Music All Ages
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The show starts with an opening acoustic performance by The Hupman Brothers.
Allan Fraser is a songwriter and performer who released two albums internationally on Columbia Records with his then-partner, Daisy DeBolt. He has played the Philadelphia, Mariposa, and Winnipeg folk festivals, appeared in concert at major clubs, on TV and radio in the U.S.A, Europe and Canada and has composed and performed on film soundtracks.
He has worked with jazz guitarist Lenny Breau, singer/songwriters Jesse Winchester and Bruce Cockburn, and musical actors Cedric Smith and Tom Jackson. Many artists have recorded his songs, including Tom Russell, Cal Hand with Leo Kotke, Penny Lang and Cassell Webb.
Allan used to have a weekly radio show on CKEN radio back in the early 60's with his first group, The Minstrels 3. Jim Oulton and Brian Noyles from Windsor were his co-producers and performers. Every Wednesday at noon, for 15 minutes of acoustic folk and gospel songs. Jim played percussion and could sing like a bird. Brian and Allan on flat-top guitars. They appeared on Don Messer's Jubilee and Sing Along Jubilee. They auditioned for the show with Anne Murray and her guitarist/producer and Brian Ahearn and Dennis Dougherty of the Mamas and the Papas also auditioning. Got to do some tunes pre-recorded with Don Burk, 5 string banjo and Fred Mckenna, double bass. They were 12. The musicians union had to pass a special statute to allow minor's to become members.
Allan attended King's Collegiate School for Boys now King's-Edgehill School in Windsor, and he still has cousins in the Valley. He left when he was 15 to move to Quebec.
His compelling songs are described as “gypsy theatre” and with accolades like “powerful acoustic folk-rock”. The material fuses evocative lyrics and melody in a distinctive way that makes it unmistakably his. “Dance Hall Girls” is a favorite wherever pickers and singers gather. As the New York Times put it: “… As in gypsy theatre, their songs are performances and their lyrics are as dramatic and direct as finely spoken folk tales. … With this range of feeling, dense imagery and unexpected depth, their words may well find a place in the oral tradition of poetry….”
Allan Fraser is a strikingly original artist whose work resonates with musical intelligence and passion.
[email protected]
The show starts with an opening acoustic performance by The Hupman Brothers.
Allan Fraser is a songwriter and performer who released two albums internationally on Columbia Records with his then-partner, Daisy DeBolt. He has played the Philadelphia, Mariposa, and Winnipeg folk festivals, appeared in concert at major clubs, on TV and radio in the U.S.A, Europe and Canada and has composed and performed on film soundtracks.
He has worked with jazz guitarist Lenny Breau, singer/songwriters Jesse Winchester and Bruce Cockburn, and musical actors Cedric Smith and Tom Jackson. Many artists have recorded his songs, including Tom Russell, Cal Hand with Leo Kotke, Penny Lang and Cassell Webb.
Allan used to have a weekly radio show on CKEN radio back in the early 60's with his first group, The Minstrels 3. Jim Oulton and Brian Noyles from Windsor were his co-producers and performers. Every Wednesday at noon, for 15 minutes of acoustic folk and gospel songs. Jim played percussion and could sing like a bird. Brian and Allan on flat-top guitars. They appeared on Don Messer's Jubilee and Sing Along Jubilee. They auditioned for the show with Anne Murray and her guitarist/producer and Brian Ahearn and Dennis Dougherty of the Mamas and the Papas also auditioning. Got to do some tunes pre-recorded with Don Burk, 5 string banjo and Fred Mckenna, double bass. They were 12. The musicians union had to pass a special statute to allow minor's to become members.
Allan attended King's Collegiate School for Boys now King's-Edgehill School in Windsor, and he still has cousins in the Valley. He left when he was 15 to move to Quebec.
His compelling songs are described as “gypsy theatre” and with accolades like “powerful acoustic folk-rock”. The material fuses evocative lyrics and melody in a distinctive way that makes it unmistakably his. “Dance Hall Girls” is a favorite wherever pickers and singers gather. As the New York Times put it: “… As in gypsy theatre, their songs are performances and their lyrics are as dramatic and direct as finely spoken folk tales. … With this range of feeling, dense imagery and unexpected depth, their words may well find a place in the oral tradition of poetry….”
Allan Fraser is a strikingly original artist whose work resonates with musical intelligence and passion.
Admission
Pricing: tickets $15 available @ The Box of Delights Bookstore, Wolfville
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