| Folk Under the Clock
Peterborough's Folk Concert Series
presents the
22nd Season 2007 - 2008
at Market Hall Theatre and Showplace Performance Centre
Celebrate a World of Music!
Sincere thanks to all fans, performers, sponsors, volunteers, staff,
and friends who have kept me inspired over 22 years!
Cheers - Mike Barker
Autumn Series 2007
Spring Series 2008
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Arlo Guthrie
Solo Reunion Tour: Together at Last
Friday, October 26, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Showplace, SOLD OUT
Yes indeed, American Folk Legend and son of Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie will be in Peterborough as part of a special North American solo tour. Arlo said, “It’s coming up to 50 years on the road and I’d love to have a chance to do it like I did with nothing but a couple of guitars and a harmonica”. Arlo made his debut at Woodstock and is famous for the songs, Alice’s Restaurant, City of New Orleans, Coming into Los Angeles, as well as his acting career.
In 2002 Arlo opened The Guthrie Centre, an educational centre with programs including raising awareness and money for a cure for Huntington’s Disease. In 2006 Arlo and his family rode the City of New Orleans train from Chicago to New Orleans, stopping along the way for concerts raising $100,000 directly targeted for musicians and victims of Hurricane Katrina. Arlo continues his acting endeavours and is currently working on screenplays, including one on his father’s book, Seeds of Man. A new cd will be out for this solo tour and info about his work is available at www.arlo.net and www.risingsonrecords.com.
A co-presentation with Showplace- surely a night to remember!
Harry Manx
Friday, November 30, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Showplace, Tickets $28.50
Harry’s back, finally… for another night of blues, Indian ragas and world music; an experience dubbed “the Harry Zone”. With his warm vocals and the haunting beautiful melodies of his original songs, you will be hypnotized.
Born on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and then lived in Japan, India and Brazil. Harry learned Indian music from Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who gave him a Mohan Veena (20 stringed guitar/sitar) that became a catalyst for his signature ‘east meets west’ style of music.
Harry is now in great demand around the world and tours relentlessly, Harry says, “The live performances have become the most exciting part of the music business for me, it’s not just the playing, it’s all the other magic that happens between myself and the audience. My goal has always been to draw the audience as deep as possible into the music.”
His latest album is a collaboration with brilliant string wizard Kevin Breit, In Good We Trust. Manx’s music is thrilling, easy to digest and what keeps audiences coming back for more. One of Canada’s truly unique musicians …I can’t wait for this one!
Compadres
Oscar Lopez & James Keelaghan
Friday, February 1, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, $25 in advance, $28 at the door
Finally together again and with a new album recorded in April 2007, which should be available for this tour, Compadres finished up a tour last winter in Australia and New Zealand with great reviews from many festivals and presenters. The long awaited duo of Oscar Lopez and James Keelaghan bring their outstanding musicianship, friendship and infectious fun onstage to audiences across Canada.
Oscar Lopez’s Latin guitar groove has made him a standout on the world music scene. His global fusion of jazz, blues, and even pop has made him a leader among world class guitarists. He was named instrumentalist of the year by the Prairie Music Awards. In addition to his Juno win for Armando’s Fire, he has been honoured for 3 Juno nominations.
James Keelaghan’s ninth album, A Few Simple Verses, is an album that pays tribute to the songs he loves, many of which his father used to sing, many of which have no definite origin, all of which are part of living history. “I love touching people as a performer,” he says. “Putting a song across so that people get inside the story. I love the immediacy of it, the feedback.”
Together they are dynamite, their music often called, ‘celtino’ or lately ‘vocumental’!
DOUBLE BILL
Jill Barber & Alex Cuba
Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, $25 in advance, $28 at the door
Drawing on influences such as folk balladry, old-time jazz standards and traditional country, Halifax’s Jill Barber has become one of Canada’s most distinctive voices. She picked up two East Coast Music Awards in 2006 ( Recording of the Year and Best Female Artist) for her brilliant album, For All Time. The album demonstrates Jill’s keen melodic sense and compelling lyrical abilities which draw the listener in as it’s subdued and rich tones showcase her warm and unique vocals. She is setting her sights on tours in Europe, U.K and across North America, she’s definitely an artist to watch.
ALEX CUBA is a Cuban born singer- songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who now makes his home in Canada. He won a National song writing competition in Cuba when he was only 18. In Canada he teamed up with his brother Adonis and became known as The Peuntes Brothers after playing bass in traditional Cuban bands as well as playing alongside Roberto Fonseca and Javier Zalba (now with the Buena Vista Social Club).
In Canada, he decided to follow his own path and his debut CD (Humo De Tabaco) with the Alex Cuba Band earned him a Juno Award for World Music Album in 2006, with a single featuring Ron Sexsmith. He released his second superb independent album, Agua Del Pozo in 2007 and his live performances are truly magnetic. He just opened for Sophie Milman in December in Alberta and has opened for the Blind Boys of Alabama and Cesaria Evora. He is currently working on a live performance DVD and a documentary for Bravo! television. We are fortunate to present Alex and this should be thrilling evening alongside Jill Barber.
Oysterband
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, $30 in advance, $35 at the door
England’s dynamic folk- rock group Oysterband have been touring the world now for over 25 years. In 2004 they recorded a brilliant cd, The Big Session Vol.1, (with guests Eliza Carthy, June Tabor, Show of Hands etc.) and closely followed this with a DVD of The 25th. Anniversary Concert. The Big Session Festival has now become one of England’s premier music festivals, hosted and produced by the band.
The band is comprised of John Jones (lead vocal, squeezeboxes), Ian Telfer (fiddle, concertina, vocals) Alan Prosser (guitars, mandolin, vocals) Chopper (bass,cello, vocals) and Lee (drums, vocals).
The heartbeat of the band is a deep- rooted love of the traditional music of Britain. The Oysters says “ A tradition though that dealt in integrity, passion, human emotion – songs that make you want to dance, laugh, cry, jump for joy. Hey that could be folk music, it could be rock music…maybe it’s just GOOD music. Whatever it is, it has helped the Oysters become one of the most irresistible bands of the last decade”. Bet you can’t sit still at this one!
Strunz and Farah
Friday, May 30, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Market Hall Theatre, $30 in advance $35 at the door
Tickets are also available at Showplace and www.showplace.org
Originally from Costa Rica and Iran, Strunz and Farah have crafted an exotic style, incorporating the cultural riches of Latin America and Middle Eastern Music.
Performing together since 1979, Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah infuse their ethnic roots along with flamenco, jazz and classical elements into a highly virtuostic, rhythmic, improvisational and wholly unique sound.
They have sold well over a million records worldwide, topped the Billboard World Music Charts, won Billboard World Music Album of The Year and received a Grammy nomination.
Currently touring as a quintet, comprised of two acoustic guitars, violin, bass and percussion, Strunz and Farah continue to dazzle audiences and influence guitarists world wide.
“With their incendiary blend of flamenco colour, driving Afro-Latin rhythms and dazzling nylon string virtuosity ... Strunz and Farah are spectacular live. For guitar lovers, the experience can be downright apocalyptic” – Guitar Player Magazine
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