Friday September 20 at 8 pm, cover tba: Folk-country band Paug Lake Road: Sharon Coward (lead vocals, guitar, fiddle); Katie Hurdon (backing vocals, ukulele, various rattles); Ingrid Lucy-Weinhold (banjo, backing vocals); Matt Aston (drums), and Max Ferderber (bass and swaggar). Paug Lake Road is a road that runs north of Barry’s Bay, an area dotted with lakes and full of winding roads,
hills, and frogs who for some reason hop wildly across the dirt roads at night. http://www.pauglakeroad.com/home.cfm
Opening set by Dan Belgue, a folk musician from the KW/Guelph area. He plays clawhammer banjo, acoustic guitar, and writes songs. Driven by solid, rythmic instrumentation and thoughtful lyrics, Dan has developed his own unique brand of acoustic ‘Canadiana’ that blends elements from a wide array of influences including folk, bluegrass, old time, and blues music. Dan plays and travels throughout Canada extensively and is a frequent collaborator with a number of musicians. He is the other half of The Blackwood Two, with fiddler and vocalist Megan McCaffrey. http://danbelgue.ca/
Event, Music

Thursday September 19, 8 pm, pwyc/$5. Betty Supple, Tanacetum Vulgare, and Tom Dusome. Tom writes “After my cup of coffee in Guelph, I had to come back in style. This night of amazing singer/songwriters is just what I need for a soft landing back home. And oh ya I’m playing too…”
www.reverbnation.com/artist/bettysupple
www,tanacetumvulgare.bandcamp.com/
www.music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Tom-Dusome
Event, Music
Sunday September 15 at 2 pm. One of our favourite bands Ophelia Syndrome is planning something special. Here’s how they describe it: “an acoustic ‘esq’ performance in front of a live crowd, showcasing the new songs from our upcoming album, and discussing the ideas, meanings, and influences of the songs, for a half hour. This will also be hosted online via Stageit (an online concert platform) so that our European friends can watch along live, and can also ask questions. Which is why we will have it at 2 pm, to take into account the time difference. Then we will film the second half hour, and play more “plugged in” and make that available to stream through our partners in the 50 K Music Mag, who approached us in the first place.”
Event, Music, Special event
Saturday September 14 (Supercrawl): open from 1:30 pm
– afternoon 3-5: Jazz Plasma band: Brent on bass, Sergey on keyboard, Ivan on drums.
– evening from 6 pm: Alt Rock Showcase at Artword Artbar! We’ve invited two interesting and original young rock bands
who have played at Artword Artbar recently to strut their stuff in our acoustic environment — high quality songwriting, and it’s not all loud.
* Andreas. Time around 9 pm. This brilliant Hamilton group has just launched a new EP. Brian Dahl (lead vocals/guitar), Jay Brandow (guitar/vocals), Adam Payne (bass), Mike Medhurst (drums),
and Jennifer Lockman (keyboards/vocals). http://andreasband.com/aboutus.htm
* The Crimson Permanent, around 6:30 pm. A new band from Burlington: Jonathan Malström guitar, Haydn Sterne drums, Conor Povey lead vocals and bass, Adam Gazelle guitar and keys.
http://thecrimsonpermanent.bandcamp.com/album/the-crimson-permanent
https://twitter.com/thecrimsonp
Event, James North events, Music, Special event
Friday September 13, 2013, James North Art Crawl (and first night of Supercrawl). Music in the bar from 8 pm, tip jar: An Artword favourite, the lively high-energy Beg To Differ Trio playing blues / jazz / funk — Tim Ninehouse on keyboards, vocals; Doug Sikma on guitar; Steve Foster on drums. Unique renditions of blues, jazz and funk songs, drawing from a large musical repertoire from early blues roots to jazzified contemporary songs.
Event, Music, Music-Jazz

Artword Gallery: Sept. 12-22, 2013. “Flux”, a group exhibition by Alicia Giansante, Olivia Rozema and Jenn Shamo, all currently completing a degree in Studio Art at McMaster University. The artists will be present during Friday Sept 13 Art Crawl and Saturday Sept 14 Supercrawl. (The Gallery is open when Artword Artbar is open.)
The exhibition includes work by each artist that emphasizes a continued flow, an essential continuance or cycle. Though they use various materials, each artist is concerned with determining the essence of their subject and making it resonate beyond its physical form.
Alicia Giansante, in a series of sculptural mixed media and found art, examines escapism and a suspended moment in time. She draws upon a never-ending stream of consciousness manifested in an iconic falling figure. Olivia Rozema is a sculpture artist who uses found items of both natural and manmade origins; manipulating their forms to reference the womb and the regenerative qualities of the natural world. She seeks to give the human body spiritual agency in the context of the Earth’s natural cycles. Jenn Shamo uses drawing mediums and collage combined three-dimensionally to explore diaristic concepts with improvisational and spontaneous processes. Her organic lines and forms defy special boundaries, recalling continuous and swelling growth.
Artword Gallery, Event