Nick 2016 Winter Newsletter
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nickelodeon Music Club Crescent Heights Community Hall - 1101 - 2nd Street N.W. Mailing address: P. O. Box 63016, Stadium RPO Calgary, AB T2N 4S5 www.thenick.ca 36th Season: Winter 2016 elcome to the 2nd half of our 36th anniversary sea- Tickets son at the Nick! Once again we will present some • 2016-2017 GOLD CARD renewals will commence (for a fabulous old friends along with five and a half ter- limited time) starting February 20th. There is a waiting list Wrific new headliners and we’ll finish with a Patrons’ Night. for GOLD CARDS that aren’t renewed - email us if you wish to be added to the waiting list. The home of the Nickelodeon is the Crescent Heights Community Please send your email to: [email protected] Hall (1101 - 2nd Street NW). Seating is first-come first serve with the following exception: season’s ticket holders who arrive early Online Ticket Sales will be given preferential admission from 6:50 - 7:00 P.M. Our • $25 advance tickets for ALL January to April 2016 concerts ticket capacity is 193 patrons, and 110 are season’s ticket holders. will go on sale at 9:00 a.m. December 11th at www.brown- Concerts begin at 7:30 P.M. with the doors opening at 7:00 p.m. papertickets.com - service charges are applicable. An evening at the Nick begins with an opening act, followed by • $25 door tickets are only available if we do not sell out in two sets by our featured performer. Breaks between sets allow advance. Any remaining tickets will be sold first come, time for socializing and indulging in an entree, great cakes, first serve at the Crescent Heights Hall on the night of the popcorn and other refreshments. show. Guitar Raffle! The Nick is once again conducting a raffle for a Flinthill Traditional Dreadnought guitar and trailpack bag, generously donated by Mike The Nickelodeon Music Club is a volunteer operated, non-profit MacLeod and The Acoustic Guitar. Tickets will be sold throughout the season organization. The Nick wishes to thank its volunteers for the and our Nick performers will autograph the guitar. The draw for this one-of- countless number of hours they dedicate. Without the work of our a-kind guitar will be held on April 2nd , 2016. Once again, proceeds from the volunteers, these special nights would not be possible. Nickelodeon Guitar Raffle will support ArtsCan Circle, a registered charity dedicated to linking creative artists with Indigenous youth at risk. https://www.facebook.com/NickelodeonMusicClub Ringtone Free Music! We appreciate the cooperation of patrons thenickfolk on Instagram Twitter: @NickMusicClub and volunteers in silencing their cell phone ringtones and mini- mizing phone use while at the club to ensure everyone’s enjoy- ment of our performances. The Nickelodeon wishes to thank Calgary Arts Development and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their generous support. We also wish to acknowledge airplay support of our performers on CKUA and CJSW. The Performers Bill Bourne (Alberta) January 9 First Nick Headline, Mar. ‘81 with Juno winner Bill Bourne has received international acclaim for his recordings and live performances. His songs convey stories that are poetic and life affirming. Raised in a musical Sweetgrass family in rural Alberta, he was known to sleep behind the piano at country dances while his parents played. He began his professional career in 1975. He has toured and recorded solo and with Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers, Bourne and MacLeod, Shannon Johnson, Hans Staymer and Andreas Schuld, Tri-Continental with Lester Quitzau and Madagascar Slim, Eivor Palsdottir, Bop Ensemble and The Free Radio Band. His latest recording collaboration is Trancescapes Gaia Sadhana, free improv music for meditation and relaxation, scheduled for release in fall 2015. A veteran of the international blues and roots music scene, life on the road is reflected in Bill’s music - powerful rhythms and soulful songs, steeped in blues, world beat, Cajun, Celtic, folk, Latin, funk, poetry and more. Gordie Tentrees (Yukon) First Nick opener Mar. ‘08 Tentrees’ blend of folk, roots and blues is deeply personal and lyrically rich. Somebody’s Child was written after watching the bombs go off at the Boston Marathon, all while wondering if his wife had crossed the finish line. Themes of despair turn to courage in Wheel Girl, an ode to northern hero Jessica Frotten who went from accident victim “Bourne flows with this almost indescribable soul infused with to wheelchair athlete. Dead Beat Dad is a confession of a struggling father urging a lonesome strain of blues...This man was put on this earth to on his male mates to make a difference. These are songs of triumph, heartache and play music.” Jon Colcord - Crossroads Magazine redemption that will tear your heart out, one note at a time. Tony McManus (Ontario) January 23 Tony McManus is recognized as the leading guitarist in Celtic Music. In Tony’s hands the com- A Nickleodeon Debut! plex ornamentation normally associated with fiddles and pipes are accurately transferred to guitar preserving the integrity and emotional impact of the music. Nominated as Musician of the Year by both the BBC Folk Awards and The Scottish Traditional Music Awards, in 2002 Ceol More hit the Critic’s Album of the year list in Acoustic Guitar magazine and was named Live Ireland Awards Album of the Year. The Makers’s Mark saw him showcase 15 of the finest luthier built guitars, recording a solo piece on each instrument. A challenge from mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall to learn the Bach E Major Prelude on guitar led to an exploration of classical and baroque music, resulting in his newest CD Mysterious Boundaries which contains a rendition of Bach’s Chaconne in D Minor – one of the greatest compositions of any age. Dana Wylie (Alberta) A Nickelodeon Debut! Dana Wylie is farm girl from Saskatchewan who has travelled the world in search of home. Her struggle to reconcile the wanderer with the bumpkin, mixed with her crystal clear voice and fluid finger-style guitar playing, has resulted in a unique musical language that effortlessly straddles country and city, folk and intellectual. Her latest album, The Sea and the Sky, represents a deepening maturation of this “The playing is phenomenal. it’s a masterpiece, I’m language. As Roger Levesque of the Edmonton Journal put it, “Wylie shows the reeling”- John Renbourn intuitive grace, smart, lyrical economy, and the ability to find insights in everything or anything that you expect of a mature songwriter.” The Stray Birds (Pennsylvania) February 6 A Nickleodeon Debut! The Stray Birds are a genre-bending acoustic trio featuring multi-instrumentalists and vocal- ists Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven, and Charlie Muench. They were raised with a steady diet of music ranging from The Carter Family and Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys to The Beatles and The Band, to the groundbreaking artistry of Jimi Hendrix. Their first full-length album, The Stray Birds, released in 2012, became a critical darling: NPR included it on their 10 Best Folk/ Americana Albums of the Year list. Hundreds of gigs, and thousands of highway miles after that release, the band’s primary songwriters, Maya and Oliver, wrote new, original material inspired by their last two and a half years on the road. The Stray Birds honed the majority of these songs onstage together with instrumental virtuosity and gorgeous three-part harmony singing to release their most cohesive and ambitious album to date, Best Medicine. Braden Gates (Alberta) First Nick opener Oct. ‘12 Braden Gates is quickly becoming one of the most intriguing singer/songwriters in the province. A born raconteur in both his songwriting and song introductions, he is drawn to those with a story to tell, aiming to communicate in a way that brings people together. At 16, he became the Alberta fiddle champion, an honor “Crowding around a singular microphone to sing harmonies, he won again in 2011 and 2012. His second album, Ferris Wheel, is a combination The Stray Birds evoke an almost forgotten simplicity and joy of intricate guitar work, driving fiddle playing and honest story telling. His latest found in voice that is stunning to drink in.”—Philadelphia City Paper work focuses on personal experiences and the stories of those he crossed paths with throughout his travels. www.thenick.ca Annie Lou (British Columbia) February 20 Canadian Folk Music Award, West Coast Music Award, and Juno nominee Annie Lou is Anne A Nickleodeon Debut! Louise Genest, an artist who carries the spirit of an old storyteller, creating songs steeped in the flavours of oldtime mountain, Appalachian, and traditional country and bluegrass music. She writes songs that break the heart and put it back together again. She tells tales from rural life paths of hard-hit, hard-won victories of everymen and women. Beautifully creative songs and tunes range from rousing and boisterous to gentle and poignant, and map a homescape of hard- drinking grandmas, rural dancehalls, blue collar fashions, small towns and big cities. Annie Lou has just released her latest recording, Tried and True, original music, rooted in tradition. Her band, featuring singers Andrew Collins, mandolin and fiddle, Max Heineman, upright bass, and Sarah Hamilton, fiddle, offers boot grooving, heart moving music delivered with pluck and tenderness. Brent Tyler (Alberta) First Nick opener Mar. ‘12 Brent Tyler has an intricate and skillful guitar style combined with a disarming and soulful voice befit of his literal seven-foot stature. He balances the soft subtlety of honest and introspective folk music with catchy and powerful soul-roots hooks and melodies. His giant delivery has evolved from imitative influences into his very “There is magic here: superior picking, excellent rhythm work, own versatile, powerful, and dynamic style, drawing people in with his physical impressive and whimsical lyrics.