ALL SHOWS
Where
Burritts Rapids Community Hall
23 Grenville St. Burritts Rapids, ON
Map
When
All shows: 7:30pm
Doors: 7:00pm
Contact: soboltalk@gmail.com
live music is…
UPCOMING SHOW!
FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 2025
FRIDAY DECEMBER 12
BURRITTS RAPIDS COMMUNITY HALL
THE PLAYERS:
BOB WISEMAN was a founding member of Blue Rodeo, with whom he won 5 Juno Awards. He is a film composer, songwriter and author. Wiseman discovered or produced many artists, including Ron Sexsmith, The Lowest of the Low, Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall, Anhai, and former Canadian member of parliament Andrew Cash. Bob has released 13 albums including such guests as Daniel Lanois, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Eugene Chadbourne, Edie Brickell, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Basia Bulat and Serena Ryder.
MIKE BOGUSKI has been Blue Rodeo’s piano player since 2009’s ‘The Things We Left Behind.’ Fans of Mike Boguski’s solo work have been treated to hearing the Blue Rodeo keyboardist venture into a range of sounds from jazz fusion to experimental composition, to original songwriting in recent years, and he’s continued to refine those recordings with new editions of his solo albums Here’s To Tomorrow/Goodbye To Yesterday and Blues For The Penitent.
THE NIGHT:
Each artist takes the same piano and launches in opposite directions – solo, stripped down, wide open. One piano. Two deeply personal journeys.
No safety net. No genre crutches. No rodeo.
Just great music.
PAST SHOWS
ALAN GERBER
MAY 25, 2024
Bluesman Alan Gerber has been thrilling Canadian audiences since he relocated to the Laurentians and began releasing a string of terrific solo albums featuring his original songs. Prior to that the Chicago-born multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, vocals, fiddle) toured with BB King, jammed with Jimi Hendrix, joined Bob Dylan on his legendary Rolling Thunder Revue, and was Lou Reed’s musical director, among many other musical adventures. Ask anyone who caught Alan’s show in Burritts Rapids in 2022 and you’ll hear the same story: Alan is hilarious and awesome!
“Seeing Alan Gerber perform live is a joyous experience. You can tell he loves to be in front of an audience and truly whips them into a frenzy. He’s amazing!” – Holger Peterson, CBC
LYNN MILES
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2024
$25
Blue Moon is thrilled to present Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lynn Miles live in concert in the cozy and intimate setting of the Burritts Rapids Community Hall.
Lynn first rose to fame in Ottawa in the 1980s but she has since released 15 albums and been acclaimed around the world.
Lynn won a Juno award in 2003 for Roots Traditional Album of the year, and went on to be nominated in the same categories in 2006 and 2011. She is also the recipient of 6 Canadian Folk Music Awards including 3 for songwriter of the year. The New York Times wrote of Lynn that her music “makes forlorn feel like a state of grace.”
BOB WISEMAN
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2023
$25
Blue Moon presents singer/songwriter Bob Wiseman live in concert. Bob co-founded Blue Rodeo, with whom he won 5 Juno awards, before going solo and releasing a string of celebrated albums. Bob is a songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and unique creative catalyst who never disappoints.
In addition to his own music, Bob produced Ron Sexsmith’s first album, toured internationally with both Feist and Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall, and has performed with Wilco, Ashley MacIsaac, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Garland Jeffries, and Serena Ryder, among many others. His first book, Music Lessons, was called “wildly entertaining” by the Globe and Mail. The list of his artistic accomplishments goes on and on.
Bob Wiseman’s music is lyrical, original, clever, funny, moving and deep. He only rarely appears live these days but he has agreed to share his beautiful songs and hilarious tales with us for one night only in Burritts Rapids. Don’t miss it!
Sax player and poet John Sobol will be opening for Bob, and the pair will also play a tune or two together. John has performed at music and spoken word festival across Canada.
IRENE’S BLUES ALL-STARS
MARCH 25 • 7:30 PM
Ottawa’s undisputed home of the blues is Irene’s Pub, where for over 25 years guitarist Vince Halfhide and drummer Corky Kealy have hosted blues musicians from far and wide on Thursday nights. These local legends will be in Burritts Rapids on March 25th with familiar sidekicks Sean McGee on organ, Chris Breitner on bass, saxman John Sobol (and maybe even a special guest or two!) to conjure up a night of deep and soulful blues. Don’t miss it!
MIA KELLY / BASSETT
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25, 7:30PM
Blue Moon brings you a captivating double bill of talented young singer/songwriters.
Mia Kelly is a singer-songwriter from Gatineau, Quebec who writes and performs in both French and English. Mia enthralls listeners with a distinctive blend of Folk, Rock, and Blues and is making her mark in the Canadian folk music scene. Swiftly gaining recognition as a poetic lyricist with a powerful and versatile voice, Mia is an imaginative storyteller who channels her raw and vulnerable emotions through her expertly crafted songs.
Toronto-based folk duo, Basset, are full of timeless heart. Acoustic songwriters Sam Clark and Yasmine Shelton will take you through city streets in the hours before the world has woken, or to a corrugated steel home north of the treeline. With comparisons to The Milk Carton Kids, Hozier, and Bon Iver, their inventiveness shines on fiddle and intricate harmonies, with Shelton and Clark’s voices wrapping around each other like twin flames in a warm fire.
RAKESTAR ARKESTRA
SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 2023 – 7:30PM
RAKESTAR is an exciting, adventurous and entertaining 8-piece ensemble inspired by the creative genius of the great bandleader Sun Ra and playing favourite compositions from his endless songbook, from Ellingtonian ballads to swinging stompers to cosmic explorations.
Don Cummings – Hammond Organ, Tiger synth
Mike Essoudry – drums, clarinet
Scott Warren – drums, percussion, gadgets and toys
Rory McGill – keyboards
Linsey Wellman – baritone sax
David Broscoe – alto sax
Rob Frayne – tenor sax
John Sobol – tenor sax
“Canadians who look and sound like they came from Saturn”
Village Voice
“Consistently entertaining sounds”
Cadence
SO LONG SEVEN
SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 8PM
So Long Seven are a terrific quartet from Toronto that ranges all across the global musical map with virtuosity and passion.
Tim Posgate – banjo
Neil Hendry – guitar/mandolin
Ravi Naimpally – tabla
William Lamoureux – violin
ALAN GERBER
+ TWO
JULY 30, 2022
Bluesman Alan Gerber has been thrilling Canadian audiences since he relocated to the Laurentians in the 1980s and began releasing a string of terrific solo albums featuring his original songs. Prior to that the Chicago-born multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, vocals, fiddle) toured with BB King, jammed with Jimi Hendrix, joined Bob Dylan on his legendary Rolling Thunder Revue, and was Lou Reed’s musical director, among many other musical adventures.
“Seeing Alan Gerber perform live is a joyous experience. You can tell he loves to be in front of an audience and truly whips them into a frenzy. He’s amazing!” – Holger Peterson
Opening for Alan Gerber will be TWO, the collaborative pairing of well-known local musicians Kevin Garnett and Wayne Lyrette.
JUNE 4, 2022
MEGAN JEROME & THE TOGETHER ENSEMBLE
One of Ottawa’s most original and delightful singer/songwriters brings her terrific band to Burritts Rapids for one night only.
“Beguiling homemade songs, intimate, quirky, and fearlessly beautiful.”
Peter Hum, The Ottawa Citizen
Megan Jerome: Piano & Vocals
Fred Guignion: Guitars
Don Cummings: Hammond Organ
Mike Essoudry: Drums
May 14, 2022
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Our brand new monthly concert series kicks off on May 14 with an exciting and funky 8 piece band featuring many of Ottawa’s top jazz musicians in a cool new unit.
Mike Essoudry & Michel Delage: Drums
Don Cummings: Hammond Organ
Pierre Chrétien: Clavinet / Rhodes Piano
Zakari Frantz: Alto Sax / Flute
Petr Cancura: Tenor Sax / Flute
John Sobol: Tenor / Baritone Sax
Mike Schultz: Trombone
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