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A fresh, funny & irreverent look at womanhood in all its glory: its perils, its pleasures, and all kinda madness in between.
Monday, 13 February: preview performance; tix $15
Tuesday 14 February: opening night
Wednesday 15 February
Thursday 16 February
Friday 17 February
Saturday 18 February
Tickets $20, available at:
The Flying Cloud at the TRANZAC presents
David Essig with special guest Abigail Lapell
At The TRANZAC, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
Sunday, February 12
Door: 7:00 p.m., Starts: 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20.00 / $18.00 Flying Cloud and TRANZAC members
David Essig was introduced to Canadian audiences in 1971 as a “talented newcomer” at the legendary Mariposa Folk Festival. Now, nearly 40 years later, he has an international career as one of Canada’s finest interpreters of original, contemporary folk music. Always paying homage to his roots in Bluegrass and Country Blues, David uses these traditions to create timeless new songs.
David is highly respected as a thoughtful and intelligent songwriter, with Canadian folk standards like “Albert’s Cove” and “High Ground” to his credit. His work moves from pieces as contemporary as today’s news, to songs that sound as if they were rediscovered from old country blues 78′s.
Equally renowned as an instrumentalist and traditional performer, David is a master of the blues and slide guitar. Whether on the lap-style Weissenborn or the electric slide guitar, his spontaneous style crosses all the borders between country, blues and the avant-garde. With his 5/8″ socket and a sound that could peel the petunias off your mother’s porcelain, he is considered one of Canada’s finest slide guitarists.
In 2007, a collective of alt-country Winnipeg musicians, led by Romi Mayes, Jaxon Haldane, and the D-Rangers, recorded the acclaimed CD Beverly Street: an album of their new performances of some of the best of David’s original songs. David joined in for cameo appearances on the CD and contributed the title song for the project.
In 2011, David released Rolling Fork to Gallows Point, a landmark CD of Delta Blues that Roots Music Canada has hailed as “a beautiful, rough and tumble blues record —passionately played and lovingly recorded.” This new CD features the magnificent Chris Whiteley on blues harp and steel guitar, along with Tobin Frank (Spirit of the West) on bass and Alan Cameron on drums.
David is touring solo in 2011-12. In the Spring of 2011 he toured in Europe, doing festivals and concerts in Italy and Austria, including a headline performance at the prestigious Acoustic Guitar Meeting in Sarzana. This Fall David completed his first Home Routes Tour, with concerts in Northern BC and Alberta. He is currently working on a new CD of original songs, set for release in the Spring of 2012.
Abigail Lapell
Drawing from a deep well of folk, indie and traditional influences, Abigail Lapell has made music her whole life. The Toronto singer has won over audiences of all musical stripes with her contagious melodies, evocative lyrics and heart-stopping voice—a combination that draws comparisons to early Cat Power, Sandy Denny or a stormier Natalie Merchant.
For more information on David Essig please visit www.davidessig.com.
TRANZAC information and tickets: www.tranzac.org or 416-923-8137
A fundraiser for The Sundowners’ Live Album: Send Corin your Canadian Tire money!
View video here.
http://www.dontspendithoney.com/?page_id=10
Doors 7:30pm
$15 advance; $18/door $25 both nights.
G’Day Mate! The Tranzac is holding its annual Australia Day fundraising Concert Thursday January 26th. This year some of the most beloved and diverse acts to grace the Tranzac space have agreed to take part. In honour of Australia Day, they will reinterpret some of Australia’s most well known and not so well known artists. Think rip roarin’ bluegrass AC/DC. Please come and celebrate all things Tranzac in the Main Hall at 8pm. The event is Pay What You Can with a suggested donation of $10.
Some of the artists participating include:
Sandro Perri www.sandroperri.com/ & Andre Ethier www.mypsace.com/andreethier
Bob Wiseman www.bobwiseman.ca
Amanda Mabro www.amandamabro.com/main/
Ronley Teper www.ronleyteper.com/
THOMAS www.myspace.com/isthisthomas
This is Awesome! Christine Bougie and Dafydd Hughes www.thisisawesome.ca/
Hugh Oliver www.hugholiver.com/
Isla Craig www.myspace.com/islacraig
Houndstooth (Tranzac bluegrass all-stars)
Stacey McLeod www.myspace.com/storytellinliarsmusic
The Rutherford Sisters www.myspace.com/willowrutherford www.myspace.com/calamityroyale
Hotcha! www.hotcha.ca/
The Bilge Rats www.tfmm.ca/
Jamzac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5yMAUgPaPg
& More!
The Tranzac is a non-profit member supported community organization with a focus on promoting arts, music and theatre. The TRANZAC (an abbreviation of the Toronto Australia New Zealand Club) also works to support Australia and New Zealand cuture in Toronto.
