SHOWS

An authenticity runs through Lynn Jackson’s music that reflects a deep commitment to telling stories that ring true with listeners. Combine this with her gentle voice, rich instrumentation (violin, trumpet, flugelhorn, cello, piano and guitars) and sweet melodies and you get a sound that is more than just a little folk-pop.

Jackson is currently finishing her fifth studio album, Coming Down slated for release in May 2010, and will follow up with a tour across Canada this summer.

Her previous album Soft Stars (2008) was produced with help from Bob Egan (Blue Rodeo) and features Guelph’s Lewis Melville on banjo and Feist’s Bryden Baird on horns.

The album signaled a departure from Jackson’s usual rootsy fare, to reveal a more experimental edge, with piano taking the place of the guitar throughout and with horns, cello and even beatboxing adding intriguing accents.

Jackson’s influences include artists who write their own songs about interesting characters – song-writers like Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Ani DiFranco and Leonard Cohen. She listens for honesty, “which you can recognize when you hear it because you know what the artist is talking about,” Jackson states. “I like to write about the human condition, the things that people don’t talk about and just suffer through,” she says.

Echo magazine says that “Lynn Jackson is carrying on a glorious tradition. Like Cash, Dylan, Cohen, and so many other songwriting pillars before her, Jackson is writing for the people. Now three records into her career...she has strayed slightly from the intensely personal subjects that characterized her early work and has blossomed into a true storyteller, spinning yarns about the minutiae that defines the lives of us all."

VISIT:

http://www.lynnjackson.net/

http://www.myspace.com/lynnjackson

SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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MONDAY OCTOBER 11TH
BROCK ZEMAN
AND
DAN FRECHETTE!!
Its time to jumpstart your heart!
Over the past five years Brock Zeman has elbowed his way into the independent music world. The 27 year old singer-songwriter of Carleton Place Ontario has already released 6 albums and toured Canada and the US extensively averaging 250 to 300 dates a year. His signature roots style, has been praised by critics for the maturity of his vocals, the depth of his storytelling and his impressive live performances. He was first discovered by Canadian Country Hall of Famer Keith Glass (Prairie Oyster) who went on to produce his first 4 releases. By the time of his 5th released Brock was picked up by Busted Flat records out of Kitchener Ontario, and in the past five years Brock has become known as one of the most prolific, hard working artists to fly under the radar.

BZ here with Keith Glass of Prarie Oyster
“Brock Zeman should have been born in Austin Texas.” -Rootshighway e-zine
“Brock is a gifted artist who possesses a rare talent for lyrics, and a compelling voice to deliver them…..an emerging Canadian powerhouse!” -Keith Glass of Prairie Oyster
“Brock Zeman is a master songwriter, who writes with a maturity far beyond his chronological age. He digs in dark places and comes back with diamonds. He belongs on stage with the big boys.” -Lynn Miles (Juno Award winner)
In the past Brock has played:
Pappy's Cafe
(so many times that he just collects his mail here)
oh ya, and these other places.......

Cisco System's Blues Festival
Juno Fest
Stewart Park Folk Festival
Mariposa Folk Festival
Live From The Rock Folk Festival
Summerfolk Festival
Barrie Folk Festival
Riverside Jamboree
Winterfolk Festival
Trout Forest Folk Festival
Blueskies Folk Festival
Fred Eaglesmith's Northern Picnic
The Northern Lights Folk Club in Edmonton

Brock has also shared the stage with:
Steve Earle, Toby Keith, Kelly Joe Phelps, Prairie Oyster, Lynn Miles, Fred Eaglesmith, Corb Lund, Great Big Sea, Jenny Whiteley, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, The Cruzeros, Aaron Lines, Amos Garrett, Willie P. Bennent, Mike Plume and Chris Knight to name a few.
VISIT:
www.myspace.com/brock_zeman AND www.brockzeman.com
MR. DAN FRECHETTE
BACK AT PAPPY'S CAFE OPENING FOR BROCK ZEMAN
SHOWTIME STARTS @ 7:15PM FOR 2 AND A HALF
HOURS OF GREAT MUSIC
Dan Frechette has been a successful songwriter for over 20 years. His first forays into the music business as a teenager had him on CBC 24 Hours as a fifteen year old "wonder" who'd already composed many songs and a year later was again the talk of the scene when he was signed by EMI Publishing in Toronto as a staff writer/co-publisher.
Dan Frechette is a modern traditionalist troubadour in the roots music vein. Raised on Rock n'Roll records and radio, Frechette has crafted an original catalog of over 1300 songs with styles ranging from old tyme music to rockabilly. His political folk songs "Who Will Take My Place" and "Mists of Down Below" have been sung the world over by The Duhks.
His thought provoking lyrics and emotion provoking riffs and melodies don't stop there. Frechette is also known to many as a soulful, dynamic and engaging performer who showcases his songs on a wide variety of instrumentation. With his forays in to other styles and sounds Frechette has developed his own style and mastery on all styles of guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and ukulele. His harmonica playing, while simple and melodic, has become a staple of the Dan Frechette sound.

visit:
www.danfrechette.com or www.myspace.com/officialdanfrechette
SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 15TH
THE WILD TURKEYS
From the icy shores of Northern Ontario, comes this new sizzling hot band of pickin’ and grinnin’ cowboys. The Wild Turkeys fun stage presence and energetic sound has been recently coined as "Swamp-Stomp Country".
Armed with fiddles, mandolin, guitar, bass, harmonica, a tin can percussive suitcase contraption, and melodic four part harmonies, the Turkeys win over the hearts and ears of audiences everywhere.
Over the past two years, The Wild Turkeys have shared the stage with artists such as the Fred Eaglesmith, Prairie Oyster, Harry Manx, the Good Brothers and Elliot Brood. This band blends masterful classical techniques with a youthful and theatrical approach to old time country.
In April 2007, they released their first independently funded, original album entitled "Unplucked", which gained nominations from the Northern Ontario Music and Film in Motion Awards (MFM) for “Best Album” and “Best Songwriter”. April 2008, saw the successful release of their second, full length album, “Suspendered”. Watch out for these Turkeys as they are quickly gaining national and international success.
"...The Wild Turkeys have proved themselves worthy of a place next to my Johnny Cash and Hank Williams recordings, while not taking anything too seriously..." SooToday.com
“With sweet four part harmonies, strong lyrics that’ll make you laugh and cry, wicked playing and enough energy to power a small city...” Fresh Magazine
“Voted the best looking and sounding new generation roots band at the 2008 Blissfest Festival...Totally entertaining, these lads are on their way...catch them while you still can.” Blissfest Beat 2008-2009.
visit:
www.thewildturkeyoutfit.com
SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20TH
OUTLAW COWBOY
TIM HUS
TIM HUS is seen here in this photo sharing an herbal tea with legendary country star IAN TYSON.

Tim Hus has a voice sweeter than a Husqvarna chainsaw, a wit that is sharper than rusty barbed wire, and a list of songs longer than a Saskatchewan fence line! Following his acclaimed CD Huskies & Husqvarnas comes the highly anticipated fourth album (his first for Stony Plain Records) Bush Pilot Buckaroo joining Corb Lund and the legendary Ian Tyson on the label. Hus comes at his audience like a runaway rig, while firing off image-laden lyrics with the intensity of a western gunslinger.

Tim tours and performs concerts with his band Tim Hus & The Rocky Mountain Two, featuring Peterbilt Pete Christian on lead guitar and Spider Bishop on upright string bass. Pete is a talented and versatile musician having played music professionally around the world. Solid licks and agreeable melodies reinforce the songs while Spider lays down a solid rhythm with doghouse slap and a thick groove. Occasionally the group is joined by Pat Phillips on the drums.
Tim and his band will continue to perform in support of Bush Pilot Buckaroo with performances at festivals, folk clubs and music venues throughout Canada.
visit:
www.timhus.ca
SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 28TH
TELFER

Halifax's music scene is a burgeoning hot bed of quality blues, funk, and rock, tempered by more than a century of songwriting tradition. It is here that 4 young men draw their inspiration, and are now hitting the road to promote their album across Canada. Unapologetic funk rock, sound that is vibrant then aggressive are only one of the ways to describe Telfers debut LP, BORN THIS MORNING. The album invites the listener through the dance, through the crowd, and into the hearts of 4 guys who love to play music.
Winners of
2008 Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival:
CBC Galazie Rising Star Award
2009 Music Nova Scotia Awards: Best New Group/Artist Recording nominee

"...one of the most exciting and entertaining live groups to come out of the Maritimes in years." - Bob Mersereau (CBC TV, Fredericton, NB)

"I'm down with this funky sound ... The debut album's highlight is anthem "Claws in Deep," an intense and sexy song as rich in heavy chords as in raunchy lyrics: 'Dig your claws in deep and I'll put up a fight, keep you up all night.'" - Hilary Beaumont (The Coast, Halifax, NS)
Join us for an acoustic 4 piece set of this great band.
VISIT:
www.telfermusic.com and www.myspace.com/telfermusic
SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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NOVEMBER ?
THE
WARPED 45'S
In just two years together as a band, Toronto-based roots rockers The Warped 45s have been moving at warp speed creatively, rapidly turning heads and opening ears with their stylistically freewheeling and compelling sound. Their self-titled 2008 independent six-song EP scored unanimous rave reviews, garnered strong college radio airplay across both Canada and the U.S., and had such publications as Exclaim! and Toronto’s EYE Weekly citing them as “Destined for Greatness in 2009.”
Those predictions are being emphatically fulfilled this year, as evidenced by the $10,000 cash prize they took home in June by winning the Rogers Fan Choice Award for a triumphant performance at the North By Northeast Festival. The next step in their meteoric ascent is the September 1st release of 10 Day Poem For Saskatchewan. Out on the Pheromone Recordings label and distributed by Fontana North, this debut full-length album is a work of genuinely epic proportions.
Pigeonholing The Warped 45s sound is a slippery task best not attempted. As points of reference, consider the artists the band cite as musical touchstones - Wilco, The Band, Blue Rodeo, Steve Earle, Tom Waits - all of whom defy stylistic straitjackets. The Warped 45s incorporate country, gospel, folk and rock elements with seamless grace.
This is a band with a formidable arsenal of musical weapons, as they feature four vocalists, two songwriters, and multiple multi-instrumentalists (how many groups do you know that include three banjo players?). To further expand the widescreen sound of 10 Day Poem For Saskatchewan, they recruited such talented friends as Romney Getty and Annelise Noronha (backing vocals), J.P.Desaulniers and Alex Cheung (violin), Craig Smith (dobro), Andrew Penner of Sunparlour Players (lap steel) and award winning jazz trumpeter Brownman.

10 Day Poem traverses more territory than most bands cover in a
long career   . There's the sweetly poetic opening title track ( Dave added
the music to lyrics from a poem by David Seymour), the keen social
observation of “Progress”  and “(Bring on that) New Depression”, the
evocative narrative and searing guitars of “Leader of the Lost Expedition”
(a song screaming out for rock radio play), the tender elegy of “Radio Sky”
(a tune sporting such ace lyrics as “let my headstone be my favourite jukebox
loaded with the songs of my friends”), the hauntingly atmospheric
“Trestle for a Train” and “To the Daybreak,” and the gospel fervour of
“Why Have You Passed Me By Grim Reaper.” Singer/songwriter/guitarist
Dave McEathron explains that “right from the beginning of this band, the
mandate was to hopefully begin with good songs and then take them wherever
it seemed to make sense musically, regardless of style. So far, people are
accepting everything we’ve done so there has been no need to pull it back too far. That’s so liberating as a writer, to think there’s nothing we can’t do.”
"Extreme attention to detail is apparent on what looks to be a future classic Canadian alt-country album."
Andre Skinner, Spill Magazine Feb 2010
“…hard workin’ music that lands somewhere between Steve Earle, The Drive By Truckers and The Band”
Ottawa 24 Hours Newpaper - January 29, 2010
“Canada’s next great export” Shain Shapiro, View Magazine- Cover story. Jan 21, 2010
visit:
www.myspace.com/thewarped45s
www.thewarped45s.com
Your own warped vinyl singles may be a source of frustration, but The Warped 45s and 10 Day Poem For Saskatchewan are poised to provide intense satisfaction.
SHOW TIME 8-10PM
TICKETS 10/PERSON, <16YRS FREE
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