BRENT OLIVER PRESENTS (BOP) - APRIL 2008 NEWSLETTER

WCMAs - Call for Submissions

Time is ticking, so get your Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) festival and Awards submissions in before the deadline of May 1!

BOP is thrilled to be Festival Director for this year’s awards – and reminds performers from all across western Canada to submit their electronic press kits for festival showcase and award nominations through Sonicbids.

Edmonton, Alberta, will play host to the 6th Annual Western Canadian Music Awards, from October 16-19. While participating festival venues and the number of available showcase performance opportunities have yet to be confirmed, organizers say that previous years have had an average of 300 applications for 70 showcase times.

Award nominations (for releases between January 1, 2007, and March 31, 2008) may be submitted in 20 different artistic categories and 11 different industry categories. Category details and other details regarding the Western Canadian Music Awards can be found at www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca. Apply today!


YOAV - May 3 & 4

Imagine a record that matches the leftfield edge of Beck or Radiohead with the kind of sure-footed pop hooks Justin Timberlake's people would write a blank cheque for. A record which vividly conjures the life of an insightful outsider, set to the dark, loping rhythms of Massive Attack or Portishead. A record built around a voice that's as sweetly expressive as it is richly soulful. Then imagine that every single sound of it, including the bass & the drums, is performed by one man on his amazingly versatile guitar. That record is YOAV’s Charmed & Strange.

With the worldwide hit, "Club Thing", YOAV returns to Edmonton and also makes his first appearance in Calgary on Saturday, May 3, 2008.

X92.9 presents Universal artists from the UK

YOAV w/Kris Demeanor
Hifi Club
Calgary, AB

EARLY SHOW - Doors at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm

Tickets at Ticketmaster

Presented by Keystone Music


Sunday, May 4, 2008

Sonic FM’s Farm Fresh presents Universal artists from the UK YOAV w/Jesse Dee

The Pawn Shop
10551 82 Ave (upstairs)
Edmonton, AB

EARLY SHOW - Doors at 8 pm, show at 8:30 pm

Tickets at Ticketmaster

Presented by Keystone Music

Tickets are selling very fast… don’t miss out on this chance to see an up and coming artist in an intimate environment.


Cowboy Junkies, The Trinity Session - June 25

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

An Evening withCowboy Junkies

Including A Complete Performance of The Trinity Session

McDougall United Church
10025 – 101st
Edmonton, AB

Doors @ 7 pm, Show @ 8 pm

Advance tickets available at Ticketmaster, Blackbyrd & Megatunes

Presented by Keystone Music

The ethereal vocals of Margo Timmins and languid guitar sounds of Cowboy Junkies make their music instantly recognizable to their many fans. This critically acclaimed group will be appearing in Edmonton on June 25 at the McDougall United Church.

The band is formed by siblings Margo (vocals), Michael (guitar and songwriter), and Peter Timmins (drums) with Alan Anton (bass). They also frequently perform and record with Jeff Bird. They are a cult phenomenon in Canada but have had limited success internationally except for the original Trinity Session recording.

Although originally the band's name was chosen because it sounded cool, it has become pretty appropriate, as their music has elements of traditional country, blues and folk but wrapped in a kind of narcotic trance of lethargic tempos colored by the influence of such groups as the Velvet Underground and the British avant-garde rhythms that Michael and Alan were exposed to during a brief period of living and working in the UK.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the seminal Junkies Album, The Trinity Session, and they have revisited Toronto’s Trinity Church with the perspective of twenty years' experience. According to Michael Timmins, "We enlisted a few musicians for whom the Trinity Session had some personal and professional resonance and whose individual work resonates with us."

Joined by Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt, Natalie Merchant and long-time cohort Jeff Bird, Cowboy Junkies dedicated themselves to a fresh exploration of The Trinity Session songs and the result is Cowboy Junkies Trinity Revisited DVD/CD.

They have taken this updated vision on the road and will be presenting the entire Trinity Session and some additional material at McDougall United Church in Edmonton on June 25.


Just Announced!

The Swiftys, Ayla Brook, Trole, Constantines, Los Straightjackets and more!

Friday, May 9, 2008

Flying Saucer artists Trole with guests The Smokin’ 45s & The Benders

The Pawn Shop
10551 82 Ave (upstairs)
Edmonton, AB

$10 door

Presented by BOP


Saturday, May 24, 2008

DOUBLE CD RELEASE PARTY

The Swiftys – "Ridin’ High"& Ayla Brook – "After the Morning After"

The Pawn Shop
10551 82 Ave (upstairs)
Edmonton, AB

$10 door

Presented by BOP


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