Hilary Grist Imaginings CD Release Show! ‘The Cultch’ Vancouver East Cultural Centre

August 24, 2010

I’m giddy to announce some really exciting news………

Sat, Sept 4th, 2010
Hilary Grist Imaginings CD Release Show!
‘The Cultch’ Vancouver East Cultural Centre

With special guest Dominique Fricot
www.myspace.com/domniquefricot

The Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street
Vancouver, BC

Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm

Tickets: $15 advance / $20 door + you will get a FREE CD at the show!!!
For advance tickets visit www.thecultch.com
Or call the box office 604-251-1363
All ages welcome

I will be joined by a fantastic band (Mike Southworth, Marcus Abramzik, Noah Walker), strings (Linda Bull, Meredith Bates, Evan Bates), horns and more…there will be lots of other fun surprise guests and treats too!

Come celebrate with us!

After the show I will be hitting the road to play shows across Western Canada with my good friend Sara Ciantar.  More info on those dates are coming soon.

The Reckoners and Jonas Shandel from Headwater Live at Cafe Deux Soleils

June 22, 2010

An Evening of Alternative Folk
Saturday – June 26th – Cafe Deux Soleils

The Reckoners will be performing as a new 5 piece ensemble including Noah Walker (Electric Guitar), Evan Bates (Standup Bass), Sam Heard (Drums), Christina Simpson (Vocals & Percussion), and Ricardo Khayatte (Vocals & Guitar) and special guest Jonas Shandel from Headwater.

CORY WEEDS NEW ALBUM “MANY DEEDS OF”

June 4, 2010

At the age of 36, Cory Weeds is hardly the wunderkind he once was. Afterall, by the time Mozart was his age, he’d already been dead for a year. Still, his many deeds are, indeed, impressive. I don’t need to itemize them here for you, because they’re well-documented. But the fact he bought a jazz club in Vancouver and turned it into one of the world’s best (according to Downbeat magazine, no less), churns out jazz albums on his own label featuring some of the best local, national and international players, hosts a weekly radio show, and still manages to grow as a musician makes me feel like a lazy sod. I mean, I am but I don’t need to be reminded of it so forcefully. And as you can see on the cover, he’s even been able to start a family. The guy is a doer, no question about it.

This album drives that point home. Getting American Hammond B3 virtuoso Joey DeFrancesco as his sideman is telling.  This marks the third recording as leader in as many years for Weeds. And if it seems he has a special fondness for organists, having played with Dr. Lonnie Smith and then Mike LeDonne in his first two albums, you’re on to something.
read more….

ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE THE SEEDS TOP 50

June 2, 2010

The Fox 99.3 FM Vancouver have launched their battle of the bands “The Seeds” and voting is coming to an end.  Only 4 days are remaining to vote for your favorite BC band. The winner of The Seeds win A lease of a Mazda CX9 for a year, A Demo Recording deal from Maple Music and will work for the year with some of  the biggest names in the Canadian Music Industry and more.  DMA is very proud to work with last year’s winner Goodbye Beatdown and wish all the bands in the competition this year good luck.

For more information please visit http://cfox.supernova.com

INHABITANTS CD RELEASE CONCERT MAY 27TH

May 26, 2010

Inhabitants continue to push forward into new sonic territory with “A Vacant Lot“, their third full-length on Drip Audio. Spacious and expressive, the new album explores the dynamic relationship between chaos and form through experimental sound, intuitive group interplay and instrumental composition. There is new diversity in the music; rich textured landscapes augmented by electronics and feedback are contrasted with moments of intimate acoustic minimalism. A reflective mood pervades the new landscape Inhabitants occupy on A Vacant Lot, their improvisations and compositions permeated with an uncommon, yet alluring lyricism.

CD Release Concert
Thursday May 27th @ the newly renovated Colbalt (917 Main St)
With guests Gordon Grdina