Vancouver CIty Limits at The Rowing Club, Jan 22, 2010

Hi Music Fans,

If you haven't been down to our new weekly show, please come and check out this cool venue and the awesome performers at The Vancouver Rowing Club, every Friday evening from 7:30PM to 12:00PM. Great spot,
great food, folks and fun.  DONATIONS



THE VANCOUVER ROWING CLUB
http://vancouverrowingclub.com/

The Vancouver Rowing Club is located at 450 Stanley Park Drive
(at the Georgia street entrance to Stanley Park)

We still are also continuing to operate shows at The Railway Club.


THIS WEEKS ENTERTAINMENT AT THE ROWING CLUB
(JAN 22, 2010)

ARRON CADWALADR
http://www.aaroncadwaladr.com/
Cadwaladr was born on Salt Spring Island, and raised on a homestead near Cape Scott on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. His love and respect for the natural world was nurtured throughout his early years, and is evident in his writing today. As he grew up the larger world beckoned, and he’s lived in both rural and urban BC and travelled the world. Time spent working for passage on a sailboat across the Caribbean and Atlantic, living in Wales and Berlin, and busking the streets of Europe helped shape his musical style. In addition to a fine arts degree, Aaron is a graduate of the Jazz Studies Program at Malaspina University. He makes his home among the community of musicians and music teachers in Vancouver.
Cadwaladr has played with a number of groups in and around Vancouver, including the Juno-nominated band The Kerplunks. In November 2007, he released his debut EP Shape Changing Sky with support from FACTOR. This well-received release led to FACTOR’s continued support for the recording of Wade Through the Dark.
With a love of acoustic instruments and folk music traditions, a contemporary urban sensibility and a vital and independent voice – Aaron Cadwaladr’s first full release is a distinctive addition to the great Canadian singer-songwriter tradition.

JIM HOUSTON
http://www.myspace.com/jimhoustonmusic

I grew up wandering the subterranean halls of the Toronto Conservatory of Music where my grandfather was a Doctor of Music and my mother a child prodigy with perfect pitch, amused by the women in high-collared dresses and the men who appeared to possess no sense of humour whatsoever. My father waxed passionate and fervent upon the genius of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Earl 'Fatha' Hines. And, thus, I emerged entrenched in these two seemingly disparate worlds along with Beatles harmonies, Charlie Musselwhite harmonica riffs and the great 'folk scare' of the 1960's. I bought a guitar for $5 when I was 13 years old and began writing almost immediately. Somewhere in all of this, I found my own voice. Now I immerse myself in the history of jazz & blues tradition, combining the depths of nascent jazz, the drive of Delta blues and the deep roots of acoustic music, meshing traditions into finely written song material. Backed by finger-picked guitar on vintage and resophonic instruments, bottleneck slide, tenor banjo, harmonica and vocals that range from a deep growl to a decent tenor, I perform a large repertoire of work sung with depth, passion and a semi-arid sense of humour, travel down roads and alleyways in and out of love and the contents of a whiskey glass, dance at 78 rpm and walk long thoughts. I am a song writer and a jazz, blues & roots muspresence with a respectful attitude toward acoustic origins but, with strong originality


NOEL PLANET
http://www.noelplanet.com/

Painter, graphic designer and animator, Noel is also an accomplished singer/songwriter with a sultry voice who accompanies herself on guitar and hand drum.


SCOTT MC CLEOD
http://profile.myspace.com/scottmcleodsmusic

Scott has lived in Vancouver his whole life and has left it very few times. If you ever wondered what Vancouver sounded like, Scottys music is a pretty safe bet. In a city that knows little about disaster, oppression, and hardship, growing up here in a middle class family has been a unique journey giving Scott a free mind unshackled by our cultures shortcomings. His Gritty, Folk rock music has gotten him this far in life and you can be damn sure it'll take him the rest of the way.