Events

MAY 11: LISA BOZIKOVIC / DEL BEL / ROLF KLAUSENER (The Acorn)

8PM doors - 9PM show - $8 - Facebook event

“Lisa Bozikovic maps out introspective narratives in clear, evocative turns of phrase, then uses her nuanced delivery to magnify each emotional dip and swerve” -CBC Home Page - 10 artists to watch in 2010 http://www.lisabozikovic.ca

Toronto’s Del Bel is a collaborative collective, drawing players from The Happiness Project, Bry Webb Band, Flowers of Hell, L Con, Chrome and the Ice Queen, Kite Hill, Entire Cities, Ohbijou, Sun Parlour Players, Gregory Pepper and his Problems, Ensemble etc. http://www.delbelmusic.com/

Though he is currently into RnB, as well as writing dance hits for Ottawa trio Silkken Laumann, Ottawa indie-folk troubadour Rolf Klausener (The Acorn) will be playing some nice jams to get you hyped up for summertime. http://www.theacorn.ca/  


MAY 12: CHINATOWN REMIXED DAY + GIRLDFRIENDS DJ NIGHT!

1:30PM onward - 9PM DJ start time

Chinatown Remixed Facebook event - Girlfriends DJ Night Facebook event

Chinatown Remixed is an annual, month-long, community-based free event taking place on Somerset Street West in Ottawa, Ontario. Raw Sugar is proud to be showing the art of James A. Brummel, and hosting a DJ night post festivities! http://chinatownremixed.ca/


MAY 16: BRAD MORDEN / CLOE PERRAULT / KAY’LA FRASER

Poetry and Music - 8PM - 5$ to 10$ sliding scale

Brad Morden is an Ottawa based Poet/Musician often seen walking the streets of the nations capital ukulele in hand, poem on the tips of his tongue. http://www.myspace.com/bradmorden

 

MAY 17 - DJ JASON PELLETIER with guests DJs MYRON + METERMAN

8PM - Old School Hip Hop and Funk

http://jasonskilz.tumblr.com/post/22162220086/next-jam-at-raw-sugar-may-17th-guest-djs-myron

 

MAY 18 - AMANDA BON

8PM doors - 9PM show

Ottawa’s Amanda Bon released her debut album, ‘Juniper Weekends’ in September 2011. http://amandabon.com/

 

MAY 19 – PACO DVOI / LLOYD SMILEY / LISA MARIE NAPONSE

8PM doors – 9PM show - $5

Paco Dvoi, ex-frontman of Chilean rock band Toximetro, is releasing his first solo album, Shades of Dysphoria. http://pacodvoi.bandcamp.com/album/shades-of-dysphoria

 

MAY 24 – WIND UP RADIO SESSIONS / HER HARBOUR / JORDIN KELLAR

8PM doors – 9PM show - $6- Facebook event

Wind Up Radio Sessions are a finely woven fabric that write and perform folk rock songs with charming arrangements and intimate lyrics. http://windupradiosessions.com/wordpress/

Ottawa’s Her Harbour is an ever growing collection of songs by Gabrielle Giguere. http://herharbour.com/

 

MAY 26 – OLD TIME MACHINE / OLD CABIN / PISTOL GEORGE WARREN

8PM doors – 9PM show - $8- Facebook event

Old Time Machine started in Whitehorse, Yukon as the art-show contribution of a bluesman and a bedroom-musician. The duo works to blend McNally’s studies of finger style traditional blues with Cashen’s experience crafting ethereal soundscapes to create familiar but distinctly original music. The band strikes a balance between references to the early days of pop and rock music, dreamy textures, and even elements of hip-hop. http://oldtimemachinemusic.tumblr.com/

Old Cabin is singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jona Raised along the shores of Lake Superior and in the wilderness of rural Yukon, Jona is a second-generation musician who began his career learning from noteworthy country-folk artists, blues musicians, and classic rock bands. http://oldcabin.tumblr.com/ 


JUNE 1 – JONATHAN BECKER AND THE WHITE DEVILS / NICK SHERMAN / DOWNSIDE KID

8PM doors - $5 door - Presented by Punkottawa.com and Latitude 45 - Facebook event

JONATHAN BECKER & THE WHITE DEVILS (debut full-band performance, Ottawa folk/indie) http://www.myspace.com/jonathan.becker

NICK SHERMAN (Sioux Lookout folk) https://www.facebook.com/nickshermanmusic

DOWNSIDE KID (Gatineau folk) https://www.facebook.com/downsidekid

 

JUNE 2 - STARS ON 45 DJ NIGHT

9pm - $2 

Your regular Stars on 45 hosts are back wearing down some of their favourite records for your musical enjoyment.

 

JUNE 10 – JON MCKIEL / QUAKER PARENTS

8PM doors – 9PM show - $TBD

Halifax’s Jon Mckiel makes music that rides that elusive line between feathery folk and a total sludgefest. http://jonmckiel.com/

Quaker Parents are scrappop-up songs from The Halifax, NS http://quakerparents.bandcamp.com/ 

 

JUNE 13: DEVON SPROULE w/ SNAILHOUSE

8PM doors – 9PM show - $10 

On Devon Sproule’s latest record, produced by Toronto Sandro Perri: “Jazz, folk, blues and country pass through Sproule’s warm lens, all united by the singer’s intimate approach and pastoral outlook. As well as effortlessly inhabiting her flock of genre influences, she steps into the shoes of other artists for the album’s two covers, bringing a Joni Mitchell-esque vocal elasticity to Mary Margaret O’Hara’s Body’s in Trouble and effectively paring back the layered vocal harmonies of The Roches’ Runs in the Family to a lone vocal backed by plucked guitar lines. As ever, Sproule’s voice is front and centre throughout, and for good reason. She sings with an unaffected beauty that comes through the kind of talent that thrives on emotional commitment rather than endless rehearsal. In its ability to make an individual connection with the listener, I Love You, Go Easy is reminiscent of the languid brilliance of Bill Callahan’s 2009 highlight Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, his doleful baritone replaced by Sproule’s welcoming harmonies.” – BBC Music review of 2011 “I Love You, Go Easy” http://www.devonsproule.com/

Snailhouse is a collection of songs by Mike Feuerstack, founding members of the Wodden Stars, and collaborator of artists such as Julie Doiron, members of Arcade Fire, Wintersleep, Bell Orchestre, and The Acorn. Feuerstack’s impeccable song-craft and tender lyrical prowess tugs at the heart strings – always.

 

JUNE 14: PLUMES w/ SARAH HALLMAN

8PM doors – 9PM show - $8 

Plumes is the new vehicle for singer-songwriter Veronica Charnley, composer Geof Holbrook and harpist Eveline Grégoire-Rousseau, who for five years and two albums have performed and recorded as Flotilla. Plumes’ debut is scheduled for release in summer 2012. http://www.plumesensemble.com/

Ottawa’s Sarah Hallman’s songs are honest and haunting explorations of those elusive and complex sensations that move the human heart. She infuses her stripped down melodies with lyrics that display an impressive range of vulnerability, nuance and passion. http://www.sarahhallman.com  

 

JUNE 17: AUSTIN LUCAS / PJ BOND / CORY LEVESQUE

8pm doors - $8 advance + service charges - Presented by Spectrasonic and Punkottawa.com - Facebook event

AUSTIN LUCAS (Indiana folk/punk, Last Chance/Hometown Caravan recs) http://www.austinlucasmusic.com

PJ BOND (New Jersey folk/indie, Black Numbers recs ) https://www.facebook.com/pjbondmusic

CORY LEVESQUE (Ottawa folk/punk) http://soundcloud.com/cory-levesque

 

JUNE 26: BEN CAPLAN AND THE CASUAL SMOKERS & MORE

8pm doors - $10 advance + service charges - Presented by Spectrasonic and Punkottawa.com

 

JUNE 27: SHARON COWARD

8pm doors – 9pm show


JULY 20: COREY ISNOR & MORE

8PM doors – 9PM show - $8

Halifax based Corey Isenor blends alternative country, folk and pop. http://coreyisenor.bandcamp.com/

 

JULY 22: KASHKA

8PM doors – 9PM show - $10

Toronto’s Kashka is the project of ongoing musical project of Kat Burns (Forest City Lovers).  A sonic collaboration between KASHKA and James Bunton- VICHADA – released in May 2012 on Play the Triangle. http://www.playthetriangle.com/kashka