Market Hall Performing Arts Centre presents

Saturday February 23, 2019 - 8:00 PM
Russell deCarle
Known throughout North America as the lead singer and one of the founding members of multi-platinum country-roots group Prairie Oyster, Russell deCarle has spent the last decade carving out a solo career, concentrating on songwriting and rhythm guitar.
Alone in this Crowd is the title of deCarle’s most recent album, and it feels like the soundtrack of a movie in the days just before they invented Technicolor. The sound may surprise those who remember Prairie Oyster, but truth is that the band was always more than a “country” band, and deCarle’s warm, burnished and intimate voice has always honoured an eclectic range of songs. True to form, Alone in this Crowd offers a fluent collection of songs that mix southern soul and restrained balladry, with obvious
touches of jazz, blues, old-school country, and western swing. deCarle’s songwriting has absorbed all those influences, and he avidly listens to both soul singers and the men and women who made early country music so compelling.
Russell will be joined at Market Hall by long-time friends and musical compadres Steve Briggs on guitar and John Sheard on piano.
www.RusselldeCarle.com
- Cabaret Table Seats are ASSIGNED
- GENERAL ADMISSION section includes row seating & balconies
General Admission: $30 incl fees
Cabaret Table Seats: $35 incl fees
Wednesday February 27, 2019 - 8:00 PM

The Outside Track
With special guest opener: Melissa Payne
A stunning synthesis of virtuosity and energy, The Outside Track's marriage of Canadian, Scottish and Irish music and song has been rapturously received around the world. Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton and Vancouver, its five members are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to creating new music on its foundation. Using fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, flute, step-dance and vocals these five virtuosos blend boundless energy with unmistakable joie de vivre. Each player within The Outside Track is a master of their chosen instrument with the band stacking up an impressive amount of international awards. This amount of talent alone would be enough to recommend the band but in this case the end result is so much greater than the sum of the parts. The line up comprises Norah Rendell (Canadian Traditional Singer of the Year nominee), Mairi Rankin (Beolach), Ailie Robertson (Live Ireland Winner,,BBC Young Trad Finalist), Fiona Black (BBC Fame Academy Winner), and Cillian O'Dalaigh.
http://www.theoutsidetrack.com/
- Cabaret Table Seats are ASSIGNED
- GENERAL ADMISSION section includes row seating & balconies
General Admission: $25 incl fees
Cabaret Table Seats: $30 incl fees
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