2 music shows to see in Ottawa this weekend
Speaking of CBCersMCing benefit concerts, Friday night I'll be joining three songbirds on stage at 404 McArthur Ave, the soon-to-be-home of Heartwood House. Jennifer Noxon, Chris MacLean, and Christine Graves are loaning their lovely singing talents to perform in honour of the newest addition to the Vanier neighbourhood.
Heartwood House was formerly on Chapel and Rideau, but when the organization heard their building was being put up for sale it quickly looked for a new home, one it could actually own and hopefully never be kicked out of! Heartwood House is an incredible collective of charitable organizations who know there is strength in numbers. Everything from Anxiety Disorders of Ontario to The Ottawa Jewish Historical Society has a home in Heartwood House.
The event also includes a silent auction and I'm crossing my fingers that songwriter Jennifer Noxon — who is also an incredible painter — has a piece in the auction. There's also a cash bar and desserts (a recipe for terrific). Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and you can get tickets at Ottawa Folklore Centre, Books on Beechwood, Compact Music, or heartwoodhouse.ca.
Friday is also a bounty of riches: in addition to the event mentioned already, Peter Hum has jazz in Kanata and The Soul Motivators are in the Byward Market, plus a host of acts listed below. I want to give the final word to all the men who are sporting a stiff, hairy upper lip this month. This one's for you: Ottawa country rocker Jack Pine is down with your cause, mustache'ing himself for the cause of bringing awareness — and money — to men's cancers and men's health in general.
He just released a new video for last year's mustachional anthem Mustache is King in order to give the tune new, ahem, growth. Jack Pine and The Fire go on stage after Sin Sisters Burlesque open the show, and Lefty McRighty is going to spin two-steppin' beats between the sets. Tickets are only $10 for this great cause. If you can't make it but want to hear that catchy tune, even buy it, go to www.jackpinefire.com and dance, shave to it, whatever you wish.
As always I'll have more picks, including for Saturday, on In Town and Out with Giacomo Panico Saturday morning between 6-9 a.m. (I recommend Scarlett Jane at the National Arts Centre's Fourth Stage!)
On Bandwidth Saturday, 5 p.m. on Radio One: it's Grey Cup weekend so it's time for everyone to play the unofficial anthem of Canadian football's highest honour: My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring by Donovan Woods. I had a chat with him about how weird it is to have that song become famous and he tells the story behind it as well.
Fundraiser for African Health Project w/ Main Street Market @ Jim Robillard Centre, 1505 Carling Ave. 6pm doors, tickets:fundraising@cacha.ca $40.00 adv / $50 door
Bet.e & Stef @ Mercury Lounge, 8:30, $12 adv.
Bars and Tone CD release) + The Unkwn + SORU@ Babylon nightclub,
Zerbin + 165 + Farewell Davidson @ Luneta Cafe & Bistro, 665 Bronson Avenue, 8 p.m., $10.00 (Adv. text 819 -208-7727 for tickets)
The Elwins + Dusted + Pith and the Parenchymas @ Ritual, 9 p.m., $10
Irene's All Stars Blues Thursdays with guest host Luke Ambridge @ Irene's, 9:30 p.m., no cover
The Nylons + Shout Sister Choir @ Harold Shenkman Hall, Shenkman Arts Centre, Orleans 8 p.m. - Regular: $43.25 (All-in price) Student Rush: $12 EyeGO: $5
The Wooden Sky @ NAC Fourth Stage - 7:30 p.m. Tickets $22
Bryn Roberts Quartet: Seamus Blake - saxophones, Matt Penman - bass, Jochen Rueckert - drum, Bryn Roberts - piano @ Gigspace on Gladstone 8 p.m., $20 . New York composer and pianist Bryn Roberts is on tour with their CD release "Fables".
Evening Hymns + Andy Shauf @ The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield 8:30 p.m., $10 adv (BUS tickets avail Compact Music Inc., Vertigo Records or online. The bus from the City Centre parking lot on the night of. Leaving Ottawa for Blacksheep at 7:30 p.m. and leaving from Blacksheep 11:45pm.)
Paul Langlois (The Tragically Hip) + Greg Ball + Pete Murray @ Zaphod's , 8:30 p.m., $12
John Allaire: Songwriters for the Community Heart Institute Benefit: Ken Workman, John Carroll, Shannon Rose, Jeff Tanguay, Lynne Hanson, Terry McLeish, Jill Zmud, Andrea Simms-Karp, Al Wood, Shawn Tavenier + MC: CBC's Stu Mills @ Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, 9 p.m., $25 (doubles as a John Allaire & the Confederation CD release).
Peter Hum Sextet @ Brookstreet Jazz Lounge,
John Carroll and the Epic Proportions + Wicked Mercy @ The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield 8:30 p.m., $10 adv.
Graydon James and The Young Novelists + Gabrielle Papillion + The Musettes @ Irene's, 9:30 p.m., $6
Magnificent Movember Modown with Jack Pine and The Fire @ Babylon, 8 p.m.
Jennifer Noxon, Chris MacLean, & Christine Graves @ 404 McArthur Ave. "Heartwood House" Fundraiser with MC Amanda Putz, 8 p.m., $20
JW Jones @ The Rainbow, 10 p.m., (Just announced he'll be the co-host of the Maple Blues Awards in January!)
Joel Martin + Rory Gardiner + The Humble Divines @ Zaphod's, 8:30 p.m., $12.
The Soul Motivators + DJ Trevor Walker @ Mercury Lounge, 11p.m. $15.
Rocksnake + Pleasure Craft @ Irene's, 9:30 p.m., $8
Trombone Summit @ Gigspace on Gladstone, 7:30 p.m., $15 For the fifth summit Peter and Mark will mine the standard jazz repertoire for opportunities to showcase the unique possibilities of the two-trombone combo, accompanied by Tim Bedner
Scarlett Jane @ NAC Fourth Stage - 7:30 p.m. Tickets $22
The Jiles Band @ Fatboys Southern Smokehouse, 9 p.m., $5
Poor Young Things + Bronson Novella + Port Manteau @ Cafe Dekuf, 9 p.m., $10
The Allaire Show: John Allaire w/ Kristine St-Pierre @ Quinn's Ale House (1070 Bank St. near Sunnyside) is a weekly singer/songwriter matinee series. 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Matthew Barber + Laurent Bourque @ The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield 8:30 p.m., $15 adv.
Sheri Harding 7 Soul Revival @ Fatboys Southern Smokehouse, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., FREE
Terry Gillespie CD Release Bluesoul @ The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield 4:20 p.m., $10 adv.
Old Cabin & Bosveld & Corey Isenor @ The Blacksheep Inn, Wakefield 8 p.m., $7
BOATS @ Pressed Cafe, 8 p.m., $10
Open mike night with Jonesey and Friends @ Rainbow Bistro, 10:30 p.m.
Karim Ouellet @ NAC Fourth Stage — 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25
