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Sat. September 19th 2015 St. James Community Hall Vancouver BC $16-$20

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Blackthorn

Blackthorn is excited to announce the release of their much anticipated new reco...
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Sat. September 19th 2015 + Add to Calendar St. James Community Hall (All Ages)
8:00pm  Doors at: 7:00pm $20 ($16 members)

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Blackthorn

Presented by:

The Rogue Folk Club
Presenter
3214 West 10th Avenue Vancouver BC

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Physical tickets at: www.roguefolk.bc.ca, Rufus Guitar Shop, Highlife Records, Prussin Music Inc., Red Cat Records

Event Description

Blackthorn is excited to announce the release of their much anticipated new recording, Open Skies.

Blackthorn is a Canadian Celtic folk band that saw its inception back in 1989 with a group of musicians who found a common interest in a music that wasn’t all that common in Vancouver at the time. Comprised of: Rosie Carver - Fiddle, vocals; Tim Renaud - Vocals, bass, bodhran, octave-mandolin; Michael Viens - Vocals, guitars, bodhran, harmonicas; Michelle Carlisle - Vocals, flutes, piccolo, whistles, fife.

Early highlights included performing at Vancouver’s seminal Celtica Festival in 1990 along with De Dannan and Andy M. Stewart and performing and recording with the World Champion SFU Pipe Band. Since then, the group has travelled a long road through the streets of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, performing concerts and at Celtic and Folk Festivals and Highland Games throughout Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

The new CD features an impressive assortment of their adaptations of traditional folk songs and original compositions. The arrangements are fresh and inventive and their performances reflect the maturity of their musical skills and creativity. The title track, Open Skies, was written by Michelle who was inspired by a Blackthorn tour of her home province of Saskatchewan. The song invokes her feelings of being from a small prairie town and moving away. Saskatchewan’s motto “Land of the Living Skies” inspired the album title as well as Rosie’s evocative cover artwork.

For fans that have been anxiously awaiting something new from Blackthorn since their previous release in 2008, Open Skies is well worth the wait. This is definitely a CD that you’ll listen to from start to finish, over and over again.

Venue

St. James Community Hall
3214 W. 10th Ave.
Capacity364

Event Poster

Blackthorn @ St. James Community Hall Sep 19 2015 - Nov 5th @ St. James Community Hall

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