up start at 7pm

 

This month’s Open Mic will be held February 27th with guest host Jaylene Johnson.  Jaylene is an award-winning singer/songwriter with a new album Happiness slated for release in early 2009.  It is the long-awaited follow-up to her WCMA nominated album Finding Beautiful (2004).  Her quirky pop songs and jazz sensibilities make Jaylene a captivating songwriter.  Come and check out her new material at this month’s Open Mic.

Open mics are free for performers, and $2 for spectators.  Doors open and sign-up starts at 7pm.  Come one, come all!  Proudly sponsored by the Winnipeg Folk Festival and Manitoba Music.

Open Mics are held each month at the Folk Exchange in the heart of the Exchange District, at 211 Bannatyne Ave (main floor).  For more info about Open Mics please call 231-0096.

Darcia Senft with James Hickerson @ The Folk Exchange February 6

Published by becca on January 14, 2009 in Concert Series, Concerts & Events, Folk Exchange Events, Live @ The Folk Exchange and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
February 6, 2009
7:00 pmto11:00 pm

DARCIA SENFT WITH JAMES HICKERSON

Live at The Folk Exchange February 6

Doors 7pm Show 8pm

Tickets $10 advance, $12 door

Darcia Senft & James Hickerson

The Winnipeg Folk Festival is pleased to announce Darcia Senft in concert live at the Folk  Exchange.  The local singer/songwriter is celebrating her latest album release ‘Storms in the Cellar’.

In 2001, Darcia teamed up with Winnipeg multi-instrumentalist and veteran musician, James Hickerson. They worked on a recording project and the result was Darcia’s first cd “Take Time” which was released in 2002.

Darcia and James have performed at festivals and concert venues in Manitoba for the past 7 years, building a loyal following for their original roots folk sound. They began co-writing and released a second cd together called “Dirt Floor House” in 2004. When asked to describe their music, they say: “Think of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings having a pot-luck with Johnny Cash and Carole King in a dirt floor house where specialties are combined and the result is soul-satisfying.”

Darcia and James now continue the evolution of their musical direction. Performing in two-part vocal harmony with acoustic guitar and banjo, musical influences range from roots ballads to traditional dirt floor country to blues and blue grass. ‘Storms in the Cellar’ was born of many winds, some tears, broken miles and years. Everyone knows how unsettling a storm can be and what it’s like to have something rattling down below. Darcia says: “At one time or another we experience what it’s like to be in prison—whether the bars are made of steel, or loneliness or loss. Somehow, we lean into another day.” The last song on the cd is called “The Last Night of the World” and sneak previews of the song have moved listeners to tears. Perhaps it is a song for our times.

Visit Darcia’s website here.

Tickets available at the Festival Music Store (211 Bannatyne Ave) or by calling 231-1377.

 

Marco Castillo Trio - Live at the Folk Exchange

Published by becca on January 14, 2009 in Concert Series, Concerts & Events, Folk Exchange Events, Live @ The Folk Exchange and Upcoming Events Calendar. 2 Comments
February 14, 2009
8:00 pmto11:30 pm

MARCO CASTILLO TRIO

Live at the Folk Exchange

February 14, Doors @ 8 pm, Show @ 9 pm

Tickets $15 Advance/ $17 Door

Marco Castillo TrioSamba, bossa, funk, and jazz are just a few words used to describe the music of Brazilian guitarist/vocalist/educator/composer Marco Castillo. A relative newcomer to the Winnipeg music community, Marco has been impressing international audiences for years at festivals and clubs around the globe. He has been a professional musician since the age of 19, and has studied and played with some of Brazil’s finest musicians, including Nelson Faria and Rosa Marya Colin.

Marco’s debut album Brazilian Season features fifteen of Winnipeg’s finest musicians, performing 10 original tracks. “Marco Castillo’s voice is like a warm breeze from the south. His guitar playing and original songs capture the passion, poetry and lyricism that we all recognize as the spirit of South America. We are fortunate to have his artistry right here with us in Winnipeg’s thriving cultural community.” – Steve Kirby.

Bring out your honey pie for a romantic Valentine’s evening! You won’t want to miss the sweet musical styling & lush vocals of the Marco Castillo Trio, featuring Gilles Fournier on bass and Scott Senior on percussion.

Click here to view Marco’s myspace page and here to watch a live performance from the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain.

Tickets available at the Festival Music Store (211 Bannatyne Ave) or by phoning 231-1377.

Pacifika Live at the Folk Exchange

Published by becca on January 12, 2009 in Concert Series, Concerts & Events, Folk Exchange Events, Live @ The Folk Exchange, News and Upcoming Events Calendar. 0 Comments
February 13, 2009
7:00 pmto11:00 pm

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THE FOLK EXCHANGE

FRIDAY FEB. 13
DOORS 7pm SHOW 8pm

Tickets $15 ADVANCE/$17 DOOR

The Winnipeg Folk Festival is pleased to announce Pacifika in concert Friday, Feb. 13th.

In addition to this intimate concert, Pacifika will be performing at this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival, July 9 -12, 2009.

Pacifika is the multi-talented Silvana Kane - a Peruvian born singer, re-formed pop sensation (West End Girls), and accomplished actress with a love of flamenco, electronica, and textured percussion; Adam Popowitz - a Canadian bred guitarist adept in both classical and pop, and a skilled producer responsible for a catalogue that includes indie rock and Armenian folk music; and Toby Peter - a dub-wise bassist born in Canada and raised in Barbados, explorer of jazz, hip-hop, metal and Caribbean grooves.  Together the Vancouver based trio is making a new kind of global pop music that nods to its diverse international influences, while forging its own unique voice.  Jazz-infused and Latin-tinged, marked by gently flowing melodies, deep grooves, waves of cracking percussion and the occasional burst of exhilirating guitar noise.  Pacifika’s comfortable, complex sound defies categories, creating soothing soundscapes held together by Kane’s smooth, intimate vocals.

Pacifika’s debut album was released under Six Degrees Records in early 2008.  Arrangements had been done on the fly, and as the songs evolved, the trio’s multi-faceted  influences came into pla to create their own singular style.  “We have a clear vision of our sound,” Peter explains.  “And we all have the experience and know how to fulfill the vision.  We shared creative duties with minimal friction.  We’d try different things until we caught a wave, then let it take us wherever it wanted to go.”  The freewheeling music of Pacifika borrows from Latin America, Spain, North America and the United Kingdom to generate a positive vibe guaranteed to relax your nerves and uplift your spirits.

Tickets available at the Festival Music Store (211 Bannatyne Ave- at Arthur St.)  Store hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm.  Phone: 231-1377.  Tickets go on sale Friday, January 16th and are available only at the Festival Music Store.

For a taste of Pacifika’s music, click to view their video ‘Me Caî’ off their album ‘Asuncion’.

Visit Pacifika’s website here.

Harry Manx Concert Announcement - SOLD OUT

Published by Artistic on November 27, 2008 in Concert Series, Concerts & Events, News and Upcoming Events Calendar. 1 Comment
February 12, 2009
7:00 pm

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HARRY MANX @ The Park Theatre

February 12, 2009

SORRY FOLKS - THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT!

If you didn’t catch him at this year’s festival here’s your chance to see what you missed.

“Canada’s most versatile & expressive blues player” - Billboard Magazine

Manx has been dubbed an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. His unique sound is bewitching and deliciously addictive to listen to. It’s in the live setting, Manx says, that the bridge between “heavenly” India and “earthy” American blues is most effectively built. “Indian music moves inward,” he explains. “It’s traditionally used in religious ceremonies and meditation, because it puts you into this whole other place. But Western music has the ability to move out, into celebration and dance. So when we play the Indian stuff on stage, it has the tendency to draw people into something really deep; they’ll get kind of quiet and spacey. Then we’ll play some more Western music, and it grounds them once more, they sort of come out of the mood the Indian music had put them in and get into the performance. I love to see that working — that effect on the audience. My goal has always been to draw the audience as deep as possible into the music.”
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Click to HERE see the video for “Take this Hammer”

This concert is presented by The Winnipeg Folk Festival Concert Series.