I was late getting this show posted. The show was last night at The House (240 Lougheed Rd, Kelowna), but I thought I would post the links anyway, to help support these local Kelowna artists. Check them out next time they are playing around Kelowna.

From Kelowna
Windborn
Defending Buckets
Janelle Burston

From Vancouver
Mojave

The Kelowna Folk Club presents Don Ross in concert this Friday, May 1 at the Okanagan Mission Community Hall, 4409 Lakeshore Road, Kelowna. Doors open at 7:00PM concert starts at 8.

Tickets are $20 and available from Bering Music, 1294 Ellis Street; Tickle Trunk, 106-1835 Dilworth Drive; Beadiful Arts, 510 West Avenue; and Rosie’s Grape Stop, 325A Gray Road.

Don Ross is one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world. He has twice won the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. That competition cannot be won only with immaculate technique; the player’s music must also display a high degree of emotion and intensity.

Don Ross does all that in a musical style that borrows from jazz, folk, rock and classical music creating what he describes as “heavy wood”.

“”Let your back bone slide…..””

Start Time: Today, April 30 at 8:00pm

Where: Doc Willoughby’s Downtown Pub

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tickets are available at Leo’s Videos on Pandosy or at Habitat

Joel Plaskett with Ana Egge, Rose Cousins and Joel’s father Bill.

EYE WEEKLY TORONTO REVIEW!
BY ADAM RADWANSKI April 01, 2009 21:04
EDITORIAL RATING: ***** – Five Stars

If you’ve seen Joel Plaskett live, you know he’s one of the very few musicians who could get away with releasing a triple album. The furthest thing from an ego trip, listening to Three is like inviting the unfailingly earnest Plaskett, along with his guitarist father and a pair of female backup singers, into your living room to provide an evening’s entertainment. What you get in return is an unapologetically but never self-consciously Canadian reflection on life as a travelling musician, gliding seamlessly from rambling road tunes on the first disc, to achingly homesick ballads on the second, to a perfect marriage of both sensibilities as he returns to Nova Scotia on the third.

3:30pm Saturday, April 25th
Paramount Theatre

The name of the film is “Lovers in a Dangerous Time”. It was shot on location in Creston, B.C. The film was co-written/directed/produced by Creston native Mark Hug and May Charters of Toronto. Trailer

The film has been gaining ground on the festival circuit. It had it’s US Premiere alongside top indies at The Method Film Festival in LA were it won the Maverick Award for Best Feature with a budget under a million dollars.

The title might sound familiar to you as it is also the title of the classic Bruce Cockburn song of the 80’s (and Barenaked Ladies in the early 90’s). Now the 21st century version is featured in this film and is covered by JBM (aka Jesse Marchant). Montreal based JBM actually scored the film and the soundtrack has 8 new tracks of his. The film’s soundtrack also feature’s songs by Beat Happening, Natalie Germann (BC singer/songwriter), and a classic duet from Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

3:30pm Saturday, April 25th
Paramount Theatre

The name of the film is “Lovers in a Dangerous Time”. It was shot on location in Creston, B.C. The film was co-written/directed/produced by Creston native Mark Hug and May Charters of Toronto. Trailer

The film has been gaining ground on the festival circuit. It had it’s US Premiere alongside top indies at The Method Film Festival in LA were it won the Maverick Award for Best Feature with a budget under a million dollars.

The title might sound familiar to you as it is also the title of the classic Bruce Cockburn song of the 80’s (and Barenaked Ladies in the early 90’s). Now the 21st century version is featured in this film and is covered by JBM (aka Jesse Marchant). Montreal based JBM actually scored the film and the soundtrack has 8 new tracks of his. The film’s soundtrack also feature’s songs by Beat Happening, Natalie Germann (BC singer/songwriter), and a classic duet from Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

What happens when your favourite bar / restaurant in town starts to offer up great live music every week? You go check it out, that’s what you do.

Sturgeon Hall is proud to introduce….
Live Music starting April 23rd with Paul Filek playing at 9:00pm

Brandon wolfe Scott is playing on Monday april 27 at 9:00pm

$5 cover at the door

Live music every Monday starting April 27th. Rejoice. Come out and support live music at the Hall!! 1481 Water St. , Kelowna, BC

The diversity that is Paul Filek extends itself far beyond his Canadian Idol debut. Never to miss an opportunity to play his music live, this hardworking and passionate 26 year-old musician has proven himself as more than just another pretty face with fantastic hair products.

Kelowna’s Brandon Wolfe Scott is a source of beauty. Just so we understand, thats beauty in the form of music. The music is the focus here, as it should be. Scotts incredible, sparse but lavish folk compositions create a landscape in the mind, one whose structures are emotional and alive.

This was my first Leonard Cohen concert and I’ve been listening to his music for almost 20 years. For the 9,000 people that sold out GM Place last night in Vancouver it was a concert to remember. At 3 1/2 hours long with only a 25 minute intermission, it was one of the longest shows I’ve been to. The 74 year-old legend RAN out on stage at 8pm and began “Dance Me to the End of Love” on his knees, serenading his brilliant guitar player. He danced, He swooned, he smiled (alot), and he was in great voice throughout the whole evening. I’ve never been to a show before where the audience were hanging on to every syllable. He made the GM Place hockey stadium (fresh from the Canucks victory 2 nights before) feel like a 500 seat theatre.

The brilliant backing band deserve to be mentioned here.

Roscoe Beck – Musical Director, Bass, background Vocals
Neil Larsen – Keyboard, accordion, brass instruments
Bob Metzger – Guitar, steel guitar & vocal
Javier Mas – Bandurria, laud, archilaud and 12 string guitar
Rafael Gayol – Drums & percussion
Dino Soldo – Keyboard, saxophone, wind instruments & vocal
Sharon Robinson – Vocals
The Webb Sisters – Vocals

Vancouver Sun
Leonard Cohen concert nothing short of a religious experience

Leonard Cohen mesmerizing
Globe and Mail (Toronto) – April 20, 2009 by Fiona Morrow

The setlist (not 100% for sure, but based on other shows…)
1. Dance Me To The End Of Love
2. The Future
3. Ain’t No Cure For Love
4. Bird On The Wire
5. Everybody Knows
6. In My Secret Life
7. Who By Fire
8. Chelsea Hotel No. 2
9. Waiting For The Miracle
10. Anthem

Set II
1. Tower Of Song
2. Suzanne
3. The Gypsy’s Wife
4. The Partisan
5. Boogie Street
6. Hallelujah
7. I’m Your Man
8. A Thousand Kisses Deep
9. Take This Waltz

First Encore
1. So Long, Marianne
2. First We Take Manhattan

Second Encore
1. Famous Blue Raincoat
2. If It Be Your Will
3. Democracy

Third Encore
1. I Tried To Leave You
2. Whither Thou Goest

(The first set started at 8:00 p.m; the second set started at 9:47 p.m.; the encores started at 10:42 p.m.)
Show was over at 11:20pm
(Leonard Cohen played guitar on “Who By Fire,” “Suzanne,” “The Gypsy’s Wife,” “The Partisan” and “I Tried To Leave You.”)
(Leonard Cohen played keyboard on “Tower Of Song.”)