Songwriter gives insider’s look
SEMINAR: Vancouver’s Nat Jay to share thoughts on film and TV music licensing
Songwriter Nat Jay, who has had great success since 2008 placing her songs with TV and film, (The Hills, The City, Awkward, Heartland, Degrassi, Continuum, Bitter) will be the speaker at a seminar aptly titled An Artist’s Guide To Music Licensing In Film And TV, May 10 at the VSO School of Music. To register: natjay.com/seminar
Music Heals, which provides therapy and education through music, has its Spring Mingler (a musicians’ shmooze fest) April 23 at the penthouse at 2245 West Broadway in Vancouver.
The first buyers of Heavy Blues, released last week by Randy Bachman, get a copy of the album autographed by Bachman and it’s sure to be a collector’s item.
The new video from Kathryn Calder’s self-titled album is When You See My Blood.
Theory Of A Deadman goes acoustic. It follows the Savages album with an acoustic EP, Angel Acoustic, April 28.
Another EP, For The Town, comes from SonReal, same day, April 28. First single is Preach.
The mysterious Dralms is embarking on a May tour of England commemorating the single, Pillars And Pyre, which is the title of a new EP, coming out May 19.
The 18-piece Hard Rubber Orchestra, led by Jon Kosrud, never has been known to take the line of least resistance. Accordingly, its concert May 9 at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre will feature trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and several new compositions including Crush.
As long as we’re up for a challenge, how about Standing Wave? The chamber music orchestra has a show called Total Chaos, which eschews the usual niceties for the incorporation of heavy metal and film violence. May 17 at Pyatt Hall.
The River And The Road release Headlights May 12.
Rodney DeCroo, who releases his 7th LP, Campfires On The Moon on April 28, is in the middle of a Canadian tour.
CD of the week
Rick Danko’s In Heaven treads a fine line between homage and pastiche, but it lays out the intent of his album Just A Season right from the start and ultimately tells you the band’s heart is in the right place.
This is another Scott Smith sideline and is different from the Stonesy Rock And Roll Circus or bluesy Terminal Express in that it is closer to the American Gothic meets bar room roots of The Band or the West Coast folk rock of The Byrds, which provided the name. Just A Season is a song on The Byrds’ Untitled album and is a vague approximation of the sound of the album. Julieta or Trouble In Her Eyes are two standouts but neither sound like The Band or Byrds, but rather the brief era that spawned them. If Rick Danko made it to heaven (he actually was a hellraiser) he probably took his Muscle Shoals 45s with him and would look back upon Just A Season with approval.
Gigs
Dino DiNicolo (solo bass-asband, April 21, Cottage Bistro)
Hughs Foundation (fundraiser for persons of special needs by members of Streetheart, Randy Bachman’s bands and many more, April 23, Roxy).
Scott Shea (trio featuring the son of Red Shea sings from Let It Storm, April 23, Railway).
Empire, Ellice Blackout (April 24, Roxy).
Sons Command (southernrock and country, April 26, Roxy).
Steph Cameron (April 30, May 1, Capilano University).
Nancy Newman (sings for Jazz Vespers, the Sunday afternoon concerts at St. Andrew’s Wesley with Michael Creber and Brent Gubblels, April 26).
ZaacPick (new LP, Constellations, April 28, Fox Cabaret) Rune (May 1, Roxy). Big John Bates (sings songs from a new LP, May 1, Hindenburg, as the start of a new tour).
Bill Henderson (May 6, Blue Frog Studios).
We Found A Lovebird (ornate pop, May 15, Fairview Pub).
The Good In Everyone (kicking off a tour, May 21, Fox Cabaret).
Daniel Wesley (June 6, Commodore Ballroom).