Tuesday, March 20; Pat Moore and Maple Hill, 8pm, no cover: Pat Moore is a Branch favourite, her honeyed voice and memorable tunes have become part of the landscape around here--her love of old time, traditional, country and especially, Bluegrass music have influenced many through her radio shows on CKCU and her annual 'Ottawa Opry' and 'Christmas Goose' events. Recently, Pat has teamed up with some old pals, the Bluegrass trio Maple Hill to try A new project, specifically, a bluegrass jam right here at the Branch on the 3rd Tuesday evening of every month. Last month, the kick-off show was a big success, pickers joined in and the room was full--and this Tuesday is the second in what we hope is a long-running new tradition. Again, pickers are welcome, the show starts at 8, and we look forward to seeing all of you there!
Thursday, March 22; Peripheral Vision, Toronto Jazz Quartet, 8pm, $8: You keep asking for more Jazz, and we keep bringing it! This Thursday, we are very pleased to host this instrumental Jazz quartet from Toronto: (The following info is provided by the artists...) Peripheral Vision is one of the most exciting and innovative jazz quartets to have recently appeared on the international jazz scene. The creative leaders of the group are long time musical collaborators, guitarist Don Scott and bassist Michael Herring. They have assembled a synergistic musical unit designed to push the boundaries of jazz while engaging the listener with a grooving, toe-tapping immediacy. You can hear the influences of the classic 1960's era of jazz - Wayne Shorter, Booker Little, Charles Mingus - mixed with the modern New York scene - David Binney, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Douglas, along with hints of Radiohead, reggae and electronica.
Peripheral Vision has just released their second album, Spectacle: Live!, and they maintain a busy touring schedule to support this new album, as well as their eponymous debut. Scott and Herring are joined by saxophonist Trevor Hogg and drummer Nick Fraser. While the compositions are Herring and Scott's, Peripheral Vision is defined by its group rapport. Bringing back the anything-is-possible democratic approach of both 1960's jazz and garage bands, the music takes shape as a collective process. This no-holds-barred philosophy is at the root of Peripheral Vision's explosive performances.
Top Ten Canadian Jazz Albums 2010 & 2011:
"Peripheral Vision are making exacting but emotional music that nimbly relays complexity in a
heady but appealing way, and with Spectacle: Live!, they demonstrate that they can pull off
their magic in real-time."
– Peter Hum, The Ottawa Citizen
“This outfit produces jazz for this century… all the material has something to say, propelled with
elegant momentum and hearty rations of dynamic interplay.”
- Geoff Chapman, The Wholenote
★★★★ - The Globe and Mail
Friday; March 23, Birdie Whyte and Friends, 7pm, free! While Frank Western is off slaying dragons, wrestling bears and shearing sheep, Birdie Whyte will be iin this Friday to fly solo...or will she? Nope! In fact, our favourite pale avian is bringing in a flock of friends to help her line the nest, ruffle some feathers, egg us on...pecking order to be determined later, of course, but some Mad Peasants will likely appear, and, who knows? It's Friday night, anything can happen!
Saturday; March 24, Graham & Lambert, local talent--8pm, free! Besides parenting a generation of musical kids (including Branch favourite Christo Graham...), Tom Graham and Jeanne Lambert have been performing folk, pop, jazz and well, good songs, as a duo, as a family and as part of other collectives, for long enough that, well, let's just say that they know exactly what they are doing. Tom and Jeanne are the hosts of this event, and the main attraction, of course, but we are all also very excited that it will be the premiere of a new local ladies group; Bella Borealis, a vocal collective featuring darn near every great local lady singer I could name: Jeanne Lambert, Katie Nolan, Lisa Poushinsky, Polly Beach and Amanda Giles! It is rumoured that even Birdie Whyte may be involved at some point, which, I guess, would make it the North Grenville musical equivalent of a straight royal flush or something...(although, I should point out, there are definitely lots more totally awesome local lady singers, but even they would admit that this is certainly a fine collection of some of our very best!) So THAT is certainly reason enough to come out this Saturday--and did I mention that it is free? That's right, see you there!
Sunday; March 25, Open Stage and Rubber Boots Buffet; 3-6pm and 2-8pm respectively. The patio was open this past Sunday, what a treat! Who knew?
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