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- a Juke Joint divebar cabaret with concerts every weekend
- All evening shows occur between 9 pm and Midnight!
- All shows are smoke-free!!

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Black sheep is an English language idiom—usually derogatory—which describes an odd or disreputable member of a group:
especially within one's family.(Wikipedia)
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May 12th to 18th, 2008      Updated:May 14, 2008
Date Performer Details
Wed 14 May
8:30 pm 		Jay Semko*
of The Northern Pikes
with s/g
Bonnie St. Croix**
and bonus s/g
Graham Greer***		 cd release Titled: International Superstar
As an artist with his own blend of folk/country/canadiana/americana,
In his own words: "All I know is that I'm in the best frame of mind I've been in for a long time, and I feel great about this record- I feel like the luckiest guy in the world right now and I'm really looking forward to getting out on the road to play these songs....and I get to wear my cowboy hat!!" *of The Northern Pikes

** fresh emotive expressions of the human experience delivered in her distinctive fusion of Contemporary Roots and Indie Pop
*** Graham (lead singer of Barstool Profits) is currently working diligently on a batch of new songs with co-producer/mixer extraordinaire Joe Hardy (ZZ Top, Steve Earle, Tom Cochrane, Colin James) and engineer/co-producer Todd Huckabone, which should be released in June
Thurs 15 May
8:30 pm
recommended
 Matt Haimovitz
world renowned cellist
After Reading Shakespeare/Juno nominated!
Haimovitz will tour new works composed for him by recent Pulitzer Prize winning composers. After Reading Shakespeare, is an intimate, literary-themed evening. From Shakespearian excerpts to Mark Twain quotes, these works bring well-loved characters and poignant quotations to life in passionate music for solo cello.

"Mr. Haimovitz is gaining renown. He appears in small spaces and even offbeat ones, such as taverns, trying to make this classical music more accessible." The Wall Street Journal
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Fri 16 May
9.00 pm
recommended 		Fred Eaglesmith
this will sell out! 		Juno Winner
IT'S TIME TO GET HIP TO FRED EAGLESMITH
Cult Sensation and Americana Music Hero
Sat 17th May
9.00 pm
recommended 		Fred Eaglesmith
this will sell out! 		Juno Winner
Fred Eaglesmith is what Bruce Springsteen aspires to be, the voice of the small-town common man," says Nova Scotia's Berwick Register.
Sun 18th May
4:00 pm
recommended 		Fred Eaglesmith
this will sell out! 		Juno Winner
Eaglesmith writes "songs that rattle around in your head like empty beer bottles in the back of a pickup," as one critic puts it.

Next week and beyond
Wed 21 May
8:30 pm 		Justin Rutledge blacksheep favorite Americana / Country / Roots Music
Thurs 22 May
8:30 pm 		Hoodlum *
Dry River Caravan**
Lindsay Ferguson*** 		"*CANADIAN SLAVONIC FUSION ~TRANCE TRIBAL FOLK METAL"
Folk / Roots **
accoustic / country / Alt...
***
****a voice that evokes spine-tingling feeling, creative passion & powerful strength.
Fri 23 May
9.00 pm 		Sunparlour Players
AND
Old Man Luedecke** 		There's singing, guitars, banjo, bass, glockenspiel, an organ pedal, loads of bass drums, bells, whistles, a clarinet, and other stuff too.
folk / Halifax
Sat 24 May
9.00 pm 		Sunparlour Players
Rural Alberta Advantage**		 There's singing, guitars, banjo, bass, glockenspiel, an organ pedal, loads of bass drums, bells, whistles, a clarinet, and other stuff too.
** The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta.
Sun 25 May
4.20 pm 		Rattle Snakin' Daddy
cd release
featuring
Paul Fenton**
and
Peter Lazz**
 * Slide guitar hero
**bluesman
Mon 26 May
830 pm
recommended
 Bloodshot Records presents:

Justin Townes Earle
with s/g
Kaylen Prescott		 insurgent Country!
(Steve Earle's Son)
One of only 3 Canadian Gigs
** Rock / Pop / Roots
Thurs 29 May
8:30 pm 		Culture Reject *( Guelph)
Flotilla** ( Mtl)
Arctic**(Van) 		CD RELEASE for Culture Reject
*Indie / Folk / Soul
***Pop / Acoustic / Alternative
Fri 30 May
9.00 pm 		The Skydiggers Rock / Folk Rock / Country
Sat 31 May
4.00 pm 		  Baobab Youth Orchestra (24 kids!) Afternoon
Baobab Tree is a diverse community of people connecting local energy with global spirit through West African singing, drumming and dance.
All AGES
kids under 12 (and over 75) - Free
Students and teens (with ID) 1/2 price
Sat 31 May
9.00 pm 		The Skydiggers Night time!
Rock / Folk Rock / Country
Sun 1 June
4:00 pm 		Kate Maki* alt folk
Thurs 5 June
8:30 pm 		Luther Wright and the Wrongs
special guests:
The Chiselers**		 Standing in that shadow is a grade-A word weaver and musician, as on Man of Your Dreams, where Wright focuses on the age-old dude issue of love gone wrong in pop and rock formats to complement his more C&W and honky-tonk leanings. - Steve Guimond, Hour magazine
~"Canadian combo that gets alt country right..." -Timeout, NYC
**Americana / Roots Music / Country
Fri 6 June
9.00 pm 		The John Henrys** * About The John Henrys "If Gram Parsons, Neil Young, The Band and Otis Redding had an orgy... You might get something like this." Chart Magazine "cosmic country-rock sounds of Gram Parsons-era Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers down to a science. Sweet little bits of heartache underneath pedal steel and raucous barroom sing-alongs… what’s not to love?" – Itunes Canada
Sat 7 June
9.00 pm 		Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs

s/g
Kyrie Kristmanson 		CBC Bandwidth Recording
Hosted by Alan Neil
Rockin' Rollin'
**Acoustic / A'cappella / Alternative
Sun 8 June
4.20 pm 		Kate and Hollis
with s/g's
Special Guests: Emory Lester(mandolin)
and
Kene Hyatt(bass)
Warm harmonies with a strong Appalachian influence; enjoy a toe tapping folk/roots, bluegrass 'ole style' matinee

All AGES
kids under 12 (and over 75) - Free
Students and teens/unemployed1/2 price
Fri 13 June
8:30 pm 		Melwood Cutlery
( live cd recording )
with the amazing Fred Guignon*** 		*blacksheep favorite
the one and lonely melwood cutlery

*** electric guitar, National steel guitar
Sat 14 June
9.00 pm 		Mighty Popo* Juno Winner
. But as much as Popo has inherited a love of the traditional music of Rwanda and Burundi, he also has a lifelong connection with rock and roll, blues, jazz, R&B,Reggae and folk traditions.
Sun 15 June
4.20 pm 		Mighty Popo* Juno Winner
AFTERNOON MATINEE SHOW . But as much as Popo has inherited a love of the traditional music of Rwanda and Burundi, he also has a lifelong connection with rock and roll, blues, jazz, R&B,Reggae and folk traditions.

All AGES
kids under 12 (and over 75) - Free
Students and teens/unemployed1/2 price
Sun 15 June
8.00 pm 		Lina Allemano Four EVENING SHOW Lina Allemano-trumpet;
Brodie West-alto saxophone;
Andrew Downing-bass;
Nick Fraser-drums
Thurs 19 June
8:30 pm
recommended
 The Wooden Sky*
and
the D'Urbervilles 		*Indie / Folk Rock / Black Metal

**“When the shouts and calls, crashing drums and tight, layered guitars are going full steam ahead it’s akin to the immediacy of early Constantines. These young musicians have an instinctive feel about how to make a maximum impact and then get the hell out. Some magical musical amphetamines.” – Exclaim!

Fri 20 June
9.00 pm 		The Good Lovelies
with s/guests
Annabelle Chvostek**
and
Dave Norris*** 		Best Folk at Toronto Independent Music Awards
fun-loving, light-hearted, quirk-folk trio
**guitar, violin, mandolin, percussion - a bubbling stew of old-time country, electro-acoustic, East European roots, jazz and pop
***Alternative / Rock
Sat 21 June
9.00 pm 		Torngat*
with s/g
Pete Samples**
AND
Slim Twig*** 		*french horn, keyboards and drums
** a multi-instrumentalist and a one-of-a-kind creative force constructs an electronic sound heavily influenced by rock and roll.
***"An unhinged rockabilly hound who sounds like a kid brother to Nick Cave, Jon Spencer and Suicide’s Alan Vega, Slim Twig mixes eerie electronics with bare-bones rock ’n’ roll." - Jason Anderson, Toronto Life
Sun 22 June
4:20 pm 		Music Stand,
featuring:
Washboard Hank *

Brian Saunderson and the Wakefield School All Stars! 		." His repertoire includes bluegrass, rockabilly, country, television themes and Oktoberfest.

: a fundraiser for the village school music programs,
ALL AGES
Wed 25 June
8:30 pm 		Hidden Cameras* Subversive go-go dancing folk band
"music so great - it's shocking" Tim Jonze
Thurs 26 June
8:30 pm 		Amelia Curran*
Tanya Davis
Don Brownrigg*** 		East Coast / Folk Festival Favorites
*. If the art of making misery and the depth of personal enigma into something that becomes happy and uplifting enough to throw in the odd mandolin lick, Amelia Curran can paint your picture.
**Alternative / Folk / Pop
***Music akin to roots, folk, blues, and country
Fri 27 June
9.00 pm 		Emm Gryner*
and s/g
Mike Yates** 		* - 3 time Juno Award nominee
twice for Best Pop Album - Songwriter of The Year
2007 nominee Canadian Folk Music Awards
- Bono listed her song "Almighty Love" as one of 6 songs he wishes he'd written from the last 20 years (Q Magazine)

**Acoustic / Folk Rock / Alternative
Sun 29 June
5pm to @ 11pm 		Piggyback Fringe Festival Theatre Wakefield, with the full support of the Ottawa Fringe festival is bringing artists from as far away as South Africa and New Zealand to to come to Wakefield and "do their thing"

Organizers are arranging ticket sales . please contact gwenshea @ magma.ca for more info
Mon 30 June
5pm to @ 11pm 		Piggyback Fringe Festival Theatre Wakefield, with the full support of the Ottawa Fringe festival is bringing artists from as far away as South Africa and New Zealand to to come to Wakefield and "do their thing"

Organizers are arranging ticket sales . please contact gwenshea @ magma.ca for more info
Wed 2nd July
8:30 pm 		Chris Tarry*
with s/g
Dyalek 		Two Time Juno Award Winner
*"One of the best jazz groups working today!" - All About Jazz
**Jazz / Nu-Jazz / Progressive
Sat 12 July
9.00 pm 		Melanie Doane* cd release,
special guest
Kevin Fox		 *Pop / Rock / Acoustic
Thurs July 17
8:30 pm 		Anthony Toner Award winning Irish singer/songrwriter featured recently by BBC for The Blackstaff Sessions
and receiving lots of airplay in Ireland.
Also expect some tasty covers
- everything from Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen, some fancy picking and repartee.
Sat 19 July
9.00 pm 		Garnet Rogers Garnet Rogers may be the greatest male interpreter and vocalist performing in the contemporary folk scene... a first rate writer...musical integrity and powerful performance... - Sing Out
Thurs 24 July
8:00 pm 		Allison Lickley*
Jess Clemons **
Romney Getty ***
*Folk / Alternative / Pop
**Folk Rock / Pop / Rock
***Americana / Blues / Country

Fri 25 July
9.00 pm 		Caridad Cruz
and her 7-piece band
"Cubano Son y Caridad Cruz"		 Cubano Son y Caridad Cruz features musical director and alto saxophonist Felipe Contreras, who was for 30 years a musical directorin Cuba and leader of such bands as Cadencia Perfecta, and who has created new arrangements for all of Caridad's material.

So Caridad's usual mix of furious Latin rhythms, traditional Cuban son* and soulful boleros has gotten even better. The sound is now purer and more traditionally Cuban and performed to a higher standard than ever. This is a don't-miss event.

*is the Cuban style made popular up here by Buena Vista Social Club
Sat 26 July
9.00 pm 		Shawn Tavernier and Silver Creek*
Eric Vieweg**
Withering Pines 		*Welcome to a world of smoky bars, lust, love and heartache; afternoons in the diner, evenings with your girl and summer in the country.

**Sonically spectacular and lyrically memorable - xpress
Sat 2nd Aug
9.00 pm 		David Francey* 3 time Juno Winner

In concert David is a singer and a storyteller who can establish, in minutes, a personal rapport with his audience.

His wry humour and astute observations combined with his openhearted singing style have earned him a loyal following.
Fri 8 Aug
9.00 pm 		Andy White*
and s/g
Kristin Sweetland** 		*Irish singer-songwriter ANDY WHITE carries a 12 string guitar under his arm and wears his particular brand of Irish magic and charm on his sleeve. With the political edge of the young Bob Dylan, the romance of David Gray and the Celtic influences and lyricism of the Waterboys, an Andy White concert is a special experience.
**Hailed as one of Canada’s "hottest young guitar players,"Kristin Sweetland has been much-lauded for her intricate instrumental guitarwork, rich vocals and enchanting stage presence
Sat 9 Aug
9.00 pm 		The Hammerheads* 4 time winners of the "favorite live band/act of the year" ~ Ottawa Xpress
booty-busting, massive party jam , 70's disco infusion.... wear your dancin' shoes!!!
Thurs 14 Aug
8:30 pm 		Dave Martel*
Ladies of the Canyon**
Meredith Luce***
 * full-out rocking insanity, to up close and personal, folksy, beautifulness
** Their music is a complex soundscape that is part sweet folk pop, part soulful complaint, and, for good measure, more than a little bit country
***"On subjects from deer heads to granite quarries, Meredith produces 'finely-crafted folk-rock' (Lynn Saxberg - Ottawa Citizen) that will draw you in and keep you listening."
Sun 17 Aug
4:20 pm 		O-Town Hoedown 2008
Steve Stacey and the Stump Splitters* Kingmakers**
Lucky Ron and the McGillicuddy Sisters*** 		All AGES SUNDAY MATINEE
kids under 12 (and over 75) Free
Students and teens (with ID) 1/2 price
 *a stomping straight talking country band
**like a living snapshot of an era where blues, jazz and country fell into bed together and spawned a variety of genre-bending styles from jump blues to rockabilly to rock and roll
*** rockin' hillbilly band
Thurs 21 Aug
8:30 pm 		Little Miss Higgins*
and
Lindsay Ferguson** 		*"2008 JUNO nomination for Blues Album of the Year!"
** Blacksheep favorite
Folk Rock / Acoustic / Rock
Sat 6 Sept
9.00 pm 		Orillia Opry*
and s/g
Belle Isle** 		* folk-country-pop revivalists
**Belle Isle: think of the cottage, the farm, the canoe, the capsized sailboat, wetsuits, swimming the mile across, Jack Daniels, hurricane Andrew, Barney the windsurfing beagle, and other things too foolish to mention.
Sat 27 Sept at 9pm

HiLoTrons
and
special surprise guests		 *A super-charged, super fun, sci-fi adventure with monsters, robots and astromen
Sun 28 Sept at 4:20
HiLoTrons
and
special surprise guests		 *A super-charged, super fun, sci-fi adventure with monsters, robots and astromen

All AGES SUNDAY MATINEE
kids under 12 (and over 75) Free
Students and teens (with ID) 1/2 price
Sat 18 Oct
9.00 pm 		Tim O'Brien 2006 Grammy Winner
performing songs from his new cd " Chameleon",
Sun 19 Oct
4:00 pm 		The Pan-Canadian New Folk Ensemble:
Kim Barlow*
Old Man Luedecke**
Christine Fellows ***
An ensemble of some of the country¹s most innovative musicians have assembled to create a beautiful odd-sorts stew of sweet frailing banjos, guitars, piano, a string section, warm harmonies, the occasional shimmer of glockenspiel or autoharp, and great, great songs.

*Indie / Roots Music / Folk
**banjo playing folk singer
***Minimalist / Showtunes
Fri 24 Oct
9.00 pm 		Great Lake Swimmers* "Just when it seems like it can't possible get more beautiful, the next song sets the bar even higher and it becomes an overload of pure awesome. Ongiara is slow and spare, yet amazingly rich and varied... Decidedly country in flavour but not in overall tone... Dekker weaves lyrical tales that are as ethereal as his shimmering songs, open to interpretation while bearing a straightforward foundation."
HART ~ By Shannon Whibbs
Sat 8 Nov
9.00 pm 		Kelly Lee Evans ***2007 Canadian Smooth Jazz Nominee - Best Female Vocalist*** ***2007 JUNO NOMINEE - Best Jazz Vocal Album *** ***2007 GEMINI NOMINEE*** "One of the '5 Must See Concerts of the Summer'" - Avril Benoit, CBC Radio (July 2006)

"Kellylee is totally a star. She is going to touch many hearts with her voice and her lyrics for a very, very long time. I look forward to watching her become a force." Christian McBride, Bassist (Sting, Diana Krall, Pat Metheny)
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Tuesdays
7.30 pm 		MAY 15 - 08 - parked till fall-
Free Indie Movie Nights are Back		 featuring indie film makers and Invisible Cinema, NFB and documentary films.
Free Popcorn TOO
Come out and see some neat stuff
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4 pm and 7:30 pm
9:00 pm
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Students and teens (with ID) 1/2 price
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