Leverage for Mountains - Sunday, August 25, 2024 - @ 2PM
Suggested Donation - $25 per person, RSVP to rickksroom@gmail.com
Leverage For Mountains is Nick Loyer, Jay Trépanier and Jay Flynn. Based in Gatineau, this independent indie/folk trio is quickly gaining popularity with their rich acoustic sound and powerful vocal harmonies. The band released their first E.P. in 2016, titled "The Essence Project", introducing their audience to their simplistic approach to giving springboard to the lyrics offered and the emotions induced in their songs. All of this is served with captivating melodies and meticulous vocal harmonies. The trio was awarded "Public’s Choice" at the Cabaret le Festif! (Charlevoix, QC) in 2017. The trio launched their second record, Love Out of the Dark, at a sold-out show at Salle Jean Desprez in only a few hours.
Come join us for an afternoon of live music, stories from the road and meet new friends who like you are all about supporting live music in our community.
Jerry Leger - Sunday, September 29, 2024 @ 2 PM
Suggested Donation: $25 per person RSVP rickksroom@gmail.com
Fresh off some dates with Steve Earle and summer festivals, Jerry Leger has stayed busy since
the October 2023 release of his latest album Donlands. The Mark Howard (Lucinda Williams,
Bob Dylan, Tom Waits) produced record came out on Cowboy Junkies label, and was greeted
with rave reviews from UK's Uncut Magazine and Rolling Stone Europe. Leger toured those
parts of the world in support of Donlands as well as select Canadian dates, which included his
debut on the historic Massey Hall stage in Toronto and a headlining show in its new room, TD
Music Hall. One of the country's most respected singer-songwriters, Ron Sexsmith says “Leger
has that spark in him that all the great songwriters have. He's the real deal.” For Jerry, the
search for the elusive creative spark remains never-ending, but there are always new routes to
explore in getting to it. With Donlands, he has made an album that stands as one of the peak
moments in an already towering body of work.
To sample some of his music, do click in to his website and see for yourself that you do not want to miss him.
Rob Lutes with Rob MacDonald - Sunday, October 19, 2024
Suggested Donation: $25 per person RSVP rickksroom@gmail.com
A masterful fingerstyle guitarist with an unmistakable, soulful voice, Rob Lutes has steadily built a collection of exquisite songs that inhabit the intersection of folk, Americana, country, blues and the singer-songwriter genre. Originally from New Brunswick but based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, his 8th album, Come Around, was released in April 2021 and received four 2022 Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for Album, English Songwriter, Contemporary Singer, and Producer of the Year (with Rob MacDonald) along with a Maple Blues Award nomination for Acoustic Act of the Year. He is a two-time CFMA Contemporary Singer of the Year.
His longtime collaborator, Rob MacDonald is renowned as one of Quebec's finest guitarists and has recorded and performed with a who's who of Quebec roots artists, including Guy Belanger, Dawn Tyler Watson, among many others. After more than two decades playing together, Lutes and MacDonald have developed an ability to blend their two sounds into something unique and intense.
"A gem. Among the best in a crowded roots field." Toronto Star
‟Lutes is a fine roots/blues writer, one of those gems you find by chance as you're going through a town and he's going through a town and you just want a beer and he gives you the show of the year.” - Bob Mersereau, CBC.ca
Suggested Donation: $30 per person, RSVP: rickksroom@gmail.com
Scott Nolan is an acclaimed Folk/Roots songwriter, poet, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Treaty One Territory. Releasing 7 albums since 2005, Scott will release a new album in December 2023.
Scott performs solo, duo, trio, or with full band. He is known for his spellbinding, intimate performances. He is adept at performative and instructional songwriting workshops.
His songs have been recorded by Hayes Carll, Mary Gauthier, Watermelon Slim, and Corin Raymond among others. He has toured with Hayes, Mary, James McMurtry, and Fred Eaglesmith. He has produced albums for William Prince, Lynne Hanson, Watermelon Slim, Stephen Fearing, and others.
Joe Nolan from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta (north of Edm). Influenced by roots-music gentry like Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams and Bob Dylan, Nolan reflects on his vagabond lifestyle that takes him to festivals and venues spread throughout Canada's peaks and valleys. A typical year will see him playing anywhere from 150-200 shows; he is a true workhorse and road dog.
CONGRATS to Joe for his Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination for Contemporary Singer of the Year!