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What's Happening | Amazing Acoustic Jam Nights | Amazing Artists Series UPCOMING AMAZING ARTISTS EVENTS SPECIAL 2010 SEASON'S-END PERFORMANCE ERIC ANDERSEN Wednesday, October 27, 2010 @7PM
Acoustic Folk, Blues
SPECIAL 2010 SEASON'S-END PERFORMANCE ERIC ANDERSEN Wednesday, October 27, 2010 @7PM ERIC ANDERSEN “Andersen is the most elegant of singers. He is powered by the singular mix of irony and high romanticism.” Rolling Stone “A singer and songwriter of the first rank.” The New York Times.
In the early 1990s he recorded 2 trio-harmony albums with The Band’s Rick Danko and Norwegian singer Jonas Fjeld. He has appeared in the Joni Mitchell documentary, the Wildflower Festival DVD with Judy Collins, Tom Rush, and Arlo Guthrie, and in the rock film Festival Express. In 2003 he won the Premio Tenco award with Patti Smith in San Remo, Italy. It is an award given to outstanding songwriters. Previous awards have gone to Randy Newman, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and Lou Reed. Eric performs both solo and with a blues band. He tours regularly. He has performed at the Molde Jazz Festival, the Notodden and Voss Blues Festivals, His most recent album Blue Rain was recorded live in Oslo with members of the blues band, Spoonful of Blues, a group that is often invited to play in the Mississippi Delta. It was released in the US in 2007 on Appleseed Recordings. Eric is currently working on several projects which include writing songs for a new album. He divides his time between the Netherlands and New York. http://www.ericandersen.com
LAYAH JANE & OLIVER JOHNSON
Layah JaneTwenty-seven year old singer-songwriter Layah Jane is an exciting young musician with a mission. With soulful vocals and a poetic, articulate tongue, Layah’s sound recalls Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones and Ani Difranco, with a resonance all her own. Both piano and guitar became tools for writing and accompaniment as she began to create and perform original material at the age of thirteen. Since the completion of her first demo in 2000, Layah has been invited to play countless shows and festival showcases including Winterfolk Festival, North by Northeast Music Festival, Toronto City Roots Festival, Toronto Indie Music Week, New Music West, and the Rochester International Jazz Festival. In May 2005, Layah Jane won a showcase at the Ottawa Folk Festival and a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award. In July 2005, her song "Reverence and Ridicule" won the political category in the Ontario Council of Folk Festival's songwriting competition, and in October 2005 it was nominated for an American Independent Music Award in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category. In September 2006, she won a Toronto Independent Music Award for Best Jazz, and was also nominated in the Best Live Acoustic Act category. Layah Jane has been seen and heard as a live and recorded back-up vocalist for a range of artists making folk, funk, soul, and hip-hop music in the Toronto area. Over the past ten years, she has also appeared as a lead and back-up vocalist on various commercials and Juno-nominated albums. Layah can be heard as the voice of the Dove Real Beauty/Self Esteem Fund’s 2006 “True Colors” TV Campaign. Layah Jane is a spirited and natural performer who receives enthusiastic support wherever she plays. When she takes the stage we are transported to a place where emotion is raw, reflection is deep, and revolution is not only possible, but necessary. Oliver JohnsonA musician from an early age, Oliver Johnson attended Humber College’s jazz guitar program, and has been recruited as a guitarist by some of Canada’s most exciting artists. He has contributed musically to the live and recorded work of Feist, Esthero, Ivana Santilli, Peter Katz, One Step Beyond, Wade O. Brown, Divine Brown, God Made Me Funky, Carlos Morgan, The Pocket Dwellers, Choclair, Layah Jane, and Brian Macmillan, to name a few.
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At the age of four he sang for his grandmother who tossed him nickels and dimes while she sat at the kitchen table sipping her whiskey - laced tea. His mother bought him a harmonica when he was about 13. Shortly after that he saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on tv and he was hooked for life. The soul of this timeless genre is deeply rooted in his psyche and he continues to nurture this passion.
Eric Andersen first came to prominence as a performer in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s and immediately became part of the Village folk and songwriter scene along with Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan and became one of the founders of the singer songwriter movement. His first LP for Vanguard was released in 1965. Over the past 40 years he has released over 25 CDs of original music including titles such as Today is the Highway, More Hits From Tin Can Alley, Blue River, Ghosts Upon The Road, Memory of The Future, Beat Avenue, The Street Was Always There, and Waves. His poetical songs have entertained and captivated audiences worldwide.
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