Friends of Fiddler's Green
Friday September 9th 2016
Date: Friday September 9, 2016 at 8 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Location: Mill Road Community Space, 8 Chemin Mill, Chelsea, QC
Tickets: $20 in advance, or $25 at the door
The "Friends" boast six versatile musicians, four fine singers, three songwriters, a brilliant joke teller, the occasional fiery dragon, one Order of Canada, two Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals and one of the longest track records in Canadian Folk Music. This totally uncategorizable collection has been together, with a few personnel changes, since their inauguration at Toronto's Fiddler's Green coffeehouse in 1971. Nobody, not even the Friends themselves, can predict what might happen during one of their concerts, but it always includes humour, powerful vocal harmony, great musicianship, social commentary and an irresistible urge to dance.
The Friends were recipients of the 2003 Estelle Klein Award, given by the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals for service to folk music in Ontario. This year's Ontario tour celebrates 45 years of music and mischief.
More on the Friends/recordings here: www.ianrobb.com/FOFG
Watch/listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA4M216Wtd0