A preview of some of April’s lineup –
*Friday April 9: James North Art Crawl. In Artword Artbar: 7-10 pm, short films from ECO Film & Arts Festival in rotation.
10:30 or so: post-crawl performance: Mo Kauffler, Duane Rutter, Mark McNeil, a dynamic singer-songwriter roots-country set.
*Saturday April 10, 8 pm: concert by singer-songwriter Kori Pop, and friends.
*Friday April 16, 8 pm: concert by singer-songwriter-guitarist Peter Sisk, with Ron Weihs on fiddle.
*Saturday April 24 at 8 pm: The Acoustics in concert.
*Friday Apri 30 at 8 pm: Lionel Lodge in concert
March 2nd, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Sunday March 28 at 7:30 pm at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Cover $12. Mandolin virtuoso Randal Hill (guitar and vocals as well) is bringing his high-energy old-time country sound to Artword Artbar, for a special concert. Accompanying Randal onstage are:
Singer/songwriter Suzie Sweetman, always in demand back-up vocalist, and as you will see, an all-around “sparkplug”.
Johnny Frame, on rock-solid guitar and vocals, a long time member of the bluegrass and gospel music circuit.
John McNaughton, veteran bluegrass acoustic bassist (and fine vocalist) rounds out the group. Read more…
March 2nd, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Saturday March 27 at 8 pm, $5 cover, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton. Jack Harlan, troubadour, in a solo concert. His music “can best be described as folk noir, experimental roots with songs of social uprising. Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen in a blender.” Lyrical firestorms, a percussive acoustic guitar style and foot stomping, complete Jack Harlan’s one man band no-nonsense folk vision. http://www.jackharlan.com/ Read more…
February 25th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Thursday, March 25 7 to 9 pm at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. – $2.00 admission. H Magazine presents “Meet Your City!”, a new monthly forum hosted by H Mag publisher, Dave Kuruc. Featuring this month’s guests:
* Ken Coit on City of Hamilton public art
* musician TBA
February 20th, 2010 Event, Special event No comments
Saturday March 20 at 9:30 pm. $10 cover. Jay Aymar — back by popular demand at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St., Hamilton. Jay was here in February with a warm and delightful performance, so here’s another chance to hear him before he takes off on a European tour. Jay Aymar is a singer-songwriter who mixes elements of country and folk with introspective, humorous and straight-forward lyrics. Jay’s latest album ‘Halfway Home’ is his best work yet and features the standout track “My Cherry Coloured Rose” which has recently been covered by the legendary Ian Tyson. http://www.myspace.com/jayaymar
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February 19th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music No comments
Saturday March 20, at 7:30 pm. “Shedding Light on Shadows” an event for World Storytelling Day, is a fusion of folk tales and lively music by storyteller Brenda Byers and musician Amberley B. The evening is inspired by the spirited folk who are participating in the Stratford Suchitoto Project in San Salvador. This performance is being given to raise funds for this outstanding project. The suggested donation is $10.00, but feel free to give more! Read more…
February 19th, 2010 Event, News No comments
Friday March 19 at 8 pm at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, $15 cover. Sounds of compassion for Haiti, a concert of East Indian music, with Neeraj Prem on sitar and vocals, and Prem Tiwari on tabla. The theme of the evening is compassion. Musically the evening will be mystical and supernatural through the sounds of Indian Sitar and other instruments, mostly Indian classical music with the elements of folk and gazhals. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Haiti Relief Fund at St. Joseph’s. Call 905-543-8512
February 18th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music, Special event No comments
Saturday March 13, at 8 pm, at Artword Artbar, cover $10. A Touch of Klez, a cabaret concert by Hamilton’s own high-energy Klezmer band playing the infectious sounds of Eastern European Jewish music, with a touch of gypsy. Featuring Jordan Abraham on accordion.
February 18th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event No comments
James North Art Crawl, second Friday of every month. Good things all evening long.
Friday March 12:
In Artword Gallery: 7-10 pm, Tadek Sobierajski, Hamilton painter and marathon runner with exciting new paintings and drawings
In Artword Artbar: 7-10 pm, the VOC Silent Film Harmonic from KW area brings a treat — short silent films and live music accompaniment, all evening in rotation. The films: Voyage Dans La Lune (about 10min.); The Great Train Robbery (about 10min.); Cops (18min.); Un Chien Andalou (16min.); Odilon Redon (5min.). Performers are: Ted Harms – bass, Paul Haslem – guitar, Wade Whittaker – guitar. Catch one or two films, or stay for all.
10:30 or so: post-crawl performance — Jennifer Lockman on piano.
February 17th, 2010 Artbar performance, Artword Gallery, Event, Film, James North events No comments
Thursday March 11 at 7:30. gritLIT Festival 2010 preview fundraiser at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Feed the Festival: Come join us for a night of live music and readings from Krista Foss, Ross Pennie, Marilyn Gear Pilling and John Terpstra. Tickets are $10 and there is food and a cash bar. http://www.gritlit.ca/
One lucky individual will win a copy of every book presented at the 2010 gritLIT festival.
February 16th, 2010 Event, Literary, Spoken Word No comments
Sunday March 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm: “Artword Composers Soirée”, Hamilton, a new series of New Music workshops, curated and coordinated by composer/guitarist Wade Whittaker, hosted monthly at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. The inaugural Soirée features three composers:
Elma Miller http://www.hwcn.org/~aa210/Profile.html
Joe Schacher. The piece Joe is presenting is posted here: http://www.archive.org/details/Orphanogenesis
Wade Whittaker, with new compositions for classical guitar.
To find out how it works, read more… Read more…
February 9th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music Comments Off
Saturday March 6 at 8 pm, $10 cover, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Hamilton. Big Rude Jake is back with a new album and a whole new look on life. Big Rude Jake’s new release, Quicksand, explores contemporary twists on popular music forms from decades ago. Listeners will note a dramatic shift away from the “neo-swing” style that has characterized previous Big Rude Jake recordings in favour of a more general roots-oriented singer/song-writer approach. The overall sound of Quicksand is relaxed and contemplative. http://www.bigrudejake.ca/ Read more…
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music Comments Off
March 4 to 28: Tadek Sobierajski, “Memories, Lines and Paint”, new drawings and paintings in ink and acrylic on paper and canvas
Sat Mar 6, 2-5 pm: opening with the artist
Fri Mar 12, 7-10 pm: James North Art Crawl, artist present
Sat Mar 20, 3 pm: artist talk in the gallery
Tadek Sobierajski’s new drawings and paintings are explorations of repetitive mark-making with line and colour that reveal unexpected subconscious imagery. Tadek begins with many loose gestural lines overlapping and intersecting in layers. These coalesce into patterns of light and dark energy that sometimes suggest a form, bodies, a face. Read more…
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Friday Mar 5 at 8 pm, $10 cover: It’s the St. Catharines Invasion! Singer-songwriter Randy Shook on guitar and Kevin “Spiderfingers” Ducette on keyboards.
With special guest wandering minstrel and guitarist Jack Harlan.
“Neo- Traditional Folksinger-songwriter” Randy and “creative keyboardist” Kevin are enjoying their 21st year of musical collaboration and live performing. Their thought-provoking songs are woven together with stories and insights about the inspirations behind the music, with creative keyboard parts that add an emotional psychedelic element. Join us for the “celebration”… http://www.randyshook.com Read more…
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music Comments Off
Telling Our Stories: Thurs March 4, 18, April 1 (alternate Thursdays) 7-9 pm, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St., creative writing gatherings facilitated by Martyn Kendrick. These sessions will introduce novice and seasoned writers to a remarkable tool that triggers highly creative writing. Read more…
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Saturday February 27 at 8:30 pm. Readings, films and music about the Harlem Renaissance, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St.
Due to unavailability of some performers, we are postponing “Langston Hughes vs. Joe McCarthy“, our dramatic reading of the 1953 interrogation of the great Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
February 8th, 2010 Artbar performance, Event Comments Off
Friday February 26 at 8 pm, $15. Caribbean Spoken Word for Black History Month, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton. Rhoma Spencer returns with a new “Frankly Speaking” evening of Caribbean Comedy and the Oral Traditions, with special guest Jamaican-Canadian comedian Blakka Ellis. Call 905-543-8512 to reserve. Read more…
February 5th, 2010 Artbar performance, Comedy, Event, Literary, Spoken Word Comments Off
Thursday Feb 25 at 9 pm, $5 / pwyc, at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. The Ladiest of Ladies rule tonight, with four plus one solo singer-songwriters to expand your mind.
** Willow Rutherford from toronto. “Willow plays accordion and writes beautiful sweet songs.” http://www.myspace.com/willowrutherford
** Annie Shaw, songs and piano http://www.myspace.com/secretannieshawsongs
** Sarah Good, songs and guitar http://www.myspace.com/sarahgoodmusic
** Jessica Carey, songs and guitar
** Terra Lightfoot, songs and guitar
http://www.myspace.com/terralightfoot
February 2nd, 2010 Artbar performance, Event, Music Comments Off
Thursday, Feb. 25 7 to 9 pm at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. – $2.00 admission. H Magazine presents “Meet Your City!”, a new monthly forum hosted by H Mag publisher, Dave Kuruc. Featuring this month’s guests:
* Jeremy Frieburger (Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts – Creative Catalyst)
* Terra Lightfoot (local singer-songwriter)
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