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Edgar Breau, Darryl Gould, Graham Nicholas
From Simply Saucer to soulful folk, poetic lyricism and dreamy soundscapes
7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Event Description
Edgar Breau of Simply Saucer / Darryl Gould / Graham Nicholas
EDGAR BREAU (SIMPLY SAUCER)
If you know Breau’s name, it’s most likely as leader of Hamilton’s cult punk-prog pioneers Simply Saucer, resurrected from the ’70’s and more powerful than ever these days. If you really know Breau, you’ll know his solo work leans to the acoustic folk side, but with lots of grand washes of instruments and dreamy soundscapes. Schooled in folk song traditions, literary fixations, and the fingerstyle guitar playing of John Fahey, his output spans decades, his song writing encompasses haunting acoustic landscapes woven with poetic lyricism, with “short stories with developed characters, marvelous, laid back sound, trippy and rewarding” — Bob Mersereau
“The solo Breau has created a sublimely atmospheric kind of melancholy that will be familiar to acolytes of everyone from Chet Baker to Robert Wyatt.”
— John Sakamoto, THE TORONTO STAR
DARRYL GOULD
Darryl Gould has worked with members of 13 Engines, Teenage Head, The Killjoys, Simply Saucer, and sang with the Rheostatics at The Horseshoe Tavern’s anniversary show, as well as recorded two records with The Dinner Is Ruined Band. He is presently recording a album (or two) with Ian Blurton (Change of Heart).
GRAHAM NICHOLAS
With the release of his 4th full length album Black Creek (2023), Graham Nicholas has created an emotionally resonant world inhabited by troubled and love-hungry characters. Never alienated for their insecurities, his characters are instead respected by the empathetic voice of an honest songwriter. The new album finds Nicholas honing in on his concise form of storytelling and refining his irreverent sense of humour. Coupling his John Prine & Gordon Lightfoot narrative style with a backing band that hearkens back to the likes of The Band, Nicholas’ songs have found the right balance of warmth and grit. Listed by Now Magazine as one of their “2018 Toronto Musicians to Watch”, He has also shared the stage with the likes of Ron Hynes, James Keelaghan, Catherine MacLellan, Old Man Luedecke, Del Barber and Daniel Romano.
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