Join us on September 10 for Catherine North MashUP II, an experimental concert/recording project at Catherine North Studios in Hamilton, Ontario.
The premise Invite two individual artists who don’t know each other. Pair them up for a joint recording session/concert performance.
The Catch They collaborate live in front of you, the audience, while we record the process and outcome. No preproduction. No overdubs.
The venue The main tracking room at Catherine North Studios – an inspirational open concept church space, fantastic for capturing live-off-the-floor performances.
Admission is PWYC: Guestlist (free), Supporter ($5) and Patron ($20). Proceeds from Supporter and Patron ticket sales will go towards supporting the project.
Our two guest artists on September 10 will be:
Adam Warner – As the longtime drummer for rock-and-roll armada White Cowbell Oklahoma, former member of pop sensation The Golden Dogs, and founding member of African group Radio Nomad, Adam Warner has a breadth of musical experience that belies his small-town roots. He has performed and/or recorded with members of the Barenaked Ladies, Sloan, the Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, and Great Big Sea, among others. Lyrically and musically, Adam stands at the crossroads between the country and the city. With a huge voice that ranges from gentle and smooth to peel-the-paint-off-the-walls holler, Adam makes “Country-Soul” music with serious groove. www.adamwarner.com
Amanda Zelina (The Coppertone) – Amanda Zelina is The Coppertone. With a voice that howls, unapologetic moody fuzzed out guitars, primal drums, and lyrics soaked in soul, The Coppertone is an exciting and refreshing new face to contemporary blues. “My influences are from guys like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough, John Lee Hooker, Son House… Blues men who used their fingers to dig into the strings, who held a note for eight bars more than they technically should because it felt right.” Amanda continues, “The blues to me is non-restrictive… It’s a spiritual force, a feeling more than a chord structure.” thecoppertone.com
Click here to watch the video from our last MashUP!
At long last… we’ve released our very first official MashUP video, and we’re now hard at work planning the next MashUP slated for September 10, 2010. Stay tuned for more information.
On June 11 we invited songwriters Karyn Ellis and Ian Smith to participate in the first ever Catherine North MashUP. Karyn and Ian wrote, rehearsed, and recorded a song in 60 minutes — all in front of a live audience.
Kudos to Moussa and his team (Ivar, Long and Paul) for capturing the magic of the evening on video. We hope you enjoy it.
Written and performed by Karyn Ellis and Ian Smith. Featuring Marcone on Wurlitzer. Recorded in front of a live audience on June 11, 2010 at Catherine North Studios (Hamilton, Canada).
British band Count To Fire have announced their second studio album In Another Life will be released on September 6, 2010.
The album was recorded at Catherine North Studios last year and was produced by Colin Cripps. The album both builds on its predecessor and glides gracefully into a higher echelon. More adventurous than their debut, the new record is an impressive collection of mature songwriting, as a band that always showed promise deliver in spades.
The album will be available physically from Amazon and CD Baby. As well as downloaded or streamed from iTunes or Spotify.
Michigan based singer-songwriter Mike Vial is gearing up to release his second EP, Burning the Boats, on September 28, 2010. In the meantime, Mike’s hosting a listening party at the Uptown Coffee House (102 E. Grand River, Howell, MI) on August 29 from 6 to 8pm. Tickets are $3 in advance are available online at fusionshows.com. Tickets include a drink, a copy of the CD and performance!
Mike recorded the disc with us at Catherine North over the past year. It started in the spring of 2009 and finished up in earlier this summer. We’re all excited to get these songs out into the world.
(Mike, we still want to take a tour of the Heritage factory in Kalamazoo with you sometime soon!)
Joel Johnson is having his official CD release for his latest album, Blues Joose, Vol. 1, on Saturday, July 31 at a matinée show the Liquid Lounge in Brantford starting at 3pm. Blues Joose was recorded at Catherine North with Duke Foster.
From Six Nations Ontario Canada, Joel Johnson certainly does pack some hard hitting electric blues in his solo debut album Blues Joose Vol.1. … What to expect on Blues Joose Vol.1? It has a little bit of everything on it such as the swing, delta slide, funk, boogie woogie and Madness guitar playing and is certainly turning out to be an album to have. —cdbaby.com
For more information check out Joel’s myspace and CD Baby pages.
Admission is PWYC: Guestlist (free), Supporter ($5) and Patron ($20). Proceeds from Supporter and Patron ticket sales will go towards supporting the project.
Adam Warner – As the longtime drummer for rock-and-roll armada White Cowbell Oklahoma, former member of pop sensation The Golden Dogs, and founding member of African group Radio Nomad, Adam Warner has a breadth of musical experience that belies his small-town roots. He has performed and/or recorded with members of the Barenaked Ladies, Sloan, the Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, and Great Big Sea, among others. Lyrically and musically, Adam stands at the crossroads between the country and the city. With a huge voice that ranges from gentle and smooth to peel-the-paint-off-the-walls holler, Adam makes “Country-Soul” music with serious groove. www.adamwarner.com
Amanda Zelina (The Coppertone) – Amanda Zelina is The Coppertone. With a voice that howls, unapologetic moody fuzzed out guitars, primal drums, and lyrics soaked in soul, The Coppertone is an exciting and refreshing new face to contemporary blues. “My influences are from guys like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Junior Kimbrough, John Lee Hooker, Son House… Blues men who used their fingers to dig into the strings, who held a note for eight bars more than they technically should because it felt right.” Amanda continues, “The blues to me is non-restrictive… It’s a spiritual force, a feeling more than a chord structure.” thecoppertone.com
