From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V2 #59 Reply-To: canadian-music@smoe.org Sender: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk canadian-music-digest Monday, March 29 1999 Volume 02 : Number 059 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Northern Sounds Show Review ["Gian.C." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:07:06 -0500 From: "Gian.C." Subject: Northern Sounds Show Review (Sorry to all for this massive cross post) Well, it seems that the second installment of the Northern Sounds Songwriters Showcase was a big success. I'd like to congratulate Steve and James for the great show, you guys rock. I got there about 15 minutes early and expected the place to be empty, or at least i'd have a place to sit, but to my surprise, the place was packed already. It's great to see all the support for these young artists. Unfortunately i had to sit near the 'musicians table' ;) where i had the opportunity to talk with Jessica and Rayanne :) Onto the review, in total there were four performers, the first set had Jessica, Rayanne and Rebecca Timmons. The second set had a surprise performer in Trish, from Detroit (well, 20 minutes outside of Detroit :P) who played three songs, then Jessica, Rayanne and Rebecca Timmons. Ok, first up was Jessica. Like everyone else who's heard her play or has her CD, I think she's awesome. Great songs, great voice, great person, good things come in threes i guess :) I wish i had a set list to share, but i'm sure someone will. Although i especially loved the last song she played, which happened to be written on the plane to Toronto. A flight from New York City to Toronto is only about an hour, the girl can write :) Rayanne as always was amazing, although she's gotta get a better grip on her guitar cuz she keeps dropping it (had to be said :P). She has a way with mesmerizing the crowd into listening, maybe its because she has such great songs and voice. I believe she played around 11 songs, ranging from month old songs to 2-3 year old songs which were written when she used to live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I've been a big supporter of Rayanne ever since i heard her play one song during one of Emm Gryner's shows in Hamilton, Ontario. She's a great friend and great person to know, i'm sure most of you will hear of her in the future :) The surprise guest from Detroit, Trish, was a delight to see. Some of her first words were "In Detroit we have a saying, Yup, that sound you heard were gun shots" or something to that effect :) She played a total of three songs and all were awesome. From what i hear, she plays many instruments, and is multi-talented, and that shined through in her songs. Finally, Rebecca Timmons performed two sets (as did Jessica, and Rayanne). I've been a fan of Rebecca's for some time now but she had some problems with her label which caused her to not perform for some time. She has an energy about her that is contagious, i was into every one of her songs. She played two songs off of her first cd and the rest were brand new, which was a treat. Her new cd is going to be awesome. There's not enough i can say about her. In total the show was a huge success, the crowd was exceptional and the performers were incredible. Be sure to keep an eye out for all of these musicians in the future. Steve and James should be given medals for putting on such great shows. Oh and a big thanks to James as well for being the 'Sound Guy' great job :) Ok, i think i've rambled on enough, back to sleep for the next few months :) till next show, - -Gian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out http://webhome.idirect.com/~nsounds for Tour and Artist info, sound clips, reviews, and articles on new up and coming artists out of Toronto, such as Emm Gryner and Sarah Slean. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V2 #59 ***********************************