| Folk Under the Clock
Peterborough's Folk Concert Series presents the
24th Season · 2009 - 2010
Welcome to the 24th. season of Folk Under The Clock in Peterborough. We are excited to offer a fabulous line-up of concerts this season.
In the Autumn 2009 series we are presenting a mosaic of brilliant singer-songwriters.
For the Spring 2010 series we present three top-notch acts from the UK... enjoy!
Autumn 2009 Series
Spring 2010 Series
Eliza Gilkyson
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough
Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.
Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.
Eliza Gilkyson a poetically gifted singer-songwriter, and politically minded, has become one of the most respected musicians in roots, folk and Americana circles. This Austin-Texas based Grammy nominated artist has appeared on Austin City Limits and has toured with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Richard Thompson.
Eliza is the daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson whose songs have been covered by Dean Martin and Johnny Cash (Memories Are Made Of This) and wrote such standards as, ‘Green Fields’, ‘Marianne’ and “Bare Necessities’ as in Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’.
Eliza’s latest recording, Beautiful World... is brilliant, one of her best and features songs that explore an optimism and love for the world despite its violence and darkness. “This may be my most joyful recording yet”, says Eliza. Mixing Americana, jazz, rock and folk styles, the album has a decidedly different feel from Eliza’s last few albums.
“Lush and passionate...edgy lyrics with piercing imagery” – New York Times
“Eliza Gilkyson has arrived at the highest echelon of Austin’s songwriting community” – Austin Chronicle
Lennie Gallant
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough
Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.
Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.
This prolific Canadian songwriter/performer has released 7 albums, which have won him a host of awards and nominations from both Juno and East Coast Mucis Awards. His 8th. Album, If We Had A Fire will be released late July, 2009 and will be the feature of this Canadian tour. He is also working on a new French album after the success of his last French recording, Le Vente Boheme.
He has toured all over North America and in Europe with his band, in acoustic settings and with symphony orchestras.
“Energetic…dynamic….inspirational…a powerhouse of a show!” – The Halifax Herald
Over 30 artists have recorded his songs internationally, including Jimmy Buffett. “I have always wanted to bring Lennie Gallant’s music to the forefront”, says Jimmy Buffett.
He was recently inducted into the Order of Canada , where it was said, “Gallant has garnered much respect for his hard hitting songs chronicling the lives of people dealing with tremendous adversity and serious issues...songs like, ‘Peter’s Dream’, ‘Island Clay’, ‘Man of Steel’, and ‘Hope for Next Year’.
Gallant has written for feature films, theatre, documentaries, and television series. He co-wrote the theme song for the first World Acadian Congress and for Pier 21, Canada’s immigration gateway. Lennie has played many times for Folk Under The Clock and...
“He’s one of the best songwriters today” – The Performing Songwriter.
Alex Cuba
Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough
Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.
Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.
Cuban soul rocker and two time Juno Award winner for Best World Music Album, Alex Cuba, hails from Artemsia, Cuba (60 km. from Havana) and resides now in Smithers, British Columbia.
Alex Cuba won a National Song Writing Competition in Cuba when he was 18, but only recognized his singer/songwriter path upon moving to Canada after years playing bass in traditional Cuban groups alongside Roberto Fonseca and Javier Zalba (now with Buena Vista Social Club), recording three albums and touring Europe.
Musically he lies everywhere in between; his sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords subvert commonly held notions of what Cuban music is.
Alex is on the vanguard, crafting a cross cultural sound that mirrors his geographical journey. Not tied to tradition, this Cuban-Canadian prefers his vintage Gibson over... el cencerro (cowbell) anytime!
His songs have been strongly supported by iTunes, where he has had several # 1 songs on various charts and he recently recorded with Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) and Nelly Furtado. A new album will be released in October 2009 and this Canadian tour will promote a set of new songs.
With a heart as big as his retro ’fro, Cuba focuses on what he does best, crafting songs that cut through linguistic and cultural boundaries like a machete through sugarcane... Viva Alex Cuba!
Martyn Joseph
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough
This will be the last concert in the Market Hall until after renovations.
Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.
Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.
Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other. Shades of Springsteen, Knopfler and Dave Mathews there may be – but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives.
One of acoustic music’s most arresting artists, the Welsh singer songwriter has been in demand on both sides of the Atlantic for over two decades. Martyn’s 25 year career has embraced some notable achievements including 5 Top 50 UK chart positions with songs such as “Working Mother”, “Dolphins Make Me Cry” and “Let’s Talk about It In The Morning,” and appearances and tours with, amongst others, Suzanne Vega, Marc Cohn, Joan Armatrading, Runrig, Clannad, Chris de Burgh, Art Garfunkel, Jools Holland and even Celine Dion and Shirley Bassey. He has won fans everywhere with his uncanny fusion of material – feisty, pulls no punches big issue numbers alongside stripped bare love songs.
Across a 25-year career, and having released his 30th. album Evolved in October 2008, Martyn’s song catalogue is an awesomely impressive archive of our times. Always charming, sometime alarming, Martyn Jospeph is a unique songwriter who digs deep and delivers an ultimate life affirming message. One of the most unusual and compelling performers you are likely to encounter.
"Joseph proves that the path to integrity is a celebration not a chore. An artist of enduring worth." – MoJo
Kate Rusby
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. Peterborough
Tickets: $35
Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org.
Kate Rusby is recognized as England’s preeminent traditional folksinger. The Guardian described her as a “Superstar of the British acoustic scene”. The BBC described her as “The first lady of young folkies” and has handed her four BBC Folk Music Awards. She is also one of the few folk artists to be nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
Kate is 33 and grew up and still lives in South Yorkshire and toyed with acting before embarking on her well-documented rise to the nearest folk gets to superstar status.
Music became embedded in her soul as she and her siblings, Joe and Emma, were carted around the folk festivals, where mum and dad, Steve and Ann, would be playing in their ceilidh band or dad would be looking after sound systems.
Her latest album is Awkward Annie and Helen Brown wrote in the Daily Telegraph: “Listening to Kate Rusby’s lovely new album, it occurred to me that she’s England’s answer to Dolly Parton. Not in terms of the wigs and sequins, but in her quaveringly sincere ability to tell a simple, downhome story in a song and make your heart ache for it”. Dolly Parton... as it happens is one of her greatest musical influences.
It’s taken many years to book Kate and for her to tour North America... you are in for one rare and special treat!
Oysterband
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. Peterborough
Tickets: $35
Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org.
England’s Oysterband recently released, The Oxford Girl & Other Stories, a set of all-new acoustic recordings of 14 classic Oysterband songs to mark their 30th. Anniversary. Great Big Sea often thanks the Oysterband for giving them their hit song, “When I’m up I can’t get Down’.
Oysterband occupies an unusual position in the world of music, combining folk sensibility and acoustic instruments with rock dynamics and sharp engaged songwriting. The passion and energy of their live performances has become legendary. Starting as an amateur ceilidh band their career has grown exponentially to include festivals and tours in 35 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America.
They have recorded 13 studio albums and a collaborative project, called The Big Session, which is also the name of the festival they host each year in the U.K.
John Jones their lead singer has just released a solo album and the bands latest album Meet You There has been widely hailed as their best recording ever, I agree.
We are thrilled to welcome back Oysterband, after there stunning concert at the Market Hall two years ago. What a way to end this thrilling season!
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