Things pick up a lot this week.
A couple big gigs are happening.
If you like the blues, don’t miss Winnipeg bluesman Big Dave McLean at the Slice, Jan. 9.
McLean
is the patron saint of most of Winnipeg’s blues community and always
puts on an excellent show of mostly acoustic
delta blues music.
It is a good week for blues music in general.
Paul Kype and Texas Flood play the Slice, Jan. 10. That same night, Steve Keenan hosts a blues jam at Honker’s Pub.
There
are also several local jazz gigs this week with James Oldenburg
playing the Mocha Cabana on Jan. 10 and 11. He is also playing the
Slice’s Jan. 8 jazz jam with HBO3 and his regular Thursday night solo
gig at the Cotton Blossom Lounge.
Murray Nelson begins his regular monthly afternoon
gig at the Round Street cafe on Friday, Jan. 10. He will playing a set
of instrumental classical music beginning at 11:45 a.m.
There are also several roots gigs with Pete Watson and Joel Bryant playing the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Jan. 10.
the Lethbridge Folk Club is also back this week with Calgary bluegrass band Go Ask Earl and opening act Common Ground.
Go
Ask Earl features Jack Loree on resonator guitar, Bruce Leinan (fiddle,
vocals), Carolin McBrien (guitar, vocals), Keith Uyeno (upright bass,
vocals) and Brad Lindberg (banjo, vocals).
The show begins at 8 p.m. sharp. Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members which includes a membership for the year.
And,
Blue Rodeo is playing the Enmax Centre on Jan. 12. they have been
playing together for close to 30 years. They have just released their
latest Cd ’In Our Natures.’
Also on that Sunday, Jan. 12, Average Joes brings back Eagles’ Tribute Hotel Caifornia.
For
folk with a more punk edge, check out Winnipeg’s Greg Rekus at the Owl
Acoustic Lounge, Jan. 13. He always puts on energetic fun fueled shows
with a lot of activity on stage.
Also on Jan 13, the Lethbridge Folk Club has a special show featuring Banff based roots band the Wardens.
If
you like dance music, local theatre company Theatre Outre opens the
new location of their theatre the Bordello to 517 A 4 ave South. They
open with a dance party featuring DJ Didi, Jan. 10.
The Mix Lounge at Ric’s Grill opens 2014 with Bridgette Yarwood performing on Wednesday, Jan. 8 as
well as Sheldon Arvay and his band playing, Jan. 10. Cal Toth returns
to the Mix, Jan. 11.
