Canadian Folk Music Awards Program 2014

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 SHOWCASE: The Bronson Centre Door: 7 p.m. Show: 7:30 p.m.  211 Bronson Avenue $25 Featuring 2014 CFMA Nominees James Keelaghan, Jill Zmud, Buffy & Larry, Chris Ronald, Kacy & Clayton and Moustafa Kouyaté & Romain Malagnoux FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 SHOWCASE: The Bronson Centre Door: 7 p.m. Show: 7:30 p.m.  211 Bronson Avenue $25 Featuring 2014 CFMA Nominees Shari Ulrich, Quinn Bachand, Còig, Jorge Martinez, Gathering Sparks, Mélisande SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 WORKSHOP: Rise-Up and Sing 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Ottawa Folklore Centre - 1111 Bank Street $5/door or free admission with the purchase of a CFMA Full Access Pass Here's an opportunity to sing! We'll use the great book "Rise Up Singing". Arthur McGregor will lead the sing with his guitar. Singers call out the song they wish to sing and the page number and, if Arthur knows it (he bats about 95%!) we sing it. If he doesn't the caller teaches us the song! It'll last a couple of hours and we'll break in the middle for coffee and munchies. The Folklore Centre will loan copies of Rise Up Singing or you can bring your own.  WORKSHOP: Ukulele Jam with Garett Barr 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Ottawa Folklore Centre - 1111 Bank Street  $5/door or free admission with the purchase of a CFMA Full Access Pass Join local ukulele teacher Garett Barr for a Canadian Folk music themed Ukulele Jam! This jam will feature songs by your favourite Canadian Folk Songwriters such as Stan Rogers, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell just to name a few! Everyone is welcome to join, no matter what playing level. WORKSHOP: Songwriting Workshop with Shari Ulrich 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Ottawa Folklore Centre - 1111 Bank Street  $20/door or free admission with the purchase of a CFMA Full Access Pass Shari Ulrich is nominated for English Songwriter of the Year for the 2014 CFMAs (she is also nominated for three additional awards with her group The High Bar Gang). She will discuss all aspects of the craft of songwriting using the work of the participants as a spring board. Shari will cover lyric structure, song structure, what makes songs work, performance, and other elements of songwriting for novice, experienced, professional and performing songwriters. A two time Juno Award winner, and member the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Shari was first known for her multi-instrumentalist skills with the Pied Pumkin and on as the voice of the Hometown Band. Her career as a singer songwriter brings her to her latest release "Everywhere I Go" (Borealis Records) - engineered and produced by her daughter Julia Graff, also a multi-instrumentalist. It is Shari's 8th solo album, and the 21st including her work with Ulrich Henderson Forbes, BTU with Barney Bentall & Tom Taylor, and The High Bar Gang. WORKSHOP: Trad Tune Jam  2 p.m.- 5 p.m.  Patty's Pub - 1186 Bank St. Free Come and play in a traditional session with CFMA nominees and local players. Patty's Pub is located in Old Ottawa South, near the remainder of the day's activities - their food is good, their beer is local (and they have the biggies too), and the entertainment will be excellent. Irish/Scottish/Quebecois/Cape Breton/Old Time players are all welcome! WORKSHOP: Songwriter Circle  2 p.m. - 5 p.m.  The Georgetown Pub - 1159 Bank St. Free CFMA nominees, local singers, and spectators are invited to The Georgetown Pub, home of many a folk song, for an afternoon of sharing songs.  Hosts Ana Miura and 2014 CFMA Nominee Amanda Rheaume will welcome some of the best in Canadian talent, and welcome all languages and genres of folk song.  WORKSHOP: Singing Beatles Harmony with Gathering Sparks (Jane Lewis, Eve Goldberg and Sam Turton) 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Ottawa Folklore Centre - 1111 Bank Street $20/door or free admission with the purchase of a CFMA Full Access Pass Travel beyond the frontiers of normal harmony. Together we will explore and sing some of The Beatles' most unique and surprising vocal arrangements. We'll be learning parts by ear; previous experience with harmony is beneficial, but not necessary. Join us in some of the most beautiful music ever written-all you need is love! Gathering Sparks is the graceful collision of Eve Goldberg, Jane Lewis, and Sam Turton -musical friends who bonded over finely tuned harmonies and the craft of songwriting. The trio's inclusive approach embraces blues, gospel, folk, and pop influences tastefully played on acoustic and slide guitar, piano, accordion, ukulele, and banjo. Gathering Sparks is nominated for Vocal Group of the Year for the 2014 CFMAs. CFMA GALA & RECEPTION Box office opens at 6:30 p.m.  Doors at 7 p.m. Show at 7:30 p.m.  The Bronson Centre - 211 Bronson Avenue $40  Tickets available in person at the Ottawa Folklore Centre or online at http://bit.ly/CFMA2014tickets

Playlist for November 7

Host: Paul Corby

( brought to you by Magnificola, Saudade Soda and Cardiac Crush )

5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

Guests: J.P. Mortier, John Antoniuk & Jen Lane

Videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee

5:00 Retro Romantic

*J.P. Mortier ~ I Can Love / Interview / Loveless (live) / Ignited (live) ~ Songs Of Love And Despair  NEW DISK @ Free Times Cafe tonight

alt-J ~ Choice Kingdom / Hunger Of The Pine ~ This Is All Yours  @ Koolhaus Tuesday 11 November

5:15 Saskatunes

*Jen Lane & John Antoniuk ~ Crazy Mama / Interview / Lost (live) / The Way Home @ The Cameron House every Wednesday, 6:00-8:00

5:30 Passion For Cashin'

* Bruce Cockburn ~ Beautiful Creatures ~ Life Short Call Now  @ Koerner Hall tonight

* Kate Weekes ~ Sing It To The Hills ~ Frost On Black Fur  NEW DISK

* Jon Brooks ~ These Are Not Economic Hard Times ~ The Smiling & Beautiful Countryside  NEW DISK

* Sophia Danai ~ Money ~ Wishing Well  NEW DISK

Hamell On Trial ~ The Mall ~ Choochtown

photo: Jen Lane, John Antoniuk & J.P. Mortier

5:50 Plathways

*West My Friend ~ Ode To Sylvia Plath ~ When The Ink Dries  NEW DISK CFMA Nominee - Pushing The Boundaries

Ryan Adams ~ SYLVIA PLATH ~ Gold ~ @ Massey Hall Wednesday

6:00 Near-Life Experiences

Owen Gray ~ Midnight Track ~ The Best Of Ska

Little Feat feat. Shaun Murphy ~ The Blues Don't Tell It All ~ High Wire Act In St. Louis ~ Dixie Chicken @ The Orbit Room Thursday, 13 November

*Wilson & Swarbrick ~ My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose / No Woman No Cry ~ Lion Rampant  NEW DISK @ Enoch Turner Scoolhouse Sunday 4:00 for Soldiers Of Song Concert

6:20 Romancing The Dance

TE ~ De Worp ~ Flamingo's Gambit ~ Balfolk Dance @ La Palette tonight

Lost Fingers ~ Pump Up The Jam ~ Lost In The 80's

* Isabel & The Uncommons feat. Julian Taylor (@ The ROM tonight) ~ Nothing Lasts But Love ~ Hearts And Arrows  NEW DISK ~ CD Release @ Hugh's Room Wednesday, 12 November

*Dan Mock ~ Crowded Room ~ Miles To Morning NEW DISK @ The Cameron House Saturday, 29 November

Spearhead feat. Ernie Ranglin ~ I Got Plenty Of Nothin' ~ Red, Hot & Rhapsody

William S. Burroughs ~ You Got Any Eggs For Fats? (Naked Lunch excerpt) WSB 100th Birthday Tribute RUB OUT THE WORD Friday, November 7 at The Music Gallery

6:45 Flight Club

Kenny Burrell arr. by Gil Evans ~ Lotus Land ~  Guitar Forms ~ with the necessary apurtenances of Toronto Music Listings scattered willy-nilly

Birdy ~ People Help The People ~ Birdy

Focal Zoom on Local Rooms

No good reason to commence hibernation when sweet persuasions such as these approach

 

 

Playlist For Show Of 31 October

Host: Paul Corby

( brought to you by Octobriety, Autumniscience, and All Hallows Goodbyes )

5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

Guests: Lynne Hanson and Isabel Fryszberg

Videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee

5:00 Howlin` Wings

Illustration by Gediminas Pranckevicius

Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois ~ Sirens ~ Music For Films III ~ Lanois @ Danforth Music Hall Sunday, 9 November

K.C. Roberts feat. Dylan Murray ~ I Still Believe ~ Parkdale Funk 2 @ R.O.M. Friday 7 November

*The Crooked Brothers ~ Organs On Demand ~ Thank You I'm Sorry NEW DISK

Frederick Rousseau ~ Suspense ~ Film Noir

Jack Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) ~ As You Say / Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune ~ Willpower

5:30 Hanson Feature

* Lynne Hanson ~ Tightrope / Interview / Foolish Things | River Of Sand NEW DISK CD Release @ The Dakota Tavern Friday 7 November 7 p.m.

5:45 Visiting Isabelville

* Isabel Fryszberg ~ Raindrop Kisses / Interview / Something Sacred ~ Hearts And Arrows NEW DISK CD Release @ Hugh's Room Wednesday 12 November

6:00 Drastic Stances

Paco De Lucia ~ Danza De Los Vecinos ~ Paco Plays De Falla

*Christa Couture feat. Jim Byrnes  ~ Paper Anniversary @ Musideum Tuesday, 4 November 8 p.m.

*John Antoniuk  ~ Break My Heart  ~ Always With You @ Cameron House w. Jen Lane, Wednesday 5 November 6:00-8:00 p.m.

*J.P. Mortier  ~ Cowboy Bones @ Free Times Friday, 7 November 7:30 and on Corby`s Orbit next Friday

*Wilson & Swarbrick ~ Why Must I Plead /Jamaica ~ Lion Rampant NEW DISK @ Hugh`s Room Thursday, 6 November

6:20 Passing Blue

Eric Bibb feat. Harrison Kennedy & Ruthie Foster ~ Dream Catchers ~ Blues People NEW DISK

Sonny Criss ~ Early And Later Part ll ~ Blues Pour Flirter (Gitanes 1963)

*Brokenjoe ~ Mr. Blues You Never Were My Friend ~ Long Walk To Nowhere Jerome Godboo @ Cadillac Lounge Tonight

* Barr Brothers ~ Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying ~ @ Danforth Music Hall Wednesday 5 November

Usii Fantasia ~ Tarmon Humppa ~ Top Ten with Toronto Music Listings darkly  intoned in macabre shivers

6:45 Just Us Canadian Folks

* Buffy & Larry  ~ Stars On The Cowboy Boots ~ Surrounded   NEW DISK 

CFMA NOMINEE~ ABORIGINAL SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

*The High Bar Gang  ~ The Fields Have Turned Brown ~ Lost & Undone 

CFMA NOMINEE~ TRADITIONAL ALBUM / VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

* Kacy & Clayton  ~ Pretty Saro ~ The Day Is Past & Gone  NEW DISK 

CFMA NOMINEE~ YOUNG PERFORMER /  NEW EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

*Neil Young  ~ I Believe In You ~ After The Gold Rush

Lynne`s River and Isabel`s Hearts, on a Pre- Hallows Howl of a Show

Lynne Hanson 

will be calling in at 5:30 from her Ottawa tour-stop as she narrows in on her Toronto show next Friday 

November 1 – Fromagerie, Sudbury, ON

November 7 @ 7 p.m.– Dakota Tavern, Toronto, ON

November 8 – The Black Shire, London,  ON

November 14 – National Arts Centre, Ottawa

November 15 – the Branch, Kemptville, ON

November 30 – The Mansion, Kingston, ON

Hanson’s songs have already earned her a Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award and an OCFF Songs from the Heart Award and propelled her to the finals of the Kerrville New Folk competition and the Mountain State New Songs contest.

November 30 

And at 6:00, founder and former member of the highly acclaimed all-female band Sisters of Sheynville, singer-songwriter,

Isabel Fryszberg’s solo debut CD, 

Hearts and Arrows

gets an Orbital debut

prior to the

Isabel & The Uncommons`

CD Release @ Hugh’s Room

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 •8:30PM •$18 advance /$20 door

2261, Dundas Street West, Toronto • For reservations call 416.531.6604

Playlist For Show Of 24 October

Host: Paul Corby

( brought to you by  Electrocity, Media Obliteracy and Executioners Of The Will )

5-7 p.m. online http://www.radioregent.com/ and at tunein.com .  Canadians in Asterisk’d RED.

Guests: Justin Gray & Andrew Kay of Monsoon and Tim Dawson of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CorbysOrbit?feature=mhee

5:00 Panaphonic

*Amelia Curran ~ Somebody Somewhere ~ They Promised You Mercy NEW DISK

* The Darcys ~ Don`t Bleed me ~ The Darcys at R.O.M. tonight

Massive Attack feat. Sinead O`Connor ~ What Your Soul Sings ~ Sinead at Massey Hall tonight

Prince ~ Art Official Cage ~ Art Official Age ~ NEW DISK `Prince and Me`at Global Cabaret Festival Young Center For The Performing Arts tonight
                                                           Illustration by Mattias Adolfson

*Royal Canoe ~ Exodus Of The Year ~ Today We`re Believers at Lee`s Palace Wednesday, 29 October
*Indian City ~ Dance2 feat. Kzo ~ Colors NEW DISK CFMA Nominee (Vince Fontaine / Aboriginal Songwriter Of The Year)

5:25 Mindcraft

*Patricia O`Callahan ~ The Gypsy`s Wife ~ at Global Cabaret Festival Friday and Saturday

*Bruno Capinan ~ Sambolento ~ Tudo Esta Dito NEW DISK

*Dawn Pemberton  ~  Say Somethin  ~  Say Somethin NEW DISK
Rory Block ~ Nehemiah James ~ Hard Luck Child (Stony Plain) NEW DISK

RAHARAHA HIKAMBANANA (Varika) ~ World Lemur Festival  (Oct 25-31).

 http://www.patriciawright.org/events/2014/10/25/world-lemur-festival 

6:00 Transcendental Floss

*Monsoon ~ Nomad's Arrival / Interview with Justin Gray and Andrew Kay / Awakening ~ Mandala NEW DISK

@ Artscape on 8 November and Glenn Gould Studio 15 November

6:20 Sophisticulture
*Nexus ~ Xylophonia ~ Ragtime Concert  @ Edward Johnson Building Monday 27 October

*Quinn Bachand ~ Nude ~ Brishen CFMA Nominee (Young Performer / Ensemble / Instrumental Group / New Emerging Artist of the Year)

*Tony Quarrington ~ The Whole World Is Waiting For The Sunrise ~ Mad About Uke ~ @ McMichael Gallery Thursday for premiere of Emily Songs 8 p.m.

*Tim Dawson / Interview re: The Bach Christmas Oratotio @ Runnymede Church, Friday, 28 November

Kronos Quartet ~ Don't Think Twice It's Alright ~ Chimes Of Freedom (Amnesty International)

Nils Petter Molvaer ~ Vilderness (Cinematic Orchestra Remix) ~ Recoloured / Exegisis of Toronto Music Listings Encoded Elaborately Throughout

*Oh Susanna ~ Oregon ~  Namedropper @ The Great Hall Saturday

Looking Back ~ John Holt (11 July 1947 – 19 October 2014) was one of the most influential and beloved of Jamaican reggae singers and songwriters. He first found fame as a member of the Paragons, before establishing himself as a solo artist.