2011 - 2012 Blenders Concert Series - 10th Anniversary Season
- Special Concert: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - Thursday, February 9
- New Country Rehab - Saturday, March 17, 2012
- Michael Rault Band - Saturday, March 31, 2012
- Whitehorse - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- Ron Sexsmith - Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tickets and season passes are available at Pharmasave, or call Shann at (306) 778-2686.
Call Shann if you are interested in reserving a corporate table.
Special Concert: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - Thursday, February 9, 2012
@ the Lyric Theatre
Doors open: 7:00 pm; Music starts at 8:00 pm.
Advance tickets $35.00 available
at:
• Pharmasave ticket centre
• Or call Shann at 778-2686, email
www.blackieandtherodeokings.com 
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings originally formed in 1996 when Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson came together to record what was supposed to be a one-off tribute album to the great Canadian songwriter Willie P. Bennett.
At the time, all three members were deeply committed to burgeoning solo careers that they had no intentions of putting on hold, and had no plans to turn Blackie into an ongoing concern.
Now into their second decade and with one JUNO award and several JUNO nominations under their belts, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings has organically evolved into one of the finest roots-oriented bands in North America. They have released seven CDs and gradually developed a feeling of brotherhood manifested in a sense of groove, timberal blend and melodic and rhythmic play that is distinctive, mystical, energizing and constantly evocative. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings remains one of Canada's greatest musical treasures.
New Country Rehab - Saturday, March 17, 2011
@ the Lyric Theatre
Doors open: 8:00 pm; Music starts at 9:00 pm.
Advance tickets $25.00 available
at:
• Pharmasave ticket centre
• Or call Shann at 778-2686, email
Take Canada's hottest fiddle player, a guitarist that is a cross between Tom Morello and Kevin Breit, a percussionist that plays sawblades and cookie sheets, and one of the most versatile double bass players in Canada and you get NEW COUNTRY REHAB. The band's unique OUTLAW INDIE COUNTRY sound channels Hank Williams Sr. as much as Arcade Fire to create exciting new music.
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Michael Rault Band -
Saturday, March 31, 2012
@ the Lyric Theatre
Doors open: 8:00 pm; Music starts at 9:00 pm.
Advance tickets $20.00 available
at:
• Pharmasave ticket centre
• Or call Shann at 778-2686, email
Opening Act: TBA
Michael Rault's music is stuck in time but pulled kicking and screaming and rocking and rolling and raw and beautiful into today, filled with the R&B and pop of a bygone era, infused with the lo-fi esthetics of a current crop of artists. His live concerts are raucous, retro parties that burn with energy ignited half a century ago by the surf and sockhop songs and the show-stopping tunes of Little Walter and Bo Diddley -- but in which new life is breathed by such contemporary acts as Black Keys and Beck.
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Whitehorse -
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
@ the Lyric Theatre
Doors open: 7:00 pm; Music starts at 8:00 pm.
Advance tickets $30.00 available
at:
• Pharmasave ticket centre
• Or call Shann at 778-2686, email
Six Shooter Records' Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet tie the musical knot with the debut of their new band, Whitehorse, marrying their talent and chemistry on stage as a smoldering duo. Individually, Luke and Melissa have been recognized with awards and nominations from the Juno Awards, the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Hamilton Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards and Polaris. Together, Luke and Melissa create music that cascades forth, rushing like currents fluid and electric. More than the sum of considerable talents, Whitehorse showcases the rarity of true give and take in partnership, uniting falcon with songbird to dramatic effect.
Sponsored by: 
Ron Sexsmith - Thursday, May 10, 2012
@ the Lyric Theatre
Doors open: 7:00 pm; Music starts at 8:00 pm.
Advance tickets $30.00 available
at:
• Pharmasave ticket centre
• Or call Shann at 778-2686, email
Ron is a singer-songwriter acclaimed by a galaxy of artists from Bob Dylan to Elton John, Chris Martin to Michael Bublé, Steve Earle to Lucinda Williams for his insight into the human heart and a melodic purity (to paraphrase admirer Elvis Costello) unheard since the heyday of Paul McCartney.
Among the artists who have covered Ron's songs are: Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, k.d. lang, Nick Lowe, Feist, The Brodsky Quartet, Curtis Stigers, Anne Sofie von Otter and Mary Black.
It's a mighty portfolio, one that seemed to finally be validated in 2005 when he won the coveted Juno Award as Songwriter of the Year. He has now won three Junos in total.
Though no stranger to the stage, and a performer whose concerts are always intimately heartwarming affairs, Ron is naturally shy and ambivalent about public attention, craving validation of his music yet distrustful of success for success' sake.
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