Saturday May 14 at 8 pm, $10: Concert by singer-songwriter Matthew de Zoete and his band. Combining pop, rock, and folk music, Matthew de Zoete writes songs built on strong melodies and honest lyrics. Matthew is working on a new album with producer Les Cooper, for mid-2011. Matthew’s band includes Erik Jenson on bass, Ian Venema on drums, Syd Hielema on piano, Mark Volkov on sax, fiddle, and flute, and Johan de Zoete on harmonies. www.matthewdezoete.com
Plus a guest appearance by The Woodshed Orchestra, an improv pop/soul big band from Toronto, featuring Dave Clark (Gord Downie, Happiness Project, Rheostatics, the WoodChoppers Association). Here’s the Woodshed Orchestra line-up for May 14: Dave Clark-drums -vox, Michael Herring-bass-vox, Jason Kenemy-piano-vox, Joe Lapinski-guitar-vox, Julia Hambleton-clarinet-vox, Karen Ng-sax-vox, Nick Buligan-trumpet-vox.
The Woodshed Orchestra takes its cues from the New Orleans second line, NYC klezmer, old metal, roots reggae, power pop, punk, ragtime jazz, fast folk, old school country, deep r&b and crooked cajun music. Members of the Woodshed range from all over the Toronto musical map; Michael Herring, Jason Kenemy, Tania Gill, Ken McDonald, Joe Lapinski, Julia Hambleton, Karen Ng, Scott Thomson, Nick Buligan, Tom Howell, Rebecca Hennessey, Paul Kolinski and more populate the bandstand and keep the gumbo cooking.
