Concert - Archives

December 2004

Saturday Dec. 18, 2004

A HEDGEROW CHRISTMAS
Hours spent thumbing through the Eaton's catalogue. The fragrant smell of pine boughs and plumb pudding. Peeking under the wrapping of that odd-shaped box with your name on it. Special gifts, like the new pair of skates, or the doll with the crystal blue eyes that opened and closed. The Christmas concert at school. Restlessly sitting through the Christmas Eve church service... These and other memories will come flooding back as you enjoy A Hedgerow Christmas, a potpourri of Christmas stories and songs from the popular Prince Edward Island group, Hedgerow...

Through the stories of Alan Buchanan, the songs of Alan Rankin, and the musicianship of Brad Fremlin and Perry Williams, A Hedgerow Christmas will carry you back to a bygone time when our needs seemed simpler and our world seemed smaller...
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Saturday Dec. 11, 2004

From the Studio Theater of Neptune Theater in Halifax, we'll have a concert from Chris Church... Chris is a musician by trade, mostly a violinist, but lately he's been singing more and composing a lot… He started playing the violin when he was a kid in Halifax, and although his foundation is in classical music, after university Chris found myself drifting away from classical performance as his interest in improvisation increased… He got into jazz, pop and rock along with more avant garde styles with a range of talented musicians... A turning point came when he moved to Toronto, and started playing with guitarist Jesse Cook… It was at this point in his career that he started really listening to and playing styles from all over the world… In playing at various world music festivals he could perform with and learn from other great musicians, and those musicians he toured with and met on the road truly opened the doors of world music to Chris Church...

Saturday Dec. 4, 2004

Part 1 of "Bards & Ballads"... concert featuring Dougie MacLean, Gordie Sampson, Rita MacNeil, James Keelaghan, and David Francey
From the 2004 Celtic ColoursInternational Festival we'll bring you part one of a four part concert billed as Bards & Ballads featuring songwriters James Keelaghan, David Francey, Dougie MacLean, Rita MacNeil and Gordie Sampson...
James Keelaghan is renowned for mining the past for musical inspiration. His most celebrated songs tell the stories of extraordinary events from history through the eyes of ordinary people. In doing so, they turn epic tales into deeply moving pieces that strike a personal chord.
"David Francey has made a reputation for himself as one of Canada's most revered folk poets and singers…[His songs] are small and beautifully crafted pieces of work that have made Francey both a folk festival favourite and something of a latter-day Canadian poet laureate." Greg Quill, The Toronto Star
Dougie MacLean is one of Scotland's most successful, respected and popular musicians. Singer-songwriter, Composer and 'magical' Performer, he is also a fine guitarist and fiddle player. From his home base in Butterstone near Dunkeld in the beautiful Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland, MacLean tours the world with his unique blend of lyrical, 'roots based' songwriting and instrumental composition.
Rita MacNeil's unique blend of music has been entertaining audiences around the world for over three decades. Born and raised in Big Pond, Nova Scotia on the picturesque Cape Breton Island, Rita' success can be evidenced in the gold, platinum and silver albums from Canada, Australia and the U.K. as well as numerous Juno and Canadian Country Music Awards. She holds five honorary doctorates and has hosted her own television program "Rita and Friends". Rita has starred in numerous highly rated television specials during her career which have been broadcast on the BBC in the UK, PBS in the US, and CBC and CTV in Canada. She is the proud recipient of the Order of Canada, released a best selling autobiography titled, "On A Personal Note", and released her 20th recording 'Blue Roses' this year
Gordie Sampson may be best known for what he has done for other people - co-written hit songs, produced award-winning albums, backed top Canadian touring and recording artists - but Gordie Sampson is a musical dynamo in his own right.