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Rogue Folk Club
Celebrating 20 Years of the best Celtic & Roots!
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Great Big Sea: Revelling in the Tunes They Love
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REAT BIG SEA is one of Canada's best-selling artists with well over one million records sold in Canada since 1993.
Alan Doyle, Sean McCann and Bob Hallett are best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage.
Based in St. John's, the Juno-nominated band fuses Newfoundland traditional music with modern pop in a crowd-pleasing formula both heartfelt and vital. A pure force of nature - much like the ocean surge they take their name from.
In late 2005, they released their long-awaited "traditional" album, The Hard and the Easy, on which they recorded their favourite
Newfoundland party songs. The title of the album comes from a line of the song Tickle Cove Pond, one of two songs on the album about a horse falling through ice.
Also in late 2005, Great Big Sea released its first podcast, with clips of the band bantering back and forth in the studio mixed with various songs by them and other artists. They have since released several podcasts.
Great Big Sea also performs original material and their blend of instruments like mandolin, bodhran, fiddle, and concertina, along with their vocal harmonies, revel in the melodies they create and the Newfoundland tunes they love. Their sound bellows joy.
Band leader Alan Doyle said this is the music that they grew up with and the music they learned as children. Their appetite for it is genuine. "There were a thousand amazing songs in our backyards," said Alan.
Fans may recall that on the band's last visit to British Columbia in February 2006, they made the six o'clock news when their tour bus tipped on its side into a ditch on the Trans-Canada Highway, about 80 kilometres east of Vancouver near Abbotsford. Their driver suffered minor head injuries, but everyone in the band was unhurt.
The band went on to continue their tour, including their performance that evening at The Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver where they delivered their usual high-energy performance to a jubilant crowd just hours after the accident.
The band is back on tour this year, with two shows scheduled for the Lower Mainland. Tickets are now on sale to see Great Big Sea on November 2 at the Red Robinson Show Theatre in Coquitlam and on November 3 at the River Rock Show Theatre in Richmond. Call Ticketmaster at (604) 280-4444 or visit: www.ticketmaster.ca to book online.
FRIDAY NOV. 2 RED ROBINSON SHOW THEATRE SATURDAY NOV. 3 RIVER ROCK SHOW THEATRE
TICKETS AT ALL ticketmaster OUTLETS* 604-280-4444 • WWW.TICKETMASTER.CA TICKETS ALSO AT THE RED ROBINSON AND RIVER ROCK SHOW THEATRE BOX OFFICES
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Saturday, October 13
rugged Canadian songwriter
Fred Eaglesmith
plus Michael Jerome Browne
Friday, October 19
Gypsy fiddle/flamenco guitar duo
Willie & Lobo
Saturday, October 27
superb vocal harmonies & old time songs plus dobro ace Chris Jones
The Breakmen
Sunday, November 4
Canadian guitarists: Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau, Madagascar Slim
Tri-Continental
Saturday, November 10
Three brilliant musicians playing Celtic music - & more - together
Tony McManus, April Verch, & Doug Cox
Friday, November 16
Vancouver's Headwater^
Australia's Colcannon
Sunday, November 18
Liz Carroll & JohnDoyle
All shows at SUames Hall (3214 W.10th) unless otherwise stated
Tickets & Info (604) 736-3022
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Cap Folk'n' Roots Series presents:
Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas
Saturday, November 3 @ 8pm
Master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as one of Scotland's premier musical ambassadors, presents the music of his homeland with unsurpassed eloquence, passion and energy. He links bows with vibrant young cellist Natalie Haas in an exciting weave of rocking, reeling rhythms, poignant melodies and exquisite musicianship. Don't miss this unique union of violin and cello - achingly beautiful and wonderful for the spirit.
Box Office: 604.990.7810
www.capcollege.bc.ca/theatre
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The Irish Tenors Holiday Concert
Monday, December 17th 7:30PM Benaroya Hall
The World Renowned Irish Tenors, whose concerts on PBS have entertained millions of people, will be performing a special holiday concert at Benaroya Hall.
Concert seating: $40-$75 $150: Reception with artists and premier concert seating Tickets on sale: Brown Paper Tickets www. brown pa pe rti ckets. co m 1-800-838-3006 Benaroya Hall Ticket Office 206-215-4747
Benefit Concert for Shoreline-Lake Forest Park
Senior Center and The Ballard-Northwest
Senior Center
