Artword Artbar

Wednesday May 30, at 8 pm, $5. Toronto-based singer/songwriter Jessica Speziale is coming to Artword Artbar for a stop of her Spring Tour! Joining her are Hamilton’s own Trio Arjento and Sarah Beatty. Jessica Speziale is a pop/rock musician and songwriter and uses powerhouse vocals with the intent of Serena Ryder and the soul of Alicia Keys. Hot on the tail of her debut EP release, Dear Reverie, Jessica is embarking on a 3-week solo tour across Southern Ontario. Sultry, rich, and fresh are some of the words fans and media have used to describe her sound. http://www.jessicaspeziale.com   http://www.jessicaspeziale.tumblr.com
Trio Arjento (Marcy Hull vocals, Jennifer Lockman piano, Tom Shea guitar) blends the singer-songwriter tradition with jazz and pop influences. The results are smooth, sophisticated and surprising. Intimate original songs create musical tapestries where every note tells a story.
Sarah Beatty. is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter based out of Hamilton. She occupies the space between country, blues, jazz, and roots music, with dynamic vocals, expressive lyrics, and engaging melodies. Set to release her full-length debut album this month, she’s showcasing her most recent musical works.

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“Experience World Music!” The Tribal Gallery Presents concert series.
NEW CONCERT CHANGE: Saturday May 26 at 8 pm.  Tickets $15, call 905-385-1829. The Gypsy Rebels, led by Micheal T. Butch, are a Toronto-based Gypsy band with a repertoire of traditional Gypsy music mixed with elements of Reggae, Funk, R’n'B, and Soul. Acoustic guitar, upright bass, accordion, violin, and trumpet all support Micheal’s vocals in a unique blend of music. They play both traditional Roma Gypsy songs and and original songs composed by Micheal T Butch. Their recent album is called “Between Worlds”. http://www.thegypsyrebels.com

[The Lemon Bucket Orkestra originally scheduled on this date has been invited to perform at a festival in Roumania. We'll get them back in the fall.]

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Fourth Friday of month at 8 pm, pwyc. “PoeMagic“, an evening of spoken word, hosted by dub poet Klyde Broox.
Friday May 25, 2012. Featuring former CBC Poetry Faceoff winner, schoolteacher Michelle Muir. Klyde’s post on Facebook: “Lamentably, we will be without Richard Austin, who is having some immigration problems we are going to have to rally some money for Rich, because his bankbook hasn’t caught up with his name yet. Seriously though, i’m asking everyone who reads this to please pray for Richard Austin.”
Also on May 25, we will be honouring the memory of Gary Kristiansen, who performed at the April PoeMagic and passed away last week.
Friday June 22, 2012, details TBA.
All genres of spoken word poets welcome. Contact Klyde at  kbroox@porchlight.ca.  “Steeped in oral traditions, Broox’s gesture-enabled, dance and song-oriented, performances are consistently pitched to engage, entertain, and invite audiences to experience poetry as social communion.   … ” Read more…

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Thursday May 24 at 8 pm, $5. An evening of piano music, classical and jazz, hosted by Aaron Zukewich. The first set is classical piano music performed by Nevena Kovacevic, Ola Kiermacz, Irina Tesker. Second set is jazz standards and originals performed by the Hands Together Trio:  Aaron Zukewich on piano,  Jon Tuyp drums, Joel Banks bass.

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Saturday May 19 at 8 pm, $10. The Woodshed Orchestra is back! Dave Clark and his zany band of merry musicians. Plus an opening set by Joe Lapinski, singer-songwriter from St. Catharines.
The Woodshed Orchestra will bring its soulful musical reflections on Love & Affection! You just bring yourself and a couple of friends. Come sing, dance and celebrate with the Woodshed. Your heart will thank you. http://www.thewoodshedorchestra.com
“Dave Clark and the Woodshed Orchestra have this amazing ability to make real life sound like the best musical in the world. I can’t name another group of people who sound so joyous together, get to some essential truths about living, and dance their pants off doing it. Love them. They’re my favourite parade.” – Vish Khanna – CBC Radio3 – Exclaim Magazine – Guelph.
For more on Joe Lapinski (left), who is also Music Director of Suitcase-in-Point Theatre Company, visit www.joelapinski.ca

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Friday May 18, 2012 at 8 pm, $15 (reservations required, call 905-543-8512). Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton, announces a special concert with the legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist and social activist Josh White Jr., on his first Ontario visit since the 2010 Mariposa Festival. Josh will be playing an intimate concert of  blues, folk and a little jazz.  http://www.joshwhitejr.com/ Read more…

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Thursday May 17 at 8 pm, $5. Jazz double bill: The Subterraneans: Sean Dowhaniuk guitar, Aubrey Wilson vocals, Aaron Bowers sax, Lee Famelos drums, Mike DeiCont drums
PLUS COP Trio: Lorenzo Castelli drums, Alexei Orechin guitar, and Mike Pratt bass

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Wednesday May16 at 8 pm, $5. A special treat from Nova Scotia, duo Andy and Ariana, playing an original, acoustic fusion of roots, folk, jazz and world music. While Ariana weaves words and melodies interspersing fiddle and saxophone riffs, Andy vocalizes percussion, plays guitar, and operates parts of a drum kit with his heels. The result is a lively one, guaranteed to entertain.  http://www.AndyandAriana.com Read more…

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Science Cafe at Artword Artbar, with host Eric Collins, all welcome, free. Social gatherings with a focus on science. Informative presentations and great conversations. Wednesday June 16 at 6:30 pm.

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“Experience World Music!” The Tribal Gallery Presents concert series.
Saturday May 12 at 8 pm, $20 door ($15 advance call 905-385-1829) at Artword Artbar. Flamenguitos del Norte, an 11-piece flamenco band (flamenco puro), a Toronto collective of musicians, singers and dancers dedicated to the art of Flamenco. “Though we’re far from Spain, we embrace the fire and cheekiness that encapsulates the music and dance from the streets of Jerez, Sevilla and Cadiz.” http://www.flamenguitosdelnorte.com/

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In Artword Gallery for the month of May 2012, paintings by Miranda Black and linocut prints by Meiko Ando.
Miranda Black (image left) Artist’s Statement: “In this time of environmental catastrophe and economical detriment Mother Earth needs a voice. It takes a lot to fight for our earth mother. Right now, fighting for our earth is still seen as against the stream. However the resilience of our planet and survival the human race are linked. As our climate shifts our lives will change and I am hopeful that our addictions will lessen. Now, more than any other time, the world is in need of art that generates freedom of our most precious human trait — our souls.  As a visionary artist my goal is to use the light of creativity and imagination to envision our world as a planet of health and spiritual wealth.” Artist present during Art Crawl Friday May 11, 2012.

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Friday May 11, 2012 (James North Art Crawl). In the bar, tip jar.
From 8 pm to 10:30: A Touch of Klez, Hamilton’s own Klezmer band, playing the high-energy sounds of Eastern European music, gypsy, Jewish, swing. Featuring Jordan Abraham on accordion.
From 11 pm to 12:30 am, a late set showcase: singer-songwriter Crissi Cochrane and 3-piece folk band Dear Sister (Bri Salmena – vocals, guitar; Raven Shields – vocals, guitar; Aaron Comeau – banjo, piano, guitar, double bass, etc.)

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Thursday May 10, 8 pm, $5. A showcase hosted by Curtis Miranda of Tiger Suit, with guests Sean Chesney and The Tyler Wilson Band. Tiger Suit is a duo from from Guelph. Their music is an blend of world (Classical South Indian, Classical Japanese, Mongolian Overtone singing, etc…), jazz, lounge and electronica.  http://www.tigersuit.com

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Wednesday May 9, 2012 at 8 pm, $5. Singer-songwriter showcase hosted by Richard Garvey. Featuring: Molly Babin from Hamilton (right) Soundcloud.com/mollybabin
The Blackwood Two from Waterloo, Dan Belgue and Megan McCaffrey, one of the countries most fun folk acts — with sunny fiddles and banjos, the duo blends elements of straight up old time music with their original, foot stompin’ feel good compositions to create an irresistible and infectious new sound they dub “old time street folk!” www.theblackwoodtwo.com
and Richard Garvey, a roots and folk musician from Kitchener    www.richardgarvey.ca

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Saturday May 5, 8 pm, admission by donation. Artword Artbar’s annual Fundraising Gala in support of Guitar Hamilton’s International Guitar Festival coming in July. Festival Artistic Director Emma Rush has planned lots of fun. The evening will showcase the best of Hamilton guitar music, in three different styles: award-winning classical guitarist Emma Rush, renowned singer-songwriter Chris Cowsill and Hamilton blues legend Alfie Smith. PLUS raffles, prizes,  a chance to win tickets to the Festival, and more…. http://www.guitarhamilton.com/festival.html

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Friday May 4 at 8 pm, $5. Jazz with the Carolyn Credico Quartet. Carolyn Credico vocals, Chris Bruder piano, Jordan Snider drums, and Victor Vrankulj bass.

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Thursday May 3, 2012, 8pm, pwyc, at Artword Artbar. Catherine North Studios’ monthly series, “Lost and Found,” features old friends and newly discovered talent. From pop rock to contemporary classical, the Catherine North folks would like to show Hamilton the amazing diversity of great music that gets recorded in this city.
On May 3 Scott Cooper, Ian Smith (Miniatures/Spirits/Animal Heart), Amber Edgar, and Kirk Starkey will perform. The evening has been put together by Michael Chambers of Catherine North. http://catherinenorth.com/lostandfound

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Wednesday May 2 at 8 pm, $5. Jazz with The Humble Trio: Thomas Mason  guitar, Kevin Fraser upright bass and Luke Paron drums, playing mostly jazz standards and some original compositions.

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