Cindy Church and Susan Crowe to play Victoria Playhouse July 9
Cindy Church, left, and Susan Crowe, two of Canada’s most respected singersongwriters in the folk genre, take the Victoria Playhouse stage on Monday, July 9.
Cindy Church and Susan Crowe, two of Canada’s most respected singer-songwriters in the folk genre, will perform on the Victoria Playhouse stage on Monday, July 9, as part of the Musical Mondays Concert Series.
A stellar presence in the Canadian music scene, Church has crafted a body of work that is artistically successful and culturally significant. A Nova Scotia native now living in Halifax, she spent her formative musical years in western Canada, making her first recordings with the Great Western Orchestra, the touring and recording with Ian Tyson and embarking on a solo career.
Currently, she is touring with Lunch at Allen’s, a collaborative venture with Murray McLauchlan, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas.
Crowe’s songs have captivated audiences and reviewers from coast to coast, continent to continent. She has received two Juno nominations and in 2009 the Canadian Folk Music Award for best English songwriter. The Georgia Straight described her work as offering “a sense that the singer has tapped into the collective unconscious in a way that what she is singing about is not only true for her but true for all of us.”
For tickets and information visit www.victoriaplayhouse.com or call the Playhouse Box Office at 1-800-925-2025.
Kelley Mooney, Lester MacPherson and Dave Altass headline the list of performers for Sunday Night Shenanigans on July 8, 7 p.m., at the York Community Centre.
Mooney, an internationally known recording artist, has produced two CDs, including her first album called “Tomorrow”, which garnered her a 2012 Music P.E.I. country recording of the year award, and her second CD, “Still”, which was nominated for a 2015 East Coast Music Award. Her Easter version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” has been a major success on the internet where it has been viewed more
Tip Er Back hosts its second ceilidh of the summer on Sunday, July 8, 7:30 p.m., in the Afton Community Centre in New Dominion. Admission will be at the door. Tip Er Back, into its fourth season of ceilidhs, is made up of Clive Currie, Wade Murray and Allan Betts. The group is looking forward to welcoming one of P.E.I.’s than 13 million times on Youtube and Godtube.
MacPherson, a regular performer at Sunday Night Shenanigans, will be playing songs from his latest and most successful CD, “Don’t Stop the Music. From the Cardigan area, he has been dubbed P.E.I.’s country gentleman and is in demand at concerts, dances and benefits. He has released nine country albums, some of which are still available to purchase.
Altass, the lead singer of The Blue Crystals, is another wellknown Island musician. He likes to perform contemporary tunes as well as popular music of the most popular fiddlers, Courtney Hogan, to the stage. Hogan hails from Emerald where she hosts her own her own Friday night ceilidhs. She also plays with the award-winning group Fiddler’s Sons.
Hogan has been playing the fiddle since the age of five and has played in halls all over P.E.I. She 1960s and ’70s and is a crowd favourite.
Also on the bill for the evening, which is hosted by Judy MacLean, is award-winning 12-year-old vocalist Emma Richards, who plays the ukulele.
The evening includes fiddlers, step dancers and more. There is a light lunch, a 50/50 draw, and Vesey’s Visitor from Away prize. Tickets are available at the door at 6 p.m. The York Community Centre, which is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible, is on Route 25. For information, contact 902-566-5545 or email: judymacleandance@eastlink.ca. has numerous recordings which have been nominated for P.E.I. Music awards.
Joining Tip Er Back will be Darlene Bradley, a singer/songwriter, and when the fiddle gets rockin’ she’ll probably start dancing.
The hall is wheelchair-accessible.