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This Wednesday, August 12, 9--11:30 p.m., at Folk Night at
The Ship Pub in St. John's, Newfoundland, the headliners
will be Jean Hewson, Christina Smith, and Rick West.

Cover is $5, there are door prizes, there is an open
mic set between the two headline sets, and open mic
performers get a free beer. Also the kitchen is open
until 8 p.m.

Here is the blurb from http://nlfolk.com/folknight.php# :

For the past 28 years, Jean Hewson (vocals, guitar, razor wit) and
Christina Smith (fiddle) have been ambassadors of Newfoundland and
Labrador culture, bringing the music and songs of this province to
festival, concert and folk club audiences in North America and Europe.
They are the recipients of the Ernie King Tradition Bearer award from
the Celtic Roots Festival, Goderich, Ontario. Their music has been
broadcast nationally by the CBC, and their CDS Like Ducks! and August
Gale have received multiple nominations and awards. Rick West (bodhran)
played and was executive producer for Snotty Var, nominated for an ECMA
in 1998. Since 1999 and along with Jean and Christina, he has been a
member of MAHERS BAHERS, led by accordion-master, Frank Maher. Their
album, Mahervelous, received Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for
best traditional and best solo-instrumental album. Rick and Jean also
play in the trad band, WHAT ODDS.

Websites: http://jeanandchristina.ca/wp/ http://whatodds.ca/


Next week (August 19) the headliners will be bluegrass
and old time country band Flower Hill.

--
David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "When the train, it left the station, with two lights on behind
Well, the blue light was my blues, and the red light was my mind" (R.J.)

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