Showing posts with label Staircase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Staircase. Show all posts

Monday, 20 June 2011

New Alfie Smith CD: Sometimes the Rain

On his latest CD, Sometimes the Rain, accomplished Hamilton musician Alfie Smith turns his focus toward more of a singer/songwriter sound. The result is a wonderful, emotional experience.

Make no mistake though - every song on this album has a blues soul to it. Both Two-tone Snake and Only Sin are unmistakable bluesy.

On top of that, Alfie's trademark booming voice adds a lot of emotion to the exquistely written tunes. An incredible new arrangement of Paul Simon's Graceland also shows off his skills.

Sometimes the Rain is mainly a solo affair with just Alfie and a guitar. Amy King joins him on piano for three tracks.

The disc is availale at his live shows, online at Busted Flat Records, and at Pick and Sticks.

Below are a few videos of songs from the album.





Links: Alfie Smith, More Alfie Smith Stories

Friday, 20 May 2011

New Matt Paxton CD: How the Land Lies

How the Land Lies, the latest CD from Hamilton son, Matt Paxton, features his exquisite voice, amazing acoustic guitar work and great songwriting abilities.

With cools songs such as Till the Sky Begins to Change, Charlotte (My Wild Valley Wind), and the title track, the disc is an impressive followup to his last album, Back in the Valley. As always, the music is very expressive and modern.

Matt is ably assisted by Steve McKay (of Bruce Peninsula) on Drums and Billy Holmes (of Hamilton's Dark Mean) on bass, banjo and organ. Great job everyone!

The disc is available at his slendid live shows and as a download at BandCamp.com. You may also want to check out, Dear Babe, a free MP3 downlaod not available on the CD (features Tim Gibbons on guitar)

Below are a few videos of songs from the CD.





Links: Matt Paxton - More Matt Paxton Stories

Monday, 1 November 2010

David Celia and His Chums @ Staircase Cafe (October 27, 2010) Part 2

Click here if you can't see the videos.

Left to right: Joan Besen (Prairie Oyster) (keys, guitar on Afraid to Change), David Celia (vocals, guitar, keys on on Afraid to Change), Tim Jackson (bass), Cleave Anderson (Blue Rodeo) (drums)









Click here for Part 1

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