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MAY 2009
Rogue Folk Club
Celebrating 22 Years of the best Celtic & Roots!
www.roguefolk.com
CELTIC MUSIC REVIEWS
Saturday, May 9, 8Pm
Bill Bourne, Jasmine Ohlhauser & Wyckham Porteous.
BOP Ensemble
Saturday, May 16, 8pm
Slide guitar diva and soulful singer in rare solo show
Ellen Mcllwaine
Friday, May 22, 8Pm
Celtic music & more with Emma Beaton, Yvonne Hernandez etc.
Folk Arts Quartet
Saturday, May 30, 8pm
Dublin singer & stunning guitarist returns with hot new CD
Luka Bloom
St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue Tickets & Info (604) 736-3022
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HARP; Group Lessons with Alys Howe
Group Lessons for Beginner Harp
An introduction to the harp for brand-new harp play en! (Ages 7 to adult)
Harp Ensemble Practise Group
For advanced-beginner through intermediate harpists, who have already had an intra to the basics and want to increase their confidence. This social, supportive, and motivating class will encourage all harpists to participate at their own comfort level, and to expand their musical horizons!
These group classes will be fun. Callfor details.
PRUSSIN MUSIC
3607 W. Broadway,Tel.(604)736-303 6
11465 BARNES ROAD, PITT MEADOWS, B.C. (Next to the tower)
604-460-8121
LunchDoctor
• Enjoy our BBQ's every Fri & Sun 11:30 am-2 pm
• Menu changing weekly
Your host, Mike Joyce (England)
Enjoy the gorgeous mountain view from our 50 seat deck overlooking the runway at Pitt Meadows Airport
FLYING LUNCH DOCTOR
11465 BARNES ROAD, PITT MEADOWS, B.C. (Pitt Meadows Airport - next to the Air Control Tower) Tel: 604-460-8121 Fax: 604-460-8371
LIVE
MUSIC EVERY
SUNDAY
12 noon to 3 p.m.
FREE
SANDWICH!
Buy one sandwich at the regular price get one of equal or lesser value FREE with the purchase of 2 beverages Not valid with Sjr other offers: Expires August 31, 2009
BUTLER
BERNADETTE RUDDY All Time Favourites
Bernadette Ruddy is the beautiful girl with the beautiful voice from County Mayo who has just released her new CD entitled All Time Favourites. This is a combination of country and Irish favourites and includes a song that she wrote entitled Forgive Me.
Some of the favourites on the album are Save The Last Dance; Fields Of Athenry; Your Cheatin Heart/Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain; milk Right Back; She Moved Through The Fair; and Danny Boy. There are 12 tracks on the CD.
Bernadette Ruddy has just been invited to guest on the Brendan Grace Show until Easter 2010.
As well as being a talented singer, Bernadette is also well-known for her artwork, in which she particularly captures the beauty and feel of the Mayo landscape.
To order the Bernadette Ruddy CD and to check out some of her paintings, visit her website at: www.bernadetteruddy.com.
SORA Heartwood
Sora writes all her own material and it is a combination of folk and Celtic/ acoustic music. Her voice is poignant yet earthy and thought provoking as she shares an affinity for nature and the forest, much like the ancient Celts.
She says, "I am natural and enjoy organic design, music and writing. That is what inspires me, the feeling of fiery leaves falling around as you walk on an autumn day. My lyrics come from there.
"The ultimate goal in my music
would be to create something that people could find themselves in that, they would want to listen to and get lost in. I want people to be touched by their environments as I am by mine."
Sora's voice sounds like a cross between Judy Collins and Loreena McKennit.
To purchase Heartwood and for more information about Sora, visit: www.soramusic.ca.
COMING HOME TO SCOTLAND Jimmy Cassidy
In the year of Homecoming Scodand 2009, Coming Home To Scotland with one of Scotland's top accordionists Jimmy Cassidy, includes quality Scottish songs and music. It will certainly tug at the heartstrings of the exile and hasten their travel arrangements and for others it will be a great year and a great time to visit Scodand.
Rogue Folk Celebrates 22nd Birthday with Four Shows
VANCOUVER - The Rogue Folk Club was founded in May 1987 when Steve Edge and Margaret Whale teamed up with Stephen Fearing, Jane Go wan (Spygirl), and Rick Costigan with a view to presenting a series of folk and roots shows at the now defunct Savoy in Gas town.
LUKA BLOOM
Catering • Weddings • Sandwiches • Pies • Hot Specials • Salads • Desserts • Party Trays
A year and a half later, the Rogue found a new home at the WISE Hall, and presented hundreds of memorable concerts there before moving to its new home at St. James Hall (3214 West 10th Avenue, in the heart of Kitsilano) in 2004.
The Rogue is 90 percent volunteer-run, with limited outside funding, yet has managed to present over 50 concerts per year of some of the very finest musicians on the planet.
Fresh from the success of the third annual festival of gypsy jazz - April In Paris - the Rogue celebrates its 22nd birthday with a concert featuring a hot new Canadian trio, The BOP Ensemble, on May 9 at 8 PMatSt. James Hall.
Three forces of nature meet in The Bop Ensemble, featuring folk legends Bill Bourne and Wyckham Porteous, along with up-and-coming singer-bassist - and amazing hoop dancer - Jasmine 'Jas' Ohlhauser. In combination, the three manage to catch lightning in a botde. Website: www.billbourne.com
On May 16 Calgary-based blues diva Ellen Mcllwaine gives a rare solo performance at St. James Hall. This slide guitar legend was playing World Music before it was called World Music.
Her rhythm and blues roots along with middle-Eastern, Indian, Pakistani and West African influences are apparent in her amazing acoustic and electric guitar playing and her vocal acrobatics. Website: www.ellenmcilwaine.com
On May 22, The Rogue presents the Vancouver debut of The Folk Arts Quartet. FAQ combines folk styles from the fiddle world with the arts heritage of the classical string quartet. The result is a new hybrid genre, "Chamber Grass."
Emma Beaton is a young inventive folk cellist, vocalist, and banjo player from Vancouver Island. Victoria's
Ivonne Hernandez is an award-winning fiddler and a Grand North American Fiddle Champion.
Hannah Read is a young fiddler and vocalist from Edinburgh. Violist Julie Metcalf began as a classical violinist in Worcester, MA. They met while studying at the Berklee College of Music.
Although all were classically trained, they each have extensive experience in folk styles from various countries. Website: www.folkartsquartet.com
On May 30 the Rogue welcomes back Irish troubadour Luka Bloom for his first Rogue gig since 1991!
The younger brother of influential Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore, Barry Moore had tired of being in his brother's shadow when he decided to relocate to the United States in 1987.
Re-christening himself Luka Bloom during the long flight, he took the first steps toward establishing his own reputation as a skilled guitarist and uplifting performer.
Now, having trod the boards of stages all over the globe, 36 years of craft-honing has given Luka a secure place on the music map.
His live performances are prolific and highly entertaining, featuring his distinctive "electro-acoustic" style of guitar playing.
He is touring with a great new CD, Eleven Songs, it's the latest in along line of superb albums, showcasing his rich vocals and deep love of life, the environment, peace, music, world travel, and, well, love. Website: www.lukabloom.com.