Rebecca Campbell: Rebecca Campbell is a freelance singer, musician, arranger, and sometime songwriter. She plays Stella guitar, percussion, harmonica, and melodica. But mostly she sings, moving deftly from up front to backup. She is an interpreter and a collaborator. And a joyful, intentional, visceral, political, poetical singer, with a deep groove and a keen harmonic ear. Sarah Greene: Sarah Greene is a songwriter, writer and booker/curator from […]
Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.”
Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.” Bill Wood and Shelley Coopersmith perform original songs that range from heartbreaking ballads to classic country shuffle. You’ll swear […]
Justin Orok: Justin Orok is an Ontario-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer. He is best known for his narrative songwriting and creative approach to guitar playing. Orok is a key member of the Toronto-based new folk group, Decoration Day. Their record, Makeshift Future, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in the category of “Pushing […]
Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.” Paired with the sweet sounds of Burke Carroll’s pedal steel and resophonic guitars, these songs take on the aura […]
Bill Wood’s songs have been described as “what happens when 30 years of songwriting, honed over decades of hard life experiences, meet the craftsmanship of a career musician who doesn’t know what it means to compromise.” Paired with the sweet sounds of Burke Carroll’s pedal steel and resophonic guitars, these songs take on the aura […]
The May edition of Sarah Greene Presents at Tranzac (third Weds of the month) features Kitchener-based multi-instrumentalist Ally Corbett. 7 pm: Sarah Greene 8 pm: Ally Corbett PWYC Ally Corbett: The human brain is naturally wired to make good decisions when the unconscious mind works it out. Ally Corbett’s songwriting puts these decisions into sonic […]
Sarah Greene: Sarah Greene is a songwriter, writer and booker/curator from Toronto. Her songs are intimate, concise and idiosyncratically classic. Working in warm, soulful country-tinged folk-rock ballads, Greene examines loneliness, vulnerability, and the tugging poles of freedom and attachment in her songs. She released two recordings as the front woman of mid-2000s indie-folk band The […]
Hosted by Kurt Newman, this monthly series creates a space for experiments in country and folk music forms, which can range from more or less straight-ahead to more or less psychedelic. Between sets: comedy from the best of Toronto’s left-of-center comedians.