Event:

Bang Bang! Bella Cat & High Society + AB/BC Songwriter Tour

  

Date:

Wed, Oct 25th, 2017

Time:

8:00 pm

Description:

We're pulling a BANG BANG! a la Louis CK except with 2 LIVE SHOWS BACK TO BACK!

PART ONE:
Incredible original folk, country and fringe folk writers, all one stage at once for an hour long set of song for song originals:

AB/BC SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND TOUR

AMY NELSON (Calgary) - Amy taps into deep tradtional music forms, makes them compelling and personal, contemporary and relevant. Simply, she is magnetic.
https://amynelsonmusic.bandcamp.com/

CARTER FELKER (Calgary) - If you don’t relate to the songs of Carter Felker then you probably never had a job you hated, never watched a friend go down in flames, never did anything you regretted, never hurt another’s heart or had yours kicked around. Carter tells everyday stories with clarity and vision and world weary emotion, feet firmly planted in a songwriting/storytelling tradition that he clearly has a deep and personal connection to.
https://carterfelker.bandcamp.com/releases

DAVID P. SMITH (Victoria)
For 17 years Victoria, BC outsider songwriter-accordionist David P. Smith has been deconstructing and reconstructing blues, folk, hillbilly, and country forms to create a unique body of work that is difficult to define. Tragic, hilarious, profane, profound, and often stumbling into surreality, his songs are unflinchingly original, eclectic, entertaining, and performed with conviction.
https://davidpsmithmusic.bandcamp.com/album/new-blues

JOHN GULIA (Edmonton)
John's music contrasts the isolation of his prairie upbringing with his later experiences in the urban landscapes of Glasgow, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Toronto.The imagery is evocative, the language compelling, the narratives are layered and complex. Not the kind of complexity that keeps you out. The kind that draws you in because it reflects the tangled webs we all weave
https://www.johnguliak.com/
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PART TWO:

A select duo of acts from two sides of the country with a running theme of banging huge unique vocals over classic jazz blues and soul stylings - full bands and high voltage

***BELLA CAT (Montreal)

Web: http://www.bellacatsoul.com/

Recent press:
"[Her] Mini Lp "It's Not What It Looks Like" [had] its world wide release [last] spring. Try and imagine two of the world's most soulful and unique voices, Janis Joplin and Eartha Kit now imagine them producing a beautiful love child and that would be as Clyde Stubblefield dubbed her "The Princess of Soul" BELLA CAT. Her 1st single from her album promises to entertain you with a passionate sound coming straight from the inner sanctum of her heart and soul. Recorded in the US and Canada Produced by Jack LeTourneau in association with Neal Ford Sundet. This new Canadian voice shows the kind of new talent which will sure to be a major contender in the future of musical landscape."
JLP Entertainment

with BC support from
***HIGH SOCIETY (East Vancouver)


FB: https://www.facebook.com/highsocietymusic/
Recent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOdthzbOC8

Press:
"High Society is an unstoppable and dramatic rockin' Soul and Blues band, eager to fill your eyes and ears with euphoric excitement and inspiration.
Based out of Vancouver, B.C. the band's unique and contemporary take on old school performance has been heard in theaters, pubs, cafés, street corners and on the radio across Western Canada. They have been building a regional reputation for two and a half years playing a blend of R&B, Soul, Blues, Folk, Hip Hop, and Jazz. They released their first, self-titled album on June 22nd; recorded at CBC Studio 2 and Hipposonic Studios formerly Mushroom Records.
High Society is fronted by the incendiary Adam Farnsworth on keys/vocals alongside the beautiful, inimitable, Chelsea D.E. Johnson on Guitar/Vocals. Their solid rhythmic foundation is held down by Ashton Sweet on Baritone Saxophone, Tuba and various other wind instruments and Kenan Sungur on Drums, Upright Bass, and Vocals."

"Best live band in East Van right now, period. Welcome to church bitches!" - C.R. Avery

"Their face meltingly awesome first video; this will tickle the loins of your ears and tantalize the cockles of your eyes." - Shane Koyczan ["One Day" music video by Damian Kuehn]

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Venue:

Fernando's Pub

Address:
279 Bernard Ave. Kelowna, BC, Kelowna

Cost:

$10 at the door (both shows for $15)

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