OUZO POWER @ OTTAWA COMMUNITY CUP - BREWER PARK (OTTAWA)

OUZO POWER

HIGH OCTANE ROCK INFUSED GREEK BLUES

Sunday, June 26th 2011

11:30am - 12:15 noon
Ottawa Community Cup

www.communitycup.ca

(at Brewer Park, off Bronson, across from Carleton University)

www.ouzopower.ca

Ouzo Power is a rousing, one-of-a-kind, bouzouki-dominated, blues/rock band that reinvents and invigorates traditional Greek blues, blazing a trail through heavy metal and reggae to love songs and reinterpreted Bob Dylan. The bouzouki, the soul of Greek urban music, expressed the sorrow, pain and in-your-face rebellion of a proud displaced people forced by war to live a hard scrabble existence on the margins of society.

The music became known as Rebetika music and the convention-flouting musicians, Rebetes.

Ouzo Power Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLsG0YHKug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFPtxnn-i9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxr8354VauY

Info: George Sapounidis
Email: info@ouzopower.ca

The Community Cup is an inspiring and engaging one-day multicultural, intergenerational, and inclusive event where our community stakeholders, newcomers, and residents will meet each other and develop new friendships. Although based around a recreational co-ed soccer tournament focusing on newcomer integration and connections the event also boasts international food, music, demonstration sports, a citizenship ceremony, kids activities, a community tent, live entertainment and much more!

www.ouzopower.ca

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WITH A BULLET RELEASES JEFF HEALEY LIVE AT GROSSMAN'S

	CONVEYOR CANADA ANNOUNCES CONVEXE ENTERTAINMENT LABEL’S INAUGURAL RELEASE IS THE JEFF HEALEY BAND LIVE AT GROSSMAN’S – 1994 ~ ALBUM OUT JUNE 14, 2011 AT MUSIC RETAIL AND iTUNES ~ Conveyor Canada is excited to announce the launch of its brand new Canadian label imprint Convexe Entertainment. The Jeff Healey Band Live At Grossman’s - 1994 is Convexe Entertainment’s inaugural release, set for June 14, 2011. The CD features a blistering homegrown and previously unheard performance from The Jeff Healey Band at the peak of their career, recorded live at Toronto’s famed Grossman’s Tavern in 1994. This is the first in a series of Jeff Healey Band releases from Convexe, as a great deal of previously unreleased content has been unearthed from the band’s audio and video archives. “We are extremely proud to honor Jeff Healey’s musical legacy with this series of Jeff Healey Band archival releases. Our mission is two-fold: to pay tribute to Jeff as one of this country’s most memorable and innovative musicians, and to preserve the band’s Canadian identity. With Convexe being a wholly-Canadian owned label, we felt it would be a great home for this project,” comments Peter Piasecki, President of Conveyor Canada and Convexe Entertainment. With Gold and Platinum records, millions of albums sold worldwide, 10 charting singles, and numerous awards and accolades, including a 1990 Juno Award for Entertainer of the Year, Jeff Healey is unquestionably a true Canadian rock/blues/jazz music icon. Over his illustrious 30-year career, Healey’s signature guitar-playing style and sheer musical prowess has garnered the respect of his fellow artists, producers, media and fans, both internationally and at home. Sadly, he passed away in 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer. About Convexe Entertainment: Convexe Entertainment is a Canadian record label whose mandate is to release and support Canadian artists and their music through consulting, marketing, publicity, promotion and sales initiatives, both in Canada and internationally. The label is operated by music industry professionals with over 75 years of combined experience in the Canadian music and video business. Convexe Entertainment is a subsidiary of Conveyor Canada Inc which is partnered with Universal Music Canada for distribution across Canada. TRACK LISTING – Live At Grossman’s - 1994: I’m Going Home Killing Floor As The Years Go Passing By Ain’t That Just Like a Woman Yer Blues Who’s Been Talking Crossroads Dust My Broom All Along The Watchtower View the Live At Grossman’s - 1994 trailer here: http://tinyurl.com/3v6pls4 762 Queen Street West, Main Floor Toronto, ON M6J 1E9 Contact: Cara Heath • Email: cara@withabullet.ca • Phone: 416.646.2817 • www.withabullet.ca

www.withabullet.ca


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JOHN PIPPUS & MARIE-JOSEE HOULE @ ELMDALE TAVERN TONITE (JUNE 23)

www.johnpippus.com

www.myspace.com/mariejoseehoule


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“ROCKIN’ THE BLUES FROM CANADA” – CKCU 93.1 FM – PLAYLIST – JUNE 20

PROGRAMMED AND HOSTED BY D.D. ROCKER/MISTY BLUE 1955

HOUR 1 (2:00-3:00)

Sarah MacDougall (Headed for the Hills) – “Doubt” (3:36)

Sarah MacDougall (Headed for the Hills) – “Pain Reliever” (3:33)

Sarah MacDougall (Headed for the Hills) – “Peeling My Fingernails” (4:09)

The Sugar Dames (Sirens of the Broken Heart) – “She Wore Red” (3:42)

The Sugar Dames (Sirens of the Broken Heart) – “Enough for You” (2:53)

Daniel Lanois (Rockets) – “Power of One” (3:44)

Daniel Lanois (with Bono) (Shine) – “Falling at Your Feet” (3:41)

Daniel Lanois (Shine) – “As Tears Roll By” (3:56)

Daniel Lanois (Belladonna) – “The Deadly Nightshade” (4:03)

Daniel Lanois (Here Is What Is) – “Harry” (4:35)

Black Dub (f. Trixie Whitley) (Live at KRCW) – “Surely” (5:10)

Renee Austin (Sweet Talk) – “Mister Cowboy” (3:17)

Renee Austin (Sweet Talk) – “Pour the Sugar Slowly” (3:53)

Robert Farrell Band (Sun House Fury) – “Blind” (3:12)

Robert Farrell Band (Sun House Fury) – “Industry” (3:45)

HOUR 2 (3:00-4:00)

Tony D (Jook Joint) – “Blues Party” (3:49)

Tony D (Jook Joint) – “I Wanna Shout” (4:19)

Tony D (Jook Joint) – “My Baby’s So Far” (4:19)

Tony D (Jook Joint) – “Asstango” (3:22)

The Kat Kings (The Winning Hand) – “Tuffer Than Me” (4:11)

The Kat Kings (The Winning Hand) – “Lucky Streak” (3:15)

Blues Orbiters (Blast Off!) – “Don’t Be Afraid of the Thunder” (6:38)

Blues Orbiters (Falling Leaves) – “Falling Leaves” (3:07)

Blues Orbiters (Fallen Leaves) (f. Dan Taylor on vox and b-harp) – “Help Me” (3:52)

Rob Moitoza (Blues State) – “Count the Ways” (3:42)

Rob Moitoza (Blues State) – “Ghost of the Blues” (6:54)

Rob Moitoza (Blues State) – “Change Is Gonna Come” (6:41)

HOUR 3 (4:00-5:00)

Abnormal (Someday) – “Can You Feel It” (3:35)

Reid DeFever [indie mp3] – “Are You Free” (4:21)

The Minority (Bright Lights) – “Safe as the World” (4:33)

Houka Monks (Houka Monks) – “Happiness in Wholesale” (3:26)

Jean Cabbie & The Secret Society (After Hours) – “Live Your Life or Else” (5:52)

George Mileson (Back to the Road) – “A Place Called Home” (3:34)

George Mileson (Back to the Road) – “Pretty Baby” (4:31)

Reid [indie mp3] – “The Way It Should Be” (3:22)

Bodine (Bodine) – “Travelogue” (3:07)

Alien Surfer Babes [indie mp3] – “Alien Surfer Babes” (4:10)

Alien Surfer Babes [indie mp3] – “Freak Show Safari” (4:12)

Witches in Bikinis (Witches in Bikinis) – “Video Vixen Vampire” (3:10)

Witches in Bikinis (Witches in Bikinis) – “Cemetery Boogie” (3:36)

Sue Foley (Queen Bee – The Antones Collection) – “Lightning Boogie” (1:46)

HOUR 4 (5:00-6:00)

Colin Devlin (Live at Glenn Gould Theatre) – “What Good Is Love” (4:49)

Peter Bradley Adams (Between Us) – “Full Moon Song” (4:20)

Alan Gerber (Alan Gerber) – “Doodah” (3:11)

Johnny Shines (Blues Guitar Heaven) – “I Do Believe” (4:05)

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells (Alone) – “My Home’s in the Delta” (3:05)

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells (Alone) – “Boogie Chillen” (4:01)

North Mississippi All-Stars (Keys to the Kingdom) – “The Meeting” (4:09)

Brett Ryan (St. Cecilia Soul) – “The Sound of the Rain” (4:17)

Jimmy Johnson (Blues Guitar Heaven) – “Strange How I Miss You” (4:25)

MonkeyJunk (To Behold) – “Let Her Down” (4:57)

MonkeyJunk (To Behold) – “You Don’t Know” (3:40)

MonkeyJunk (To Behold) – “The Marrinator” (5:12)

Wicked Grin (Down to the Corner) – “Down to the Corner” (3:27)

John Pippus (Born a Genius) – “One Shot” (2:53)

HOUR 5 (6:00-7:00)

Marie-Josee Houle (Monsters) – “That Off-Key Blonde” (2:48)

The Sue Orfield Band (Nobody’s Lookin’) – “Nobody’s Lookin’” (3:55)

Peter and the Wolves [indie mp3] – “Love/Hate Thing” (4:50)

Joel Guenther [indie mp3] – “Tied to the Time” (3:53)

Joel Guenther [indie mp3] – “In and Out” (3:45)

Blues Duo (Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff) (Canned Heat) – “Canned Heat” (4:07)

Blues Duo (Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff) (Canned Heat) – “Stolen Apple Jelly” (3:04)

Blues Duo (Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff) (Canned Heat) – “Ditty Wah So” (3:03)

Blues Duo (Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff) (Canned Heat) – “Cowboy Blues” (3:35)

Jerome Godboo (Pain and the Glory) – “Goddamn Money” (3:58)

Yes (Fly from Here) – “Life on a Film Set” (5:01)

Yes (Fly from Here) – “Solitaire” (3:30)

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REMINDER…SUBMISSIONS FOR CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS

– DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH!

OTTAWA – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011 – The Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) would like to remind everyone that submissions are now open for the 2011 edition. The June 30^th deadline is fast approaching!!

Only fifteen days left for all Canadian folk, roots and world musicians to submit their recordings released between June 15, 2010, and June 14, 2011, for the SEVENTH ANNUAL CFMAs. The awards, which celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms, will be handed out at a gala evening ceremony to be held this year at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto on Sunday, December 4^th.

ARTISTS CAN APPLY DIRECTLY ONLINE or by downloading the submissions form at http://canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/eligibility/application/ and each artist can apply to multiple categories appropriate to their music.

The CFMAs have also announced that this year they will be adding the new “UNSUNG HERO / TRAVAILLEUR DE L'OMBRE” award in recognition of the exceptional contribution of an individual, group, or organization to the Canadian folk music scene. The recipient will be selected by a separate five-member jury, from the region where the 2011 awards will take place – in this case, Central Canada, which includes Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut. For further details please visit www.folkawards.ca.

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE is Thursday, June 30th, 2011.

MORE ABOUT CFMAs

The mission of the Canadian Folk Music Awards is to celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms. Until their creation in 2005, there existed no awards to celebrate the breadth and depth of folk music in Canada. Awards such as the Junos, East Coast Music Awards or the Western Canada Music Awards include a few categories that apply to folk and roots music, but without as broad a view of the genre. The judging process is similar to that of the two-stage elimination model used by the Junos via a randomly selected jury drawn from the folk music community.

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For more information, photos, interviews, please contact:

Media Contact: Beverly Kreller

SPEAK Music

bev@speak-music.com

416.922.3620

Canadian Folk Music Awards

1111 Bank Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3X4

info@folkawards.ca

1-800-385-3655

For more information please visit www.folkawards.ca or www.prixfolk.ca

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ELORA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS "ART IN THE YARD" - JULY 9 & 10

Art in the Yard
July 9 & 10 from 10am to 5pm

Over 50 visual artists from across the province, juried out door show.

Creative areas - live music - food and drink and more

Held at the Elora Centre for the Arts
75 Melville Elora ON N0B 1S0

For more info please visit us on line at

www.eloracentreforthearts.ca

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Visit THEZine on-line at www.thezine.ca

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ANIMATO! - 2011 LANGLEY UKELELE WORKSHOP - OCT. 14 & 15

See You in Langley (B.C.)!

Last Chance for Early-bird Registration: Save $$

Early-bird registration for Animato!, the 2011 Langley Ukulele Workshop closes on July 1, 2011. Register before July 1, 2011, and save $50.00! Click here for more information about the Langlely Ukulele Workshop. Click here to go directly to the registration page.

On October 14 and 15, 2011, join me, J. Chalmers Doane, Peter Luongo, Paul Luongo, Ralph Shaw, Bonnie Smith, Kendra Croft and Larry Wyatt for a ukulele learning experience unlike any other!

Best wishes,

James Hill

www.ukelelejames.com

www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/animato2011

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MONKEYJUNK TO RELEASE TO BEHOLD CD @ BARRYMORE'S - JUNE 22/11

Media information / For immediate release

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OTTAWA'S AWARD-WINNING GROUP MONKEYJUNK

HITS BARRYMORE'S TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH

OF "TO BEHOLD", ITS BRAND NEW STONY PLAIN CD

Who: Ottawa band MONKEYJUNK with special guests Kelly Prescott and Anders Drerup

What: Powerhouse blues-based music with tough rock edge and radio-friendly songs

Why: A night on the town to launch the band's new Stony Plain CD, To Behold

When: Wednesday June 22, 8 p.m. show (doors at 7 p.m.)

Where: Barrymore's, 323 Bank St. 613 565-9999

How much: Advance tickets $20.00 ($25.00 at door if available) at Compact Music or on-line at

www.worldfamousmusic.com

Ottawa's award-winning blues-based band MonkeyJunk will launch its Stony Plain debut To Behold at Barrymore's next Wednesday, June 22. The new CD, distributed in Canada through Warner Music, is already garnering early rave reviews from the blogosphere in the U.S.

Influential website Blues Report cited Hank Williams and ZZ Top, describing To Behold as "an album destined to place this trio of Canadian talent at the forefront of many more awards and accolades", while BlogCritics.Org said, "This is a band with enormous talent, dazzling versatility, and unlimited potential." About.com said that "MonkeyJunk is beginning to make a big splash in the U.S., and Europe can't be far behind." Midwest Record told its clients: "This is roots blues rock with an ear toward an industrial future, Canada-style."

The trio — which notably does not include a bass player — consists of Steve Marriner (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Tony D (guitar), and Matt Sobb (drums), who jokingly point out that between them they have 60 years of playing experience.

Launching the new CD in hometown Ottawa — a day after its official release is something the band's been looking forward to. Opening the show will be singer Kelly Prescott (who appears on MonkeyJunk's record) and guitarist Anders Drerup.

Last year the band was nominated for six Maple Blues Awards — and won five — and went on to win a Blues Foundation award in Memphis for Best New Artist Debut for their previous CD; the band also placed third — out of some 150 entries — at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

The band's exhaustive summer schedule includes performances at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival, the Ottawa Bluesfest, the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues Festival in B.C., and blues festivals at Kingston and Sarnia (Ontario), Beaumont (Alberta), Mont Tremblant, Trois Rivieres and Donnaconna (Quebec). A major western Canadian tour is set for October, and U.S. touring starts in earnest early next year.

Perhaps the final word comes from the Blues Source website: "Right off the bat their own bio describes their music as 'a generous helping of swamp rhythm and blues, soul boogie and bedroom funk', and one would be hard-pressed to top that, either for flair or accuracy. What I can add is that every single time I listen to this, I've discovered that I best not be sitting down - invariably, I hurt myself trying to dance while in a chair."

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Note:

Members of the band are available for interviews (and Steve Marriner also speaks French)

Website (includes terrific high-res pictures):

www.monkeyjunkband.com

For further information contact:

Richard Flohil / Beth Ward 416 351-1323 rflohil@sympatico.ca

"Listen to the music all the time."

Beth Ward

Richard Flohil and Associates

416-351-1323

bethward.rflohil@bell.net

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MESSAGE FROM CNIB RE CANADIAN POSTAL STRIKE

June 3, 2011


This is a message about the impact of the strike led by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Canada Post) on Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) services and donations. The strike, beginning in Winnipeg on June 3 for a period of 24 hours, will continue in other locations to be announced by the Union at a later date.

As a registered charity, CNIB has three core areas that are heavily dependent on Canada Post delivery services: the CNIB library; our webstore (Shop CNIB); and our fundraising efforts.

Without postal services, thousands of Canadians who are blind and partially sighted will be unable to receive books and magazines in alternative formats from the CNIB Library. Shop CNIB customers looking to purchase products to help enhance their independence will face delays in receiving their shipments.

The postal disruption will also affect our ability to reach out to donors and raise much needed funds. With only 30% of our funding coming from government, we rely heavily on the generosity of these donors – who won't be able to send us their gifts through the mail.

We hope the situation will be resolved quickly. In the meantime, we're reaching out to our donors and webstore customers to discuss possible alternatives that will best suit their needs.
We're also taking this opportunity to remind our friends and supporters that donations can still be made online or by phone through the CNIB Helpline at 1-800-563-2642. If you have any questions, please contact us or visit us at www.cnib.ca.

Sincerely,

John M. Rafferty
President and CEO
CNIB

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MARIE-JOSEE HOULE & JOHN PIPPUS @ ELMDALE TAVERN - THURS., JUNE 23

Welcome summer with Marie-Josée Houle and John Pippus at the Elmdale Tavern in Ottawa, ON, on Thursday, June 23, at 9 p.m.

A lot happens in a year. Ottawa-based, fire-haired accordion diva knows a thing or two about that. Since the summer of 2010, Marie-Josee Houle has taken a step back from her incessant touring schedule, and music career in general, to focus on her other love - addressing Ottawa's dire need for affordable housing. As a development consultant and project manager for Sound Advice Consulting Co-op, she has had her accordion-tinkling fingers in many other pies, including a phase II for a non-profit and a few francophone and seniors' housing co-ops in Ottawa and in Thunder Bay. She is also working on starting a family. Consequently, the past year has been dotted with the odd musical appearance in Ottawa, Edmonton and Toronto (where she opened for Seattle's amazing Jason Webley). Despite her work schedule, she even managed to break new ground in Halifax and get herself into the studio to start a new album. But, her hair is no longer fire-coloured. In fact, by her standards, it's quite tame. And she shakes her head as she looks at her last entry on her website dating back to June 2010. The new album is going slowly and it's been impossible to decide on a release date.

Yes, it's been a busy year. Despite the grueling work schedule, the passion that many show-goers have witnessed when seeing Marie-Josee Houle live on stage has not subsided. Songs about heartache, weather-induced tragedies and weddings still bubble to the surface, busy schedule or not. Once a musician, always a musician.

On Thursday, June 23, backed by Steve Tippet (My Tiny Circus) on piano, Marie-Josee Houle and Vancouver-based John Pippus (originally of Winnipeg) are getting together to celebrate the onset of summer with a show at the Elmdale House Tavern.

Marie-Josée Houle and John Pippus

Elmdale House Tavern

1084 Wellington

9pm

Cover: $10

http://www.myspace.com/mariejoseehoule

http://www.johnpippus.com

For more information:

Marie-Josée Houle - marie-josee@uglysocks.com

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