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)

www.ckcufm.com


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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

Add to coming events listings/announcements

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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ATIKOKAN'S SUNDAY WILDE HITS #1 ON AIRPLAY DIRECT'S BLUES CHARTS!

You can also vote for her composition/recording, "That Man Drives Me Mad", in the "best song" section of the Blues category in the Vox Pop Awards portion of the Independent Music Awards:

http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/artist/sunday-wilde
http://www.reverbnation.com/sundaywilde


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KENNY "BLUES BOSS" WAYNE @ LE PETIT CHICAGO - WED., JUNE 1

The Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne’ Show at Viree Blues Boreale at Le Petit Chicago, on June 1st, is the world launching of his all new album, An Old Rock on a Roll. It’s the date that this new opus will become available worldwide.

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Gatineau, May 26th, 2011

World premier CD launch celebrated with a highly colored show
to wrap up the 13th edition of Viree Blues Boreale

For a few years now, Viree Blues Boreale’s producers have wanted to treat you and themselves to this Star of the Blues. He is now starting a world tour to promote his new CD, An Old Rock on a Roll, an album produced by none other than the famous Duke Robillard, co-founder of the Roomful of Blues Band and a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. The “Blues Boss” will stop over in the region for one night only, on June 1st, at Viree Blues Boreale. So, you will be the very first in the world to whom the "Blues Boss" in person will present his new opus. After his recent week-long performance at the famous Jazz Club of the hotel Meridien Etoile in Paris, France, this pianist emeritus, multiple nominee and recipient of Juno and Maple Blues Awards, always resplendent in a brightly colored, French custom-tailored stage suit, will demonstrate again to a likely full room why he’s "one of the true 'missing links' between the past (Memphis Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, Fats Domino...) and modern-day blues piano players ... !

Kenneth Wayne Spruell, aka Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1944, and spent his early years in New Orleans with his Louisiana-born parents. He was eight, and already a child prodigy on piano, when he moved with his family to San Francisco and then to Los Angeles. Since the '80s, he’s been based in Vancouver, B.C. Encouraged by his preacher father, the Reverend Matthew Spruell, to play gospel music, he was also secretly introduced to the radically more exciting boogie-woogie by an uncle.

By his early teen years, in the late '50s, Kenny Wayne was playing dozens of gigs, notably at the legendary Alpha Bowling Club with the great Jimmy Reed, among others. In those years, in the crowded, smoky, alcohol-fueled clubs, as it also was in Hull’s “Little Chicago”, vicious brawls could erupt with blood-spraying fights with broken bottles. Those tough situations pretty well ended his blues career for some 20 years. It didn’t stop his music, however. By the end of the '60s, he was onstage with the cream of the Los Angeles soul and R&B scene, playing with Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Preston and members of Sly & The Family Stone and the Doobie Brothers.

After seeing the world from Texas to Hawaii and from Peoria to Paris, it’s on various stages of British Columbia and the Prairies that he rediscovered his own blues roots and officially turned into Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne, from the title of Amos Milburn’s Motown comeback album.

His fresh approach to classic Blues styles shines in his original self-penned compositions inspired by legendary musicians such as Amos Milburn and Bill Doggett. Those names were indeed too fast forgotten and need to be rediscovered by present-day blues fans. His compositions earned him recognition in Canada. In the 90s, he toured in Europe. Then as now, the love of the fans for virtuoso piano playing sends the Gentleman of the Boogie Woogie’s career into overdrive, to international stardom.

The charismatic artist with the inexhaustible energy has recorded some ten albums where he pounds the 88 notes of his piano with a seldom seen conviction. We find ourselves transported back to the barrel houses and boogie-woogie joints of the 20s in America but with a touch of New Orleans and Kansas City. As he says: “Just give me a piano and an audience, and everybody’s gonna have some serious fun!”

You are thus invited by Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne himself; he’ll be here with his piano to meet you and launch his new CD, on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011, at 8h00 p.m, at Viree Blues Boreale, as usual in Le Petit Chicago, 50 Promenade du Portage, in the Old Hull sector.

For inquiries or interviews, please contact Alexandre Petit at: vireeblues@gmail.com. You can find further information on our guest at:

www.kennybluesboss.com or at: www.myspace.com/kennybluesbosswayne

Furthermore, you should visit our own site, which provides you with links to all of our guests sites and lots of other highly interesting information, at:

www.vireeblues.ca
www.myspace.com/vireeblues
www.facebook.com/vireebluesboreale

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2011 OTTAWA FRINGE FEST

Have you bought your ticket to the First Annual Fringe Gala yet? Well, don't delay! For every gala ticket purchased before Friday, June 3rd, you get entered in a draw to win a VIP PASS TO THE 2011 OTTAWA FRINGE FESTIVAL!

So, what are you waiting for? Click on the link below and support your favourite festival in the nation's capital!

MediaStyle & ZenKitchen are proud to present:

First Annual Fringe Gala: Playing with Fire

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 - 7:00 pm

Zen Kitchen
634 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, ON

$75.00

$50.00 for students/unwaged (there are a limited number available)

*includes one drink on arrival + one toast during the evening*

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This year is The Ottawa Fringe Theatre & Arts Festival’s 15th Anniversary, and to spice it up MediaStyle is hosting an evening like you've never seen before.

Taking place at the innovative and delicious ZenKitchen, the gala will feature live performances, a prestigious live auction, photo booth, the launch of the Fringe Souvenir Book and much more!

Join us for a hot night of exciting entertainment & extraordinary encounters while sipping the special sizzling fire spritzer and supporting the love of Ottawa arts and culture.

If you wish to pay for your ticket in cash, please visit the Fringe Office at 2 Daly Ave, Suite 100, Mon-Fri, 9-5.

Should you have any questions, please contact the Fringe Office at 613-232-6162.

For tickets, visit www.fringegala.com.


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JIM TUBMAN CHEVROLET IN SUPPORT OF "BICYCLES FOR HUMANITY"

Jim Tubman Chevrolet

BICYCLES FOR HUMANITY

A bike can change a life ...

Give your old bike a new life in the hands of a healthcare worker. Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) are looking for adult-sized bikes in working condition that will be shipped to Malawi, Africa, for use in rural communities.

Drop off your bicycle donation at Jim Tubman Chevrolet- 1770 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON - from May 30 - June 4.

For more info, call 613-733-4050.

www.tubmanchev.com


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“ROCKIN’ THE BLUES FROM CANADA” – PLAYLIST – MAY 23/11

HOUR 1 (2:00-3:00)

JW-Jones (with Hubert Sumlin) (Midnight Memphis Sun) – “Born Operator” (4:15)

James Rogers (Red Light Party) – “All Meant to Be” (4:01)

Mike Hall (Have Guitarz…Will Travel) – “Trailer Park Blues” (4:05)

The Blazers (Red Hot Rhythm & Blues) – “The King’s Highway” (3:44)

Buzz Thompson and the Honeybees (It’s Yesterday Once More)

– “Waitin’s Killin Time” (3:35)

Andre Bisson (Rhythm and Blues Experience) – “Free Ride Blues” (3:04)

Coldsweat (Coldsweat EP) – “Me and My Guitar” (2:33)

Coldsweat (Corporate Slave) – “Junkyard Dog” (3:13)

Chris Antonik (Chris Antonik) – “She’s a Burglar” (3:39)

David Rotundo Band (No Looking Back) – “Shake It Down” (3:05)

Southside Steve Marriner (Going Up) – “Plaything” (4:02)

MonkeyJunk (Tiger in Your Tank) – “Leave the Rest to You” (4:15)

Brian Brazil [indie mp3] – “Treat Her Right” (2:30)

David Brewer & The Intimidators (Absolutely…) – “I Told You So” (5:33)

David Brewer (Bad Habits) – “Bad Habits” (4:06)

HOUR 2 (3:00-4:00)

Joe Bonamassa (Sloe Gin) – “Black Night” (4:22)

Isaac Scott (Posthumous Blues Live) – “Rocking Chair Blues” (10:04)

Rita Chiarelli (Music from the Big House Soundtrack) – “These Four Walls” (4:30)

Peter Karp (Shadows and Cracks) – “I Understand” (3:53)

Scott Bradbury (a.k.a. Badboy Scotty) (Callin’ All Blues) – “Clybourn Avenue” (3:18)

Dylan Wickens Project (Highwayaudiofire) – “Backwoods Mojo” (2:51)

Dylan Wickens & The Grand Naturals (Tattoo Black) – “The Same Thing” (5:26)

Julian Fauth (Songs of Vice and Sorrow) – “Caving In” (3:44)

Tom Boyle (with Led Jaxson) (T-Boy’s Blues – 1987-2002) – “Love in the Morning” (3:36)

Terry Blersh (Terry Blersh) – “Tryin’” (4:36)

Jimi Bott (with Junior Watson) (Live Volume 1 – Cheap Thrills) – “Sing Sing Sing (with a Swing)” (3:58)

The Mahones (The Black Irish) – “Give It All You Got (or Forget About It)” (3:59)

Boom Creek (Boom Creek) – “Only Flower in Hell” (2:15)

HOUR 3 (4:00-5:00)

La Loge [indie mp3] – “Beard of Bees” (4:19)

John Mellencamp (No Better Than This) – “Thinking About You” (3:28)

Ryan Laird (I’m Your Man) – “I’m Your Man” (3:05)

Reid [indie mp3] – “John Lennon’s Ghost” (3:48)

Anthony Salvatore (The Peace Within) – “Music, Love and God” (4:34)

Robert Plant (Band of Joy) – “Silver Rider” (6:06)

James McCartney (Available Light) – “My Friend” (3:31)

Uriah Heep (Into the Wild) – “Trail of Diamonds” (6:38)

Uriah Heep (Into the Wild) – “Into the Wild” (4:31)

Uriah Heep (Into the Wild) – “Lost” (5:03)

Claudio Minotti (Liturgy of War) – “Liturgy of War” (5:22)

HOUR 4 (5:00-6:00)

Victor Nesrallah (Hallways) – “Working for Play” (3:42)

Miles Johnson (with Raoul Bhaneja) (The Legendary Miles Johnson)

– “Blood on My Hands” (2:31)

Raoul & The Big Time (Big Time Blues) – “Bad Things” (5:51)

Boobie Browne & The Onions (Birth of the Chickenpick) – “Precious” (2:54)

Paul Fenton (Judgement Day) – “Red Tele Raga” (3:00)

Paul Fenton (Judgement Day) – “Memphis Queen” (1:43)

Paul Fenton (Judgement Day) – “Desert Island Girl” (4:14)

John-Alex Mason (Juke Joint Thunderclap) – “Delta Bound (Prologue)” (3:02)

Harry Manx and Kevin Breit (Absolutely Whatever) – “Dance with Delilah” (3:56)

Harry Manx and Kevin Breit (Absolutely Whatever) – “Hippy Trippy” (3:56)

Harry Manx and Kevin Breit (Absolutely Whatever) – “Little Ukelele” (2:30)

MonkeyJunk (To Behold) – “Mother’s Crying” (4:37)

Erin Gannon Simms [indie mp3] – “Live and Let Loose” (3:34)

HOUR 5 (6:00-7:00)

DAN GIGNAC – INTERVIEW/LIVE PERFORMANCE

Bignac (Rain Down on Me) – “Living on the Edge” (4:49)

Bignac (Rain Down on Me) – “Whispers in the Dark” (3:17)

Bignac (Rain Down on Me) – “Love You, Fight You” (4:20)

Bignac [Live performance] – “Rain Down on Me”

Bignac [Live performance] – “Hollywood”

Bignac [Live performance] – “Undone”

Bignac [Live performance] – “What Would You Do”

Bignac (Rain Down on Me) – “Gets Me High” (3:28)

Normann (Life in Love) – “Gets Me High” (3:34)

Teddy Presberg (Outcries from a Sea of Red) – “Naturally” (1:28)

Teddy Presberg (Outcries from a Sea of Red) – “Beyond Busted” [partial airing]

Michael Jerome Browne (Drive On) – “No No Blues” (2:34)

Ken Baird (w/Susan Fraser & Jacob Moon) (Martin Road) – “Victoria Day” (4:31)

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"ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA" VICTORIA DAY SHOW - CKCU 93.1 FM

Stay awake with me (I dare ya!) for this five-hour Sunday overnight (a.k.a. Monday, 2-7 AM Eastern Standard Time) Victoria Day Music Marathon on CKCU 93.1 FM!

Highlights include an in-studio interview with, and live performance by, Ottawa's Dan Gignac (of Normann) at approx. 6 AM. Gignac, under the name of Bignac, will soon be releasing his solo debut CD, entitled RAIN DOWN ON ME. I'll also be playing tracks from Uriah Heep, Teddy Presberg, Erin Gannon-Simms, Victor Nesrallah, David Brewer, MonkeyJunk, Dylan Wickens & The Grand Naturals, John-Alex Mason, Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, Paul Fenton, Ryan Laird, Too Slim and the Taildraggers, and much more.


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HOUKA MONKS - HALLELUJAH VIDEO & TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

Hallelujah Video & Tour Dates Announced Looking for full-on, heart-stopping, soul pounding funk…..? Obviously! Listen here houkamonks.com Hailing from the burbs of Rainham, Houka Monks are a law unto themselves. Their passion and enthusiasm explode through your speakers with no remorse. They have taken the best elements of their biggest influences, took them on a funk odyssey and alchemised them to create something completely wild and unique. Houka Monks have become a huge hit in Chelmsford, and it’s only a matter of time until their Steel Town Funk spreads across the whole of the United Kingdom and takes over the world (just ask Japan). The cynical lyrics of a misfit, interlaced between jangly guitars, retro beats and thumping bass lines are going to reverberate around your mind and have you singing along. But don’t take my word for it the band are currently on tour, so why not see what all the fuss is about by seeing them live for yourself at the Venues below. Tour Dates Announced On May 17th the Houka Monks will be taking the stage at the prestigious Dublin Castle, Camden. This will be the first of many shows following the duo inking a deal with London's best live music promoter, BugBear. June 10th - The Bitter End - Romford July 8th - The Constitution - Camden July 21st - The Hope & Anchor - Camden Checkout the latest Video - "Hallelujah" Watch the Houka Monks latest music video for "Hallelujah" here.

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CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC AWARDS NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2011!

OTTAWA – WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011 – The Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) announced today that submissions are now open for the 2011 edition of this prestigious event which will be held at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto on Sunday, December 4^th. For more information please visit www.folkawards.ca or www.prixfolk.ca .

The SEVENTH ANNUAL CFMAs invites all Canadian folk, roots and world musicians to submit now for the 2011 awards. Featuring this year’s theme “Celebrating Festivals,” CFMAs activities will include various workshops at Victoria College with the support and assistance of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF); a special nominee showcase taking place at Hugh’s Room on Saturday, December 3rd; and the evening gala, which will be held at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, University of Toronto on Sunday, December 4th – celebrating excellence in the Canadian folk music scene today. Canadian artists who have released recordings between June 15, 2010 and June 14, 2011 are eligible to submit their work. For complete details on eligibility, applications and criteria, please visit http://canadianfolkmusicawards.ca/eligibility/

ARTISTS WISHING TO SUBMIT 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. There are nineteen categories altogether, which includes conventional titles such as Traditional Album of the Year and Solo Artist of the Year, as well as two categories for world music, French, English and Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year awards, a Children’s Album of the Year Award and for the more adventurous musicians out there…the Pushing the Boundaries Award.

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.

EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION RATE until Sunday, May 22, 2011.

Sound integrity is important for the selection process and since current online listening is sonically inferior in many cases, the CFMA jurors prefer to listen to the CD tracks straight from the CD. This way they will get the full impact of the immense effort applied to the music as well as the artwork and packaging as a whole.

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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BLUES WITH A FEELING 2011 - TRIBUTE TO KING BISCUIT BOY - JUNE 4-5/11

Wednesday April 26 – For Immediate Release

Saturday June 4 and Sunday June 5 the Friends of Richard Newell, The Hamilton Spectator, Oldies 1150 and View Magazine present the 9^th annual “Blues With a Feeling” Concert and Blues Cruise. The shows pay tribute to the late Richard Newell a.k.a. King Biscuit Boy and proceeds fund the Richard Newell Scholarship in the music department of Mohawk College.

The Saturday night concert at the Leander Boat Club in Hamilton is like a one day Blues Festival with four headlining acts. Jack DeKeyzer has long been associated with Richard Newell and was prominently featured on a number of King Biscuit Boy recordings. His latest CD recorded at the Corktown Tavern in Hamilton garnered Jack his second Juno for Blues Album of the Year. He is also the winner of multiple Maple Blues Awards. This is his much anticipated first appearance at Blues With a Feeling. Fathead headlined the show in 2006 and are back by popular demand. They are also two time Juno winners and hold a trunkload of Maple Blues Awards individually and as a group. The Cameo Blues Band are legends on the southern Ontario rockin’ blues scene. Formed in the 1970’s by Crowbar keyboard player Ray “Rabbit” Harrison and Downchild Blues Band vocalist “Hock” Walsh they are named for their long stint as the house band in the Cameo Lounge of the Hotel Isabella in Toronto. For over thirty years they have been bringing down the house with their own brand of boogie. Finally Danny Lockwood’s Favourite Grooves are also back after their sensational debut at Blues With a Feeling 2009. They’re an indescribable gumbo of jazz, blues, latin music, reggae and a large dose of Hamilton soul. Led by drummer Danny Lockwood they are an aggregation that includes some of the most respected players on the scene today. As always Eddie Cookie (Ronnie Copple), an original member of Richard Newell’s Chessmen band of the 1960’s will be there to musically greet everyone. The concert begins at 8 PM and doors open at 7:30. Admission is $25.

The party continues on Sunday with Trickbag’s Blues Cruise of the Hammer – a three hour boat ride/ blues concert on Hamilton Bay. The popular Hamilton band, which backed King Biscuit Boy for a number of years, will be joined by a few special guests including another King Biscuit veteran Sonny Del Rio on sax and one of Canada’s most respected keyboard players Denis Keldie. The $35 admission price for this licensed event also includes food. The party casts off at 6 PM

Tickets for the Leander concert go on sale April 29 at Chedoke Flowers, The Hamilton Spectator, Dr. Disc, Picks and Sticks, Stardust Records, and Looney Tunes (in Burlington). Blues Cruise tickets are only available at Chedoke Flowers. For more information, contact Rob Platsko at mistercue2002@hotmail.com.

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