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Don Ross & Brooke Miller
Friday, November 28, 2008
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $28 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Friday, November 28, 2008
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $28 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Don Ross's website: www.gobyfish.com
Brooke Miller's website: www.brookemiller.ca
A true innovator of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians
in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world. In September 1996, he managed to do what no other player has
done: win the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time (he first won in 1988).
The competition, held yearly in Winfield, Kansas, judges not just technique, but emotion and intensity - hallmarks of
Don's style.
The son of a Scottish immigrant father and a Mi'kmaq aboriginal mother, Don was born in Montreal in 1960. A member
of a highly musical family, Don first started experimenting with the solo possibilities of the acoustic guitar at the age of
eight. By age ten he was playing in alternate tunings and exploring "fingerstyle" technique. The result of this
exploration is an unclassifiable musical style that borrows from jazz, folk, rock and classical music.
Don has recently signed a new recording deal with new US-based independent label Candyrat Records. His first disc
for the label, "Music for Vacuuming", is - with the exception of one track - a completely solo affair. The acoustic rocker
"How to Eat an Avalanche," the Brazilian-influenced "Never Got to Pernambuco," and an old favorite from his guitar
lessons, "Fleetstep Choreography," are all presented as unaccompanied guitar pieces. On other tracks, Don plays
drums, percussion, slide dobro guitar, piano, and electric bass. The album also features a beautiful collaboration with
Hamburg-based musician Silas Olischlaeger ("Dracula II Mikrokosmos").
Don's most recent release, "Live in Your Head," is a collection of live recordings spanning 2001-2006. Each
performance is rendered in Don's slightly dangerous live style where almost anything can happen...and often does.
Listeners, whether longtime fans or curious first-timers, will be treated to the electric immediacy for which Don Ross
gigs are known.
Don continues to do extensive touring in Europe, Canada, the United States and Asia's Pacific Rim. When he's not on
the road, he lives a quiet life with his family in a small village in southern Ontario, Canada.
BROOKE MILLER BIOGRAPHY:
In 2003, Brooke Miller left Prince Edward Island for Halifax, to continue developing her career and gain attention for her
first CD, "Lending an Hourglass."
- Learning guitar in her early teens, Brooke Miller first started performing in a punk group, eventually developing a
taste for writing material in some of the more 'acoustic' genres in her late teens and early twenties.
Brooke Miller has honed her craft. The PEI based singer/songwriter reminds me of some of the very best of her ilk,
variously channeling Bruce Cockburn, Oh Susannah, etc...her ear for melody, thought provoking lyrics and guitar
work belie her years...I'm sure she will join the ranks of some of Canada's best singer-songwriters.
- Penguin Eggs Magazine
On the strength of her debut album, LENDING AN HOURGLASS, Brooke Miller is one Atlantic Canadian artist to watch
for ..... One of the best recordings to come out of 2003.
- Glenn Meisner, Atlantic Airwaves, CBC Radio One
It is a safe bet we will be hearing a hell of a lot more of her in the coming months and get in on a good thing.
- Halifax Herald
Brooke Miller deserves favourable comparisions to Joni Mitchell.
- Dave Christian, Shoreline Festival Founder/Producer
Brooke Miller's website: www.brookemiller.ca
A true innovator of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians
in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world. In September 1996, he managed to do what no other player has
done: win the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time (he first won in 1988).
The competition, held yearly in Winfield, Kansas, judges not just technique, but emotion and intensity - hallmarks of
Don's style.
The son of a Scottish immigrant father and a Mi'kmaq aboriginal mother, Don was born in Montreal in 1960. A member
of a highly musical family, Don first started experimenting with the solo possibilities of the acoustic guitar at the age of
eight. By age ten he was playing in alternate tunings and exploring "fingerstyle" technique. The result of this
exploration is an unclassifiable musical style that borrows from jazz, folk, rock and classical music.
Don has recently signed a new recording deal with new US-based independent label Candyrat Records. His first disc
for the label, "Music for Vacuuming", is - with the exception of one track - a completely solo affair. The acoustic rocker
"How to Eat an Avalanche," the Brazilian-influenced "Never Got to Pernambuco," and an old favorite from his guitar
lessons, "Fleetstep Choreography," are all presented as unaccompanied guitar pieces. On other tracks, Don plays
drums, percussion, slide dobro guitar, piano, and electric bass. The album also features a beautiful collaboration with
Hamburg-based musician Silas Olischlaeger ("Dracula II Mikrokosmos").
Don's most recent release, "Live in Your Head," is a collection of live recordings spanning 2001-2006. Each
performance is rendered in Don's slightly dangerous live style where almost anything can happen...and often does.
Listeners, whether longtime fans or curious first-timers, will be treated to the electric immediacy for which Don Ross
gigs are known.
Don continues to do extensive touring in Europe, Canada, the United States and Asia's Pacific Rim. When he's not on
the road, he lives a quiet life with his family in a small village in southern Ontario, Canada.
BROOKE MILLER BIOGRAPHY:
In 2003, Brooke Miller left Prince Edward Island for Halifax, to continue developing her career and gain attention for her
first CD, "Lending an Hourglass."
- Learning guitar in her early teens, Brooke Miller first started performing in a punk group, eventually developing a
taste for writing material in some of the more 'acoustic' genres in her late teens and early twenties.
Brooke Miller has honed her craft. The PEI based singer/songwriter reminds me of some of the very best of her ilk,
variously channeling Bruce Cockburn, Oh Susannah, etc...her ear for melody, thought provoking lyrics and guitar
work belie her years...I'm sure she will join the ranks of some of Canada's best singer-songwriters.
- Penguin Eggs Magazine
On the strength of her debut album, LENDING AN HOURGLASS, Brooke Miller is one Atlantic Canadian artist to watch
for ..... One of the best recordings to come out of 2003.
- Glenn Meisner, Atlantic Airwaves, CBC Radio One
It is a safe bet we will be hearing a hell of a lot more of her in the coming months and get in on a good thing.
- Halifax Herald
Brooke Miller deserves favourable comparisions to Joni Mitchell.
- Dave Christian, Shoreline Festival Founder/Producer
Ricky, Bubbles & Julian
from THE TRAILER PARK BOYS
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 7:30pm - EARLY SHOW
Tickets: $41.50/$45.50 + service charge
Available at: McPherson Box Office #3 Centennial Square, 250-386-6121 or online at www.rmts.bc.ca
from THE TRAILER PARK BOYS
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 7:30pm - EARLY SHOW
Tickets: $41.50/$45.50 + service charge
Available at: McPherson Box Office #3 Centennial Square, 250-386-6121 or online at www.rmts.bc.ca
Trailer Park Boys website: www.trailerparkboys.com
THE SHOW
"The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show" is a new live theater show performed in character,
by the stars of the hit Showcase television program Trailer Park Boys. The show is borne out of the premise that
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are in 'your town' to fulfill court ordered community service requirements by performing a
puppet show aimed at demonstrating the dangers of using alcohol and drugs, and incorporating lots of audience
participation.
TRAILER PARK BOYS HISTORY\
Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of
trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole
Harbour, Nova Scotia. The Show premiered in April 2001; its creator and director is Mike Clattenburg.
Shot from the cameraman's point of view (à la COPS), the low-budget program became something of a rarity in English
Canada: a homegrown phenomenon. For example, characters (particularly Bubbles) often appear on novelty T-shirts.
The show's lead trio have toured with Our Lady Peace, and Guns N' Roses, with whom Bubbles sang his trademark
song "Liquor and Whores". The Trailer Park Boys have also appeared in music videos with The Tragically Hip, while
Bubbles has appeared with Rush, George Canyon and Snow, and they have been presenters and hosts on numerous
award shows, such as the Junos - always in character.
Several famous artists have appeared on the show over the years, such as Alex Lifeson from Rush, singer Rita
MacNeil, Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, and singer/songwriter, the late Denny Doherty in the season seven finale "A
Shitriver Runs Through It".
The Trailer Park Boys show has been a huge success on the cable network Showcase, where it's constantly been one
of the network's highest-rated series ever. It has aired in Australia on the Comedy Channel, in the United Kingdom and
Spain on Paramount Comedy, in the Republic of Ireland on Channel 6, in Iceland on Skjáreinn, in New Zealand on TV 2,
in Israel on Xtra HOT, in the Netherlands on Comedy Central Netherlands, in Denmark on DR2, in Portugal on SIC
Radical, in Germany on Comedy Central Germany, and in Finland on Nelonen. In the United States, BBC America
formerly aired a censored version of the show, but it is no longer part of their lineup. The show just launched in Poland
on Comedy Central Polska.
THE SHOW
"The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show" is a new live theater show performed in character,
by the stars of the hit Showcase television program Trailer Park Boys. The show is borne out of the premise that
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are in 'your town' to fulfill court ordered community service requirements by performing a
puppet show aimed at demonstrating the dangers of using alcohol and drugs, and incorporating lots of audience
participation.
TRAILER PARK BOYS HISTORY\
Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of
trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole
Harbour, Nova Scotia. The Show premiered in April 2001; its creator and director is Mike Clattenburg.
Shot from the cameraman's point of view (à la COPS), the low-budget program became something of a rarity in English
Canada: a homegrown phenomenon. For example, characters (particularly Bubbles) often appear on novelty T-shirts.
The show's lead trio have toured with Our Lady Peace, and Guns N' Roses, with whom Bubbles sang his trademark
song "Liquor and Whores". The Trailer Park Boys have also appeared in music videos with The Tragically Hip, while
Bubbles has appeared with Rush, George Canyon and Snow, and they have been presenters and hosts on numerous
award shows, such as the Junos - always in character.
Several famous artists have appeared on the show over the years, such as Alex Lifeson from Rush, singer Rita
MacNeil, Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, and singer/songwriter, the late Denny Doherty in the season seven finale "A
Shitriver Runs Through It".
The Trailer Park Boys show has been a huge success on the cable network Showcase, where it's constantly been one
of the network's highest-rated series ever. It has aired in Australia on the Comedy Channel, in the United Kingdom and
Spain on Paramount Comedy, in the Republic of Ireland on Channel 6, in Iceland on Skjáreinn, in New Zealand on TV 2,
in Israel on Xtra HOT, in the Netherlands on Comedy Central Netherlands, in Denmark on DR2, in Portugal on SIC
Radical, in Germany on Comedy Central Germany, and in Finland on Nelonen. In the United States, BBC America
formerly aired a censored version of the show, but it is no longer part of their lineup. The show just launched in Poland
on Comedy Central Polska.
Randy Bachman & Band
Opening Act... Wil
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo
Doors 7:00pm - Showtime 8:00pm -
Tickets: $51.50/$49.50 + service charge
Available at: Port Theatre Box Office 125 Front St, by phone 250-754-8550 or online at www.porttheatre.com
Opening Act... Wil
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Port Theatre, 125 Front St., Nanaimo
Doors 7:00pm - Showtime 8:00pm -
Tickets: $51.50/$49.50 + service charge
Available at: Port Theatre Box Office 125 Front St, by phone 250-754-8550 or online at www.porttheatre.com
Randy Bachman website: www.randybachman.com
Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Randy Bachman has become a legendary figure in the rock and roll world through his
talents as a guitarist, songwriter, performer and producer. He has earned over 120 Gold and Platinum album/singles
awards around the world for performing and producing. His songwriting has garnered him the coveted #1 spot on
radio play lists in over 20 countries and he has amassed over 40 million records sold. His songs have been recorded
by numerous other artists and placed in dozens of television, movie and commercial soundtracks. His music has
provided a veritable soundtrack of the last thirty years of popular music.
He first scored Billboard radio chart success with his band The Guess Who in 1965 performing the song Shakin' All
Over. After this initial success it would be another few years before the glare of the spotlight would be cast upon these
young Canadian boys again. Sticking it out through some misadventures paid off for the band and they worked their
way back up to the top of the charts in a spectacular way. This time, The Guess Who went on to virtually own the pop
charts with an unprecedented run of 5 million-selling singles, all the product of the gold plated Randy
Bachman-Burton Cummings songwriting team. By 1970, The Guess Who had sold more records than the entire
Canadian recording industry to that point, even outselling the Beatles that year. Their hits included These Eyes,
Laughing, Undun, No Time, No Sugar Tonight and American Woman.
Due to health concerns and desiring a change in lifestyle, which would include spending more time with his young
family, Randy left the Guess Who at the height of their success. While this move stunned the music world, Randy knew
that he could never leave music behind. He formed Brave Belt - a county rock outfit in 1970 and experimented with a
new musical style and line up that eventually metamorphosized into Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Unbelievably, Randy's success with Bachman-Turner Overdrive would eclipse his earlier triumphs and give him yet a
third run at the pop music charts.
Monstrous hits for the band included, Let it Ride, Roll on Down The Highway, Takin' Care of Business and You Ain't
Seen Nothin' Yet which reached #1 in over 20 countries.
Randy's career has been built upon his unstoppable drive to work at creating music. He has released numerous solo
albums throughout his career, and has simultaneously worked at producing for other artists. His production/writing
work with Canadian rock band Trooper generated gold and platinum record in the 1970's.
His love of guitar music and a desire to support some unsung and legendary guitar greats including his early mentor
Lenny Breau, led him to found the jazz guitar record label Guitarchives which rescues and releases otherwise lost
archival guitar music. As well he founded Ranbach Music, a label which releases archival Guess Who recordings, and
other material which never made it to CD.
His songs have been recorded by a diverse selection of artists including Lenny Kravitz' (performing American
Woman,) and used for TV and Movie soundtracks including Seinfeld, The Simpsons, American Beauty, and Austin
Powers 2. He has been animated on the SIMPSONS and is listed in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records.
Randy Bachman continues to be in much demand as a songwriter, session player and solo artist. Though his music
industry awards include dozens of coveted acknowledgments of legendary achievements, when asked which award
is his most prized, he responds, "The one I haven't got yet."
Born in Winnipeg, Canada, Randy Bachman has become a legendary figure in the rock and roll world through his
talents as a guitarist, songwriter, performer and producer. He has earned over 120 Gold and Platinum album/singles
awards around the world for performing and producing. His songwriting has garnered him the coveted #1 spot on
radio play lists in over 20 countries and he has amassed over 40 million records sold. His songs have been recorded
by numerous other artists and placed in dozens of television, movie and commercial soundtracks. His music has
provided a veritable soundtrack of the last thirty years of popular music.
He first scored Billboard radio chart success with his band The Guess Who in 1965 performing the song Shakin' All
Over. After this initial success it would be another few years before the glare of the spotlight would be cast upon these
young Canadian boys again. Sticking it out through some misadventures paid off for the band and they worked their
way back up to the top of the charts in a spectacular way. This time, The Guess Who went on to virtually own the pop
charts with an unprecedented run of 5 million-selling singles, all the product of the gold plated Randy
Bachman-Burton Cummings songwriting team. By 1970, The Guess Who had sold more records than the entire
Canadian recording industry to that point, even outselling the Beatles that year. Their hits included These Eyes,
Laughing, Undun, No Time, No Sugar Tonight and American Woman.
Due to health concerns and desiring a change in lifestyle, which would include spending more time with his young
family, Randy left the Guess Who at the height of their success. While this move stunned the music world, Randy knew
that he could never leave music behind. He formed Brave Belt - a county rock outfit in 1970 and experimented with a
new musical style and line up that eventually metamorphosized into Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
Unbelievably, Randy's success with Bachman-Turner Overdrive would eclipse his earlier triumphs and give him yet a
third run at the pop music charts.
Monstrous hits for the band included, Let it Ride, Roll on Down The Highway, Takin' Care of Business and You Ain't
Seen Nothin' Yet which reached #1 in over 20 countries.
Randy's career has been built upon his unstoppable drive to work at creating music. He has released numerous solo
albums throughout his career, and has simultaneously worked at producing for other artists. His production/writing
work with Canadian rock band Trooper generated gold and platinum record in the 1970's.
His love of guitar music and a desire to support some unsung and legendary guitar greats including his early mentor
Lenny Breau, led him to found the jazz guitar record label Guitarchives which rescues and releases otherwise lost
archival guitar music. As well he founded Ranbach Music, a label which releases archival Guess Who recordings, and
other material which never made it to CD.
His songs have been recorded by a diverse selection of artists including Lenny Kravitz' (performing American
Woman,) and used for TV and Movie soundtracks including Seinfeld, The Simpsons, American Beauty, and Austin
Powers 2. He has been animated on the SIMPSONS and is listed in the Guinness Book of Worlds Records.
Randy Bachman continues to be in much demand as a songwriter, session player and solo artist. Though his music
industry awards include dozens of coveted acknowledgments of legendary achievements, when asked which award
is his most prized, he responds, "The one I haven't got yet."
Brandi Disterheft
Thursday, March 6, 2009
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $15.00 Advance / $18 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Thursday, March 6, 2009
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $15.00 Advance / $18 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Brandi Disterheft website: www.brandidisterheft.com
“SHE HAS THE SAME LOPE OR RHYTHMICAL PULSE AS MY LATE BASSIST, RAY BROWN. SHE IS WHAT WE CALL
SERIOUS.” - OSCAR PETERSON
Jazz bassist Brandi Disterheft will stamp her name all over the next decade. She’s already jammed her CV with
concerts at the Vienna Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Chicago’s Ravinia Jazz Festival, Montreal
International Jazz Festival, and Carnegie Hall.
Releasing her new album simply titled DEBUT, fiery, young bassist Brandi Disterheft performs swinging originals with
influences from Mingus to Bjork, combining touches of lush atmospheres with lively grooves. A suite of nine original
songs, Debut has received a Juno nomination.
A native of North Vancouver, this “up and coming artist” whose career began performing in her teens with her mother,
jazz pianist Fran Jare, has since studied with jazz legends Neils Henning Orsted Pederson, Rufus Reid, James Moody
and Danilo Perez.
Opening for top acts including Diana Krall, Pharoah Saunders, and Nicholas Payton, and performing as a featured
soloist with the Canada Pops Orchestra at age 21, Brandi has earned both critical acclaim and the title “Rising Star” for
her charismatic performances. “Her music is picturesque and enticing…as she grabs the blues, dips into bebop, lays
down a cool ballad…and will even have the listener dancing!” JerryD’Souza, Allaboutjazz.com
“SHE HAS THE SAME LOPE OR RHYTHMICAL PULSE AS MY LATE BASSIST, RAY BROWN. SHE IS WHAT WE CALL
SERIOUS.” - OSCAR PETERSON
Jazz bassist Brandi Disterheft will stamp her name all over the next decade. She’s already jammed her CV with
concerts at the Vienna Jazz Festival, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Chicago’s Ravinia Jazz Festival, Montreal
International Jazz Festival, and Carnegie Hall.
Releasing her new album simply titled DEBUT, fiery, young bassist Brandi Disterheft performs swinging originals with
influences from Mingus to Bjork, combining touches of lush atmospheres with lively grooves. A suite of nine original
songs, Debut has received a Juno nomination.
A native of North Vancouver, this “up and coming artist” whose career began performing in her teens with her mother,
jazz pianist Fran Jare, has since studied with jazz legends Neils Henning Orsted Pederson, Rufus Reid, James Moody
and Danilo Perez.
Opening for top acts including Diana Krall, Pharoah Saunders, and Nicholas Payton, and performing as a featured
soloist with the Canada Pops Orchestra at age 21, Brandi has earned both critical acclaim and the title “Rising Star” for
her charismatic performances. “Her music is picturesque and enticing…as she grabs the blues, dips into bebop, lays
down a cool ballad…and will even have the listener dancing!” JerryD’Souza, Allaboutjazz.com
Tom Russell
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $30 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St., Victoria
Doors 6:30pm - Showtime 8pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $30 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Tom Russell website: www.tomrussell.com
Tom Russell has recorded 25 records and one DVD. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm,
Nancy Griffith, Joe Ely, Iris Dement, Ian Tyson, KD Lang, Suzy Bogguss, Ramblin´ Jack Elliott, Jeff Walker, Dave Van
Ronk and other great artists.
Russell credited, along with Dave Alvin, of inventing the Americana radio format with their Merle Haggard tribute
'Tulare Dust' in 1994. The Columbus Other wrote: 'Russell seems to have invented, and keeps re-inventing, American
roots music...! He´s the strongest live performer we have seen in years.'
Tom Russell has appeared on the David Letterman TV show four times in the last few years, and his songs have
appeared in a dozen movies and television series including: Tremors, Songcatcher and Northern Exposure.
Russell was born in Los Angeles in 1953 and now makes his home on a 2.68 ''badland farm'' on the border of El
Paso-Juarez. He graduated from the University of California with a Master´s Degree in Criminology and taught school
in Nigeria during the Biafran war, before re-locating to Vancouver to begin his musical career singing Hank Williams´
songs in skid row bars.
Tom Russell has published three books: a detective novel (in Scandinavia), a compendium of songwriting quotes with
Sylvia Tyson (And Then I Wrote - Arsenal Press), and a book of letters with Charles Bukowski: (Tough Company:
Mystery Island Press).
Russell is also an established painter represented by Yard Dog Folk Art in Austin and Marfa.
In 2007 Hightone Record released 'Wounded Heart of America', a collection of artists who have recorded Tom Russell
songs - from Johnny Cash to Eliza Gilkyson. The record also includes Russell´s version of his 'Who´s Gonna Build
Your Wall?' which won the 2008 Folk Alliance 'Song of the Year'.
Awards
1974
Woody Guthrie Song Contest: William Oliver award:
First Prize- Earl Robinson (I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill) presents.
American Song Festival Professional Country:
First Place
1987
CMA Canadian Song of the Year, Single of the Year: 'Navajo Rug' - co-written and sung by Ian Tyseon.
1992
ASCAP: Most Performed Country Song: 'Outbound Plane'
2008
Folk Alliance Song of the Year: 'Who´s Gonna Build Your Wall?'
Tom Russell has recorded 25 records and one DVD. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm,
Nancy Griffith, Joe Ely, Iris Dement, Ian Tyson, KD Lang, Suzy Bogguss, Ramblin´ Jack Elliott, Jeff Walker, Dave Van
Ronk and other great artists.
Russell credited, along with Dave Alvin, of inventing the Americana radio format with their Merle Haggard tribute
'Tulare Dust' in 1994. The Columbus Other wrote: 'Russell seems to have invented, and keeps re-inventing, American
roots music...! He´s the strongest live performer we have seen in years.'
Tom Russell has appeared on the David Letterman TV show four times in the last few years, and his songs have
appeared in a dozen movies and television series including: Tremors, Songcatcher and Northern Exposure.
Russell was born in Los Angeles in 1953 and now makes his home on a 2.68 ''badland farm'' on the border of El
Paso-Juarez. He graduated from the University of California with a Master´s Degree in Criminology and taught school
in Nigeria during the Biafran war, before re-locating to Vancouver to begin his musical career singing Hank Williams´
songs in skid row bars.
Tom Russell has published three books: a detective novel (in Scandinavia), a compendium of songwriting quotes with
Sylvia Tyson (And Then I Wrote - Arsenal Press), and a book of letters with Charles Bukowski: (Tough Company:
Mystery Island Press).
Russell is also an established painter represented by Yard Dog Folk Art in Austin and Marfa.
In 2007 Hightone Record released 'Wounded Heart of America', a collection of artists who have recorded Tom Russell
songs - from Johnny Cash to Eliza Gilkyson. The record also includes Russell´s version of his 'Who´s Gonna Build
Your Wall?' which won the 2008 Folk Alliance 'Song of the Year'.
Awards
1974
Woody Guthrie Song Contest: William Oliver award:
First Prize- Earl Robinson (I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill) presents.
American Song Festival Professional Country:
First Place
1987
CMA Canadian Song of the Year, Single of the Year: 'Navajo Rug' - co-written and sung by Ian Tyseon.
1992
ASCAP: Most Performed Country Song: 'Outbound Plane'
2008
Folk Alliance Song of the Year: 'Who´s Gonna Build Your Wall?'
Fred Eaglesmith Band
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Element Nightclub, 919 Douglas St., Victoria
Doors 8:00pm - Showtime 9pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $28 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Element Nightclub, 919 Douglas St., Victoria
Doors 8:00pm - Showtime 9pm
Tickets: $25.00 Advance / $28 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Fred Eaglesmith website: www.fredeaglesmith.com
Award-winning singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce
Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. High-
profile tastemakers in the know — fellow musicians like Toby Keith and The Cowboy Junkies as well as film folks like
Martin Scorsese and James Caan, to name a few — consider him one of the stellar musical and lyrical talents of our
day. Though a decidedly grassroots artist in the thematic focus of his songs and how he pursues his career, playing
some 180 shows a year across North America as well as Europe and Australia and releasing his own records under
his cheekily-titled A Major Label imprint, Eaglesmith boasts an impact that far better known musical acts can only
dream of.
His latest album and 16th release, Milly's Cafe, hit the Top 10 on the Americana chart, and he is also the only Canadian
to have ever written a #1 song on the bluegrass charts. He is the subject of three tribute albums and enjoys critical
comparisons to some of the most respected talents in music as well as the respect of his peers. And then there's his
devoted if not rabid coterie of fans known as "Fredheads" who travel hundreds and even thousands of miles as well
as even overseas to catch his vibrant live performances. His songs have joined the canon of academic curriculum at
two universities, illuminating both poetic and societal studies. Eaglesmith has also acted in a number of movies and is
a painter who regularly shows in galleries.
"Fred Eaglesmith is what Bruce Springsteen aspires to be, the voice of the small-town common man," says Nova
Scotia's Berwick Register. His uncommonly good songs illuminate the uniqueness of what are usually thought of as
common people and have evoked critical comparisons to such musical icons as Tom Waits, John Prine, Del Shannon,
Link Wray, T Bone Burnett, Steve Earle and even Led Zeppelin, to name a few. He has even been rated as a talent on
par with the granddaddy of all populist songwriters. "Eaglesmith delivers passion like few singers since Woody
Guthrie," says New York Press. "We know that's a comparison not to be taken lightly."
Fellow songwriters are also drawn to Eaglesmith's songs. Superstar Toby Keith included Fred's recording of "Thinkin'
'Bout You" in his movie Broken Bridges and on the soundtrack album. Keith also recorded Eaglesmith's song "White
Rose" on his recently released Big Dog Daddy CD as one of the only two songs he didn't write. "I had 'White Rose' on
my list of songs to record for years," Keith says. "The song is such a great story and the beauty of it is that there are
no White Rose filling stations in the U.S., only Canada. But it doesn't change the meaning one bit."
Other songwriters that have recorded Eaglesmith songs amidst their own include The Cowboy Junkies, Chris Knight,
Kasey Chambers, Todd Snider and Dar Williams. The artists featured on the album The Songs of Fred Eaglesmith: A
Tribute include Bill & Kasey Chambers, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves, Robbie Fulks, Jay Bennett, Gurf Morlix and Rex
Hobart, and Eaglesmith has also inspired two albums of musical tributes from his fans. Martin Scorsese has used his
songs and James Caan included an Eaglesmith number in his movie Viva Los Nowhere.
Eaglesmith writes "songs that rattle around in your head like empty beer bottles in the back of a pickup," as one critic
puts it. He has won a Juno Award — the Canadian Grammy — for Best Roots & Traditional Album and a Canadian
Independent Music Award for Folk/Roots Album of the Year. "It is not an overstatement to say that Eaglesmith is one of
the finest songwriters in this country," says the New Brunswick Daily Gleaner. "His canon of well over 1000 songs is
stunning."
Longtime Rolling Stone writer and critic and Shot In The Heart author Mikal Gilmore had this to say of Eaglesmith's
album Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline : "I think that Eaglesmith (who sadly remains largely undiscovered) is one of the best
new songwriters in recent years, and every track on the album is a gem."
Eaglemsith's music has been described by reviewers as a "blend of aching country and barroom rock" and a "mixture
of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced between rock'n'roll and early '60s country music." His dynamic live shows are
"exactly like the sort of music you dream of hearing in some crowded, hot, beery bar near closing time… a truly
timeless brand of primitive rock'n'roll," says Amazon.com. Eaglesmith is also known as a between-song raconteur
whose pointed and illuminating storytelling and comedic skills are as sharp as his songwriting.
"It's the weirdest career in the world, a little tiny career that works so well," Eaglesmith says of the niche he has carved
out for himself in contemporary music. "I'm just so lucky and so fortunate, I try not to take it for granted."
Award-winning singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith inspires comparisons to icons like Woody Guthrie and Bruce
Springsteen, tops the roots music charts, and boasts devoted fans that include a slew of his fellow songwriters. High-
profile tastemakers in the know — fellow musicians like Toby Keith and The Cowboy Junkies as well as film folks like
Martin Scorsese and James Caan, to name a few — consider him one of the stellar musical and lyrical talents of our
day. Though a decidedly grassroots artist in the thematic focus of his songs and how he pursues his career, playing
some 180 shows a year across North America as well as Europe and Australia and releasing his own records under
his cheekily-titled A Major Label imprint, Eaglesmith boasts an impact that far better known musical acts can only
dream of.
His latest album and 16th release, Milly's Cafe, hit the Top 10 on the Americana chart, and he is also the only Canadian
to have ever written a #1 song on the bluegrass charts. He is the subject of three tribute albums and enjoys critical
comparisons to some of the most respected talents in music as well as the respect of his peers. And then there's his
devoted if not rabid coterie of fans known as "Fredheads" who travel hundreds and even thousands of miles as well
as even overseas to catch his vibrant live performances. His songs have joined the canon of academic curriculum at
two universities, illuminating both poetic and societal studies. Eaglesmith has also acted in a number of movies and is
a painter who regularly shows in galleries.
"Fred Eaglesmith is what Bruce Springsteen aspires to be, the voice of the small-town common man," says Nova
Scotia's Berwick Register. His uncommonly good songs illuminate the uniqueness of what are usually thought of as
common people and have evoked critical comparisons to such musical icons as Tom Waits, John Prine, Del Shannon,
Link Wray, T Bone Burnett, Steve Earle and even Led Zeppelin, to name a few. He has even been rated as a talent on
par with the granddaddy of all populist songwriters. "Eaglesmith delivers passion like few singers since Woody
Guthrie," says New York Press. "We know that's a comparison not to be taken lightly."
Fellow songwriters are also drawn to Eaglesmith's songs. Superstar Toby Keith included Fred's recording of "Thinkin'
'Bout You" in his movie Broken Bridges and on the soundtrack album. Keith also recorded Eaglesmith's song "White
Rose" on his recently released Big Dog Daddy CD as one of the only two songs he didn't write. "I had 'White Rose' on
my list of songs to record for years," Keith says. "The song is such a great story and the beauty of it is that there are
no White Rose filling stations in the U.S., only Canada. But it doesn't change the meaning one bit."
Other songwriters that have recorded Eaglesmith songs amidst their own include The Cowboy Junkies, Chris Knight,
Kasey Chambers, Todd Snider and Dar Williams. The artists featured on the album The Songs of Fred Eaglesmith: A
Tribute include Bill & Kasey Chambers, Mary Gauthier, Slaid Cleaves, Robbie Fulks, Jay Bennett, Gurf Morlix and Rex
Hobart, and Eaglesmith has also inspired two albums of musical tributes from his fans. Martin Scorsese has used his
songs and James Caan included an Eaglesmith number in his movie Viva Los Nowhere.
Eaglesmith writes "songs that rattle around in your head like empty beer bottles in the back of a pickup," as one critic
puts it. He has won a Juno Award — the Canadian Grammy — for Best Roots & Traditional Album and a Canadian
Independent Music Award for Folk/Roots Album of the Year. "It is not an overstatement to say that Eaglesmith is one of
the finest songwriters in this country," says the New Brunswick Daily Gleaner. "His canon of well over 1000 songs is
stunning."
Longtime Rolling Stone writer and critic and Shot In The Heart author Mikal Gilmore had this to say of Eaglesmith's
album Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline : "I think that Eaglesmith (who sadly remains largely undiscovered) is one of the best
new songwriters in recent years, and every track on the album is a gem."
Eaglemsith's music has been described by reviewers as a "blend of aching country and barroom rock" and a "mixture
of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced between rock'n'roll and early '60s country music." His dynamic live shows are
"exactly like the sort of music you dream of hearing in some crowded, hot, beery bar near closing time… a truly
timeless brand of primitive rock'n'roll," says Amazon.com. Eaglesmith is also known as a between-song raconteur
whose pointed and illuminating storytelling and comedic skills are as sharp as his songwriting.
"It's the weirdest career in the world, a little tiny career that works so well," Eaglesmith says of the niche he has carved
out for himself in contemporary music. "I'm just so lucky and so fortunate, I try not to take it for granted."
Niska Napoleon & Band
Opening guests... Rocky Mountain Rebel Music
Friday, November 28, 2008
Jellyfish Lounge, 1140 Government St., Victoria
Doors 8pm - Showtime 9pm - Early Show
Tickets: $13.00 Advance / $14 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Opening guests... Rocky Mountain Rebel Music
Friday, November 28, 2008
Jellyfish Lounge, 1140 Government St., Victoria
Doors 8pm - Showtime 9pm - Early Show
Tickets: $13.00 Advance / $14 Door
Available at: Lyle's Place 770 Yates St. and online at www.hightideconcerts.net
Niska Napoleon website: www.myspace.com/niskanapoleon
Rocky Mtn. Rebel Music website: www.myspace.com/rockymountainrebelmusic
Rocky Mtn. Rebel Music website: www.myspace.com/rockymountainrebelmusic
Although only 22 years old, Niska has been performing for more than a decade. Recording her first original song at
the early age of 10, she knew what she was meant to do. Growing up in a musical family encouraged Niska to grow as
a musician and pursue her dream. Excelling in voice and guitar, Niska is able to capture an audience with nothing
more than a microphone. Driven by the desire to succeed in the music business and deliver strong, original material, it
is hard not to notice this aspiring musician who has performed throughout northern and western Canada. Touring
with hip-hop groups as a young girl only fed her hunger for independence and at 16 she began her journey to find her
own “original” sound. Following in the footsteps of her father and established singer-songwriter Art Napoleon, she
wanted to set herself apart from the family name and began performing as Niska, an unknown in the business waiting
to break out on her own. Recently digging her roots on Vancouver Island opened doors for new opportunities such
as guest appearances on the New VI’s “Breakfast Television,” “The New Canoe” and opening for acts like Buffy St.
Marie. Influenced by musicians such as Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill her music is best described as
contemporary rock/folk with the ability to swing to hip-hop and R&B stylings. Drawing crowds at Open Mic nights
throughout Victoria recently led her to headlining her first show at Victoria’s acclaimed Herman’s Jazz Club. Niska
performed with an all-star five-piece band and with the help of local fans the show was completely sold out. Due to
Niska’s raw talent and intriguing presence it is clear that this young woman has a bright future ahead of her.
“Since I began mentoring over the last five years, I occasionally encounter very developed songwriters with an
intensity that stands out. Niska Napoleon has a rare gift for composing and delivering “classic” original material. I
firmly believe she is one of Canada’s undiscovered gems.”
-Kinnie Starr
Singer/Songwriter
“Solid and sophisticated songwriting and fabulous vocal abilities given her young age.”
-Sandy Scofield
Singer/Songwriter
“A ‘stop in your tracks’ voice and an incredible stage presence…people become completely captivated.”
-Marcie Fofonoff
Director, Family Festival, Chetwynd,BC
the early age of 10, she knew what she was meant to do. Growing up in a musical family encouraged Niska to grow as
a musician and pursue her dream. Excelling in voice and guitar, Niska is able to capture an audience with nothing
more than a microphone. Driven by the desire to succeed in the music business and deliver strong, original material, it
is hard not to notice this aspiring musician who has performed throughout northern and western Canada. Touring
with hip-hop groups as a young girl only fed her hunger for independence and at 16 she began her journey to find her
own “original” sound. Following in the footsteps of her father and established singer-songwriter Art Napoleon, she
wanted to set herself apart from the family name and began performing as Niska, an unknown in the business waiting
to break out on her own. Recently digging her roots on Vancouver Island opened doors for new opportunities such
as guest appearances on the New VI’s “Breakfast Television,” “The New Canoe” and opening for acts like Buffy St.
Marie. Influenced by musicians such as Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill her music is best described as
contemporary rock/folk with the ability to swing to hip-hop and R&B stylings. Drawing crowds at Open Mic nights
throughout Victoria recently led her to headlining her first show at Victoria’s acclaimed Herman’s Jazz Club. Niska
performed with an all-star five-piece band and with the help of local fans the show was completely sold out. Due to
Niska’s raw talent and intriguing presence it is clear that this young woman has a bright future ahead of her.
“Since I began mentoring over the last five years, I occasionally encounter very developed songwriters with an
intensity that stands out. Niska Napoleon has a rare gift for composing and delivering “classic” original material. I
firmly believe she is one of Canada’s undiscovered gems.”
-Kinnie Starr
Singer/Songwriter
“Solid and sophisticated songwriting and fabulous vocal abilities given her young age.”
-Sandy Scofield
Singer/Songwriter
“A ‘stop in your tracks’ voice and an incredible stage presence…people become completely captivated.”
-Marcie Fofonoff
Director, Family Festival, Chetwynd,BC