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: Fall 2015 elcome to our 36th anniversary season, and our last Tickets hard copy newsletter. See Page Four for details. Over • Our 2015-2016 season’s pass GOLD CARDS are sold out. half of this season’s headliners have never played at the The Nickelodeon thanks all the returning GOLD CARD WNick before and we are bringing back some terrific old friends. holders who are supporting the club once again. We also Great fun will be had! warmly welcome those who have purchased a GOLD CARD The home of the Nickelodeon is the Crescent Heights Community for the first time. GOLD CARD holders are reminded that Hall (1101 - 2nd Street NW). Seating is first-come first serve with your season’s passes are transferable if you cannot attend a the following exception: season’s ticket holders who arrive early will performance. be given preferential admission from 6:50 - 7:00 P.M. Our ticket Online Ticket Sales capacity is 193 patrons, and 110 are season’s ticket holders. Concerts • $25 advance tickets for ALL 2015 concerts will go on sale begin at 7:30 P.M. with the doors opening at 7:00 p.m. September 11. ALL January to April 2016 concerts will go on An evening at the Nick begins with an opening act, followed by sale December 11 at www.brownpapertickets.com two sets by our featured performer. Breaks between sets allow Advance Ticket Sales At The Nick time for socializing and indulging in an entree, great cakes, pop- • Starting at our first club on October 3rd, and at each club corn and other refreshments. thereafter, Nick patrons may purchase advance tickets for any Guitar Raffle! The Nick will once again conduct a raffle for a Flinthill of our upcoming fall shows. Traditional Dreadnought guitar and trailpack bag, generously donated by Mike • $25 door tickets are only available if we do not sell out in MacLeod and The Acoustic Guitar. Tickets will be sold throughout the season and advance. Any remaining tickets will be sold first come, first our Nick performers will autograph the guitar. The draw for this one-of-a-kind guitar will be held on April 02 , 2016. Once again this year, proceeds from the serve at the Crescent Heights Hall on the night of the show. Nickelodeon Guitar Raffle will support ArtsCan Circle. See page four for more The Nickelodeon Music Club is a volunteer operated, non-profit information. organization. The Nick wishes to thank its volunteers for the count- Ringtone Free Music! We appreciate the cooperation of patrons and less number of hours they dedicate. Without the work of our volun- volunteers in silencing their cell phone ringtones and minimizing teers, these special nights would not be possible. phone use while at the club to ensure everyone’s enjoyment of our performances. https://www.facebook.com/NickelodeonMusicClub The Nickelodeon wishes to thank Calgary Arts Development and the thenickfolk on Instagram Twitter: @NickMusicClub 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 Trent Severn (Ontario) October 3 A Nickelodeon Debut! Indie songster Emm Gryner is a three time Juno nominee. Multi-talented Juno nominee Dayna Manning toured with Joe Cocker and Burton Cummings. Violin whiz/songbird Laura C. Bates performed at Massey Hall and The Glenn Gould Studio. Together they are a Canadiana band based in folk, roots and old country whose songs are fueled by the folklore of Ontario; whose lyrics pay tribute to Canadian legends. Their lyrics seamlessly offer inside jokes Canadians will laugh at, yet nothing a welcome visitor couldn’t relate to and enjoy. Their debut album earned two 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for Vocal Group of the Year and New Emerging Artist of the Year. This fall they will release their second CD, Trillium. Trent Severn are three treasured and talented musicians who have years of experience touring this country and getting to know audiences, a seed that blooms to life on a Canadian stage. Ann Vriend (Alberta) First Nick opener Jan. ‘12 Ann Vriend’s vocal sound has been described as an enchanting cross between the girly timbre of Dolly Parton and the blues-filled prowess of Aretha Franklin. Ann belts out her songs in between entertaining comedic intervals. In 2013 she won the Canadian nation-wide “She’s the One” contest at the Ottawa Bluesfest in the solo “Trent Severn sing and play with the weight carried by old souls, but category. Her new album, For The People In The Mean Time tells tales of her rough, they can still throw in a wink with playful verses and jaunty songs.” inner city neighbourhood against the backdrop of explosive indie soul beats and Post City Toronto harmonies. The album was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the Toronto Independent Music Awards. Three-In-One Night October 17 Kat Danser (Alberta) First Nick opener Mar. ‘09 Kat Danser’s music navigates a paddle steamer from the muddy banks of the Mississippi Delta downriver toward a big ol’ full moon over New Orleans. Dubbed ‘Queen of the Swamp Blues’, this guitar slinger, songsmith, and blazing vocalist channels the spirit of roots, blues and gospel music pioneers. Her fourth album, Baptized by the Mud, addresses the dichotomy of ‘church-blues’: blues music as devilish and church music as angelic. This sub-genre demonstrates that human truth and the divine are one in the same – “one is preached from behind the pulpit and the other from behind the plow”. Jon Brooks (Ontario) First Nick opener Nov. ‘09 With a death count of 75, The Smiling and Beautiful Countryside is an album of rural Canadian murder ballads that defies categorization and resists any ‘folk,’ ‘singer-songwriter,’ or ‘solo acoustic’ description. Equal parts local Canadiana and universal horror, it buries all the trademark Jon Brooks social commentary in a shallow, roadside grave. Philosophical paradox, gallows humour, impossible love, titillating gore, adulterous sex, serial killers, gun dealers, rampage killing, missing women, First Nations catastrophe, necrophilia, Shakespeare, and John Milton: This is neither an album for casual fans nor is it music that will ever be heard in your dentist’s waiting room. T. Buckley Trio (Alberta ) A Nickelodeon Debut! The T. Buckley Trio delivers soulful laments and gritty truths, wrapped in a cowboy blanket to create a distinct western Canadian flavour. The trio features T. Buckley as the band’s lead vocalist and principle songwriter, winner of the 2010 Calgary Folk Festival songwriting contest; Derek Pulliam, on stand-up bass and vocals and Tim Leacock on electric guitar, mandolin and vocals. The band brings a more-than memorable stage presence and harmonies that create a sound much larger than their modest stage set up. The band’s latest recording, Northern Country Soul, charted No. 1 on both CKUA and CJSW. Stephen Fearing (British Columbia) October 31 First Nick Opener Nov ’86 Born in Vancouver, BC. Stephen Fearing spent most of his boyhood and teenage years in Dublin First Nick Headline Oct. ’87 Ireland. There, he picked up the guitar and traces of the Irish and English musical traditions that have informed his music ever since. A founding member of the Juno award winning Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Fearing also records and tours with Andy White. The consistent quality of work produced over Stephen Fearing’s two decades plus career has earned him a West Coast Music Award for Best Folk Music Recording, a Canadian Folk Music Award for Best Songwriter, and a Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of The Year forYellowjacket . Mixing powerful lyrics, creative arrangements and brilliant guitar playing, Stephen Fearing has built up a loyal and dedicated international audience through thousands of live shows and nine critically-acclaimed albums, from his 1988 release Out to Sea, to the 2013 release of Between Hurricanes. Mariel Buckley (Alberta) A Nickelodeon Debut! Mariel affects each listener with her new-school take on old-school country music. Fresh from her 2015 Calgary Folk Music Festival debut, Buckley is in the early stages of planning her second full length album. Her debut CD Motorhome garnered praises nation wide from CBC, CKUA and CJSW as well as the ever- reputable No Depression Magazine. Her haunting alt-country melodies have a “Fearing is a king among minstrels” The Chronical Herald distinct and introspective quality, with a wisdom and maturity that allows fully- formed, succinct and compelling tales to emerge. Buckley offers a crunchy, roots alternative, her songs are full of visceral lyricism and gutsy musicianship. www.thenick.ca The Sweet Lowdown (British Columbia) November 14 A Nickelodeon Debut! The Sweet Lowdown features Shanti Bremer on banjo, Miriam Sonstenes on fiddle and Amanda Blied on guitar. Fresh off a tour with CBC’s Vinyl Cafe, The Sweet Lowdown’s newest release, Chasing The Sun, was No. 1 on the Folk DJ Charts in January 2015 and has just been nominated for Roots Recording of the Year by the Western Canadian Music Awards. Their second album May won Roots Album of the Year, at the Vancouver Island Music Awards and a nomination for Vocal Group of the Year at the 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awards. The Sweet Lowdown have developed original acoustic roots music that draws from earth and sky, mountain music to be sure; mountains tied to the natural environment of the Pacific Northwest. You’ll hear influences in this music as far-ranging as Celtic jigs, Appalachian fiddling, contemporary pop and a particularly Canadian blend of driving tradition and ground-breaking originality.