Patchwork Threads

If you haven’t seen three sheet perform live – here is your chance!  Normally they take the stage way past my bedtime but at Patchwork House Concerts, they’ll be performing at our standard 8 pm on Saturday, September 17.  To encourage everyone to attend, we are suggesting a $20 cover, and a lower $10 for students.  This is fabulous way to kick off a new school year.  (News on our exciting October show follows at the bottom of this post….)

three sheet is a six member, genre-bending power house.  Winners of numerous Music NS and ECMAs for hip hop recordings, they are the genuine article:  No Samples, No Loops. 100% Beatbox percussion, Vocalization & Instrumentation.   Three Sheet’s contagiously energetic live performances are validated with vivid and honest content both sonically and lyrically.  They recently released their 3^rd album “Heart to Make it Perfect” featuring a new DJ (“Uncle Fester”) and adding keys to round out their sound.

Visit their website to check out their latest single “The Bears”. http://www.threesheet.com/

Here’s how they roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VaTnIpDhVZQ

This is an all-ages show (but best suited for kids 12+).  We’ll be passing the hat for the band and looking for $20 per person ($10-for students).  All funds go directly to the artists.  There will be 2 sets with a break in between; cds will be available for sale.

Non-alcoholic beverages will be offered.  You are invited to take along any wine/beer/etc. that you wish to enjoy.  There will be a selection of munchies at the break.  Contributions to the munchies table will be shared happily although not required.

Please RSVP via email to mleblanc.patchwork@gmail.com or by calling 902 434-8355.  (Last minute RSVPs and drop-ins are cool too.)  Please feel free to forward this invitation on to other music lovers you know.

Best,                                                                                                                                              Monique & George                                                                                                                    Patchwork House Concerts                                                                                                                30 First Ave., Bedford

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After a high energy hip-hop, we thought we’d shake things up a bit so our October show will be the Blue Engine String Quartet – four of of the finest musicians in Nova Scotia, all members of Symphony NS, will play for you in our living room on Saturday, October 8.  Wow!  This will be an advance ticket only show.  You can contact me for tickets now at $30/person.

With a fresh new sound and attitude that combines pop smarts, undeniable soul, and a ceaseless drive to venture into uncharted directions, Roxanne Potvin has returned from a five-year hiatus with For Dreaming, an album that re-establishes the Montreal singer/songwriter and guitarist as one of the most distinctive voices in Canada.Saturday, June 4 @ 8 pm.  Tickets $20

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Spring or not – this will warm up the living room.  Christine & Blake are both killer guitarists and wicked performers.  They also happen to have voices that will knock your socks off.  This will be a smokin’ show.  Christine has a new cd in the works so you will hear some old favorites plus some new material (and likely a few dynamite covers).

Show time is 8 pm.  Doors open at 7:30 pm.  $20                                                                             BYOB.  Snacks offered and accepted.

Christine & Blake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWAvzsZGOSo                                   RSVP to mleblanc.patchwork@gmail.com or by calling 902 434-8355.

Best,                                                                                                                                                    Monique & George                                                                                                                Patchwork House Concerts                                                                                                               30 First Ave., Bedford                                                              facebook.com/PatchworkHouseConcerts

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Up next at Patchwork – a couple of musical chameleons.  Book your seats. Then I will challenge you to sit still while listening to KEITH MULLINS & COLIN GRANT                SATURDAY, MARCH 5 @ 8 PM                                                                                                    $20 (all $$ to the artists, as usual)

 Keith and Colin are two Cape Breton musicians who know how to play a tune/song/jig/reel/rock/pop/blues/whatever.  From Celtic music to Cuban rhumbas there is nothing these guys can’t do.  Those who attended Keith’s shows with the kids from Basinview School (Basinview Rocks) or who were here last year for Keith’s show with Cuban piano wonder Silvio Pupo know exactly what I mean.  So do those who have seen Colin at Celtic Colours or caught the Sprag Session somewhere along the way.

Colin’s band, Sprag Session is described as follows.Lingering somewhere amidst the rich, soulful roots of traditional Cape Breton music and the grooves of a thousand branches of rock and funk, Sprag Session has developed a unique style and repertoire of music with a dynamic and thoughtful mingling of beats and melodies from an extensive host of musical influences. Far from the awkward malaise of mohawked bagpipers and kilted punks, Sprag Session has created a kind of Celtic fusion that is as much Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and Frank Zappa as it is Ashley MacIsaac.

A few videos for the uninitiated:                                                                                                  Keith Mullins:  Island Sol             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDV7JlEu0lQ

with kids from Basinview School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHLnOWO8Pnk

and a little “Apple of my Eye”      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX-8-mnpdfo

So upon watching that, if I tell you that Keith does a rendition of “Billie Jean” in 5 parts at once ….it won’t sound so strange.  But what if we add a 6^th part?  A fiddle perhaps…..

Colin Grant:     http://spragsession.com/video  with his celtic fusion group “Sprag Session”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Mzna5pvuM

http://keithmullins.ca/                                                                                              http://colingrant.ca/

Do yourself a favor and commit to being with us on Saturday, March 5 to share in the joy that is live music.   RSVP via email to mleblanc.patchwork@gmail.com or by calling 902 434-8355.  You’ll be glad you did.

Best,                                                                                                                                                         Monique & George                                                                                                                Patchwork House Concerts                                                                                                              First Ave., Bedford

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