Wednesday, January 25; The Exes, 8pm, $5. Wednesday is our second installment of our Beau's beer sponsored 'college night' featuring Hot Country covers with The Exes, with our very own Kim James. It's gonna be a good ol' time in the little ol' town Tonight...so be sure and bring yer dancin' boots! This Wednesday, enjoy a free nachos with every pitcher of Beau's Lug Tread Beer. Door prizes, in the form of some sweet Beau's schwag will be available, and a student i.d. gets you in free: otherwise it's just five bucks!
Thursday, January 26; Songwriters Circle with Meredith Luce, Pat Moore, Ray Harris, hosted by Bruce Enloe, 7pm, free! I'd like to mention this Thursday night's Songwriter Circle again...Meredith Luce, Pat Moore and Ray Harris are each a good enough reason to come to the branch on their own, but the three of them together (and don't let me being the host scare you off) is more like, "Holy Cow! Where do I sign up?" kind of good...It's this Thursday, and believe it or not, it's free!!!
Meredith Luce was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her musical education began when she was five, as a piano student. From ages seven to ten, Meredith was involved in a children's musical theatre company, where she gained her first stage experience.
A passion for singing led her to classical voice work, which saw her complete her Grade One Royal Conservatory of Music training. Not one to settle, Meredith then moved on to dabble in cello, clarinet, recorder, drums, bass, mandolin, baritone ukulele, and guitar — her main instrument.
Pat Moore’s voice has a warm and expressive quality, as perfectly suited to a rich ballad, as it is to an up-tempo power song. She moves easily from the storytelling of the singer/songwriter genre, to the lonesome sound of traditional country and bluegrass. Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, she grew up in a house filled with music, from show tunes to Peter, Paul, & Mary, and Gordon Lightfoot; and later jazz masters like Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles to bluegrass legends like Bill Monroe, and Flatt and Scruggs. As a young girl she would sing harmonies with her sisters while doing the supper dishes – songs from the Momas and Papas, and Simon and Garfunkel.
In the 1980’s Pat played dog-house bass and sang lead and harmony in Maple Hill, an award winning bluegrass band. Later, Pat ventured out on her own, writing, and releasing her debut solo CD, The Time’s Never Been Better. In 2003 Pat recorded her second CD, Take it to Heart, and formed her band The Vinyl Frontier. Her recordings have received praise from far and wide - Holland, Italy, Australia, the U.S. and across Canada, for her captivating storytelling, her warm strong voice, and the musicianship of the people she surounds herself with. The live show is always fun!
Pat continues to write, and performs solo, and in various combinations with members of the Vinyl Frontier – Pat McLaughlin, Ann Downey, Al Bragg, and Alistair Dennett. She has also returned to bluegrass, with the resurrected Maple Hill Bluegrass.
Ray Harris is an Ottawa based alt-country/ folk/rockabilly/Americana/whatever songwriter & musician, and the host of the Elmdale Tavern’s monthly Wednesday night songwriter’s circle.
Bruce Enloe, before he was a chef, killed some time in Austin, Texas writing and singing punk-influenced country and Beatles inspired pop songs; he took a ten year break from music to do this other thing, but 5 or 6 years ago, he got the bug back and has been writing songs that are equal parts ‘dad rock’ , James Taylor, Robert Earl Keen and indie-folk. He is currently recording a sprawling ‘Chinese Democracy’ style 2-3 year solo album project (in stores by June…2015! Probably!), performing with his pals The Burning Sensations and occasionally working and recording with Kemptville’s enigmatic Belarus Racing Team Collective.
Friday, January 27th; The Frank and Birdie Show, 7pm, free! Frank Western is no ordinary Western, he's more, well, Frank. And Birdie Whyte is no ordinary Birdie, she's more...Well, she's not a bird, for one thing, though she kind of sings like one...and although she is Whyte, I wouldn't necessarily say that that is a defining characteristic...Frank and Birdie sing songs about love life and a life of love over the dulcet tones of an almost 'John Carroll-esque' slide guitar and banjo. And fun? Yep, they got that!
Saturday, January 29th; Amanda Rheaume, 9pm, $8. This is Amanda’s first branch show, but judging by the early buzz around this one, it won’t be the last—Amanda is a beautiful Ottawa based singer-songwriter and will be bringing a band along to help her out—the following was cribbed from her website: “…Rheaume is a powerful vocalist with just a touch of grit and an instantly-accessible roots-pop-Americana sound -- has been a pillar of her local Ottawa music scene for about a decade now. A $40,000 winner in Live 88.5’s 2008 Big Money Shot competition, Rheaume is not only a regular at local festivals and joints like the Rainbow Bistro, she has also distinguished herself as one of the city’s, if not the country’s, most selflessly giving musicians. She organizes Ottawa’s Bluebird North songwriter showcases, she participated in the Babes for Breasts tour to raise money for breast cancer, she recorded a charity Christmas EP for Boys and Girls club of Ottawa – selling 6500 copies just in Ottawa, she donated a dollar from each album sold during her last tour to a fund for the families of military personnel, and she’s even performed for the troops in Afghanistan…twice.”
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